The material presented
here is not Al-Anon Conference Approved Literature. It is a method
to exchange
information, ideas, feelings, problems and solutions on a personal
level.
It is one of those days when I can get out on my own & enjoy the warmer days of spring. As a lot of us have experienced a long winter. I has been difficult but bearable. We didn't have a lot of natural disasters up here but I am very moved by all the devastation. It breaks my heart to see all of those who are suffering. God is good. He will help all who are helpless.
I am grateful today. It is not easy typing this this morning. I always am challenged but this particular day I can see the frustration writing this post. Maybe after I am done I will get a sense of relief.
So, I hope everyone has had a wonderful day yesterday or whenever you celebrate a holiday. I am very happy that I can worship in my own way in a free country. If this is uncomfortable for some, I am sorry. My spiritual side can't help it. I have had several spiritual experiences in my life now that I am working the twelve steps. And, I have been sanity has been restored. I was always stigmatized by my illness. It seems like that more & more people have been touched by some kind of mental illness. I have to deal w/ dual/diagnosis. Sometimes I have the worst days. But lately the disease has not been as active. I am relieved to know that I can have real days of sanity. I am blessed believe me if it wasn't for good doctors, the program & my faith I am not sure where I would be but it wouldn't be pretty.
I hope I may have said something that might help people w/ my conditions. I apologize if I have stepped on any toes. I just feel like after all these years, 33 to be exact. I am finally sharing the real me.
Thanks to all who have an involvement w/ keeping this site open all these years. It has been awhile since I got on here & I appreciate the posts.
The beauty of this program is it is very much supports our right to chose how we approach our spiritual paths. There's no one "right" answer... except, as I see it, that we at least have SOME kind of a Higher Power - whoever or whatever that HP may be. I think that's the most important ingredient in my recovery. If I start feeling like everything is up to ME... that there is NO help out there whatsoever... that's where I fall back into my sickness in a big, big way.
Alcoholism is a spiritual disease.
I hope you had a wonderful weekend with your HP, and you continue having wonderful days, hours, minutes, seconds with your HP, too!
Right back @ ya Kathleen! I believe each day that I wake up, and am still present is an awesome day to be grateful. I am grateful for MIP, a program that allows me to be authentic and a God of my understanding who really does guide me to the next right thing. (((Hugs)))
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Practice the PAUSE...Pause before judging. Pause before assuming. Pause before accusing. Pause whenever you are about to react harshly and you will avoid doing and saying things you will later regret. ~~~~ Lori Deschene
Thank yo for the positive post, Kathleen!
Even though I am reading it a day late, I am using your positive thoughts to help me be grateful for this day!!
Peace
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"The wolf that thrives, is the one you feed." - Cherokee legend
"Hello, sun in my face. Hello you who made the morning and spread it over the fields... Watch, now, how I start the day in happiness, in kindness." Mary Oliver
