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Fri, Jun 12, 2009 01:33:06 PM
μ by the time i reached the end of my road, i had lost all hope for a life without the use of drugs μ
posted: Fri, Jun 12, 2009 01:33:06 PM
i believed i was destined to die from our disease. or maybe at least die while still a using addict. anyhow i have bunches to write about, starting with the entry i tried to add from my phone, i apologize for that, technology won, and i lost. anyhow soon it will be gone.
so after a whirlwind trip to Spokane, a day with my cousins ,uncles, aunts, brothers, sisters, and parents, i am glad to be home for another week or so. i am a bit concerned that i am not grieving as i expect, but i am certain, that things are moving as they should, and what needs to happen inside is.
i am also a bit concerned about getting enough work done over the next week, what will happen when i meet my mail sponsee face-to-face tomorrow and if i will get back in the groove after a day off.
all of that is out of my power, except perhaps the amount of work i get done. so instead of twisting about all of that, i think i will go on with the topic at hand -- becoming a vision of hope by finding hope.
honestly HOPE was not something i thought i would ever have, nor was it something i thought i desired. the cynical pragmatist within was certain that was just as it was going to be, so be happy don’t worry. Hope was not something i even got at my first meeting, after all, all i wanted was to be free from the chains of the justice system and not the desire to use. so imagine what a surprise it was to me, the day i woke up at the start of my SECOND Step and found that what i desired most was a HOPE that i could lose the desire to use, and maybe figure out a way back to the life that i was quickly leaving behind. as i progressed up the road of recovery those became mutually exclusive and i gave up the notion of returning to active addiction and set forth upon a path of recovery that has continued unabated to this day.
well i need to get some work done, so just let me say, i HOPE that i can offer other addicts the chance to feel as i do, that this life is worth the works it takes to sustain it, and that if i can be in recovery so can they. so back to the grind.
so after a whirlwind trip to Spokane, a day with my cousins ,uncles, aunts, brothers, sisters, and parents, i am glad to be home for another week or so. i am a bit concerned that i am not grieving as i expect, but i am certain, that things are moving as they should, and what needs to happen inside is.
i am also a bit concerned about getting enough work done over the next week, what will happen when i meet my mail sponsee face-to-face tomorrow and if i will get back in the groove after a day off.
all of that is out of my power, except perhaps the amount of work i get done. so instead of twisting about all of that, i think i will go on with the topic at hand -- becoming a vision of hope by finding hope.
honestly HOPE was not something i thought i would ever have, nor was it something i thought i desired. the cynical pragmatist within was certain that was just as it was going to be, so be happy don’t worry. Hope was not something i even got at my first meeting, after all, all i wanted was to be free from the chains of the justice system and not the desire to use. so imagine what a surprise it was to me, the day i woke up at the start of my SECOND Step and found that what i desired most was a HOPE that i could lose the desire to use, and maybe figure out a way back to the life that i was quickly leaving behind. as i progressed up the road of recovery those became mutually exclusive and i gave up the notion of returning to active addiction and set forth upon a path of recovery that has continued unabated to this day.
well i need to get some work done, so just let me say, i HOPE that i can offer other addicts the chance to feel as i do, that this life is worth the works it takes to sustain it, and that if i can be in recovery so can they. so back to the grind.
∞ DT ∞
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While the author is a member of a 12 Step recovery fellowship, these writings are not intended to endorse or express the published wisdom of any fellowship.
These writings are not meant to be socially or politically correct, and if you take issue with any opinions expressed, please seek the guidance of someone wiser than me.
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☯ The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao ☯
by Lao-Tse
Translated by James Legge
Book 2
2) To those who are good (to me), I am good; and to those who are
not good (to me), I am also good;--and thus (all) get to be good.
To those who are sincere (with me), I am sincere; and to those who
are not sincere (with me), I am also sincere;--and thus (all) get
to be sincere.