Just For Today May 11- "Balancing the Scales" - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information

lonestarTH · 05-11-2012, 06:25 AM

Balancing the scales

"A lot of our chief concerns and major difficulties come from our inexperience with living without drugs. Often when we ask an old timer what to do, we are amazed at the simplicity of the answer."

Basic Text, p. 43

Finding balance in recovery is quite a bit like sitting down with a set of scales and a pile of sand. The goal is to have an equal amount of sand on each side of the scales, achieving a balance of weight.

We do the same thing in recovery. We sit down with the foundation of our clean time and the Twelve Steps, then attempt to add employment, household responsibilities, friends, sponsees, relationships, meetings, and service in equal weights so that the scales balance. Our first try may throw our personal scales out of kilter. We may find that, because of our over-involvement in service, we have upset our employer or our family. But when we try to correct this problem by resigning from NA service altogether, the other side of the scales go out of balance.

We can ask for help from members who have stabilized their scales. These people are easy to recognize. They appear serene, composed, and self-assured. They'll smile in recognition at our dilemma and share how they slowed down, added only a few grains of sand at a time to either side of the scales, and were rewarded with balance in recovery.

Just for Today: I seek balance in my life. Today, I will ask others to share their experience in finding that balance.

Luckyv2 · 05-11-2012, 07:09 AM

I never knew what balance was. I am still learning

icandoit12 · 05-12-2012, 05:10 AM

This is something I really need to work on. I put my recovery last, and now at 90 days clean I am starting to get the itch again. My recovery needs to be top priority, because if I start using again everything else will be off. I find being a new mom, having to work, having to keep my household, my body healthy, there is not enough time in the day! What really makes me happy though is how I am not wasting endless hours a week trying to score pills!

05-11-2012, 06:25 AM	#1 (permalink)
lonestarTH Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Texas Posts: 217	Just For Today May 11- "Balancing the Scales" Balancing the scales "A lot of our chief concerns and major difficulties come from our inexperience with living without drugs. Often when we ask an old timer what to do, we are amazed at the simplicity of the answer." Basic Text, p. 43 Finding balance in recovery is quite a bit like sitting down with a set of scales and a pile of sand. The goal is to have an equal amount of sand on each side of the scales, achieving a balance of weight. We do the same thing in recovery. We sit down with the foundation of our clean time and the Twelve Steps, then attempt to add employment, household responsibilities, friends, sponsees, relationships, meetings, and service in equal weights so that the scales balance. Our first try may throw our personal scales out of kilter. We may find that, because of our over-involvement in service, we have upset our employer or our family. But when we try to correct this problem by resigning from NA service altogether, the other side of the scales go out of balance. We can ask for help from members who have stabilized their scales. These people are easy to recognize. They appear serene, composed, and self-assured. They'll smile in recognition at our dilemma and share how they slowed down, added only a few grains of sand at a time to either side of the scales, and were rewarded with balance in recovery. Just for Today: I seek balance in my life. Today, I will ask others to share their experience in finding that balance. __________________ "Take my will and my life, guide me in my recovery, show me how to live today clean."

05-11-2012, 07:09 AM	#2 (permalink)
Luckyv2 JUST DO IT!! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Here Or There Posts: 7,580 Blog Entries: 10	I never knew what balance was. I am still learning __________________ With Love and Respect Vic With God and A Little Luck We won't have to use today

05-12-2012, 05:10 AM	#3 (permalink)
icandoit12 Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 815	This is something I really need to work on. I put my recovery last, and now at 90 days clean I am starting to get the itch again. My recovery needs to be top priority, because if I start using again everything else will be off. I find being a new mom, having to work, having to keep my household, my body healthy, there is not enough time in the day! What really makes me happy though is how I am not wasting endless hours a week trying to score pills!

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