is the principle behind the Ninth Step of Alcoholics Anonymous.
I heard early on in recovery that nothing changes if nothing changes. It took a little while for this to sink in, but now I get it.
In order for this alkie to stop drinking, I first had to become aware that alcohol was making my life miserable. Nothing else, just alcohol. Then I had to become willing to do something about it. Such as stop drinking! Once I had stopped, it has taken the discipline to continue working a program of recovery, which includes making many chages in my life and lifestyle.
todAAy i AAm grAAteful & thAAnkful
that I could be part of a successful fundraiser for the 2007 Houston Roundup which was held at Lambda Center Saturday night; I think it raised about $6000 over a 2-hour period
that my life today is better than it was when I was drinking for a pretty quiet weekend, mostly by myself
that my sister and I met up at my Mom's nursing home, merely by coincidence
that I have yet to make a list of my pet peeves; why be negative?
that I didn't go ballistic when I was wronged by a retail salesperson (in my previous life, I would have yelled and cursed until I had made more than a complete fool of myself)
that I have never been in a police chase
Security is not the absence of danger, but the presence of God, no matter what the danger. -Anonymous
I heard early on in recovery that nothing changes if nothing changes. It took a little while for this to sink in, but now I get it.
In order for this alkie to stop drinking, I first had to become aware that alcohol was making my life miserable. Nothing else, just alcohol. Then I had to become willing to do something about it. Such as stop drinking! Once I had stopped, it has taken the discipline to continue working a program of recovery, which includes making many chages in my life and lifestyle.
todAAy i AAm grAAteful & thAAnkful
that I could be part of a successful fundraiser for the 2007 Houston Roundup which was held at Lambda Center Saturday night; I think it raised about $6000 over a 2-hour period
that my life today is better than it was when I was drinking
for a pretty quiet weekend, mostly by myself
that my sister and I met up at my Mom's nursing home, merely by coincidence
that I have yet to make a list of my pet peeves; why be negative?
that I didn't go ballistic when I was wronged by a retail salesperson (in my previous life, I would have yelled and cursed until I had made more than a complete fool of myself)
that I have never been in a police chase
Security is not the absence of danger, but the presence of God, no matter what the danger.
-Anonymous