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<b>flickchic</b> - Mon 23 Jan, 2006 5:30 am<br>
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"Each Day a New Beginning
<br>
To recover means to learn who we are";
<br>
<br>
"It means charting a daily personal course and staying on it"
<br>
<br>
could you please explain to me and or give me some idea/s on what it means to "chart a daily personal course"? <hr>
<b>peajaye</b> - Mon 23 Jan, 2006 9:41 am<br>
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To me, it means starting the day on a spiritual plane and not veering off it, or when I do, getting right back on. Like asking God to help me stay sober today and thank him at night. Then during the day, if I am tempted, to remember God is helping me and ask for his immediate assistance.
<br>
<br>
Just my opinion...that is all I've got. <img src="images/smiles/45.gif" alt="hug" border="0"> <hr>
<b>Cassie</b> - Mon 23 Jan, 2006 1:08 pm<br>
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Hi Felicity
<br>
For me, it means starting the day with The Serenity Prayer and reading the daily posts here. That strengthens my resolve to remain true to the promise I made to my Higher Power and to myself back in 2000. I map out my meetings for the week on Mondays as well.
<br>
<br>
In between, I have a Monday-Friday routine of things I have taken responsibility to do - those are a schedule of housekeeping things. I do better in a sort of regimented world. That doesn't mean I won't stop everything, grab my camera (I enjoy photography) and try for the perfect photo. OR take a phone call from someone else in recovery.
<br>
<br>
Again, at night, I post here as well as visit the Christian Recovery forum to read, study and post. Right now, I am looking for another sponsor - the person I plan to ask lives about an hour away but has lived here in my city.
<br>
<br>
The final thing I do before bed is look at my gratitude list and give thanks for another sober and (hopefully) productive day. As I read back, it must sound awfully dull. It's just my way. Each of us has to find what works for them. With commitment to this fellowship and direction of your own Higher Power, you will too.
<br>
<br>
Friend in Recovery <img src="images/smiles/20.gif" alt="smile" border="0"> <img src="images/smiles/45.gif" alt="hug" border="0"> <img src="images/smiles/46.gif" alt="smile" border="0"> <hr>
<b>free2bunme</b> - Mon 23 Jan, 2006 1:48 pm<br>
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hey felicity,
<br>
for me it means starting my day, every day, with morning prayers and meditation and with journaling. it means ending my day with gratitude and with reflection. it means keeping to my schedule, both of things that i do for myself, like my art class and like excercise (when i actually add that to my "personal growth chart, one of these months)...and service work obligations like charing meetings. i think these things keep me grounded and in the moment, yet over time, will contribute to my growth. does this make sense? <hr>
<b>flickchic</b> - Tue 24 Jan, 2006 6:42 pm<br>
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thank's for your replies, they were all helpful, time is pretty limited when I'm away at work, however I can make some time...I guess there is also room where my partner was, we shared all before and after work time...guess it will be a helpful and hopefully fulfilling way to fill any void. <hr>
<b>Clean42day</b> - Sat 04 Mar, 2006 2:56 pm<br>
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<span style="color: blue;">here is a meditation that helps me.............
<br>
<br>
UPON AWAKENING
<br>
<br>
A.A. Thought for the Day
<br>
"We cannot get along without prayer and meditation. On awakening, let us think about the twenty-four hours ahead. We consider our plans for the day. Before we begin, we ask God to direct our thinking. Our thoughts lives will be placed on a much higher plane when we start the day with prayer and meditation. We conclude this period of meditation with a prayer that we will be shown through the day what our next step is to be. The basis of all our prayers is: Thy will be done in me and through me today." Am I sincere in my desire to do God's will today?
<br>
Meditation for the Day
<br>
Breathe in the inspiration of goodness and truth. It is the spirit of honesty, purity, unselfishness, and love. It is readily available if we are willing to accept it wholeheartedly. God has given us two things -- God's spirit and the power of choice -- to accept or not, as we will. We have the gift of free will. When we choose the path of selfishness and greed and pride, we are refusing to accept God's spirit. When we choose the path of love and service, we accept God's spirit and it flows into us and makes all things new.
<br>
Prayer for the Day
<br>
I pray that I may choose the right way. I pray that I may try to follow it to the end.
<br>
<br>
AND ALSO.................
<br>
<br>
this is what the BB has to say...................
<br>
<br>
<div align="center"><div class="codetitle">Quote:</div><div class="quotediv"> When we retire at night, we constructively review
<br>
our day. Were we resentful, selfish, dishonest or afraid?
