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It’s going to be a long hard drag, but we’ll make it. ---Janis Jopin Some people start each day with a groan. They act like staying sober is no fun at all. They may have turned over their illness to their Higher Power. But they haven’t yet turned over their will and their life. They don’t see that a loving Higher Power can change them into happy people. Maybe they don’t want to change. They just want to feel better. After all, that’s one reason we all took drugs---to feel better without changing. The program asks us to be willing to change. That’s how we become happier people.....Prayer for the Day Higher Power, help me listen to Your voice. Teach me that following Your directions will make me happy.
#######ROSIE....amen, janis.....this is a long hard drag, but i believe i'll make it too......i start each day with prayer and meditations for self love and love for the universal.....i "get with" my HS, to begin my day with the light around me, and with a loving and positive note.....i don't get up and say "oh shit whats gonna happen to me today???" even tho it HAS been one thing after another lately, i just keep chanting my cleansing chants, and doing my "protection affirmations" and try to put one foot in front of the other....i mean i end up ok.....lots of resistance in my endeavors....road blocks, i have to go around, seems like nothing has gone smoothly in AGES.....but i figure it will change if i keep giving it up.....releasing it.....releasing ME....and doing the first 3 steps..........i don't know when i really admited my defeat....it was VERY recently...i mean i actually had to be aware for a while, but ACCEPT it??? that took time....than the action was to give my broken soul/ mind over to my higher self, the god within me, and quit fighting it..........i want to change....i crave it more than anything.......feeling better is not lasting....i want REAL change....REAL recovery....that LASTS.....i want my LIFE to change...not just a temporary "feel good" drink......i am WILLING to change.....and i too ask my HS to "help me listen...CALM my nerves, my muscles, my mind.....SHOW me i can trust in you and walk with you with JOY"............
Action for the Day Today, I’ll list three things in my life that I haven’t yet turned over to my Higher Power. Why are these things so important to me? What can I do to turn them over?
#####ROSIE.... today i turned over my inabillity to feel trust for hp when i am not in control.......today i said i was WILLING to turn over my NEEDING to be in control/ else i panic and get angry when i cannot "force" projects to go my way...........RECENTLY i turned over the hate and resentment for my abuser..........VERY recently i became WILLING to turn over my NEED to "force/maniplate/push/control my recovery.......DONE
