Topic: Are You Exercising Patience?

[aasharon90]

Patience is much more than a
"hide and watch" attitude. It is
sustained trying. We must be
willing to wait for fullfillment. We
can head straight for our goal
of sobriety and cleanness, if we
only pause for the stop-lights
along the way and wait.

If we insist on plunging ahead,
refusing to wait, we are sure to
go the long way around, and we
lose sight of our objective in the
roundabout journey. We need to
keep in mind always that our
objective is a sober, clean way
of thinking and living. Yes, we
have to have patience or our
objective will slip away. Do I
exercise patience?

HP, help me to do the things today
that will make me ready. Help me
to be willing to wait for the right
things.

Hi Im Sharon and Im an Alcoholic.

By the grace of my HP and people
like u here in SR i havent had a drink
of alcohol since 8-11-90.
For that im truely grateful.

It seems like ive been waiting all
my life for something or someone
to make me happy....

Ive been waiting to go back home to
Baton Rouge since the day we moved
here 10 yrs ago.

Ive come here with the expectations of
returning after we got the kids thru
school. And now that they are nearing
graduation for one and into her 2nd
yr....they r well on their way....

As the time clock ticks away, id like
to make a difference in my life. To
do something worth while. To
do what His Will is for me....

I want to return home to the place
i got sober 16 yrs ago and help others
in person....not just here online, but
face to face with them....

Ive done some of the footwork
as far as sending in my application
for a job position....now i have to
be patient while it is processed.

I remember hearing this saying on
one of those biblical movies where
Jesus says...."Why waste one minute of
worrying." I guess if we could place
our faith in that Power Greater than us
then we will be taken care of.

Believe me...my trust is in His hands
at this point in my life.


Anxious for something to happen but
nontheless im willing to practice some
patience at this time.

Thanks for letting me share.

[NewLeaf]

Thanks, Sharon. Patience. A very good reminder...

[aasharon90]

Thanks NewLeaf...

i wonder where is the Thank You button at the bottom of each posts is so we can just click on it to say thanks to folks. hmmmm

Does anyone know?

[Jersey Nonny]

Everytime I hear the topic "Patience", I'm reminded of a wall plaque I once bought:

God grant me patience, but hurry!

[GlassPrisoner]

I'm trying. I'm normally a patient person by nature, so it's not too tough. However, there are times when I wish I was, like, a couple of years sober and all this stuff was behind me.

[aasharon90]

ODAAT glass.... ONE DAY AT A TIME....JUST FOR TODAY.

During my recovery journey i have gone
thru lots of changes....some good and
some bad....there r twists and turns
that pop up with u least expect it to.....

It was explained to me about quantity
and quality of my recovery.....sure u
can wish for many yrs clean and sober
and once u get there...some without
warning slip or go back out....and u
see and hear this quit often in ur meetings....

i would sit there in astonishment
thinking...what were u thinking...
why in the heck would u throw away
24 yrs sobriety....even 2 yrs....10 yrs....

And they explained how they became
complacant in their program....oh im
cured and i dont need meetings
anymore and ill never get drunk
again....then boom....they have
slipped....why u ask?

Well i had a fight with so and so....
oh it was the holidays and i thought
i could celebrate with one glass of
wine or beer. Maybe one joint...one
fix....and now they r full blown drunk
or high.

Or......

U can work ur recovery one day at a
time, know u r powerless over alcohol
and when u drink ur life always becomes
unmanageable....And u always no that
one drink will never be enough to satisfy
that craving u have for it.

And u know alcohol is poison to u and
if u take one drink ever..u will eventually
get drunk, go crazy or DIE....

I heard many times that once u get sober
or clean recovery screws up ur drinking
and using careers. Things will NEVER EVER
be the same as it once was.....

Once u have accepted that fact then
u move on with ur life on a daily bases
practicing the principles of recovery in
ur everyday life till death do you part.

The quality of ur recovery is what will
keep u sober each day...never looking
any further than where u r today...and
before u know it u will have those 16 yrs
like i have....

For me 16 yrs doesnt mean anything
to me....just today does,,,because
yesterday is gone and forgotten and
tomorrow hasnt gotten here yet...and
we have know idea what tomorrow will
bring until we wake up. Right?