<br>
Do we owe an apology? Have we kept something to
<br>
ourselves which should be discussed with another person
<br>
at once? Were we kind and loving toward all? What
<br>
could we have done better? Were we thinking of ourselves
<br>
most of the time? Or were we thinking of what
<br>
we could do for others, of what we could pack into the
<br>
stream of life? But we must be careful not to drift into
<br>
worry, remorse or morbid reflection, for that would
<br>
diminish our usefulness to others. After making our
<br>
review we ask God's forgiveness and inquire what corrective
<br>
measures should be taken.
<br>
<br>
<br>
On awakening let us think about the twenty-four
<br>
hours ahead. We consider our plans for the day. Before
<br>
we begin, we ask God to direct our thinking, especially
<br>
asking that it be divorced from self-pity, dishonest
<br>
or self-seeking motives. Under these conditions
<br>
we can employ our mental faculties with assurance,
<br>
for after all God gave us brains to use. Our thought-life
<br>
will be placed on a much higher plane when our
<br>
thinking is cleared of wrong motives.
<br>
<br>
<br>
In thinking about our day we may face indecision.
<br>
We may not be able to determine which course to take.
<br>
Here we ask God for inspiration, an intuitive thought
<br>
or a decision. We relax and take it easy. We don't
<br>
struggle. We are often surprised how the right answers
<br>
come after we have tried this for a while.</div></div>
<br>
<br>
I have found that what helps me is I don't have to necessarily review my day if I keep the above reading in mind and if I stay aware and God conscious throughout my day. sure I have a to-do list of everyday things I need to get done. but I also try walk throughout my day by keeping healthy thinking, feelings and actions consciously in my mind. Sometimes I am not sure....and like it says above, I stop and pause and pray. I don't only pray in the morning, and at night....I talk to god in the car, when i am in the shower, while I am standing in the line at the grocery store and my character defect of impatience is threatening to act out. just before I sit down to take a test in class. all throughout my day....I ask myself little questions....what would my sponsor tell me to do here?....what would god want me to do in this situation?
<br>
<br>
I guess it is a shift into a higher plane and place of awareness.
<br>
<br>
the first thing I think in the morning is Thank you God for another day and it is your day and I am just in it....what do you want me to do today....where do you want me? and then be willing to let the day unfold and just walk through it to the best of my ability.
<br>
<br>
The BB and steps are subjective and open to our own personal interpretation of how they apply to us and how we will put them into practice in our daily lives. We have to personalize them and internalize them in order for them to become ours.
<br>
<br>
<br>
in my opinion the principals within the steps are not open to interpretation....they are truths that must be followed if we are to get any kind of concrete results.
<br>
<br>
PRINCIPAL
<br>
<br>
A comprehensive and fundamental law, doctrine, or assumption b (1): a rule or code of conduct (2): habitual devotion to right Principles, .
<br>
<br>
1. Honesty
<br>
2. Hope
<br>
3. Faith
<br>
4. Courage
<br>
5. Integrity
<br>
6. Willingness
<br>
7. Humility
<br>
8. Brotherly Love
<br>
9. Justice
<br>
10. Perseverance
<br>
11. Prayer-and -Meditation.
<br>
12. Service to One Another.
<br>
<br>
Just some of my thoughts.............
<br>
<br>
Have a great day......it is a choice! <img src="images/smiles/14.gif" alt="cheerleader" border="0">
<br>
<br>
light and love
<br>
<br>
Gail</span> <hr>
<b>flickchic</b> - Sat 04 Mar, 2006 6:49 pm<br>
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Thankyou for sharing your thoughts Gail, sometimes I still struggle with being God concious throughout the day...I guess I'm still getting used to having Him in my life.... I do communicate with Him on a daily basis and trust in Him more and more, it's just that some days I find myself a little distanced. I shared about flattening out for a few days not long ago and I was surprised when I learnt the answer...I hadn't been "being with God" and that void returned...so I asked for forgiveness and told Him I was back again. God makes me smile, enormously some times, the inner happiness shows outwardly in my communications with others and how they respond to me...I really can see the difference! I had PMT last week and found myself being less than graceful for a couple of days...I did apologise and ask for forgiveness as I was not always speaking kindly of others....I did not ask for direction from God during that time and didn't I see the difference afterwards!!!! I am ashamed to admit to being that way. Something I used to remind me to have patience on the road was that "everyone has their own agenda", "courage to accept the things I cannot change", God helped me see that and it allowed me to be gracious again, for that I am thankful. Somedays I don't spend much time here and I think that's a failing..reading the daily readings, prayer and meditations helps me to stay on the path I wish to be on, one guided by my soul parent, God, for I have seen and feel so much change for the better in me since I began this journey of sobriety. Again, I thankyou, your share has cleared the way for me a little further, I love the way God makes me smile! <img src="images/smiles/angelgrin.gif" alt="smile" border="0"> <hr>
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<b>Post subject: </b><hr class="sep" width="95%">
"Each Day a New Beginning
<br>
To recover means to learn who we are";
<br>
<br>
"It means charting a daily personal course and staying on it"
<br>
<br>
could you please explain to me and or give me some idea/s on what it means to "chart a daily personal course"? <hr>
<b>peajaye</b> - Mon 23 Jan, 2006 9:41 am<br>
<b>Post subject: </b><hr class="sep" width="95%">
To me, it means starting the day on a spiritual plane and not veering off it, or when I do, getting right back on. Like asking God to help me stay sober today and thank him at night. Then during the day, if I am tempted, to remember God is helping me and ask for his immediate assistance.
