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Wed, Apr 17, 2013 10:06:54 AM


⇒ no matter how hectic my schedule, ⇐
posted: Wed, Apr 17, 2013 10:06:54 AM

 

or how long i have been clean for i still make meeting attendance a HIGH priority. okay, call me superstitious or just plain anal, BUT i still go to at least three meetings a week, yay me. the simple fact is, i GOT in the habit of attending meetings when i worked a FEAR based program, now that i work a HOPE based program, i have yet to see, that cutting back on meetings is a good idea. i have a life today, which was a far cry of what it was when i got here. i started writing this an hour ago while multi-tasking trying to put a fire out here at work, and i have more than lost my train of thought. give me a second to regroup.
alright then, i am back.
so after calling my addict, and walking away, i can come back to this theme.
okay once again, i am back, man am i having trouble getting this done. i know i was going to talk about meeting makers making it, however after the ya this morning is going that seems so trivial. where i have ended up going is that today, i am grateful that i GET to go to meetings. yes, you got that right, i am grateful that i have that ability. i know of some still suffering who feel they lack that ability, for whatever reason. i can sympathize, but i can hardly empathize, as it has been my experiences that no matter what i have doing, no matter how long i have been clean, and no matter how i feel, a meeting was often just what i needed to be sane enough to survive another day.
today, i feel like an island of calm, in a sea of chaos, but all of that may change in a few. i can be okay moving forward. it is a good day to be clean.

∞ DT ∞

 

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∞ i have learned was that if i want to stay clean, ∞ 346 words ➥ Thursday, April 17, 2008 by: donnot
δ following the suggestion of my sponsor, i made a commitment … 543 words ➥ Friday, April 17, 2009 by: donnot
¬ i have learned that my priorities can be 180 degrees reversed ¬ 504 words ➥ Saturday, April 17, 2010 by: donnot
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± it IS the everything else that needs ± 563 words ➥ Tuesday, April 17, 2012 by: donnot
α in my heart, i know that meetings benefit me α 661 words ➥ Thursday, April 17, 2014 by: donnot
∂ at the direction of my sponsor ∂ 352 words ➥ Friday, April 17, 2015 by: donnot
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🌚 i attend 🌕  463 words ➥ Monday, April 17, 2017 by: donnot
🌤 i often discover, 🌪 527 words ➥ Tuesday, April 17, 2018 by: donnot
💩 ceasing to ** share ** 💬 369 words ➥ Wednesday, April 17, 2019 by: donnot
😵 i want  😶 593 words ➥ Friday, April 17, 2020 by: donnot
🛑 when i stop 🚽 463 words ➥ Saturday, April 17, 2021 by: donnot
🤗 just because 🤗 506 words ➥ Sunday, April 17, 2022 by: donnot
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☯ The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao ☯

THE TAO TEH KING, OR THE TAO AND ITS CHARACTERISTICS
by Lao-Tse
Translated by James Legge

Book 1

1) When one is about to take an inspiration, he is sure to make a
(previous) expiration; when he is going to weaken another, he will
first strengthen him; when he is going to overthrow another, he will
first have raised him up; when he is going to despoil another, he
will first have made gifts to him:--this is called 'Hiding the light
(of his procedure).'