Sounds good to me... "Doing the next right thing" pretty much sums up my approach to Step 3. Member: Sherrie H. Date: 2/25/00 Member: Bethany S. It has worked pretty well for 3 1/2 years,
Date: 2/21/00 You poor pathetic sniveling worm. Be well, do good work and keep in touch. My head often tells me I should make a "decision" about something when my heart tells me not to push it but to let things happen one day at a time and the matter will either resolve itself or the right thing to do will become clear to me. in a vulnerable situation....so that if I get into a HALT situation i have time to pause, phone, or think it through before I slip. Being here is the right thing for me.
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How many times before I arrived at AA did that inner voice tell me that a man does not do that or behave that way - yet I would repeat the 'wrong' behavior over and over again and in the process nearly destroy everthing and everyone I loved. I've read some good stuff on doing the next right thing. Here is something for all of you drunks out there! Location: Qld Australia I know that when I was drinking, my common sense left me.
Hi, I'm Doug, an alcoholic. But there is a price - a heavy, painful price that we will pay at the end. The resident barista is a recovering addict with 19 months clean. The right thing is to accept God's world as he makes it.
i'm grateful to have the tools of a.a. in a little toolbox, where i can take out a tool or two and use them each day. But, Location: ND
Time: 1:51:36 AM, Hi everyone, Jennie Alcoholic. Member: Bill J. Thanks all for your sharing, especially newcomers. Really could use someone's help. Date: 2/24/00 Or did they let go completely? Thanks for listening (Hope I made sense! Greetings. I've had to stick up for myself - knew it was the right thing - but I felt so bad about it. I can only live by my own true compass. Date: 2/23/00 Right now reading all of these wonderful and inspiring posts is the right thing for me. In there he would find companionship and release.
Hi. I had to swallow my pride..accept the circumstances, and apologize for throwing a fit. A am an alcohlic. My only means of making that decision comes from listening to my higher power. I know we are sober one-day-at-a-time. Time: 11:11:27 AM. I only discovered two things in my life. Thank you for letting me share. what happens when anything is just not enough? Thanks for the great topic. Date: 2/21/00
Date: 2/22/00 just because we are sober ourselves, after all we are trying to get back into life. three days sober.
Today is my 4th year anniversary. miles or so. It suddenly struck me that I'd heard the words DIS-EASE. Sure you aren't a wimp.
Location: abbotsford,B.C./ Canada Member: Sanders W. DOS. Location:
God says if you will do this then you will have a chance to be Happy, Joyous and Free. Date: 2/24/00
He changes me from the inside out, through His grace.
Doing the next right thing to me means first and foremost, remembering that I am an alcoholic and only my Higher Power (who I choose to call God), knows in His eternal wisdom what's in store for me. The basic rules of right and wrong - don't lie, don't steal, don't hurt people, etc. Date: 2/23/00 My drinking friends fell by the wayside.
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Time: 8:27:37 PM, Member: Pat C as long as I can keep the not so good choices to a limit. When life becomes overwhelmng, I always tell my pigeons to slow down, break it into manageable bits and to just take the one thing right in front of you. I want to thank every one on this site for not only helping me stay sober, but also improving the quality of my life. Then you must apologize for the wrong that you've done. Take care and remember that if all fails talk to your higher power! Time: 7:21:12 AM. recovery (and sobriety) have revealed themselves to be little more than a continuation of the path to understanding. discussion.
I can't speak for everyone else, but I have to suffer enough "sober" before I sometimes do the next right thing.
in my 13th month i got a job that seemed a dream and was going to meetings regularly, leading a residents group weekly at the recovery house where i stayed my first 5 months and living in the midst of serenity. Member: Vicki S. how to live in this imperfect world with joy and gratitude and not have to Member: Richard M You deserve a happy sober existence. I find that when I am listening to what my heart says it wants and needs and I follow it's lead, it is not hard. BUT SINCE WE ARE NOT WE HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO FOLLOW THESE INSTILLED FEELINGS OF RIGHT OR WRONG, SO MAKE IT THE BEST! Doing the next right thing, while it should be simple, often has been very difficult for me.
But I've come across a lot of cases where continued woprking the program produced miraculous changes--in fact, that's more the rule than the rxception.
and planning it would require to run out to the store and buy beer, I just might say f%$k it and grab one, Location: Philadelphia Only speaking for myself, I have put myself down for way too long.
Member: Catherine W Date: 2/20/00 In the early days of my sobriety, I really struggled with this but as time has gone by, I no longer HAVE to please God but today I do it because I love Him and want to please Him.
HI I am Larry an alcoholic; My next right thing? You have inspired me today! (This can causes family members to disagree on how best to handle the situation when their loved one is actively abusing substances.) Yes mine, not anybody elses insanity. Oh I guess I forgot this is a cult and you all are bunch of sick weenies who have NO self respect.
I guess Bill and Bob really were drunks who found an answer. Date: 2/21/00
In the past, I'd start drinking by myself until I either went to bed or passed out on the couch. divorced? I know that i've only been sober since Sunday, February 19, but i'm already starting to see the benefits of sobriety. Getting still, seeking internal guidance and following my "gut". Time: 12:28:48 PM. Nationality: American. And unlike you people, I don't make excuses for my life mistakes either. Time: 10:40:56 AM.
Location: Member: Ellen C.
Date: 2/24/00 Needless to say these character defects did not disappear when I stopped drinking. I found out in my fourth step that the root cause of my problem and 'wrong' behavior was that I was restless, irritable and discontented - that's why I drank, it was either drink or die.
Reading some of the earlier posts really test my commitment to "Live and Let Live" I wish all of you and I do mean all of you all of God's blessing, but mostly inner peace. However, when the young women decided to seek help and reclaim their lives, their mothers jumped in with support. This is in response to Dan O's 2/24/00 post.
Early in sobriety doing the next right thing often meant taking the next step when walking or even the next breath consciously.
COM OR WHATSAPP HIM :+2349066410185, I Want to use this great time to thank DR gbojie for helping me reunite my broken relationship, i never believed on spell or magic till a friend of mine introduce DR gbojie website and i check the website and read all his service and contacted him on his email : gbojiespiritualtemple@ gmail. I am eternally grateful that God showed me how to do the next right thing. I'M JUST WONDERING BECAUSE I TRULY DON'T KNOW. I played that sick game of "no one will ever accept me if I do this and I will loose everything." said I could leave. Time: 8:54:51 AM. Still getting used to this site.
Usually if I have to stop and really think about a situation, it is because I want my will and not God's. Time: 1:00:34 PM, Iam new at this-new to life. Down the lobby a door opened into an attractive bar. God put me in detox, so I stayed until they Date: 2/21/00 but day by day I am realizing that the more I relinquish my own control, the better the situation at hand turns out!
I have lost a few friends and relatives, but in the long run I am much better off without them in my life.
Thanks for letting me share. Location: sydney Australia That's saying a lot for someone who used to pride himself on being negative about everything and everyone. IN MAY I WILL CELEBRATE 11 YEARS OF CONTINUOUS SOBRIETY. Time: 4:37:57 PM.
Member: barry Time: 4:57:55 PM. Time: 3:39:36 PM, thank you for letting me visit your site taking HS class on Substance abuse and one of our requirements was to visit your site. Time: 4:09:54 PM.
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