Today is October 25, 2005 A Great Day for Recovery!
FLEXIBILITY
"Better bend than break." -- Scottish Proverb
Dis-ease: to be controlling, stiff, uncomfortable and unbending.
Sobriety: being relaxed, comfortable and flexible in my personal life and my interaction with others.
Life: not a race but an experience; it is not an exercise but an adventure.
Before I accepted my alcoholism, I went through periods of "dryness" --- when I was rigid, stiff and unbending. It was awful! Everything became a test, a job, a premeditated act behind a mask of cheerfulness. I was angry, resentful and in pain. My problem was that I stopped drinking to please other people, rather than accept the true nature of my disease. Dryness is controlled denial.
Today the sobriety I have gained from an acceptance of self has overflowed into an acceptance of life on life's terms --- and I am happy.
Let the wind of experience continue to bend me in the knowledge of Your love.
wagon said
Oct 25, 2005
wendy,ole girl, how true!!! u have a great day. wagon
Sick of being sick said
Oct 26, 2005
"Life: not a race but an experience; it is not an exercise but an adventure."
I once thought I had a grasp on this, but lost it all to my ex-girlfriend, Ethyl Alcohol.
A Great Day for Recovery!
FLEXIBILITY
Dis-ease: to be controlling, stiff, uncomfortable and unbending.Sobriety: being relaxed, comfortable and flexible in my personal life and my interaction with others.
Life: not a race but an experience; it is not an exercise but an adventure.
Before I accepted my alcoholism, I went through periods of "dryness" --- when I was rigid, stiff and unbending. It was awful! Everything became a test, a job, a premeditated act behind a mask of cheerfulness. I was angry, resentful and in pain. My problem was that I stopped drinking to please other people, rather than accept the true nature of my disease. Dryness is controlled denial.
Today the sobriety I have gained from an acceptance of self has overflowed into an acceptance of life on life's terms --- and I am happy.
Let the wind of experience continue to bend me in the knowledge of Your love.
"Life: not a race but an experience; it is not an exercise but an adventure."
I once thought I had a grasp on this, but lost it all to my ex-girlfriend, Ethyl Alcohol.
With this program, I am slowly finding it again!
Love
, peace
, and serenity
,
Dan