stepping

I have a jar called my "God Jar".

When I hand something over to God; be it a situation, character flaw, emotion..etc that I can't carry around anymore I write it down and drop it in my jar and seal it back up and leave it to God and walk away.

Example: Today I put in "selfishness". B/C..I was praying and my prayer to bless someone else and their family suddenly turned back about me without my intention

I thought it would be helpful in recovery to have a "Leave it With God Thread" where here you can write down what you would like to leave with God.....or to give you the idea to create your own God jar. Somebody gave me this idea and it helps me TONS.

Have a good sober day all :ghug3

Kevah

I leave the friendships that didn't make it into my sobriety.

stepping

Praying for you Kevah

Kevah

Thank you. And I think this is a great idea for a thread!

Dee74

You posted in our Daily Support Forum, which is only for the continuation of existing threads....so I moved the thread here Stepping


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LDT

Awesome thread idea!

I'm handing over an emotionally and verbally abused childhood.( I just can't rehash it any more.)

MIRecovery

I leave those who were sober but no longer are in the God jar

IndaMiricale

Thank you stepping wonderful thing those god jars are aye

Keep doing what your doing ..

I will pm you tonight after a meeting. Nice to have a new friend..

Good love, Inda

Natom

I heard about something called a 'God Box' very early in my sobriety. I instantly dismissed it as a stupid idea. Then later on in my recovery I actually discovered my higher power and although I don't have a physical God Box I have actually started turning stuff over and letting it go. So much so that I have 'Let Go and Let God' tattoed on my hand. Being able to turn stuff over and let go of it is such an amazing feeling nowadays.

Natom.

stepping

Good to come home and see all these!!
Thanks, Dee for the move

Heading to a meeting and I hope to see more when I return. You guys inspire me SOO much and I hope I do the same for all of you!

GypsyHeart

stepping i've read the God box, it's a great book. actually i bought two of them right after i read the book from the library. i then put them into action by giving them to two people that i had prayed for and telling them to read the book and to give it to someone they had prayed for and on and on to let the book be passed around.
there is also a website thegodboxproject for the book which has the download for a God box mobile app where you can write your worries, requests and gratitude on the go. i downloaded it - pretty neat!

BabyJane

I have had to leave a lot of my sober life up to God. The past two weeks, it was my financial situation since I was honestly stuck waiting for an answer before I could move forward. I did my part and then I had to wait for my HP to do the rest. It was really difficult. I wanted to do something desperate or shady to get money (old habbits) but instead I borrowed enough to make my car payment and tried to stay calm. Finally today things got sorted out a bit. I will pay back the money I borrowed and be more careful in the future... Hopefully if I stay sober and trust God to keep me safe and at least have food and a roof over my head I'll be ok. I've been without those things before due to my addiction and it was the worst time in my life. Today I don't have to sleep in my car or go hungry. Grateful.

heath480

I have a beautiful wooden God Box,an oldtimer in the fellowship gave it to me as a present.She has one as well.

I write down what is bothering me and pop it in,usually trivial things,they are the ones that trip me up.

Good to hear others do the same.

Threshold

I put my frustration with management decisions at work, in the box. I've been taking things way too personal. I've been worrying too much over the recognition or rebuke others have been getting.

stepping

I have been filling my God jar with lots of stuff but have failed to follow my own direction in writing them here:

There is a bit, so bear with me
It's 3 days worth ha

- selfishness

-self esteem

-career/job/school

-fear of the future

-love

-family feuds

-depression

-patience with people, time, recovery etc

-obsession

-the suffering alcoholic/addict

-cigarette smoking

-past love relationship

-past friendships

-money

most details saved for the jar itself
*not particularly in that order

I hope everyone is having a sober fun filled weekend
Please feel free to add as you wish. It feels good for me to get this out. I hope it helps you too!

Kevah

I am 1 month free of smoking, but the mental craving is definately still there! So, I put that in the box. Thank you for the reminder, Stepping!

sugarbear1

Help me change my old (negative) habits and replace them with new ones

and thanks for that position of neutrality when it comes to alcohol or drugs

stepping

Kevah!!!!!

stepping

I don't know if this falls in the selfish bag but neediness.

I once read in a book that if you consider someone a "snob" it's really your problem. Like you are saying "hey, pay more attention to me".

Sometimes I feel myself not satisfied with conversations, meeting people, etc.

This is really my problem.

Xune

Nah, that isn't the case at all. I absolutely despise snobs and I assure you, their arrogance is very much their issue.

Snob - a person who imitates, cultivates, or slavishly admires social superiors and is condescending or overbearing to others.

I'll be blunt, snobs are awful people and the less I have to do with them, the better.