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Stuart G

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22. One of the most important lessons of the meetings...is ..acceptance...

Reply to Comatose Sphagetti (Original post)

Thu May 3, 2018, 10:35 PM

May 2018

We do the best we can to accept ourselves as we are .."today" and somehow accept others as they are ..today..
I learned I know only so much about life..today...

......................................................I am OK...... I only hope that those that I watch do not hurt innocent other people...and I try not to hurt innocent other people...and each day, I try somehow not to hurt me, with
..either thoughts or actions..............................
.. The thought part is the toughest......but from time to time, I do ask my higher power to help me change a thought...or....I ask, "What would the higher power want me to do or say in this situation?"......Usually that calms me down enough to see things somewhat clearer..Sometimes I need to take a deep breath and think about something quiet and peaceful...and that helps..When I can picture my HP helping me through, that also helps..but each of us has to get through somehow or some way. It is up to each of us to find our own HP and somehow get through the day without hurting ourselves or others...thanks for reading this...Stuart

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I used to be a drunk... [View all] Comatose Sphagetti Feb 2018 OP

Thanks! irisblue Feb 2018 #1

Great post, and thank you for cilla4progress Feb 2018 #2

Well said. Comatose Sphagetti Feb 2018 #4

I buried my best friend at 45 SCantiGOP Feb 2018 #3

"...even though I really don't think there was anything I could have done that would have worked." Comatose Sphagetti Feb 2018 #5

The line between fear and rage is very thin - fear leads to rage. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2018 #6

For me, rage is fear. Comatose Sphagetti Feb 2018 #9

So cool. cilla4progress Feb 2018 #13

Yep. Comatose Sphagetti Feb 2018 #15

There is a big difference between what I see in myself and what I see in others. JayhawkSD Feb 2018 #7

We will have to agree to disagree, my friend. (N/T). Comatose Sphagetti Feb 2018 #8

thanks old timer Backwoodsrider Feb 2018 #11

Yes to some of us who has been through it we can see addictive behaviors galore in politics Backwoodsrider Feb 2018 #10

"Every day on the news Trump helps me see my character defects in another person" Comatose Sphagetti Feb 2018 #12

I'm afraid they will turn on us - cilla4progress Feb 2018 #14

It's hard for me, sometimes, to not take trumpers inventory. Woman in the Mirror. irisblue Feb 2018 #16

Not an addict but gibraltar72 Feb 2018 #17

Ah geez🤦‍♀️ irisblue Feb 2018 #18

"...a growing awareness something was terribly wrong..." Iggo Mar 2018 #19

Yep. He is also a "higher power" of sorts to them JDC Mar 2018 #20

I've heard people in the program refer to non-alcoholics as "normies," as in normal people. Comatose Sphagetti Mar 2018 #21

IME Many people who don't go to any meetings really raccoon Jul 2018 #23

One of the most important lessons of the meetings...is ..acceptance... Stuart G May 2018 #22