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February 25 
I will give myself the gift of time today
and be quiet and hear with my heart.
I will go to my special place inside where
I really live  in love and in joy and carry those feelings
with me throughout the day.
written by ~ Ruth Fishel
"Time for Joy" 
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Resisting Urges

Well another nite is upon me, and I sit here kinda sad
Feelings out of sorts with me, letting things upstairs make me mad
I guess I should be glad that times like this are here
Because a few days down the road I know, my head will be more clear

A drug is now so tempting, at times like this I dread
But then again, if I went there, I'd surely end up dead
So I think about  a meeting and I think about the drug
Luckily for me this time  around, I am opting for that hug

Its hard to change the way we are , once that we get clean
I know inside it ain’t the drugs, with me its that machine
The  one inside my body that doesn't want to change
Sometimes it is all I can do, to make it disengage..

But I know that I can do this, I've done it lots before
Thank god for all you people, that walk into that door
Thank you all who've shared your lives to people just like me
I'd hate to think there were no rooms, without them, where'd I be?

But there are and that is something, I can focus on tonight
Before I lay me down to sleep, I keep this all in site
I know I will feel better cuz tomorrows a brand new day
And hey I didn't use today, now THAT'S something to SAY

written by ~ Victoria
2/22/2002

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Don't Use*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

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Just For Today 
February 25                                  Sick as our Secrets

"It would be tragic to write [out an inventory only to] shove it in a
drawer. These defects grow in the dark and die in the light of
exposure." Basic Text, p. 31

 How many times have we heard it said that we are only as sick 
as our secrets? While many members choose not to use meetings 
to share the intimate details of their lives, it is important that we 
each discover what works best for us. What about those behaviors 
we have carried into our recovery that, if discovered, would 
cause us shame? How much are we comfortable disclosing, 
and to whom? If we are uncomfortable sharing some details 
of our lives in meetings, to whom do we turn?

 We have found the answer to these questions in sponsorship. 
Although a relationship with a sponsor takes time to build, it is 
important that we come to trust our sponsor enough to be 
completely honest. Our defects only have power as long as they 
stay hidden. If we want to be free of those defects, we must uncover 
them. Secrets are only secrets until we share them with another 
human being.

Just for today: I will uncover my secrets. I will practice being
honest with my sponsor.    pg. 57

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Are these extravagant promises?  We think not.  They are being 
fulfilled among us-sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly.  They 
will always materialize if we work for them.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.  84

One of the most important things A.A.  has given me, in addition to 
freedom from booze, is the ability to take "right action."  It says the 
promises will always materialize if I work for them.  Fantasizing 
about them, debating them, preaching about them and faking them
just won't work.  I'll remain a miserable, rationalizing dry drunk.  By 
taking action and working the Twelve Steps in all my affairs, I'll have 
a life beyond my wildest dreams.

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Twenty-Four Hours A Day by Hazelden

A.A. Thought for the Day

Some people find it hard to believe in a Power greater
than themselves.  But not to believe in such a Power
forces us to atheism.  It has been said that atheism
is blind faith in the strange proposition that this
universe originated in a cipher and aimlessly rushes
nowhere.  That's practically impossible to believe.
I think we all can agree that alcohol is a power greater
than ourselves.  It certainly was in my case.  I was
helpless before the power of alcohol.  Do I remember
the things that happened to me because of the power
of alcohol?

Meditation for the Day

The spiritual and moral will eventually overcome the
material and unmoral.  That is the purpose and destiny
of the human race.  Gradually the spiritual is overcoming
the material in our minds.  Gradually the moral is
overcoming the unmoral.  Faith, fellowship, and service
are cures for most of the ills of the world.  There is
nothing in the field of personal relationships that they
cannot do.

Prayer for the Day

I pray that I may do my share in making a better world.
I pray that I may be part of the cure for the of the world.

"Twenty-Four Hours A Day" is a © Copyrighted book of
Hazelden Foundation.  No portion of this publication may
be reproduced in any manner without the written
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~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Work The Steps*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Today's Thought
FEBRUARY 25

You are reading from the book The Language of Letting Go.
Melody Beattie ©

Accepting Imperfection

"Why do I do this to myself?" asked a woman who wanted to lose 
weight. "I went to my support group feeling so guilty and ashamed 
because I ate half a cookie that wasn't on the diet. I found out that 
everyone cheats a little, and some people cheat a lot. I felt so 
ashamed before I came to the group, as though I were the only 
one not doing my diet perfectly. Now I know that I'm dieting as well 
as most, and better than some."

