Check-In .. Monday 10/17

[WooDYFM]

Yes, there is a long period of reconstruction ahead. We must take the
lead. A remorseful mumbling that we are sorry won't fill the bill at
all. We ought to sit down with the family and frankly analyze the past
as we now see it, being very careful not to criticize them. Their
defects may be glaring, but the chances are that our own actions are
partly responsible. So we clean house with the family, asking each
morning in meditation that our Creator show us the way of patience,
tolerance, kindliness and love.


~ Alcoholics Anonymous, page 83

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Living amends are the only way to show we have changed. Words of good
intentions are meaningless unless we live what we promise. Avoiding
the drink is a good first step, but we are still people with
challenges and struggles. As long as we live the steps, are willing to
make honest amends, and have the desire to keep improving
relationships, the road ahead can be a blessing and not more of the
same destruction.


Past hurts may always hurt. Some of the things we did will never be
completely forgiven, and I can accept this fact. As long as I don't
repeat the old behaviors, my amends hold value. Today I honestly put
my best foot forward, and over time the changed attitude followed by
right action show what Alcoholics Anonymous, step work, and God have
done for me.


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RECONSTRUCTION:

R - Realize a "young" person in recovery is defined as anyone who
still has growing to do.
E - Enjoy the moment - right NOW.
C - Coffee, a serenity prayer, a fresh work week of opportunities.
O - Over the weekend I got to go golfing with a sober friend -
awesome!
N - No matter what challenges come my way, I can overcome them by
taking appropriate action
S - Saturday we went to a wedding; Sunday I played golf - great
weekend!
T - Tonight is my Homegroup - yay!
R - Right now I have a ton of email to get thru - first things first,
one issue at a time
U - Undivided attention to the task at hand helps with staying focused
C - Can't imagine living as an active drunk - this new way of living
IS the easier, softer way
T - Trying to do the best I can - that's all I can offer
I - I am grateful for waking up sober again today
O - Over the past few years I've made progress, but recovery is a life-
long journey
N - No matter what.


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Monday Meditations:
+ Your problem is never really your problem, your reaction to your
problem is your problem.
+ Live for what tommorow has to offer, not for what yesterday has
taken away.


Monday Music:
+ New Order - Bizzare Love Triangle (1987) - http://blip.fm/~183eud
+ Metallica - Nothing Else Matters - http://blip.fm/~183eto
+ George Harrison - Got My Mind Set On You - http://blip.fm/~183esv


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Jonathan, Alcoholic from New Jersey
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