Blog summary by Month
Blogs for September 2009:
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∞ i learn to be honest, no matter what and ∞ 263 words
➥ Tuesday September 01, 2009 by: donnot
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δ through daily practice of the Twelve Steps, Δ 339 words
➥ Wednesday September 02, 2009 by: donnot
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² recovery is its own reward ² 422 words
➥ Thursday September 03, 2009 by: donnot
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¦ for me, this fellowship was the answer to a personal puzzle of long standing ¦ 619 words
➥ Saturday September 05, 2009 by: donnot
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± it may be true, i probably will not immediately start using mass quantities of drugs ± 397 words
➥ Sunday September 06, 2009 by: donnot
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³ when i am unwilling to forgive ³ 620 words
➥ Monday September 07, 2009 by: donnot
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§ my initial response to any type of direction is often negative § 659 words
➥ Tuesday September 08, 2009 by: donnot
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⊆ as the glow of early recovery began to fade, and i started to see ⊇ 436 words
➥ Wednesday September 09, 2009 by: donnot
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¦ there have been times in my recovery when i was close to someone who was in great pain ¦ 460 words
➥ Thursday September 10, 2009 by: donnot
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↔ addiction had turned life itself into a constant threat of … 561 words
➥ Friday September 11, 2009 by: donnot
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Σ the fellowship opens the door to a new way of life for me. Σ
561 words
➥ Saturday September 12, 2009 by: donnot
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λ i have always felt different from other people λ 653 words
➥ Sunday September 13, 2009 by: donnot
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ε the longer i reserve pieces of my to be ruled by self-will ε 453 words
➥ Monday September 14, 2009 by: donnot
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α i turned to a Higher Power, asking for its care, strength, and direction Ω 417 words
➥ Tuesday September 15, 2009 by: donnot
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° to me, emotional balance means an understanding of my emotions ° 531 words
➥ Wednesday September 16, 2009 by: donnot
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¶ i was stuck in my problems, then i realized that, if i wanted to live differently ¶ 504 words
➥ Thursday September 17, 2009 by: donnot
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¥ conflict is not only to be expected in any long-lasting relationship but … 595 words
➥ Friday September 18, 2009 by: donnot
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∞ i experience pleasures in recovery that, sometimes, only another addict can appreciate ∞ 387 words
➥ Saturday September 19, 2009 by: donnot
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¤ in the fellowship, i see others who have found they needed to change … 607 words
➥ Sunday September 20, 2009 by: donnot
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∴ my prayers are shaped by my experience with the Twelve Steps ∴ 741 words
➥ Monday September 21, 2009 by: donnot
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∫ neglecting my recovery is like neglecting any other gift i have been given ∫ 541 words
➥ Tuesday September 22, 2009 by: donnot
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∼ if i withdraw from the fellowship and isolate myself to avoid gossip ∼ 497 words
➥ Wednesday September 23, 2009 by: donnot
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∝ the understanding of a HIGHER POWER that i had when i was new in recovery … 554 words
➥ Thursday September 24, 2009 by: donnot
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ξ when i was using, all i felt was the drugs ξ 626 words
➥ Friday September 25, 2009 by: donnot
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ϖ the defects i identify most easily in others are often the defects ϖ 647 words
➥ Saturday September 26, 2009 by: donnot
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∅ **RATS! i have hit that same bump in the road of life again.** ∅ 687 words
➥ Sunday September 27, 2009 by: donnot
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⊥ in active addiction, despair was my relentless companion and it colored my every waking moment ⊥ 463 words
➥ Monday September 28, 2009 by: donnot
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≅ trying to live in the past, i find myself torn by painful, disquieting memories ≅ 587 words
➥ Tuesday September 29, 2009 by: donnot
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≠ always wanting and trying to belong and be loved ≠ 622 words
➥ Wednesday September 30, 2009 by: donnot
☯ The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao ☯
by Lao-Tse
Translated by James Legge
Book 1
1) The Tao is (like) the emptiness of a vessel; and in our employment
of it we must be on our guard against all fulness. How deep and unfathomable
it is, as if it were the Honoured Ancestor of all things!