24Hour Recovery Connection Part 344
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Originally Posted by ShenzyT 
Good morning - checking from the NE of Scotland. It's nearly 6.00am. I've been up for nearly an hour - I've not been awake at 5am for a very long time.
Checking in for another 24 hours.
Day 4.
Big hugs everyone
Checking in for another 24 hours.
Day 4.
Big hugs everyone
Day 4! Keep em coming Shenzy! 
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Originally Posted by joandmelandhan
Good morning all.
Big day today it's tax return deadline day and we've a mountain of work to do. Time to roll my sleeves up and do some serious work! This year I have the ability and clarity that sobriety brings so no matter how frantic it gets I'm going to be okay.
24 more for me please and lots of love to you all ❤❤❤
Big day today it's tax return deadline day and we've a mountain of work to do. Time to roll my sleeves up and do some serious work! This year I have the ability and clarity that sobriety brings so no matter how frantic it gets I'm going to be okay.
24 more for me please and lots of love to you all ❤❤❤
Keep em coming.............. Member
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Originally Posted by kenton
Quite a lot of competition for my favourite quote from last night's reading of inspirational quotes. I really like this one...
'You can only lose something you have, you cannot lose something that you are.'
I like this because with continued sobriety, my life has become so good and I sometimes worry that I'm not worthy to have this incredible life and that everything is somehow going to be taken away from me. This quote reminds me that things can be taken away but being a mum, a wife, a friend, a sister and most importantly .... being sober, these things can never be taken from me.
The other quote I love is this one...
'Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live it's whole life believing that it is stupid.'
From now on, every time I try to reverse park, work out how to use a new TV remote control (why so many buttons, why????) or try to build flat pack furniture I will remind myself I'm not stupid. I'm just a fish trying to climb a tree.
Congratulations to everyone celebrating a milestone today and good luck Jo with sorting out all the tax stuff..... 24 more hours for me please xxxx
'You can only lose something you have, you cannot lose something that you are.'
I like this because with continued sobriety, my life has become so good and I sometimes worry that I'm not worthy to have this incredible life and that everything is somehow going to be taken away from me. This quote reminds me that things can be taken away but being a mum, a wife, a friend, a sister and most importantly .... being sober, these things can never be taken from me.
The other quote I love is this one...
'Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live it's whole life believing that it is stupid.'
From now on, every time I try to reverse park, work out how to use a new TV remote control (why so many buttons, why????) or try to build flat pack furniture I will remind myself I'm not stupid. I'm just a fish trying to climb a tree.
Congratulations to everyone celebrating a milestone today and good luck Jo with sorting out all the tax stuff..... 24 more hours for me please xxxx
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Originally Posted by Nic233
Hi fellow 24-ers. Sorry I haven’t checked in for a couple of days but I’m still completely sober. I won’t ever drink again. Sending some much love to everyone
8pm Perth xx
8pm Perth xx
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24 More is the Plan of the Day!
I haven’t been posting as regular lately but wanted to let everyone know that things are going great and am BUSY as always.
I would not be where I am today if it weren’t for my friends here and the SUPPORT. So.....thank you EVERYONE for the advice when needed, the cheerleading when I needed it and SR itself for being a place I can visit 24 hours a day and find a kindred spirit!
I really LOVE You ALL (in a non-stalking Internet kind of way, Ha-Ha)
I haven’t been posting as regular lately but wanted to let everyone know that things are going great and am BUSY as always.
I would not be where I am today if it weren’t for my friends here and the SUPPORT. So.....thank you EVERYONE for the advice when needed, the cheerleading when I needed it and SR itself for being a place I can visit 24 hours a day and find a kindred spirit!
I really LOVE You ALL (in a non-stalking Internet kind of way, Ha-Ha)
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Originally Posted by quitter62
24 More is the Plan of the Day!
I haven’t been posting as regular lately but wanted to let everyone know that things are going great and am BUSY as always.
I would not be where I am today if it weren’t for my friends here and the SUPPORT. So.....thank you EVERYONE for the advice when needed, the cheerleading when I needed it and SR itself for being a place I can visit 24 hours a day and find a kindred spirit!
I really LOVE You ALL (in a non-stalking Internet kind of way, Ha-Ha)
I haven’t been posting as regular lately but wanted to let everyone know that things are going great and am BUSY as always.
I would not be where I am today if it weren’t for my friends here and the SUPPORT. So.....thank you EVERYONE for the advice when needed, the cheerleading when I needed it and SR itself for being a place I can visit 24 hours a day and find a kindred spirit!
I really LOVE You ALL (in a non-stalking Internet kind of way, Ha-Ha)
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Originally Posted by quitter62
24 More is the Plan of the Day!
I haven’t been posting as regular lately but wanted to let everyone know that things are going great and am BUSY as always.
