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Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Serene In Dixie
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What is the greatest gift in your recovery?
For me.....when the obsession to drink was lifted by my God and has never returned.
Next?
For me.....when the obsession to drink was lifted by my God and has never returned.
Next?
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Venice, Florida
Posts: 414
For me it was freedom from the obsessing on how to obtain the pills and knowing that my priorities were back on track, God first, then family, then my career.
It is also the realization that I am no longer hiding the secret from those I love. :xmasu
It is also the realization that I am no longer hiding the secret from those I love. :xmasu
Stopping the tornado
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: USA
Posts: 143
Carol,
Great topic. There is no way I could just pick one!
There are so many gifts in recovery! I pray every night that God will continue to remove my obsession to drink alcohol.
But there are so many others! Waking up feeling healthy every morning is at the top of my list. Feeling like my life is manageable again. Knowing that my actions are not causing pain in others. Being able to actually go out and enjoy life again, instead of just sitting on the couch and drinking myself to death! Not having to structure my life around drinking gives me such freedome!
There are so many others. My therapist suggested I write all this stuff down so that I remember it should a craving come on. Perhaps I will do that today...
Great topic. There is no way I could just pick one!
There are so many gifts in recovery! I pray every night that God will continue to remove my obsession to drink alcohol.
But there are so many others! Waking up feeling healthy every morning is at the top of my list. Feeling like my life is manageable again. Knowing that my actions are not causing pain in others. Being able to actually go out and enjoy life again, instead of just sitting on the couch and drinking myself to death! Not having to structure my life around drinking gives me such freedome!
There are so many others. My therapist suggested I write all this stuff down so that I remember it should a craving come on. Perhaps I will do that today...
Not the center of the Universe
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Orchard Lake, Michigan
Posts: 974
Greatest gift? Finding out that there were other people in this world who I could relate to , talk with, care about, love, and share the days I'm alive with without having to be drunk. Not being alone anymore. All of the other gifts, including a belief in a higher power of my understanding, came from other people who knew what I was really like before I even knew what I was really like.
That's a gift I won't be returning to exchange for a bottle of artifical happiness any time soon.
That's a gift I won't be returning to exchange for a bottle of artifical happiness any time soon.
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Beaver, WA
Posts: 1,346
(((((((((Carol)))))))))))
God, Me, You, US and the freedom and liberty to clearly see the autonomy even in these wonderous gifts. LOL prioritized the best I can at this particular moment while living in the here and now.
God, Me, You, US and the freedom and liberty to clearly see the autonomy even in these wonderous gifts. LOL prioritized the best I can at this particular moment while living in the here and now.
Paige
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: St. Louis, MO
Posts: 48
Hi,
What a great thread. I am thankful the most for the people I have met on this website and through AA Meetings. Thank you also to "Finding Out" for your comment regarding support: "Finding out that there were other people in this world who I could relate to , talk with, care about, love, and share the days I'm alive with without having to be drunk". AMEN to that! I spent years thinking I was by myself...I was TERRIFIED to go to an AA meeting! NOW...I am going to 3 or 4 a week. I am thankful for another sober day! Happy Monday!
Paige
What a great thread. I am thankful the most for the people I have met on this website and through AA Meetings. Thank you also to "Finding Out" for your comment regarding support: "Finding out that there were other people in this world who I could relate to , talk with, care about, love, and share the days I'm alive with without having to be drunk". AMEN to that! I spent years thinking I was by myself...I was TERRIFIED to go to an AA meeting! NOW...I am going to 3 or 4 a week. I am thankful for another sober day! Happy Monday!
Paige
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