 Why do we do this to ourselves? I'm not talking strictly about 
dieting; I'm talking about life. Why do we punish ourselves by 
thinking that we're inferior while believing that others are perfect 
- whether in relationships, recovery, or a specific task?

Whether we're judging others, or ourselves it's two sides of the 
same coin: perfection. Neither expectation is valid.

It is far more accurate and beneficial to tell ourselves that who 
we are is okay and what we are doing is good enough. That 
doesn't mean we won't make mistakes that need correcting; 
doesn't mean we won't get off track from time to time; doesn't 
mean we can't improve. It means with all our mistakes and 
wandering, we're basically on course. Encouraging and 
approving of ourselves is how we help ourselves stay on track.

Today, I will love and encourage myself. I will tell myself that what 
I'm  doing is good enough, and I'll let myself enjoy that feeling.

©1990, Hazelden Foundation. All rights reserved. No portion of this
publication may be reproduced in any manner without the written 
permission of the publisher.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*You Are A Miracle*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Conflict

Transcending ISM's

BEGGARS AND CHOOSERS

The Tao of Inner Peace, Diane Dreher


~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Keep It Simple*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Connecting Emotionally
by John M. Gottman, Ph.D., and Joan DeClaire

 


Meet Phil and Tina, a couple in their thirties who seem to have it all. Solid jobs, two beautiful kids, lots of good friends -- and they love each other. Trouble is, they haven't had sex in six months.

Seated together on a small sofa in a therapist's office, the couple describes how the problem started.

"Tina's company was going through this big reorganization," Phil explains. "And every day she'd come home exhausted."

"It was a real drag," Tina remembers. "I was spending all day in these long, tense meetings, trying to defend people's jobs. When I got home, I couldn't shake the stress. I didn't want to talk to anybody. I felt so anxious. Phil tried to be nice, but . . ."

"I wanted to help her, to tell her it was going to be okay, but I couldn't do anything right. It wasn't like we had this huge, catastrophic breakdown or anything. It was more about the little stuff. I'd kiss her on the back of her neck or start to rub her stomach when we were in bed -- things that used to get her attention. But now I was getting nothing in return. Zip. It definitely threw me off balance."

"And I felt that if I didn't get all hot and bothered the minute he touched me, he was going to be wounded or something," Tina explained. "It just made me so tense."

Phil got the point. "She has all these people leaning on her at work. And then she comes home to this guy who's feeling insecure, who's whining about his needs. It was such a turnoff for her."

So, to preserve his pride, Phil quit trying. "I got tired of the rejection," he explains to the therapist. "I don't know how long we can go on like this. It's tough to keep putting yourself out there only to be shut down all the time. Sure, I love her, but sometimes I'm afraid we're not going to make it."

"It's not working for me, either," Tina says through tears. Then, after a long silence, she adds, "I miss making love, too. I miss the way it used to be."

"Well, maybe that's a place to start," Phil says quietly. "Because you never told me that before. You never gave me that information."

Phil couldn't have said it better.

Whether people are struggling to save a marriage, to cooperate in a family crisis, or to build rapport with a difficult boss, they usually have one thing in common: They need to share emotional information that can help them feel connected.

Phil and Tina are like many couples I see in marital therapy. Whatever conflicts the couples may have -- sex, money, housework, kids -- all of them long for evidence that their spouses understand and care about what they're feeling.

Sharing such information through words and behavior is essential for improving any significant relationship. This includes bonds with our kids, our siblings, our friends, our coworkers. But even our best efforts to connect can be jeopardized as a result of one basic problem: failure to master what I call the "bid" -- the fundamental unit of emotional communication.

This book (The Relationship Cure) will show you five steps you can take to achieve this mastery and make your relationships work:

    1. Analyze the way you bid and the way you respond to others' bids.
    2. Discover how your brain's emotional command systems affect your bidding process.
    3. Examine how your emotional heritage impacts your ability to connect with others and your style of bidding.
    4. Develop your emotional communication skills.
    5.Find shared meaning with others.

