Check-In .. Thursday 12/17

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There is a difference between recovery and sobriety. Carrying the principles into all my affairs, keeping a conscious contact with a Higher Power, and living in recovery is much more powerful than simply struggling to avoid a drink in sobriety. Recovery is what I do - it's who I am. My addictive personality used to get me in trouble- but today I am addicted to AA (and amazingly enough I haven't been arrested since I got sober)! Unfortunately we see so many folks desiring a new way of living without the booze come into the rooms but never get actively involved with commitments or with helping others - they tend to fail. Of course, this is a very general statement and just a personal observation based on what it's been like for me. The folks who have what I want go out speaking to other groups regularly and have sponsees and are always at meetings sharing their experience, strength, and hope.

 

Anyway, lots of group holiday parties and alkathons coming up - a good opportunity to be IN recovery and not just AROUND the rooms. Recovery is not a spectator sport - if ya win it ya gotta get in the game :)

 

 

Thursday thoughts:

 

+ **The irony of tomorrow is that you will rename it TODAY!** Enjoy the Moment

 

+ "You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf..." ~ Jon Kabat Zinn

 

+ Everyone Smiles in the same language. --Proverb

 

+ If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you'll never enjoy the sunshine. --Morris West

 

 

Thursday songs:

Joan Osborne – One Of Us ♫ http://blip.fm/~hwyie

Blondie – One way or another ♫ http://blip.fm/~hwyhw

The Wall – Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb ♫ http://blip.fm/~hwyfn

Living Colour – Cult Of Personality ♫ http://blip.fm/~hwydd

 

 

Jonathan, Alcoholic from New Jersey

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