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disorderlydamie · 08-20-2006, 09:35 PM

Word up my fellow recovering addicts!
Thank you for your honesty. The foundation of our recovery is built upon this priniciple, and without it we cannot recover. For me, I find that my disease will manifest itself with any substance/thing/person outside of myself. I would switch around from substance to substance, inevitably winding up at my DOC, which was 'more'. One of the big changes I made when I got clean was to STOP CHECKING PRESCRIPTION BOTTLES. I get to the point where I blur my eyes and look right past them. I can't know what's in them, I don't want to know. Another big factor I see is that they are not mine. It is as wrong for me to steal as it is to use, both severely affect my practicing of spiritual principles.
As far as choosing a fellowship, recovery is available to you as long as you work a program. I prefer NA because my problem was not alchohol, it was Cass because Cass is an addict who suffers from an incurable disease called addiction. Some people relate better to those who shared their DOC.
Either way, I hope that you find recovery and continue practicing a program of abstinence!

Love and good vibes,
Cass

08-20-2006, 09:35 PM	#7 (permalink)
disorderlydamie Clean and Fabulous Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 23	Word up my fellow recovering addicts! Thank you for your honesty. The foundation of our recovery is built upon this priniciple, and without it we cannot recover. For me, I find that my disease will manifest itself with any substance/thing/person outside of myself. I would switch around from substance to substance, inevitably winding up at my DOC, which was 'more'. One of the big changes I made when I got clean was to STOP CHECKING PRESCRIPTION BOTTLES. I get to the point where I blur my eyes and look right past them. I can't know what's in them, I don't want to know. Another big factor I see is that they are not mine. It is as wrong for me to steal as it is to use, both severely affect my practicing of spiritual principles. As far as choosing a fellowship, recovery is available to you as long as you work a program. I prefer NA because my problem was not alchohol, it was Cass because Cass is an addict who suffers from an incurable disease called addiction. Some people relate better to those who shared their DOC. Either way, I hope that you find recovery and continue practicing a program of abstinence! Love and good vibes, Cass __________________ "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." -Oscar Wilde