A program truth
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A program truth
I was just over on the newcomers section and found this statement from MIRecovery:
"Newcomers are the life blood of AA because they are a mirror of where we were and can be if we take that first drink"
Those are really true words and I think they apply to all of the programs, AA, NA, and can be easily modified to fit Al-Anon and Nar-Anon.
I thought MiRecovery's words should get a little more screen time!
Jim
"Newcomers are the life blood of AA because they are a mirror of where we were and can be if we take that first drink"
Those are really true words and I think they apply to all of the programs, AA, NA, and can be easily modified to fit Al-Anon and Nar-Anon.
I thought MiRecovery's words should get a little more screen time!
Jim
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Baton Rouge, La.
Posts: 15,236
The many meetings ive attended within my
own sobriety and coming here to SR on a daily
bases, listening to the newcomers, reading their
words, have definitely helped me stay on track
remaining sober for a many one days at a time
for the past 25 yrs.
I was a newcomer, green around the giles,
with no ideas I was that sick with an illness,
addiction that was keeping me from enjoying
life to its fullness.
Once I was educated about my addiction,
taugh many useful, healthy ways to live
life on lifes terms incorporating a program
of recovery in all areas of my life, then I
began to grow emotionally, spiritually, etc
Im not a newcomer, however, im a responsible
recoverying alcoholic connected to my recovery
program sharing my own ESH - experiences,
strengths and hopes with the newcomer in
order to give them hope that if I along with
many others have learned to live a sober life
then so can you.
As many appreciated me as a newcomer
guiding me along in my journey then so
do I appreciating all the newcomers today.
own sobriety and coming here to SR on a daily
bases, listening to the newcomers, reading their
words, have definitely helped me stay on track
remaining sober for a many one days at a time
for the past 25 yrs.
I was a newcomer, green around the giles,
with no ideas I was that sick with an illness,
addiction that was keeping me from enjoying
life to its fullness.
Once I was educated about my addiction,
taugh many useful, healthy ways to live
life on lifes terms incorporating a program
of recovery in all areas of my life, then I
began to grow emotionally, spiritually, etc
Im not a newcomer, however, im a responsible
recoverying alcoholic connected to my recovery
program sharing my own ESH - experiences,
strengths and hopes with the newcomer in
order to give them hope that if I along with
many others have learned to live a sober life
then so can you.
As many appreciated me as a newcomer
guiding me along in my journey then so
do I appreciating all the newcomers today.
Nature Girl
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: By The Lake
Posts: 60,328
There is a saying in the rooms that the most important person there is the newcomer, and what you quoted above is exactly why.
I am grateful for what was so freely given to me when I was a newcomer and can only repay the gift by passing it on.
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I am grateful for what was so freely given to me when I was a newcomer and can only repay the gift by passing it on.
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A Day at a Time
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Grand Rapids MI
Posts: 6,435
There is another gift that newcomers bring. To see someone totally broken and watch them progress into a whole and happy individual progressing in recovery is a sense of satisfaction that is hard explain
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