<br>
<br>
Just my opinion...that is all I've got. <img src="images/smiles/45.gif" alt="hug" border="0"> <hr>
<b>Cassie</b> - Mon 23 Jan, 2006 1:08 pm<br>
<b>Post subject: </b><hr class="sep" width="95%">
Hi Felicity
<br>
For me, it means starting the day with The Serenity Prayer and reading the daily posts here. That strengthens my resolve to remain true to the promise I made to my Higher Power and to myself back in 2000. I map out my meetings for the week on Mondays as well.
<br>
<br>
In between, I have a Monday-Friday routine of things I have taken responsibility to do - those are a schedule of housekeeping things. I do better in a sort of regimented world. That doesn't mean I won't stop everything, grab my camera (I enjoy photography) and try for the perfect photo. OR take a phone call from someone else in recovery.
<br>
<br>
Again, at night, I post here as well as visit the Christian Recovery forum to read, study and post. Right now, I am looking for another sponsor - the person I plan to ask lives about an hour away but has lived here in my city.
<br>
<br>
The final thing I do before bed is look at my gratitude list and give thanks for another sober and (hopefully) productive day. As I read back, it must sound awfully dull. It's just my way. Each of us has to find what works for them. With commitment to this fellowship and direction of your own Higher Power, you will too.
<br>
<br>
Friend in Recovery <img src="images/smiles/20.gif" alt="smile" border="0"> <img src="images/smiles/45.gif" alt="hug" border="0"> <img src="images/smiles/46.gif" alt="smile" border="0"> <hr>
<b>free2bunme</b> - Mon 23 Jan, 2006 1:48 pm<br>
<b>Post subject: </b><hr class="sep" width="95%">
hey felicity,
<br>
for me it means starting my day, every day, with morning prayers and meditation and with journaling. it means ending my day with gratitude and with reflection. it means keeping to my schedule, both of things that i do for myself, like my art class and like excercise (when i actually add that to my "personal growth chart, one of these months)...and service work obligations like charing meetings. i think these things keep me grounded and in the moment, yet over time, will contribute to my growth. does this make sense? <hr>
<b>flickchic</b> - Tue 24 Jan, 2006 6:42 pm<br>
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thank's for your replies, they were all helpful, time is pretty limited when I'm away at work, however I can make some time...I guess there is also room where my partner was, we shared all before and after work time...guess it will be a helpful and hopefully fulfilling way to fill any void. <hr>
<b>Clean42day</b> - Sat 04 Mar, 2006 2:56 pm<br>
<b>Post subject: </b><hr class="sep" width="95%">
<span style="color: blue;">here is a meditation that helps me.............
<br>
<br>
UPON AWAKENING
<br>
<br>
A.A. Thought for the Day
<br>
"We cannot get along without prayer and meditation. On awakening, let us think about the twenty-four hours ahead. We consider our plans for the day. Before we begin, we ask God to direct our thinking. Our thoughts lives will be placed on a much higher plane when we start the day with prayer and meditation. We conclude this period of meditation with a prayer that we will be shown through the day what our next step is to be. The basis of all our prayers is: Thy will be done in me and through me today." Am I sincere in my desire to do God's will today?
<br>
Meditation for the Day
<br>
Breathe in the inspiration of goodness and truth. It is the spirit of honesty, purity, unselfishness, and love. It is readily available if we are willing to accept it wholeheartedly. God has given us two things -- God's spirit and the power of choice -- to accept or not, as we will. We have the gift of free will. When we choose the path of selfishness and greed and pride, we are refusing to accept God's spirit. When we choose the path of love and service, we accept God's spirit and it flows into us and makes all things new.
<br>
Prayer for the Day
<br>
I pray that I may choose the right way. I pray that I may try to follow it to the end.
<br>
<br>
AND ALSO.................
<br>
<br>
this is what the BB has to say...................
<br>
<br>
<div align="center"><div class="codetitle">Quote:</div><div class="quotediv"> When we retire at night, we constructively review
<br>
our day. Were we resentful, selfish, dishonest or afraid?