But first let's make sure you understand what I mean when I talk about bids. A bid can be a question, a gesture, a look, a touch -- any single expression that says, "I want to feel connected to you." A response to a bid is just that -- a positive or negative answer to somebody's request for emotional connection.

At the University of Washington, my research colleagues and I recently discovered how profoundly this bidding process affects relationships. We learned, for example, that husbands headed for divorce disregard their wives' bids for connection 82 percent of the time, while husbands in stable relationships disregard their wives' bids just 19 percent of the time. Wives headed for divorce act preoccupied with other activities when their husbands bid for their attention 50 percent of the time, while happily married wives act preoccupied in response to their husbands' bids just 14 percent of the time.

When we compared how often couples in the two groups extended bids and responded to them, we found another significant difference. During a typical dinner-hour conversation, the happily married people engaged one another as many as one hundred times in ten minutes. Those headed for divorce engaged only sixty-five times in that same period. On the surface the contrast may seem inconsequential, but taken together over a year, the additional moments of connection among the happy couples would be enough to fill a Russian novel.

We also found that this high rate of positive engagement paid off in tremendous ways. For example, we now know that people who react positively to one another's bids have greater access to expressions of humor, affection, and interest during arguments. It's almost as if all the good feelings they've accumulated by responding respectfully and lovingly to one another's bids form a pot of emotional "money in the bank." Then, when a conflict arises, they can draw on this reservoir of good feeling. It's as if something inside unconsciously says, "I may be mad as hell at him right now, but he's the guy who listens so attentively when I complain about my job. He deserves a break." Or, "I'm as angry as I've ever been with her, but she's the one who always laughs at my jokes. I think I'll cut her some slack."

Having access to humor and affection during a conflict is invaluable because it helps to de-escalate bad feelings and leads to better understanding. Rather than shutting down communication in the midst of an argument, people who can stay present with one another have a much better opportunity to resolve issues through their conflicts, repair hurt feelings, and build positive regard. But this good work must begin long before the conflict starts; it's got to be grounded in those dozens of ordinary, day-to-day exchanges of emotional information and interest that we call bids.

And what happens when we habitually fail to respond positively to one another's bids for emotional connection? Such failure is rarely malicious or mean-spirited. More often we're simply unaware of or insensitive to others' bids for our attention. Still, when such mindlessness becomes habitual, the results can be devastating.

I've seen such results in my clinical practice at the Gottman Institute, where I've counseled many people who describe their lives as consumed by loneliness. They feel lonely despite their proximity to many significant people in their lives -- lovers, spouses, friends, children, parents, siblings, and coworkers. Often they seem surprised and greatly disappointed at the deterioration of their relationships.

"I love my wife," one client says of his faltering marriage, "but our relationship feels empty somehow." He senses that the passion is waning, that the romance is drifting away. What he can't see are all the opportunities for closeness that surround him. Like so many other distressed, lonely people, he doesn't mean to ignore or dismiss his spouse's bids for emotional connection. It's just that the bids happen in such simple, mundane ways that he doesn't recognize these moments as very important.

Clients like these typically have trouble at work, as well. Although they're often skilled at forming collegial bonds when they first start a job, they tend to focus totally on the tasks at hand, often to the detriment of their relationships with coworkers. Later, when they're passed over for a promotion, or when they discover they have no influence on an important project, they're baffled. And they often feel betrayed and disappointed by their colleagues and bosses as a result.

Such feelings of disappointment and loss also crop up in these clients' relationships with friends and relatives. Many describe peers, siblings, and children as disloyal, unworthy of trust. But when we dig deeper, we find a familiar pattern. These clients seem unaware of the bids for connection that their friends and relatives have been sending them. So it's no wonder that their loved ones feel no obligation to continue their support.

People who have trouble with the bidding process also have more conflict -- conflict that might be prevented if they could simply acknowledge one another's emotional needs. Many arguments spring from misunderstandings and feelings of separation that might have been avoided if people would have the conversations they need to have. But because they don't, they argue instead. Such conflicts can lead to marital discord, divorce, parenting problems, and family feuds. Friendships fade and deteriorate. Adult sibling relationships wither and die. Kids raised in homes filled with chronic conflict have more difficulty learning, getting along with friends, and staying healthy. People who can't connect are also more likely to suffer isolation, as well as dissatisfaction and instability in their work lives. Any of these problems can create a tremendous amount of stress in people's lives, leading to all sorts of physical and mental health problems.

