Blog summary by Month
Blogs for November 2007:
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∞ in recovery i get more -- more than just not using. ∞ 381 words
➥ Thursday November 01, 2007 by: donnot
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α i know what it is like to live with a painful situation ω 485 words
➥ Friday November 02, 2007 by: donnot
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μ i feel that i might scare someone away if i speak of pain or difficulties. μ 354 words
➥ Saturday November 03, 2007 by: donnot
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… i suspect that, if exchanging love means so much to others, it can give meaning to my life ,too … 458 words
➥ Sunday November 04, 2007 by: donnot
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↔ to find the direction i need, i ask my concept of a HIGHER POWER. ↔ 480 words
➥ Monday November 05, 2007 by: donnot
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μ to be humble does not mean i am the lowest form of life. on the contrary … 277 words
➥ Tuesday November 06, 2007 by: donnot
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∞ the longer i stay clean, the less surely i **know** what the will of a Higher Power is for me ∞ 422 words
➥ Wednesday November 07, 2007 by: donnot
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δ the program, the fellowship, and my concept of a Higher Power have worked worked a miracle. Δ 527 words
➥ Thursday November 08, 2007 by: donnot
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α i begin to wonder if my plans are the same as the plan of my Higher Power. ω 496 words
➥ Friday November 09, 2007 by: donnot
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… as i stay clean, i replace my fear with a belief in the fellowship, the steps, and a Higher Power … 265 words
➥ Saturday November 10, 2007 by: donnot
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δ i surrender when i acknowledge my powerlessness. slowly, i come to believe that … 452 words
➥ Sunday November 11, 2007 by: donnot
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μ but after all this time, i am still not a **hot** convention speaker μ 422 words
➥ Monday November 12, 2007 by: donnot
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α when i stop and think, i realize that i expected recovery would make me perfect. ω 398 words
➥ Tuesday November 13, 2007 by: donnot
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μ as a practicing addict, all i had to look forward to was more of the same miserable existence. my hold on life was weak at best. μ 468 words
➥ Wednesday November 14, 2007 by: donnot
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↔ at times, i must be driven to the point of distraction before i am ready to turn over difficult situations ↔ 379 words
➥ Thursday November 15, 2007 by: donnot
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∞ after years of isolation, trying to find a place for myself is not always easy. ∞ 389 words
➥ Friday November 16, 2007 by: donnot
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∞ it hurts like never before. i talk to God, and still do not feel any better. ∞ 397 words
➥ Saturday November 17, 2007 by: donnot
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μ being human, i will continue making mistakes -- however, i need not make the same ones over and over again μ 525 words
➥ Sunday November 18, 2007 by: donnot
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α fluency in the language of empathy comes to me through practice ω 461 words
➥ Monday November 19, 2007 by: donnot
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δ the recovery process experienced through the Twelve Steps will take me from an attitude of envy and low self-esteem Δ 463 words
➥ Tuesday November 20, 2007 by: donnot
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↔ nowhere in the Sixth or Seventh Steps does it say i can learn to control my defects of character ↔ 334 words
➥ Wednesday November 21, 2007 by: donnot
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α before i begin putting all my attention to rebuilding the detailed framework of my life, i need to lay our foundation ω 490 words
➥ Thursday November 22, 2007 by: donnot
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… in my recovery, it is important to release my illusion of control and surrender to a Higher Power, … 657 words
➥ Friday November 23, 2007 by: donnot
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∞ i may have expectations about how my life should be in recovery, expectations that are not always met. ∞ 515 words
➥ Saturday November 24, 2007 by: donnot
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↔ as my recovery progresses, i become able to appreciate how much the quality of my life has improved. ↔ 373 words
➥ Sunday November 25, 2007 by: donnot
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μ when i have a desire to run away from my responsibilities i need to slow down μ 422 words
➥ Monday November 26, 2007 by: donnot
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α when i take the Third Step, i decide to allow a loving Higher Power ω 437 words
➥ Tuesday November 27, 2007 by: donnot
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∞ the practice of humility involves accepting my true nature, honestly being myself. ∞ 368 words
➥ Wednesday November 28, 2007 by: donnot
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↔ what happens when i find myself stressed or panicked? if i have consistently sought to improve … 521 words
➥ Thursday November 29, 2007 by: donnot
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… intimacy is a part of life, and therefore a part of living clean, like everything in recovery, has its price. … 461 words
➥ Friday November 30, 2007 by: donnot
☯ The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao ☯
by Lao-Tse
Translated by James Legge
Book 2
1) In a little state with a small population, I would so order it,
that, though there were individuals with the abilities of ten or a
hundred men, there should be no employment of them; I would make the
people, while looking on death as a grievous thing, yet not remove
elsewhere (to avoid it).