24 Hour Recovery Connections Part 487
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Acceptance is the Answer
Mar18by ImperfectFrom page 417 of The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous:
And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing, or situation—some fact of my life —unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing, or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment. Nothing, absolutely nothing, happens in God’s world by mistake. Until I could accept my alcoholism, I could not stay sober; unless I accept life completely on life’s terms, I cannot be happy. I need to concentrate not so much on what needs to be changed in the world as on what needs to be changed in me and in my attitudes.
Shakespeare said, “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.” He forgot to mention that I was the chief critic. I was always able to see the flaw in every person, every situation. And I was always glad to point it out, because I knew you wanted perfection, just as I did. A.A. and acceptance have taught me that there is a bit of good in the worst of us and a bit of bad in the best of us; that we are all children of God and we each have a right to be here. When I complain about me or about you, I am complaining about God’s handiwork. I am saying that I know better than God.
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Originally Posted by erfra7 
Acceptance is the Answer
Mar18by ImperfectFrom page 417 of The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous:
And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing, or situation—some fact of my life —unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing, or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment. Nothing, absolutely nothing, happens in God’s world by mistake. Until I could accept my alcoholism, I could not stay sober; unless I accept life completely on life’s terms, I cannot be happy. I need to concentrate not so much on what needs to be changed in the world as on what needs to be changed in me and in my attitudes.
Shakespeare said, “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.” He forgot to mention that I was the chief critic. I was always able to see the flaw in every person, every situation. And I was always glad to point it out, because I knew you wanted perfection, just as I did. A.A. and acceptance have taught me that there is a bit of good in the worst of us and a bit of bad in the best of us; that we are all children of God and we each have a right to be here. When I complain about me or about you, I am complaining about God’s handiwork. I am saying that I know better than God.
So much love dear Eric.
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Evening good folks.. day 6 is drawing to a close for me and it’s been pretty good. Out all day for work after an early start so it ended up being a 12 hour day but that’s ok.
As some of you might remember, my ex partner had a restraining order against me which expired in April. I spoke to my solicitor today as I haven’t seen my children since Christmas 2018 and it’s my eldest son’s 12th birthday on Thursday. Double checked that there’ll be no repercussions and today I’ve posted a card for him with a little note and some money for him. Apprehensive about what will happen next, I don’t even know if he’ll receive it or if his mother will keep it from him but I’ve tried... Really wanted to drink afterwards but I took myself off for a walk, mowed what passes for my lawn at the moment and about to have a hot shower...
grateful for another day of sobriety, along with many other blessings. What happens, happens. All I can control is my response to whatever comes my way.
hope everyone is doing good tonight, and thank you all for being there.
James
As some of you might remember, my ex partner had a restraining order against me which expired in April. I spoke to my solicitor today as I haven’t seen my children since Christmas 2018 and it’s my eldest son’s 12th birthday on Thursday. Double checked that there’ll be no repercussions and today I’ve posted a card for him with a little note and some money for him. Apprehensive about what will happen next, I don’t even know if he’ll receive it or if his mother will keep it from him but I’ve tried... Really wanted to drink afterwards but I took myself off for a walk, mowed what passes for my lawn at the moment and about to have a hot shower...
grateful for another day of sobriety, along with many other blessings. What happens, happens. All I can control is my response to whatever comes my way.
hope everyone is doing good tonight, and thank you all for being there.
James
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Originally Posted by venuscat
Hmmmm, very interesting.......my list post is a mixture of formatting from this version of the forum as well as the last one....if I re-do it from scratch, I can use font size change again and it will quote just fine, but I will lose the darkolivegreen.....
Love and good morning and hello to everyone.
Love and good morning and hello to everyone.
and 'color=olive green' in the first tag
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Originally Posted by Dee74
Haven't tried it but you could try the same as the size tags but with 'color' instead of 'size'
and 'color=olive green' in the first tag
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and 'color=olive green' in the first tag
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Originally Posted by abcowboy
Thanks for the new thread Dee!
kenton if you’re using an iPhone, I can probably help you see SR in desktop mode all the time, but you’d have to download the Microsoft Edge browser...
kenton if you’re using an iPhone, I can probably help you see SR in desktop mode all the time, but you’d have to download the Microsoft Edge browser...
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Originally Posted by NoGoingBack
Evening good folks.. day 6 is drawing to a close for me and it’s been pretty good. Out all day for work after an early start so it ended up being a 12 hour day but that’s ok.
As some of you might remember, my ex partner had a restraining order against me which expired in April. I spoke to my solicitor today as I haven’t seen my children since Christmas 2018 and it’s my eldest son’s 12th birthday on Thursday. Double checked that there’ll be no repercussions and today I’ve posted a card for him with a little note and some money for him. Apprehensive about what will happen next, I don’t even know if he’ll receive it or if his mother will keep it from him but I’ve tried... Really wanted to drink afterwards but I took myself off for a walk, mowed what passes for my lawn at the moment and about to have a hot shower...
grateful for another day of sobriety, along with many other blessings. What happens, happens. All I can control is my response to whatever comes my way.
hope everyone is doing good tonight, and thank you all for being there.
James
As some of you might remember, my ex partner had a restraining order against me which expired in April. I spoke to my solicitor today as I haven’t seen my children since Christmas 2018 and it’s my eldest son’s 12th birthday on Thursday. Double checked that there’ll be no repercussions and today I’ve posted a card for him with a little note and some money for him. Apprehensive about what will happen next, I don’t even know if he’ll receive it or if his mother will keep it from him but I’ve tried... Really wanted to drink afterwards but I took myself off for a walk, mowed what passes for my lawn at the moment and about to have a hot shower...
grateful for another day of sobriety, along with many other blessings. What happens, happens. All I can control is my response to whatever comes my way.
hope everyone is doing good tonight, and thank you all for being there.
James
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My plants burned and died today....well, some of them and for the first time in the three years I have lived here, the leaves on my dappled willow got burned as well. Grrrrrr. Insane weather here. Way too hot. We are moving.....oh yeah. s xxxx
Love to everyone and.....
s xxxxLove to everyone and.....
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