Dear MIP, I love you all & wish you a wonderful 2011 with evermore new beginnings everyday 1Day@aTime. I'm posting to let you know I'm stepping away from service here to invest time into my studies & allow myself to grow in evermore new ways. Thank you especially to John for your trust. I've loved serving you all here in my own small ways & I've loved learning from you all in your examples of recovery. I believe in this program with all of my heart & I give myself to it daily. I hope each of you will continue to do that for yourselves too. I've shared beautiful moments with many of you over the journey of my recovery & you are all a BIG part of it. I take you with me & may visit often though equally I'm walking my freedom to enjoy the many other things life has to offer me in my sobriety.
In case I find this takes me away from time with you I want to thank you for helping me build such loving & beautiful foundations for me. I was new when I first came here & you've all helped me to grow so much. Thank you for your partnership in my path. Keep passing it on, my lovely Sobervibers! I keep you in my heart as we trudge to happy destiny. I love you, brothers & sisters. Danielle x
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Progress not perfection.. & Practice makes Progress!
Good luck with your studies Danielle. We'll miss you terribly and wait for your return. Thanks for all that you've done for MIP. I'm not going to get sappy here , that's all in your mailbox.
Danielle!May God continue to guide your journey and thank you so much for being a wonderful example of "keeping what we have by giving it away'!Your warm welcomes to all who have shown up and your suggestions and ESH always shared in a loving and caring manner were always a blessing to see..Good luck with your studies,please do stop in,we will definitely look forward to your posts.I know in my heart you have touched many and I can still hear the God of my understanding saying"well done ,my good and faithful servant!!!!
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Selfishness-self-centeredness! That, we think, is the root of our troubles.
Thank you all from the bottom of my heart. I will lurk when I can & love you all from afar. I'm now posting the year's last daily reflection in time for my new year's resolution to finish! It's 02.30 here & I'm just back from our A.A. Dance in Liverpool. Lovely Sobervibing I can tell you. Our fellowship does me proud.
I had some time afterwards waiting for Carl to pick me up (he was only able to spend an hour with me around midnight as he was working but his job involved driving so he was also able to chauffeur me to & from the hall lol) but while I was waiting I sat in amongst some Indians in the other room. They were singing, listening to praise from the pastor & then sharing testimonies of thanks for the gifts they'd each received from God this year. Even though I couldn't understand them, I could hear the language of their hearts & I felt overwhelming gratitude for their happinesses & also their love for the God of their understanding. It was beautiful & the perfect start to my New Year.
May 2011 bring you many joys too. Keep your eyes peeled & cultivate gratitude everyday. We're lucky to be taught this skill in necessity for a quality of sobriety. I will remember this as often daily as I can too. Thank you for being here for me when I needed you most. Stay good to each other. I love you, my Brother & Sisters. Happy New Year & continuing new beginnings! If you come to Liverpool, U.K. Please let me know via pm!!! I'm here for you always 1Day@aTime ;) In unity, service & recovery, Danielle x
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I hope you still get my message. I saw your post yesterday and had to step away. I was stuck on myself and my thoughts of sadness at your leaving and moving on. Today on the brink of a new year I can say with joy in my heart that I am excited for you and your new endeavors. Your kind and gentle words here have touched me deeply, from the very beginning of my journey here at MIP. I appreciate all of your service and helpful messages, both the daily reflections and your personal responses to me. I have a fantasy that one day I'll get back to England and get to meet my AA fellows over there from here, and that has always included you. Best of spirit to you where ever life takes you. Thank you for sharing your sobriety journey with us. It has been inspiring indeed. Love ya always, Angela