Gratitude alphabet.
get it, give it, grow in it
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Calif coast
Posts: 3,167
One more big one for me while we are in the Cs
CONTROL - my efforts to control my son's addiction has gone over the top. I am grateful that I recongnize my Compulsion to Control and that I am trying to stop.
I've heard that CONTROL IS THE FLIP SIDE OF FEAR.
CONTROL - my efforts to control my son's addiction has gone over the top. I am grateful that I recongnize my Compulsion to Control and that I am trying to stop.
I've heard that CONTROL IS THE FLIP SIDE OF FEAR.
Attitude of Gratitude
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Dayton, Ohio
Posts: 2,305
I have to jump back to B for a minute.
B Brandon, my son.
B Blessings, I have received so many in my Recovery. I can now look at a bird and see the Blessing in it rather than the mess it leaves on cars! LOL
C Courage!!!!!! I have discovered Courage in AA/NA
B Brandon, my son.
B Blessings, I have received so many in my Recovery. I can now look at a bird and see the Blessing in it rather than the mess it leaves on cars! LOL
C Courage!!!!!! I have discovered Courage in AA/NA
Evolving Addict
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: New York State
Posts: 3,067
Committment
I'm grateful for the committment I continue to put forth to maintain the foundation of my recovery. Staying true to the cause allows everything else to be possible. I can't afford to be too busy to recover.
I'm grateful for the committment I continue to put forth to maintain the foundation of my recovery. Staying true to the cause allows everything else to be possible. I can't afford to be too busy to recover.
get it, give it, grow in it
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Calif coast
Posts: 3,167
E = I am learning to let go of EXPECTATIONS
Letting go of EXPECTATIONS allows me to live more consciously by appreciating
what is good in the present.
By doing this I can stop projecting and worrying about outcomes. I've learned that my emotional highs + lows were aggravated and intensified by setting up expectations. I see that it is not healthy to expect others to live up to my standards.
Letting go of EXPECTATIONS allows me to live more consciously by appreciating
what is good in the present.
By doing this I can stop projecting and worrying about outcomes. I've learned that my emotional highs + lows were aggravated and intensified by setting up expectations. I see that it is not healthy to expect others to live up to my standards.
Member
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: MO
Posts: 56
Farewell
“Every day I shall put my papers in order and every day I shall say farewell. And the real farewell, when it comes, will only be a small outward confirmation of what has been accomplished within me from day to day.
“Every day I shall put my papers in order and every day I shall say farewell. And the real farewell, when it comes, will only be a small outward confirmation of what has been accomplished within me from day to day.
Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Posts: 5,075
Gratitude
At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person.
Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us. Albert Schweitzer
I am grateful to have learned I do not have to shoulder the world on my own.
At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person.
Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us. Albert Schweitzer
I am grateful to have learned I do not have to shoulder the world on my own.
Forum Leader
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: In my little piece of heaven
Posts: 2,870
God's Grace (double word score!!)
I am so incredibly grateful for my higher power whom I call God. His grace is so amazing, His love for me is so much more than I could say. No matter what my problem is, my God is bigger.
I am so incredibly grateful for my higher power whom I call God. His grace is so amazing, His love for me is so much more than I could say. No matter what my problem is, my God is bigger.
Recovering Codependant
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Liverpool, Great Britain
Posts: 1,335
I'm going to go backwards..
D- My Daughter, who I love deeply and who motivates me to find recovery and a healthier way of life. She inspires me daily and is such a great source of love and joy, I wonder what i did with my life before she came into it.
E- Embracing what I have learnt and using my new knowledge to lead me to a better way of living.
F- Friendship. I have found that I have some very true friends who have been there for me through thick and thin, who at a drop of a hat, would be there for me to support or just cheer me up, I never before felt such appreciation for them as I do now. Thats here on SR and at home.
Lily xxxxxxxxxxx
D- My Daughter, who I love deeply and who motivates me to find recovery and a healthier way of life. She inspires me daily and is such a great source of love and joy, I wonder what i did with my life before she came into it.
E- Embracing what I have learnt and using my new knowledge to lead me to a better way of living.
F- Friendship. I have found that I have some very true friends who have been there for me through thick and thin, who at a drop of a hat, would be there for me to support or just cheer me up, I never before felt such appreciation for them as I do now. Thats here on SR and at home.
Lily xxxxxxxxxxx
Progress Not Perfection
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: "Further up and further in!"---C.S. Lewis
Posts: 563
I am going back a bit.
I am grateful for:
epiphany: a usually sudden manifestation or perception of the essential nature or meaning of something (2): an intuitive grasp of reality through something (as an event) usually simple and striking (3): an illuminating discovery, realization, or disclosure b: a revealing scene or moment
I just posted the definition because I thought it was relevant and I think its awesome. Everyday epiphanies...large and small...are what makes life great in alot of ways for me. I welcome them all.
I am grateful for:
epiphany: a usually sudden manifestation or perception of the essential nature or meaning of something (2): an intuitive grasp of reality through something (as an event) usually simple and striking (3): an illuminating discovery, realization, or disclosure b: a revealing scene or moment
I just posted the definition because I thought it was relevant and I think its awesome. Everyday epiphanies...large and small...are what makes life great in alot of ways for me. I welcome them all.
Member
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: The Jungle
Posts: 5,435
Gizzmo - my deceased kitty. A cornish rex but she was entirely bald. She had calico skin. I love her so much and she makes me smile when I think of her. She was so soft and warm to the touch and loved to cuddle. Bless her little heart....she was so ugly that she was cute. (To me she was cute....everyone else said she was just ugly.)
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