ABCs of Recovery

[MajestyJo]

T is for Truth. Stand in your own truth. Make things right with your God, clean your side of the street, and trust that the program will work for you.

As they say, "The ball is on your side of the street," it is up to you with what you do with it.

[MajestyJo]

U is for Understanding. I had to come to my own understanding. I could get feed back from others, but the ultimate decision(s) were mine. I found most of my understandings were old tapes, and I had to look at things in today and what they meant to me.

[MajestyJo]

V is for Vow. Make a vow to stay clean and sober over the holiday. No matter what, I will not pick up a drug of any kind. I may have a lot of excuses, but no reason to pick up.

[dwmoeller]

W is for Watch out...

Watch out for anger and resentments
Watch out for EGO = Ease God Out
Watch out for complacency

[dwmoeller]

X - eXtra time with God.

[MajestyJo]

Y is for You. Only you can decide if you are an alcoholic/addict. You must be willing to stop and find a new way of life without the bondage of your disease. You do have a disease, it is an allergy of the body and an obsessive, compulsive that affects the mind and it tells you that you haven't got a problem. It tell you that this time will be different. The insanity of the disease is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

[dwmoeller]

Z is for Zip

Zip your lips and open your ears.

[MajestyJo]

A is for Attitude. What needs to be changed within me and my attitude to bring about and aid recovery.

Make sure you wear the right hat through the Holiday and take an open mind and a compassionate heart with you.

Remember that attitudes often need to be adjusted. I found the best way to do that is go to a meeting. It also helps to find some gratitude, it isn`t always about me, myself, and I. Actions speak louder than words

[MajestyJo]

B is for Beautiful. See the beauty within. It shines through when you walk with the God of your understanding. Take a walk in the country or in a park and enjoy the beauty of His Creation. It is all around you, soak up the gift(s) that the Creator has given us.

[MajestyJo]

C is for Clean. Just for today, I choose not to use. I had to cleanse my mind, my body, and my spiritual well being in order to recover.

I had to clean away the old to make room for the new. I had to do an inventory to see what was, and what needed to be changed.

[MajestyJo]

D is for Divine Orderly Good. I can't do this program alone, I need Good Orderly Good from a group of drunks and drug addict to show me the way to stay clean and sober. Look for the Divine Orderly Good in things, stay in the positive instead of the negative.

[MajestyJo]

E is for Easy Does It, but do it! The do it is what I need to address, I can do it easy in a day, but not always able to align body, mind, and spirit. As they say, the mind is willing, but the flesh is weak. Each day is a new beginning, so I get a new day to practice, practice, practice. Not doing doesn't make us bad, we are not bad trying to get good. We are sick from the disease of alcoholism, trying to heal.

[MajestyJo]

F is for Friends. Be your own best friend. Friends are special, let them know it, don't take them for granted.

[MajestyJo]

G is for Growth. Growth in our awareness and in our program as a result of working the Steps in our life.

[dwmoeller]

H is for Have an escape plan. If you are going to an event that becomes hard for you to be there, have an escape plan to get out of the environment that is threatening your sobriety....for example: drive yourself so you can leave when you want or need to, call a friend to come get you, call a taxi, walk