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Tue, Apr 10, 2007 09:07:06 AM
∞ my best bet is to put more of my energy into maintaining the foundation of recovery ∞
posted: Tue, Apr 10, 2007 09:07:06 AM
on which my life is built. that foundation makes everything else possible, and it will surely crumble if i get too busy with everything else.
ahhh the reminder that if i am too busy to recover i probably will not. perfect reading on a day like today when absolutely nothing has gone as i planned. the fire truck has finally returned to the station and i am ready to actually start doing what i NEED to do today. anyhow, i did travel to a meeting last night and the topic turned towards dealing with death and grief. i am sure it was due to the recent death of a valued member of the fellowship, nevertheless, i shared about the HOPE that comes out of pain and the miracle that saved my life three years ago. i made a call before stopping at a bar to numb the pain i was feeling on that July evening three years ago, and that decision saved me to recover yet another day. i know now that had i been lazy in maintaining my recovery, the decision to call someone on that night would not have been made and who knows where i would be right now. so i am clean and i am living a program of recovery to the best of my ability today, and i do have a choice to make every single day. will i get to be clean until i die? only if i keep doing what i have been doing, no matter how busy i am, no matter how many demands i have on my time, no matter how successful i appear. all of that will be gone if i decide to pick up and by maintaining my foundation by doing the things that got me clean i can and will recover! so off to meet a few responsibilities and see what the day will bring.
ahhh the reminder that if i am too busy to recover i probably will not. perfect reading on a day like today when absolutely nothing has gone as i planned. the fire truck has finally returned to the station and i am ready to actually start doing what i NEED to do today. anyhow, i did travel to a meeting last night and the topic turned towards dealing with death and grief. i am sure it was due to the recent death of a valued member of the fellowship, nevertheless, i shared about the HOPE that comes out of pain and the miracle that saved my life three years ago. i made a call before stopping at a bar to numb the pain i was feeling on that July evening three years ago, and that decision saved me to recover yet another day. i know now that had i been lazy in maintaining my recovery, the decision to call someone on that night would not have been made and who knows where i would be right now. so i am clean and i am living a program of recovery to the best of my ability today, and i do have a choice to make every single day. will i get to be clean until i die? only if i keep doing what i have been doing, no matter how busy i am, no matter how many demands i have on my time, no matter how successful i appear. all of that will be gone if i decide to pick up and by maintaining my foundation by doing the things that got me clean i can and will recover! so off to meet a few responsibilities and see what the day will bring.
∞ 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
3) He who gets as his own all under heaven does so by giving himself
no trouble (with that end). If one take trouble (with that end), he
is not equal to getting as his own all under heaven.