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jonijoni1


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Mawnin' ladies and gents.

There is something I have been obsessing about for the past few days. It is a "want", not a need. And I am trying to get this "want" object for myself. But it is a little difficult, and I will be a teeny weeny bit disappointed if it does not come through.

So just for today, I need to be grateful for all that I do have, and recognize how God has ALREADY blessed me with one hundred-fold more than I could even dare to wish for in sobriety. If I had made a list years ago of all that I "wanted", physically and emotionally/spiritually, I would have sold myself short compared to how sobriety has blessed me.

One thing I never wanted to become in recovery was a greedy person, or "never satisfied". Sometimes, it seems like the more you have, the more you start wanting. I can remember that in the first phases of real recovery years ago, I was totally satisfied with being sober and growing in that. I was happy just to be alive.

I guess I just needed to come here and tell on myself, and to validate that for today, my "needs" are all met and then some, and that little potential disappointments are NOTHING in the grand scheme of things, when you have your life and freedom from alcohol.



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kj


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jonijoni1 wrote:

"to validate that for today, my "needs" are all met and then some, and that little potential disappointments are NOTHING in the grand scheme of things, when you have your life and freedom from alcohol."



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I'm still a little sick.  I want to know what you want to see if I want one too.biggrin

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Mike B.


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Yes, the diesase of more, more, more............  Nice to be reminded that our diesase of more needs to be kept in check.  Thinking of the things I do have and being grateful for that, helps.  It's the non-material things today that are most important to me: emotionally, spiritually & physically.  I'm work on the physically fit part as well as emotionally & spiritually. 

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Thanks for sharing your tell~tale, Joni! I need this too as my selfpity depends on wallowing in cases of the 'havenots' Oh, it absolutely revels in it lol So, I practice the opposite as much as I can in remembering what I didn't have before & what I do have now thanks to sobriety 1Day@aTime. On some level I feel tis a basic principle that it's a grace to have & enjoy what we have & it's this itself that attracts an abundance of more if we're meant to have it. I know my quality of life enhances when I'm grateful for what I already have. It's a route to humility too which I always need more of lol Thank you for shairing so much here. Your presence is a source of comfort for me :) Danielle x

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