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bluidkiti · 10-25-2014, 08:47 AM

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This is a simple program for complicated people.
SAYING HEARD AT MEETINGS

Newcomer
I heard a speaker with years in recovery share that she’d always done it her own way—the she met friends at bars if she felt like it, had never had a sponsor, and sometimes went for months without a meeting. I know newcomers who’ve done similar things. What’s the big deal?

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Some people in recovery cling to rebellion. While they don’t want to return to the horrors of active addictions, they aren’t willing to surrender what they think of as individualism. They “get away with” skipping Steps and ignoring suggestions. One helps out at meeting, but keeps booze in the house. One gives advice to newcomers, but goes unsponsored.

The program doesn’t ask that we give up what truly make each of us an individual. I t offers us clear guidelines, and promises that if we follow them, we won’t have to risk a relapse. The program works for us, if we work it. Testing our recovery by trying to see what we can “get away with” is like playing a game of Russian roulette.

Today, I feel safety and strength as I follow the principles of this program. I know that rue individuality come from the self-knowledge that recovery affords me.

10-25-2014, 08:47 AM	#13
bluidkiti Administrator Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 70,608	---- 83 ---- This is a simple program for complicated people. SAYING HEARD AT MEETINGS Newcomer I heard a speaker with years in recovery share that she’d always done it her own way—the she met friends at bars if she felt like it, had never had a sponsor, and sometimes went for months without a meeting. I know newcomers who’ve done similar things. What’s the big deal? Sponsor Some people in recovery cling to rebellion. While they don’t want to return to the horrors of active addictions, they aren’t willing to surrender what they think of as individualism. They “get away with” skipping Steps and ignoring suggestions. One helps out at meeting, but keeps booze in the house. One gives advice to newcomers, but goes unsponsored. The program doesn’t ask that we give up what truly make each of us an individual. I t offers us clear guidelines, and promises that if we follow them, we won’t have to risk a relapse. The program works for us, if we work it. Testing our recovery by trying to see what we can “get away with” is like playing a game of Russian roulette. Today, I feel safety and strength as I follow the principles of this program. I know that rue individuality come from the self-knowledge that recovery affords me. __________________ "No matter what you have done up to this moment, you get 24 brand-new hours to spend every single day." --Brian Tracy AA gives us an opportunity to recreate ourselves, with God's help, one day at a time. --Rufus K. When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. --Franklin D. Roosevelt We stay sober and clean together - one day at a time! God says that each of us is worth loving.

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