"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..."
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armed with the twelve steps all things are possible
Phil? are you getting the message here? Are you accepting what I am saying? jersey? lol It does both ways ya know.
I'm off to church and a celebration of one ethnic group of something special in their culture. It is not mine, and means nothing to me,,, but I will go and fellowship with them.
God bless you all,
love in recovery,
amanda
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do your best and God does the rest, a step at a time
(From Chapter 5, pages 58-60 of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous)
Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path. Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program, usually men and women who are constitutionally incapable of being honest with themselves. There are such unfortunates. They are not at fault; they seem to have been born that way. They are naturally incapable of grasping and developing a manner of living which demands rigorous honesty. There chances are less than average. There are those, too, who suffer from grave emotional and mental disorders, but many of them do recover if they have the capacity to be honest.
Our stories disclose in a general way what we used to be like, what happened, and what we are like now. If you have decided you want what we have and are willing to go to any length to get it - then you are ready to take certain steps.
At some of these we balked. We thought we could find an easier, softer way, but we could not. With all the earnestness at our command, we beg of you to be fearless and thorough from the start. Some of us have tried to hold on to our old ideas and the result was nil until we let go absolutely.
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Easy Does it..Keep It Simple..Let Go and Let God..
