Dianaji
10-20-2008, 12:39 PM
[SIZE="7"]I am new to this forum but not new to recovery. Amid all of the growth and spiritual groups of the 70's and 80's I happened upon a magazine article about Adult Children and felt, for the first time ever, both seen and understood. Over these past few years I have drifted away from the fellowship and language of recovery and find myself in the middle of all the old stuff... addicted to trying to save everyone but myself... God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change... Shortly after my mother died in 1986, I attended a church class in which the pastor discussed her belief that some individuals live a spaced out life, from drugs, alcohol or whatever and die in that state... she(the pastor) went on to discuss the bigger picture and the mystery of our lives and our souls growth... as I listened I suddenly felt free from the assumption I had made about being the one responsible to save my mother from herself... Today, what I am reminded of is that recovery is a verb, I am never recovered, alway recovering... when I forget that, I fall back into the mire of trying to save my mother(now through saving other people)from herself. I am grateful for this forum and look forward to sharing again and reading what other members have to share...