Topics 10/22/24 ❤️🩹
1. Finally, we begin to see that all people, including ourselves, are to some extent emotionally ill as well as frequently wrong, and then we approach true tolerance and see what real love for our fellows actually means.-TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 92
2. “Dwelling on the negative simply contributes to its power.”-Shirley MacLaine
I’ve lived most of my life filled with bitterness towards people, God and myself.
The more I allow myself to accept that my powerlessness is not a prison of doom, the more I discover that it is my doorway to faith, surrender, and serenity.
One day at a time …I will choose to see my scars as proof of the difficulties I have survived. I will choose to appreciate them as evidence that God has brought me through suffering and has used all things to strengthen my faith in Him, my hope for tomorrow, and my serenity for today. ~One Day At A Time
3. It has been said that we are not human beings having a spiritual experience but spiritual beings having a human experience. As a dream is to your human experience, addiction is to your spiritual experience. When you awake, you realize it no longer has power over you.Sometimes I need a rude awakening before I can have a spiritual awakening. ~Pocket Sponsor
4. Recovery is an inside job. ~Walk Softly And Carry A Big Book