But our findings about the bidding process give me a tremendous amount of hope. They tell me that people who consistently bid and respond to bids in positive ways have an astounding chance for success in their relationships.

This article is excerpted from The Relationship Cure by John M. Gottman, Ph.D., and Joan DeClaire Copyright 2001 by John M. Gottman, Ph.D., and Joan DeClaire. Excerpted by permission of Crown, a division of Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.

John M. Gottman, Ph.D., is the cofounder and co-director of the Gottman Institute, along with his wife, Dr. Julie Schwartz Gottman. His work has been featured on many national television shows, including The Oprah Winfrey Show, 20/20, Dateline, and Good Morning America. His previous books include: The Relationship Cure, The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work, Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child, Why Marriages Succeed or Fail, When Men Batter Women, and A Couple's Guide to Communication.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*One Day At A Time*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Information Overload From Precious Solitude, by Ruth Fishel

"The best thinking has been done in solitude.
The worst has been done in turmoil."  Thomas Edison

 We are receiving an incredible amount of information today from 
a vast number of sources. In addition to everything we've had 
before, we now have the latest technological development, the 
"electronic highway" of the Internet and the World Wide Web. 
How can we ever keep up? How can we remember everything 
we think we should remember? How can we remember what 
others expect us to remember?

 We can't. It's that simple. We just can't. Too much information is
coming at us all at once; it's overwhelming.

 Sometimes we get so overloaded that we can't even remember 
our own telephone number! And there are times when some of 
us feel afraid. We wonder if we are losing our memories or 
developing Alzheimer's disease. When we are under stress, 
the overload feels all the more oppressive.

 When precious time alone is a regular part of our daily life, 
we can minimize the effects of data overload. We can maintain 
a sense of calmness without ever allowing ourselves to become 
overly stressed. We stay balanced and centered. It becomes 
easier to weed out the important from the trivial.      When we 
maintain a sense of inner peace and tranquility, outside 
pressures are less apt to bother us.

 This may be an "ideal" because when leading a full and busy life
maintaining inner peace and tranquility at all times is impossible 
for most of us. I know of no one who is fully present in the world 
who can accomplish this ideal. Even when we are away from the 
activities of the world, such as at a retreat or on a vacation, the 
bombardment of our own thoughts can disturb our peace of mind.

 When we find ourselves on overload, it's time to take an important
action: withdraw. Even if we have only five minutes, we need to 
stop. Change what we're doing. Take a walk. Meditate. Get away 
physically, if not mentally. Begin supper. Do any one of the number 
of things that are suggested in this book.

        When I find myself stressed and confused I can stop and take
some time for myself. In the quiet time I can give my mind a rest and
not demand from it more than it can handle.  I can be gentle with
myself.


Ruth Fishel's Home Page


~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*First Things First*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

The cloak of destructive behavior is shed, when
the burden of wearing it threatens to pull you
down farther than you're willing to go.

Our childhood,  our upbringing, our families, all
mold and shape our thoughts and beliefs. They
define who we are - for a short amount of time.
Then, one day, we come to a crossroad. The
other side is where we want to be. The road in
between is the work we need to accomplish in
order to get there.

Magic will not transport you from one place to
the other, only work, hard work, and plenty of it.
You may be turned inside out before you get
there. You may fall down and have to get up
more times than you think is humanly possible.
But each difficult step moves you across the
street and farther away from the lonely corner
where you stood and cried out in the dark.

A quick fix is no fix. It takes courage to step
off the curb and dogged determination to keep
going. Hold yourself up to the worthiness of it
and begin your journey.

