At this juncture, his A.A. sponsor usually laughs. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 26
Before my recovery from alcoholism began, laughter was one of the most painful sounds I knew. I never laughed and I felt that anyone else's laughter was directed at me! My self-pity and anger denied me the simplest of pleasures or lightness of heart. By the end of my drinking not even alcohol could provoke a drunken giggle in me. When my A.A. sponsor began to laugh and point out my self-pity and ego-feeding deceptions, I was annoyed and hurt, but it taught me to lighten up and focus on my recovery. I soon learned to laugh at myself and eventually I taught those I sponsor to laugh also. Every day I ask God to help me stop taking myself too seriously.
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Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass... It's about learning to dance in the rain.
"It is no secret that laughter is one of the best cures for bouts of depression and misery. It helps us to lift our emotional state and give us inner peace. It boosts us emotionally, mentally, and physically. Putting a regular dosage of laughter into your life makes you feel vigorous, young, and full of life. Why settle on being gloomy and miserable when you can laugh your problems away? Embracing humor and laughter helps us to live long and contented lives."
Just about a full moon, which means for some reason the hospitals are crazy! All's we could do was laugh at the hopeless , busy situations we were in!!!!! Glad we had a good crew on and that we could laugh our way through the night! It made an impossible situation pretty good!
lani
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"We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have. "
