All those are good, usually one or the other is more "to the point" during the course of ones day.
"But for the grace of God" is one that I can see everyday, everyday. In the beginning of ones sobreity, "easy does it" is very important. we get our fiirst sober days put together and we head out to right all our wrongs in one week. that simply can't be done. It took years for us to get to that point, it will take months and sometimes years to get them back to about where they were. instead of going on this "crusade" to set things right, keep doing the litttle things that set you on the right track, i.e., making meetings, sharing in meetings, etc. you have to keep all that going, and then take baby steps toward making ammends. If the truth be known, you working a program of recovery is MORE than enough amends for most of the people we hurt. They just want us to be well, if you geta chance after a while, you may extend your hand. But before you do, just remember that they may not take it, they have been burned MANU times before and have the right ti be sckeptical, even with you this time. They have that right. You need to just keep doing the right thing, then the next right thing, then the next right thing. Not taking into consideration of what their ption of you is. If your motives are right, your going to reap the benefits no matter if you are aware of it or not.
I like topoint out something about the 1st step, it's not a slogan, but it kinda falls into todays talk. It says "admitting that I was powerless over alcohol(Drugs)... The opperative word, WAS. I was powerless, meaning that now that you have stopped putting the poison in you, you now HAVE power. In haveing that [power, you can now choose to change, or not. Too many people think that once the alcohol/drug has you, your always powerless, that not so. You choose whether to let it have the power again or not. If it doesn;t dross your lips, snort up your nose, or pinned in a vein, it's doesn't yield any power. So, what we do to give ourselves the power abd keep it is up to us. Willpower won't work. just being abstinant won't work, atleast for long, so.... what do we do? Do what has worked for thousands of others. At first it's just not drink/drug, get to a meeting and be open to suggestions. If we see that being open to the suggestions yields results, then me MUST be willing to believe that a power greater than yourself can and will save you if he is sought. Openmindedness, willingness, and letting God do for you what you could not do for yourself.
Be openminded, be willing to go to any length to get what the others have. Give back to others what others have given you.
thanks for letting me share. I love each and everyone of you. ( even the people who won't post because then we can see you, and the ones who come here just to read) We're all God's children, and we weren't made bad people, but we made ourselves sick people, and now we want to get well.
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