The view from the other side is breathtaking.
Living in love and loving life,

Terri McPherson
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~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Easy Does It*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Share

When words and emotions crowd the mind
and nothing can escape through the heart
It's time to share
to give it some voice
to lessen the load
and regain some peace
I used to keep it all inside
bottled and tightly capped
A volcano seething and bursting
Ready to explode at the slightest provocation
Now I realize and ask myself:
What's the worst thing that could happen if I talk about my feelings?
Share a worry? Explain a hurt? Ask for a hug?
The best thing is that when I do
The concern is halved, even dissolved more often than not
The courage to share thoughts and feelings
in a safe environment
belongs to a loving heart
and a peaceful mind
Love
Stella
from 'Daydreams'©

Stella Raymonde Savoie-Johnson

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Live And Let Live*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Hurrying up to wait?

Practicing Serenity

We often urge ourselves to hurry up when there's no good reason for it. At
such times, all we really do is create needless tension and anxiety.

The slogan "Easy does it" is our answer to such calls to hurry. The slogan
suggests that we simply move into the rhythms of life and go with the flow.

It's not hurrying but steady effort that finally brings achievement. We've
had entirely too much hurry and impatience. What we really need is
confident, persistent effort in the right direction. We should be especially
reminded of this when we see anxious, impatient people speeding through
traffic, risking life and limb to save a few seconds, only to be forced to
wait at traffic lights. A good steady pace is what we need, and it will win
the game.

I'll be active today, but not overactive. I'll look for rhythm and
efficiency in everything I do.

from the book: Walk in Dry Places by Mel B.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Keep The Focus On You*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed.
Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love,
grace, and gratitude.
Denis Waitley

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Let God and Let Go*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

When the oak is felled the forest echoes with its fall,
but a hundred acorns are sown silently by an unnoticed breeze.
Thomas Carlyle

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Come*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

At a certain point, we forgive because we decide to forgive.
Healing occurs in the present, not the past.
We are not held back by the love we didn't receive in the past,
but by the love we're not extending in the present.
Marianne Williamson

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Come To*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Let someone listen to you,
support and encourage you when you need that.
Receive comfort from someone's physical presence when you need that.
Allow yourself to be supported emotionally and cared about.
Melody Beattie

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Come To Believe*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

What is not love is fear.
Anger is one of fear's most potent faces.
And it does exactly what fear wants it to do.
It keeps us from receiving love
at exactly the moment when we need it most.
What is not love is fear.
Anger is one of fear's most potent faces.
And it does exactly what fear wants it to do.
It keeps us from receiving love
at exactly the moment when we need it most.
Marianne Williamson, Illuminata

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Look For The Beauty*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

God give me the courage
to make commitments that are right for me,
the wisdom to not commit to that which does not feel right,
and the patience to wait until I know.
Melody Beattie

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Today Is A Gift*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Feelings are neither bad or good,
They just are.
It's what we do with them that counts.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Keep Stepping*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

You are not what you feel,
You are not what you think.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Stay In The Light*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Sometimes we are doing better than we are feeling.

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~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*One Promise, Many Gifts*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

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By the grace of God and through your efforts of passing on this
email, we are reaching many recovering people in different areas of
the world. If you are receiving this, from a country outside of the
USA please send me an email and tell me where you are receiving this.
So far we reaching over 17,000 recovering people in 66 countries
including Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Barbados,
Belgium, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada , Columbia, Costa Rica, China ,
Cyprus, Denmark, Egypt, England, Finland, France, Guatemala,
Germany, Greece, Honduras, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Indonesia,
Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Korea,
Lithuania, Mali West Africa, Mozambique, Nepal, Netherlands,
New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico,
Philippines, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia , Saudi Arabia,
Scotland, Singapore, South Africa , Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Thailand, Trinidad, Turkey, United Arab Emirates,
U.S.A., Venezuela, Wales, West Indies, Zimbabwe.
Even if your country is listed
please email me, and let me know where you are from
Stay in the Light, 

In loving service,
Scott H. from N.Y. ~ cleandate 10/27/88

       ==  ==      "we are each of us angels 
  <^\()/\()/^>       with but one wing,  
      \/  \/  \/       and can only fly by 
       /  \/  \        embracing each other"
       `""``""`



When we hug we pray,
Stay in the Light, 
In loving service,
Scott H. from N.Y. ~ cleandate 10/27/88
YOUn...@gmail.com
    

       ==  ==      "we are each of us angels 
  <^\()/\()/^>       with but one wing,  
      \/  \/  \/       and can only fly by 
       /  \/  \        embracing each other"
       `""``""`

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