ABCs of Recovery

[admin]

Starting a new one since we were up to 7 pages on the old one.

A - Acceptance is the answer to all my problems today.

[MajestyJo]

B - It is okay to just Be! You don't have to be doing anything else!

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C - Courage to change the things I can.

[MajestyJo]

D - Don't stop working the Steps, be dilligent!

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E - Expect Miracles

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F - First Things First, my sobriety!

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G - God will never give you more than you can handle.

[MajestyJo]

H - H.A.L.T. (Hungry, Angry, Lonely and Tired). I need to work the slogan on a mental, emotional, spiritual and physical level.

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I - ISM = I, Self, Me / I Sponsor Myself / Internal Spiritual Malady (or Maladjustment)/ Incredibly Short Memory / InSide Me / I Sabotage Myself.

[MajestyJo]

J - Just For Today, I choose to find the joy in living!

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K - Keep coming back, it works if you work it.

[MajestyJo]

L - Live and Let Live! That means I need to get a life and keep my nose out of that of OPs.

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M - Miracles happen, I am one!

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N - No God No Peace Know God Know Peace

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O - Open your mind and open your heart.

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P - Pride goeth before a fall.

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Q - Quiet time with God

[MajestyJo]

R - Remember what it was like. Do you want to go back there? Play the tape to the end and remember the results.

[MajestyJo]

S - Sobriety means soundness of mind.

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T - Take it one day at a time.

[MajestyJo]

U - Unity means we can do what I can't do alone!

[MajestyJo]

V - Victory over your dis-ease through your Higher Power!

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W - Willing to go to any lengths

[MajestyJo]

X - 'Xalting God most high

[marlene damore]

P - Put God first in all things

[marlene damore]

Sorry about the P - I acted to quickly - another thing I am working on!

[MajestyJo]

No need to apologize, it was probably something you needed to say for you. Often I look at the bottom of the wrong page, press reply only to find that I am not in the right place even if it is the right time! :D

[MajestyJo]

Y - You haven't been there yet! This is progressive disease, if you keep doing what you are doing, you just might get there!

[admin]

Sorry about the P - I acted to quickly - another thing I am working on!

I do hope you will continue to share with us here. :smile:

[admin]

Z - Zest for recovery

[MajestyJo]

A - The five As of change: Awareness, Admittance, Acceptance, Attitude and Action.

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B - Begin anew today.

[MajestyJo]

C - Caretaking is okay if you remember to take care of you first.

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D - Don't drink or drug just for today.

[MajestyJo]

E - Each day is a new beginning, so have a great one.

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F - FAITH = Fear Ain't In This House

[saved1]

We don't always control what happens to us. But through acceptance we can learn to control our reactions. And that's when real change happens.

—Edward Grinnan, author of
The Promise of Hope

[MajestyJo]

G - Gratitude is an action word.

[MajestyJo]

H - How important is it? (Compared to your sobriety!)

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I - Integrity (walk your talk).

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J - Don't justify. Just do it!

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K - Keep it simple

[MajestyJo]

L - Learn to love and like yourself.

[MajestyJo]

M - Miracles do abound in the rooms of recovery.

[marlene damore]

N - Nurtrure the spirit of God within

[MajestyJo]

O - Outcome. Play the tape to the end and open your mind to new endings.

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P - Principles before Personalities

[MajestyJo]

Q - Find the quiet, and in the stillness, pray the Serenity Prayer.

[MajestyJo]

R - Remember When! Not only the past, but early recovery. Look at how far you have come.

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S - Stay in today

[MajestyJo]

T - Thanks for being here for me!

[MajestyJo]

U - Through understanding your Higher Power, you learn to understand yourself.

[MajestyJo]

V - Victory over this very baffling, cunning, powerful disease.

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W - Willing to go to any length.

[MajestyJo]

X is for X-Rays. We need to look inside ourselves to find our own truth, get through all the blocks and barriers that we have erected over the years.

[MajestyJo]

Y - You haven't done it yet. If you keep using, you just might end up there.

[saved1]

In modern times, the idea of "community" has increasingly been expanded to include not just the place where one lives, but the web of relationships into which one is embedded. Work, school, voluntary associations, computer networks - all are communities, even though the members live quite far apart.

But according to psychiatrist and author M. Scott Peck, for any group to achieve community in the truest sense, it must undertake a journey that involves four stages: "pseudocommunity," where niceness reigns; "chaos," when the emotional skeletons crawl out of the closet; "emptiness," a time of quiet and transition; and finally, true community, marked both by deep honesty and deep caring.:D

[MajestyJo]

Z - Zest for life! Zee End!

[LeanaJo]

A- Attitude (it's takes the right attitude and determination to stay sober).

[MajestyJo]

B is for Beauty, within and without.

[LeanaJo]

C- Content (I am now much more content on where I'm at, who I have as friends in AA, & that I know I have a problem, I'm contented with).

[schell08122008]

C-is for Considerate..be considerate to others.

[MajestyJo]

D is for Detachment. Detachment doesn't mean we don't love. We do it because we need to practice tough love and not enable an alcoholic/addict to continue to use.

[LeanaJo]

E- Enough (enough of the BS that we put our friends and family through with our drinking. And telling ourselves, "Hey, enough IS enough, dang it!!").

[MajestyJo]

F is for Fun. If you aren't having fun in recovery, what are you doing wrong?

[MajestyJo]

G is for God. God is good. Good is God. Look for the goodness in all things.

[schell08122008]

H-is for honesty...be honest with myself and others...Schell

[MajestyJo]

I is for Integrity. Learning to walk my talk.

[dwmoeller]

J is for Jesus. He died for our sins.

[MajestyJo]

K is for Kind. Be kind to yourself. Be kind to others. Give yourself a hug. Give others a hug.

[MajestyJo]

L is for Love. I not only have to learn to love myself, but like myself too!

[LeanaJo]

M- More (you get more out of things being sober, than you did drunk. And that's a fact)!

[MajestyJo]

N is for New. Each day is a new beginning. I try to look at it through the eyes of a newcomer. I only have this 24 hours.

[schell08122008]

O-is for Open mindedness- if we remain openminded we let ourselves learn and grow

[MajestyJo]

P is for Practice. This is a program of practice, practice, practice....

[dwmoeller]

Q is for Quiet. Psalm 46:10 He (The Lord) says "Be still and know that I am God;"

[MajestyJo]

R is for Rest. Rest not on your laurels. Recovery is one day at a time.

[schell08122008]

S-is for Serenity keep serenity in our prayers and in our hearts every minute of every day

[MajestyJo]

T is for Trust. Trust in God. Through Him you can learn to trust yourself and others.

[admin]

U - United in recovery

[MajestyJo]

V is for Victory. Victory over this disease one day at a time.

[MajestyJo]

W is for Wait. Wait for God, it is in His time not mine.

[MajestyJo]

X is for Xenophobia. It is a fear of strangers and aliens. It reminds me that isolation is part of my disease, it is not a recovery tool, I need to take risks.

[MajestyJo]

Y is for Yet. You might no have done it yet. Yet if you relapse, your drug of choice, may take you there before you know it. It is a progressive disease that yields to no one.

[dwmoeller]

Z - EaZy does it!

[ODAAT]

P = Patience and Perseverence. Which means when I lost that, I start drinking and create even more problems.

[MajestyJo]

Thank you for sharing. Welcome to the site.