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10-16-2024, 04:53 AM | #16 |
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The Next Right Thing Sometimes I get stuck. When I'm in the middle of a mess or a crisis, I often get or feel paralyzed and can't seem to make a decision or take action. It might not even be that big a problem; sometimes I'm just worn out from having made a million decisions already that day. One more thing to decide or do just feels like one too many. Not doing anything adds another layer of stress, of course, and that stress ramps up my anxiety. The best way out of a mess or out of overwhelm is actually pretty straightforward. Just do the next right thing. Notice I said "thing," not "things." Pick one thing, one thing only. It can be a teeny-tiny thing that barely moves the needle on the issue, but at least it will move you from stuckness. Let your gut guide you as to what that thing should be. Keep it simple. Just taking that next right step will open the door to doing the next right thing after that. And so on. A solution is made up of minuscule things. Pick one and start.
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10-17-2024, 06:29 AM | #17 |
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Listening well Learning to really listen to another human being - beyond just his or her words - is critical to good communication. Valuable exchanges between human beings can occur only when each listens carefully to the other and tries sincerely to understand the other person's meaning. Much anger and frustration with others could be avoided if we truly understood one another. Constant thoughts running through our minds is a form of talking, and we can't listen to another (including our Higher Power) if we are still talking. Do I really listen? Higher Power, help me be quiet enough within to listen to others today. By trying to understand another, let me learn something about myself. Today I will quiet my mind and really listen to... Today's reading is from the book Day by Day: Daily Meditations for Recovering Addicts*
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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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Accepting Help When I was in the military in the early 2000s, alcoholism and drug addiction were the kiss of death. If you liked what you were doing and wanted to keep on doing it, you certainly didn't say you had a problem, because that was pretty much it. If you were using illegal drugs, you were probably going to jail if they caught you. If you were an alcoholic, you were probably on your way out. At one point in time, there was this really great sergeant who could really see inside people, and he saw there was a problem. He referred me to what at that time was called a BAP (behavioral analysis program), which was basically an IOP (intensive outpatient program) for active duty. The only reason I did it was fear of getting kicked out, because I didn't think I had a problem. It's not that BAP didn't try - it's that I wasn't ready to recognize I had a problem. I didn't graduate from it, because another deployment came up. The idea was, Well, he's going overseas, so he won't be able to drink over there. That will fix his alcoholism. Nothing could be further from the truth. Today I'll remind myself that help is always there when I need it, but I have to accept it for it to do any good. Today's reading is from the book Leave No One Behind: Daily meditations for Military Service Members and Veterans in Recovery*
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Reflection for the Day Before I became sober in the program, I blamed all my problems on other people, or on places and things. Now I'm learning to look squarely at each difficulty, not seeking whom to blame, but to discover how my attitude helped create my problem or aggravate it. I must also learn to face the consequences of my own actions and words and to correct myself when I'm wrong. Do I practice the Tenth Step by continuing to take personal inventory? When I am wrong, do I promptly admit it? Today I Pray May I know the blessed relief and unburdening that come when I admit I have done something wrong. May I learn - perhaps for the first time in my entire life - to take responsibility for my own actions and to face the consequences. May I learn again how to match actions with consequences. Today I Will Remember To take responsibility for my own actions. Today's reading is from the book A Day at a Time: Daily Reflections for Recovering People*
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