I would not be where I am today if it weren’t for my friends here and the SUPPORT. So.....thank you EVERYONE for the advice when needed, the cheerleading when I needed it and SR itself for being a place I can visit 24 hours a day and find a kindred spirit!
I really LOVE You ALL (in a non-stalking Internet kind of way, Ha-Ha)
I haven’t been posting as regular lately but wanted to let everyone know that things are going great and am BUSY as always.
I would not be where I am today if it weren’t for my friends here and the SUPPORT. So.....thank you EVERYONE for the advice when needed, the cheerleading when I needed it and SR itself for being a place I can visit 24 hours a day and find a kindred spirit!
I really LOVE You ALL (in a non-stalking Internet kind of way, Ha-Ha)
Love you quitter!!!! 
♥
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Asking for What We Need
One evening, I was alone, weary, and exhausted. I was in the midst of extensive traveling, disconnected from friends and family. I had flown home for the evening, but it seemed like nobody noticed. People were used to me being gone.
It was late at night, and I began arguing with God.
"I'm out there working hard. I'm lonely. I need to know someone cares. You've told me to tell you what I need and tonight, God, I particularly need the presence of male energy. I need a friend, someone I can trust to care about me in a nonsexual, nonexploitive way. I need to be held. Now, where are you?"
I lay down on the couch and closed my eyes. I was too tired to do anything but let go.
The telephone rang minutes later. It was a former colleague who had since become my friend. "Hey, kid," he said. "You sound really tired and needy. Stay right where you are. I'm going to drive out and give you a foot rub. It sounds exactly like what you need."
Half an hour later, he knocked on my door. He brought a small bottle of oil with him, and gently massaged my feet, gave me a hug, told me how much he cared about me, then left.
I smiled. I had received exactly what I asked for.
It is safe to trust God.
Today, I will remember God cares about what I need, especially if I do.
One evening, I was alone, weary, and exhausted. I was in the midst of extensive traveling, disconnected from friends and family. I had flown home for the evening, but it seemed like nobody noticed. People were used to me being gone.
It was late at night, and I began arguing with God.
"I'm out there working hard. I'm lonely. I need to know someone cares. You've told me to tell you what I need and tonight, God, I particularly need the presence of male energy. I need a friend, someone I can trust to care about me in a nonsexual, nonexploitive way. I need to be held. Now, where are you?"
I lay down on the couch and closed my eyes. I was too tired to do anything but let go.
The telephone rang minutes later. It was a former colleague who had since become my friend. "Hey, kid," he said. "You sound really tired and needy. Stay right where you are. I'm going to drive out and give you a foot rub. It sounds exactly like what you need."
Half an hour later, he knocked on my door. He brought a small bottle of oil with him, and gently massaged my feet, gave me a hug, told me how much he cared about me, then left.
I smiled. I had received exactly what I asked for.
It is safe to trust God.
Today, I will remember God cares about what I need, especially if I do.
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Good morning beautiful gentle people
Here I’m in my car drinking coffee ready for another work day it amazed me how it feels to wake up hangover free , have a wonderful day everyone.
24 more for this old alcoholic soul.
The body is the soul's house. Shouldn't we therefore take care of our house so that it doesn't fall into ruin?
—Philo Judaeus
Some men think it is a mark of a strong man to abuse his body and pay no heed to his health. Have we done this through drug use or abuse of food? Have we misused our bodies by our sexual behavior? Have we neglected our physical condition or health because of addictions or obsessions with other people?
To end abusive cycles, we need to act in self-respecting ways - sometimes before we feel self-respecting. Recovery and spiritual awakening involve the body, mind, and spirit. We need nutrition, exercise, sleep, and health care. Treating ourselves as worthwhile men helps us feel worthwhile. Tuning in to how we feel physically may give us some direction. As we sense how we feel, do we get some physical messages to guide our recovery?
I will yield to the messages I get from myself so I can enjoy the physical pleasures of recovery and give my soul a better home.
Here I’m in my car drinking coffee ready for another work day it amazed me how it feels to wake up hangover free , have a wonderful day everyone.
24 more for this old alcoholic soul.
The body is the soul's house. Shouldn't we therefore take care of our house so that it doesn't fall into ruin?
—Philo Judaeus
Some men think it is a mark of a strong man to abuse his body and pay no heed to his health. Have we done this through drug use or abuse of food? Have we misused our bodies by our sexual behavior? Have we neglected our physical condition or health because of addictions or obsessions with other people?
To end abusive cycles, we need to act in self-respecting ways - sometimes before we feel self-respecting. Recovery and spiritual awakening involve the body, mind, and spirit. We need nutrition, exercise, sleep, and health care. Treating ourselves as worthwhile men helps us feel worthwhile. Tuning in to how we feel physically may give us some direction. As we sense how we feel, do we get some physical messages to guide our recovery?
I will yield to the messages I get from myself so I can enjoy the physical pleasures of recovery and give my soul a better home.
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