One of the most simple and profound things I've hear recently - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information

Moontime · 05-15-2006, 12:29 PM

Speaker- "When I was at the shooting gallery and they said this is how you get High!! I didn't argue with them, I didn't sit in the back of the room. I didn't give up my seat for anyone. I got there early, I sat right up in front and learned and listened how to get High."

"When people say this is how you stay clean (90/90, phone addicts, don't pick-up no matter what) sometimes it's such a struggle."

REZ · 05-15-2006, 04:20 PM

Yes, I was willing to do a lot of stupid and difficult things to get high. If I put only 10% of the effort into staying clean that I did into getting high, I'll be just fine.

Got It · 05-15-2006, 04:23 PM

Okay now I know my screen name is Got It but I don't Get It!!! Enlighten me please!!

**Phinneas** · 05-15-2006, 04:24 PM

Yup. My first sponsor - a rather proper lady - tells the story that when she was in treatment, one of the councelors called her a stubborn b!tch. She was appalled! But then the councelor said to her, if you put your stubborness toward your recovery instead of resisting it, you'll get it! She did and celebrated 5 years recently.

NA_Wonder · 05-15-2006, 05:53 PM

I saw a message board in front of a church the other day that read, "It's never too late to be the person you could have been." I liked that one!

**Peter** · 05-15-2006, 06:14 PM

Yeah, I like that Moontime.

fallen_angel_rb · 05-17-2006, 01:28 AM

I have to say that my favorite is "If you have one foot in the past and the other in the future, then you are pissing on your present"
I also like "today is a gift, that is why it is called the present"

Fallen Angel

Moontime · 05-17-2006, 06:02 AM

Got It- I think it's a take on the "If you want what we have you will do what we did/do" but at more real level.

Blake · 05-17-2006, 07:57 AM

Got it- my firnd doug tells it like this in his story..."when I started getting high, I didn't know how to get high...I had to learn from the people I saw getting high, do what they did, ask questions.....when I got clean, I didn't know how to stay clean.....I had to learn from the people I saw staying clean. do waht they did, ask question..."

Got It · 05-17-2006, 08:06 AM

Blake and Moontime - thanks for enlightening me - I get it!!!!! So so true too!!!

05-15-2006, 12:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
Moontime Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Charlottesville, Va Posts: 630	One of the most simple and profound things I've hear recently Speaker- "When I was at the shooting gallery and they said this is how you get High!! I didn't argue with them, I didn't sit in the back of the room. I didn't give up my seat for anyone. I got there early, I sat right up in front and learned and listened how to get High." "When people say this is how you stay clean (90/90, phone addicts, don't pick-up no matter what) sometimes it's such a struggle." __________________ Every day people are straying away from the church and going back to God. -Lenny Bruce

05-15-2006, 04:23 PM	#3 (permalink)
Got It At Least I Think I Do Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Earth Posts: 60	Okay now I know my screen name is Got It but I don't Get It!!! Enlighten me please!! __________________ To oppose something is to maintain it............

05-15-2006, 04:24 PM	#4 (permalink)
Phinneas Forum Leader Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: fumbling towards ecstasy Posts: 2,597	Yup. My first sponsor - a rather proper lady - tells the story that when she was in treatment, one of the councelors called her a stubborn b!tch. She was appalled! But then the councelor said to her, if you put your stubborness toward your recovery instead of resisting it, you'll get it! She did and celebrated 5 years recently. __________________ “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” ~Marianne Williamson

05-17-2006, 06:02 AM	#8 (permalink)
Moontime Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Charlottesville, Va Posts: 630	Got It- I think it's a take on the "If you want what we have you will do what we did/do" but at more real level. __________________ Every day people are straying away from the church and going back to God. -Lenny Bruce

05-17-2006, 07:57 AM	#9 (permalink)
Blake I'm an addict. Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Hyde Park, NY Posts: 1,201	Got it- my firnd doug tells it like this in his story..."when I started getting high, I didn't know how to get high...I had to learn from the people I saw getting high, do what they did, ask questions.....when I got clean, I didn't know how to stay clean.....I had to learn from the people I saw staying clean. do waht they did, ask question..." __________________ Warning: I'm a sick person so take any advice I may be spewing with a grain of salt, but it's what has worked for me, so far.

05-15-2006, 04:20 PM	#2 (permalink)
REZ Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Chapel Hill, NC Posts: 1,057	Yes, I was willing to do a lot of stupid and difficult things to get high. If I put only 10% of the effort into staying clean that I did into getting high, I'll be just fine.

05-15-2006, 05:53 PM	#5 (permalink)
NA_Wonder Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Henderson, KY Posts: 6	I saw a message board in front of a church the other day that read, "It's never too late to be the person you could have been." I liked that one!

05-15-2006, 06:14 PM	#6 (permalink)
Peter Moderator Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Leaving Sparta Posts: 2,662	Yeah, I like that Moontime.

05-17-2006, 01:28 AM	#7 (permalink)
fallen_angel_rb Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Hamilton, Ontario Posts: 9	I have to say that my favorite is "If you have one foot in the past and the other in the future, then you are pissing on your present" I also like "today is a gift, that is why it is called the present" Fallen Angel

05-17-2006, 08:06 AM	#10 (permalink)
Got It At Least I Think I Do Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Earth Posts: 60	Blake and Moontime - thanks for enlightening me - I get it!!!!! So so true too!!! __________________ To oppose something is to maintain it............

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