Topic of the Week, words beginning with the letter "U"
 

U is for Understanding. Through understanding of the program, we learn to understand who our God is to us and through that understanding, we learn to truly understand and know ourselves as we work the Steps.

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U is for Unity. Without you, there is no me. We can do what I can't do alone.

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U is for Use

Use the tools of recovery that you have learned to stay clean and sober. Use your phone to call someone if you need help to get through a rough spot.

U is for Utilize. Don't criticize, utilize the program. Find what works for you. If you tried my program, you just might get drunk, but hopefully I can say something that will be of benefit to you.

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U is for Use:

Use the 24 hour plan - One Day at a Time.
Use the Serenity Prayer.
Use prayer and meditation.
Use your program of recovery.
Use your sponsor.
Use your AA buddies and get rid of your old drinking buddies.

U is for Useless. Trying this program by yourself is useless. This is a we program. We can do what I can't do alone. Isolation is part of our disease. It not only blocks the negative from our lives, it stops the positive as well. As my mom said to me many years ago, "Is your faith so weak, that it hits the ceiling and bounces back."

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U is for United. United we stand against this disease of addiction. We can do what I can't do alone. Without you, there is no me. Others do not understand, but you know where I am coming from. As I like to say, "Been there done it, wore the t-shirt."

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U is for Use

Use the telephone. Call an AA friend who understands what you are going through and will help you in your time of need. Maybe someday someone will call you and you can help them just like you were.

U is for Understand. I understand we went through all this before, but I do understand that this is a one day at a time program. When I get to Step 12, I was told to start again at Step One, so I am starting the ABCs again. They were a blessing the first time around and I am sure they will be the second and third time around.

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U is for Unity of Spirit. I was at my group in spirit tonight, even if I bodily didn't make it there. I feel bad, because it is important for me to be there. I am sure someone stepped up and took my place.

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U is for Unknown. Many people fear the unknown. We need to learn to walk in faith. If our God brought us to it, He/She will surely see us through it.

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U is for unbelievable
 

In regards to recovery in a program

U is for Unanimous. For those who have come to the fellowships and stayed clean and sober, I think that we would find that we would get an unanimous vote of gratitude for the 12 Step Programs. Some say the program didn't work for them. I say, "Did you work for the program." We have to want recovery, we can't stay clean if we are unwilling to be clean in the first place.

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U is for Undo. I wish there was an undo button that I could push in life to correct all the wrong decisions I made in life. Life doesn't work that way. We lots of practice and hopefully learning from our mistakes, we don't make as many wrong decisions that need to be undone. I am so grateful that I have a loving, caring, and forgiving God in my life.

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U is for Use. Stop using drugs and alcohol. There are natural highs in recovery. I used people, places and things to take me out of reality. In today, my Higher Power utilizes people, places, and things to show me a new way to live.

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U is for Utilize, don't Criticize. We need to keep and open mind and it is good to get positive feedback or experience, strength, and hope from our fellow recovery members. We may not like it, but we can put it to good use. I was told that I could learn two things in recovery. How to work my program and how NOT to work my recovery.

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U is for the Unknown. So often we fear it because we base our tomorrows on our yesterdays. When we move into the future with our God, we will know when the time is right. If we apply the program to our life, we can take it one step at a time. Sometimes we have to go back to Step Three and ask for the willingness to work the rest of the Steps. We can't know what we have never been taught.

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U is for Unity. We all stand together. Without you, there is no me. One person doesn't dictate what is to be said and done, we all join in together. We all have different gifts to bring to the table. We work as One.

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U is for the Unknown. How can we know what we have never been taught or experienced? That is why it is important to reach out and ask for help.

our friends may be unknown, but no one knows an addict better than another addict.

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U is for Umbrage. I don'y care if she hinted that I lose weight. That is here opinion. I will have to pray for her.

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U is for Understand. no one understands an alcoholic/addict than another alcoholic/addict. many people like to separate the two, but if we are getting honest, in order to recover, alcohol is a drug. I used alcohol like I did with men, pills, relationships, food, my bed, my computer, my work, etc.

you also qualify for Al-Anon and Nar-Anon because you know me.

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U is for Untold. There are many untold stories that we have never shared and internalized them thinking we were the only ones, only to go to a meeting and here them from the lips of others. We are only as sick as our secrets. I will share those hidden storehouse of memories and allow myself to heal.

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U is for Use. Don't use mind altering substances, stay connected to the God of your understanding. Learn to utilize other things, that are healthy for the body, mind, and spirit.

Hugs not Drugs

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U is for Useful. Make yourself useful at your group. Getting involved in service is a good way to strengthen your recovery. Don't ask what the group can do for you but what can you do for the group. The best way to get out of Self and the great I am, is to help someone else

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