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Old 07-01-2009, 09:42 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by paulmh
....met other people in AA who had got sober....

....became open to the idea that there might be a solution....

....became open to doing things in ways other than my own....

....it was an opening and a shifting of myself to accepting that I did not have all the answers, and that there was a "way of sanity" which other had tapped into, and I could too.....
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Originally Posted by MycoolFitz
I realized my higher power should boil down to that one quintessential element which is the core of my sobriety and of my being. It came to me, Mindfullness.


This is so good for me to read right now! I totally identify with Paul's description and MycoolFitz's post is almost a "god shot" (lol).

Mindfulness has helped me more than anything ever has. For me, doing step 10 and 11 IS mindfulness (plus inventory).

Basically, I am stealing both of your posts and using them for myself!

Thanks, both of you.
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