<br>
Do we owe an apology? Have we kept something to
<br>
ourselves which should be discussed with another person
<br>
at once? Were we kind and loving toward all? What
<br>
could we have done better? Were we thinking of ourselves
<br>
most of the time? Or were we thinking of what
<br>
we could do for others, of what we could pack into the
<br>
stream of life? But we must be careful not to drift into
<br>
worry, remorse or morbid reflection, for that would
<br>
diminish our usefulness to others. After making our
<br>
review we ask God's forgiveness and inquire what corrective
<br>
measures should be taken.
<br>
<br>
<br>
On awakening let us think about the twenty-four
<br>
hours ahead. We consider our plans for the day. Before
<br>
we begin, we ask God to direct our thinking, especially
<br>
asking that it be divorced from self-pity, dishonest
<br>
or self-seeking motives. Under these conditions
<br>
we can employ our mental faculties with assurance,
<br>
for after all God gave us brains to use. Our thought-life
<br>
will be placed on a much higher plane when our
<br>
thinking is cleared of wrong motives.
<br>
<br>
<br>
In thinking about our day we may face indecision.
<br>
We may not be able to determine which course to take.
<br>
Here we ask God for inspiration, an intuitive thought
<br>
or a decision. We relax and take it easy. We don't
<br>
struggle. We are often surprised how the right answers
<br>
come after we have tried this for a while.</div></div>
<br>
<br>
I have found that what helps me is I don't have to necessarily review my day if I keep the above reading in mind and if I stay aware and God conscious throughout my day. sure I have a to-do list of everyday things I need to get done. but I also try walk throughout my day by keeping healthy thinking, feelings and actions consciously in my mind. Sometimes I am not sure....and like it says above, I stop and pause and pray. I don't only pray in the morning, and at night....I talk to god in the car, when i am in the shower, while I am standing in the line at the grocery store and my character defect of impatience is threatening to act out. just before I sit down to take a test in class. all throughout my day....I ask myself little questions....what would my sponsor tell me to do here?....what would god want me to do in this situation?
<br>
<br>
I guess it is a shift into a higher plane and place of awareness.
<br>
<br>
the first thing I think in the morning is Thank you God for another day and it is your day and I am just in it....what do you want me to do today....where do you want me? and then be willing to let the day unfold and just walk through it to the best of my ability.
<br>
<br>
The BB and steps are subjective and open to our own personal interpretation of how they apply to us and how we will put them into practice in our daily lives. We have to personalize them and internalize them in order for them to become ours.
<br>
<br>
<br>
in my opinion the principals within the steps are not open to interpretation....they are truths that must be followed if we are to get any kind of concrete results.
<br>
<br>
PRINCIPAL
<br>
<br>
A comprehensive and fundamental law, doctrine, or assumption b (1): a rule or code of conduct (2): habitual devotion to right Principles, .
<br>
<br>
1. Honesty
<br>
2. Hope
<br>
3. Faith
<br>
4. Courage
<br>
5. Integrity
<br>
6. Willingness
<br>
7. Humility
<br>
8. Brotherly Love
<br>
9. Justice
<br>
10. Perseverance
<br>
11. Prayer-and -Meditation.
<br>
12. Service to One Another.
<br>
<br>
Just some of my thoughts.............
<br>
<br>
Have a great day......it is a choice! <img src="images/smiles/14.gif" alt="cheerleader" border="0">
<br>
<br>
light and love
<br>
<br>
Gail</span> <hr>
<b>flickchic</b> - Sat 04 Mar, 2006 6:49 pm<br>
<b>Post subject: </b><hr class="sep" width="95%">
Thankyou for sharing your thoughts Gail, sometimes I still struggle with being God concious throughout the day...I guess I'm still getting used to having Him in my life.... I do communicate with Him on a daily basis and trust in Him more and more, it's just that some days I find myself a little distanced. I shared about flattening out for a few days not long ago and I was surprised when I learnt the answer...I hadn't been "being with God" and that void returned...so I asked for forgiveness and told Him I was back again. God makes me smile, enormously some times, the inner happiness shows outwardly in my communications with others and how they respond to me...I really can see the difference! I had PMT last week and found myself being less than graceful for a couple of days...I did apologise and ask for forgiveness as I was not always speaking kindly of others....I did not ask for direction from God during that time and didn't I see the difference afterwards!!!! I am ashamed to admit to being that way. Something I used to remind me to have patience on the road was that "everyone has their own agenda", "courage to accept the things I cannot change", God helped me see that and it allowed me to be gracious again, for that I am thankful. Somedays I don't spend much time here and I think that's a failing..reading the daily readings, prayer and meditations helps me to stay on the path I wish to be on, one guided by my soul parent, God, for I have seen and feel so much change for the better in me since I began this journey of sobriety. Again, I thankyou, your share has cleared the way for me a little further, I love the way God makes me smile! <img src="images/smiles/angelgrin.gif" alt="smile" border="0"> <hr>
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