Alow me to introduce myself ...

[Pagan]

Hi
I found this on google.
why I'm here ?
I am an addict, back from a relapse 3 days clean.
I look forward to getting to know you all

God Bless

Pagan

[yukonm]

Glad you are here, pagan.
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[zoomie]

HI and welcome! Congrats on making it back!

[Bob-J]

Hi Pagan
My name is Bob an Alcoholic. Good to see you here, and Three days clean is a miracle

Love in The Program
Bob

[Deeters]

If we can make it one day it's a miracle. At an AA group last night, we all were reassured, that we are accepted into this loving family of recovering alcoholics and addicts, right where we are and just as we are. We don't need to fix ourselves, in time by going to meetings, sharing with others, (I still haven't done the 12 steps), having a sponsor (still don't have one of those yet), then in time we'll be fixed naturally.

As Bob said, having 3 days sober is a miracle in itself. Here's something I always hear at the meetings. If I can just make it through today without a drink then it's a miracle. I can drink tomorrow, but tomorrow never comes because we made it through today, this day, the only day we are guaranteed.

Hang in there Pagan. This is a place of understanding and caring for each person who comes here. I know. I've been loved back to sobriety. One day at a time.

[Deeters]

Monday, March 16, 2009
You are reading from the book Each Day a New Beginning

True intimacy with another human being can only be experienced when you have found true peace within yourself.
--Angela L. Wozniak

Intimacy means disclosure--full expression of ourselves to another person. Nothing held back. All bared. There are risks, of course: rejection, criticism, perhaps ridicule. But the comfort we feel within is directly proportional to the peace we've come to know.

Each day we commit ourselves to recovery, we find a little more peace. Each conversation we have with our higher power brings us a little more security. Each time we turn our full attention to another person's needs, we feel our own burdens lightened.

Peace comes in stages. As we continue to accept our powerlessness, the depth of our peace increases. Turning more often to a power greater than ourselves eases our resistance to whatever condition prevails. Forgiving ourselves and others, daily, heightens our appreciation of all life and enhances our humility. Therein lies peace.

We each are a necessary part of the creative spirit prevailing in this world. The details of our lives are well in hand. We can be at peace. Who we are is who we need to be.

Intimacy lets me help someone else also live a full and peace-filled life. I will reach out to someone today.

From Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women by Karen Casey © 1982, 1991 by Hazelden Foundation. All rights reserved. Published 1982. Second edition 1991.

[janbear]

Congratulations Pagan on 3 days! Glad you are here and keep coming back.

[Bronx850]

Hi-Pagan, welcome

[Arthur H]

Pagan, a lot of us have been there, more than once, I have.
Thank you for having the courage and honesty to come back

[jsepps]

Welcome,this is a great site. I dont post much but Im always reading, it helps a lot

[jollygirl]

Hi Pagan,

Congrats on 3 days! Count the hours and days right now and pat yourself on the back...I am! I'm 10 days sober as of 7:30 this morning...yeah, I'm counting trust me. I am really having to absolutely having to take it 24 hours at a time and I'm committing to the 90 meetings in 90 days. My cravings are bad at night so walking into that night time meeting just lifts my spirits higher than any drug ever did. It's great to just be with "my people" as I call them. They just get me, finally I have found people that get me! (kinda like this board!)

[CD BUCKBERRY]

Pagan,Welcome back,you are always welcome.Keep trying and Keep Coming Back.It will work if you want it to.