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Old 11-04-2009, 09:34 AM   #1 (permalink)
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I can do things that I never did before. Liquor took away my initiative and my ambition. I couldn't get up the steam to start anything. I let things slide. When 1 was drunk, I was too inert to even comb my hair. Now I can sit down and do something. I can write letters that need to be written. I can make telephone calls that should be made. I can work in my garden. I can pursue my hobbies. I have the urge to create something, that creative urge that was completely stifled by alcohol. I am free to achieve again. Have I recovered my initiative?

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"In Thy presence is fullness of joy: At Thy right hand are pleasures forever." We cannot find true happiness by looking for it. Seeking pleasure does not bring happiness in the long run, only disillusionment. Do not seek to have this fullness of joy by seeking pleasure. It cannot be done that way: Happiness is a byproduct of living the right kind of life. True happiness comes as a result of living in all respects the way you believe God wants you to live, with regard to yourself and to other people.

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I pray that I may not always seek pleasure as a goal. I pray that I may be content with the happiness that comes when I do the right thing.


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Old 11-04-2009, 09:53 AM   #2 (permalink)
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This is so true for me. It took nearly 8 years of sobriety but I have started to paint again after not doing it for over 20 years. It was one of the first things to go for me when I started down the road of alcoholism. Sobriety has given me a life I could not have dreamed. Even with the ups and downs that life has to offer I would not trade one day of my sobriety for one day of drinking. I look forward to all life has to offer now that I am sober.

Thanks Carol for the reminder.
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Life has muc more meaning now after sobriety then it did before I was even a drunk.
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Ah productivity, well lets be honest any action at all--one of the greatest gifts of sobriety...
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