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09-14-2014, 01:13 AM | #1 | |
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I know I didn't know how to have fun. I didn't know how to "lighten' up" and not take life so seriously as it says in Tradition Four. I didn't know how to let my inner child come out and play, let alone anything about giving her permission to do so. Life is for living and enjoying it. I was asked in early recovery, what makes you happy and I didn't know. I didn't know I could choose the reactions, the actions and the moods, etc. that I had to people, places and things. Written in part in 2004.
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We are granted freedom of choice. It took me a long time to choose recovery. I was so busy blaming others for my problems, that I had no idea, until I had pushed everyone away, that the problem was me. I had no one left to point a finger at.
Who would want to choose, which one you wanted amongst these adorable critters? Making decisions are not one of our strong points. It is something we never had to do before. Our drug of choice always made our choices for us. Quote:
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Just for today, I choose to be happy. Just for today, I choose to get off the computer and go out and enjoy the day.
So many times we blame others for our choices. My mother use to say, "Look at what you made me do." My husband would say, "Well I wouldn't have done that if you had only done what I asked." In recovery, I no longer have to give up my power. When I surrender my day to my Higher Power, I can make healthy choices. I can tap into the Source and live my life to it's fullest, not marking time, waiting for other, more importantly, not waiting on others, when it isn't good for me. I need to help and give to others, yet I need to give nurturing and care to myself. I can't give away what I don't have. Life is often how we look at it! Have fun, enjoy your day. Make a choice to let your Inner Child come out to play. Share the love, remember to give and receive. Quote:
I didn't realize that control was an illusion and as much as I thought I was in control, it just wasn't so. I had to learn to turn things over to my Higher Power and allow things to unfold as He would have them be. I did the foot work. I had the dreams and ideals, yet often they were not reality and often if I had gotten them, what would I have done with it! I have to chuckle when I go to buy a Lotto 649 Jackpot. If it is over 3 million $s, I tend to doubt whether I should buy one, what if I won it? I can see keeping a M$ for myself and giving one each to my sister's but after that, really don't have much use for all that money. What if I decided I could now 'afford' to drink and keep myself in the style I would like to become accustomed to. Would all that money change my priorities? That is a scary thought. It isn't about the A in my life, it is about me and my attitude and my thinking that can get me into trouble. Best to turn it over to my HP who is much more qualified to handle it. These last two posts may be on other parts of the site, but decided to put them together with the first one.
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I am granted freedom of choice in today. It is what I do with that choice that makes a difference in my life today.
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