ABCs of Recovery

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I is for Identify. Identify not compare. Listen for the feelings, they are a good indicator that you are on the same page and belong here.

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I is for Insecurity. I can flush all my troubles down the drain and depend on my Higher Power or I can hang onto them and try to fix things myself. I can let things go or turn them over to my Higher Power and be secure in His love and protection.

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J is for Judge. Judge not yourself or others. Don't play God with the lives of others or your own. Just remember, you are a Child of God. Just stay in the moment.

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K is for Kindle. Kindle means to bring into being. When I picked up, I lost me along the way. Thanks to the program and the tools of recovery, I was able to put the fragmented soul back together again and become whole. I needed to find and rekindle the spark within.

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L is for Listen. Listen to learn. Learn to listen. Meditation is a good way to practice on.

As they say in the rooms of recovery, "Take the cotton batten out of your ears and put it in your mouth. Shut up and listen.

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M = Motives, if I check my motives I know whether or not I am moving in the proper direction

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N is for Nobody. Nobody can tell you that you are an alcoholic/addict, it is something you have to decide for yourself. No one can change you, you have to change yourself.

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O is for Opinion. Everyone has one and has a right to their own, they don't have to agree with mine. I was told that my opinion didn't count and who asked for it anyway? In recovery, I found that I had a right to my opinion and I even had a right to express it. I also found out that there were times that I had to ask myself, "How important is it?" If it was going to cause waves and chaos, they were best left unsaid or just revealed to a select few.

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P is for Prosper. When I look at where I was when I came into recovery and what I have in today, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and physically, I can't help but be grateful. I try to look at what I have, not at what I don't have. I no longer eat off borrowed dishes, sleep on a mattress on the floor, or put up with blowing fuses because of my two burner stove, wouldn't let me put a kettle on. Prosperity isn''t just measured in $s and cents. When I get needy, I get greedy.

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Q is for Quick. This isn't a quick fix program. We didn't get this way overnight, so we don't change over night. What we need to do is to quickly get into the program. Go to meetings, get a sponsor, read the literature, work and apply the Steps and then you will find how quickly you change. Live doesn't always get better, but we become better equipped to handle it.

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R is for R & R. Some days we do need that rest and relaxation to restore not only our bodies, but our mental, emotional and spiritual health and well being.

Busy and working too much can be addictions, especially when they fill our lives and we have no room for anything else. How can we hear God's Good Orderly Direction if we are too busy to stop and listen.

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S is for Sobriety. My sponsor said that sobriety meant "Soundness of Mind." I also think it comes from a place of love. They say the longest journey we make is from our head to our heart.

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T is for Tension. It can cause a headache. Give it to your Higher Power. If I have tension, it is generally because I am living in the past or future tense.

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U is for Use. Just for today, I don't have to use people, places or things. Today I can utilize the wisdom of the people in the rooms to show me a new way of living.

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V is for Victory. One day at a time, I have victory of this disease that is cunning, baffling and powerful. I can turn my dis-ease over to the God of my understanding and ask for His Help on a daily basis. As the song I use to sing in Sunday School many years ago said, "Victory in Jesus." Victory in the God of your understanding.