Links

Join

Forums

Find Help

Recovery Readings

Spiritual Meditations

Chat

Contact


Go Back   Bluidkiti's Alcohol and Drug Addictions Recovery Help/Support Forums > Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery > Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery

Share This Forum!  
 
        

 
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
Old 08-31-2014, 01:14 AM   #32
MajestyJo
Super Moderator
 
MajestyJo's Avatar
 

Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Hamilton, ON
Posts: 25,085
Default

Quote:
Sunday, August 31, 2014

You are reading from the book Food for Thought

Accepting Guidelines

Some of us have gone through life thinking that we did not need to follow any guidelines. Somehow, we got the idea that special circumstances placed us above the rules. We looked for shortcuts and rebelled against the tedium of discipline. Considering ourselves exceptional, we decided to make our own guidelines. These were usually based on doing what we felt like when we felt like it.

When we get to OA, we may spend a short or a long time experimenting with the program, adjusting it to suit ourselves. Sooner or later, we discover that our adjustments do not work. The OA program works, provided we follow the rules and work it as it is, not as we might like it to be.

Once we accept the rules at a gut level, they lead us out of negative restraint into positive freedom. By following a few simple guidelines, we become free from slavery to compulsive overeating and self-centered confusion.

Thank You for Your guidelines.
It took a lot of accepting on my part. All my life it was rules and regulations, and I felt they were meant to be broken, and if you didn't break them, you bent them to fit the occasion.

I was one of those people that tried to put things together without reading the instructions first.
__________________

Love always,

Jo

I share because I care.


MajestyJo is offline   Reply With Quote
Post New ThreadReply  

Bookmarks


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 2 (0 members and 2 guests)
 
Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Thoughts Just For Today MajestyJo General Forum 214 11-16-2015 02:17 PM
NA JUST FOR TODAY - AUGUST 2014 MajestyJo Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery 29 08-31-2014 01:10 AM
FOOD FOR THOUGHT - SEPTEMBER MajestyJo Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery 19 09-17-2013 07:33 AM
Food For Thought - August bluidkiti Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery 31 08-31-2013 05:34 PM
Thought For Today - August bluidkiti Daily Recovery Readings 26 08-31-2013 08:00 AM


Click here to make a Donation

All times are GMT -4. The time now is 06:34 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.