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Thanks 2HP..

I'll gladly share with you...

Here is my "copy and paste" cmc refered to, from a previous post.

What I think Rust is talking about "the boat" is a joke we have about it..

"and when you get a boat..don't complain about the color"..

It is about not staying in the problem..but becoming a part of the solution.

Accepting where we are..at this moment. And taking it from there.

Practicing acceptance on a daily basis has kept me sober for two years,

3 months, and 30 days. It has seen me through some tough, tough times,

some really scary ones when I thought the sky was falling, and the rug was

being pulled out from under me. But in every situation, acceptance kicked

in..combined with faith that all is as it should be at this moment.

That God knew about it beforehand, and would take care of the matter

for me. And He always has.

Here is the reference..

Quote:

And acceptance is the answer to ALL of my problems today. When I am

disturbed,it is because I find some person,place,thing,or situation,some fact

of my life, unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that

person,place,thing,or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be

at this moment!

Nothing, absolutely nothing happen's in Gods world by mistake. Until I could

accept my alcoholism, I could not stay sober: unless I accept life

completely on life's terms, I cannot be happy. I need to concentrate not

so much on what needs to be changed in the world as on what needs to

be changed in me and in my attitudes.

page 449, The AA Big Book

Hope this helps a bit. Just "trust", and "keep it simple"...