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11-23-2008, 01:03 PM
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WARNING! If you thought THAT was hard...
Okay. So you defined what being an alcoholic is. Great job.
Now what does SOBRIETY mean to you? |
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11-23-2008, 01:50 PM
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Loss--whether temporary or permanent--of the compulsion to use alcohol .....Reconnection with real life.
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 Each and every morning I Thank God for my sobriety---I could never have done it without Him!!!
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11-23-2008, 07:01 PM
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Servant of Christ Jesus
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Serenity, to me means I can make my own decisions, the dope doesn't. For so long my life was ruled by drugs, in all my affairs. Today, dope don't rule nothing!
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We know that it is not our job to win the Kingdoms of the world for ourselves. We simply have to make witness to Jesus Christ and to Him crucified. De Colores
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11-23-2008, 11:24 PM
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Quiet Sobriety
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Sobriety to me means living a life free of obsession, guilt and shame while living in peaceful co-existence with my higher powers will for me and still be able to put my hand out to someone who may need it!
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11-23-2008, 11:43 PM
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Location: Oklahoma
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Sobriety to me, is living free from active addiction and working the 12-steps of recovery while applying the spiritual principles embodied in those steps to change me for the better a day at a time.
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And this above all, to thine own self be true. And it must follow as night the day, thou canst not be false to any man. -Shakespeare For as he thinks in his heart, so is he. Proverbs 23:7 |
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11-24-2008, 07:51 AM
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Sobriety is what I have today which is a new life from God free from addictions through the working of the 12 Steps and now going out into the world carrying the message to others.
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11-24-2008, 12:18 PM
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Sobriety for me is living out the serenity prayer in my life, one day at a time. Exhibiting acceptance, courage, and wisdom......and allowing humility to remind me that I am not the source of those three things in my life.
DaveH
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DaveH Worry is a misuse of imagination I hope to become the person my dog thinks I am |
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11-24-2008, 05:37 PM
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Well it's not the opposite of being an acolic because sobriety doesn't mean I can suddenly control my drinking again. So far sobriety/recovery has been the ability to see truth and accept it. Truth and acceptance has freed me from the bondage of self that was my drinking and allowed me to leave a life of conflict behind for a new life of peace and harmony. Basically what everyone else in this thread has said.
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11-24-2008, 10:17 PM
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Location: Corpus Christi Texas
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SOBREITY MEANS EVERY SINCE I GOT SOBER THE DOG STOPPED PEEING IN MY LAP
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11-25-2008, 01:05 PM
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Bill
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sobriety is seeing things for what they really are, & not what self, (I) wants them to be..............Perspective................bc
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