What is my understanding of Step One?
06/11/10 10:03 AM
* There’s some shit you can’t do anything about. Roll with it.
* Consider as many variables as possible. There’s more to things than meet the eye
* Do the things you need to do, especially when you don’t want to do them.
* Don’t bullshit yourself.
* As long as I don’t get high I have a chance at a tolerable life
* If I take that first one, I will be gone for a while and chances are my life and mental health will quickly degrade.
* There is no person, place or thing that will make everything all right.
* There is a difference between ‘thought’ and ‘action’.
* At this point (9 months and 19 days clean), if I use, it will simply be ‘just because’ or because I think things will be different this time
06/12/10 7:40 AM
* Everything is temporary
* Service is important. Extremely important.
* Hostility, resentment and fear are my initial responses to the unfamiliar
* This new way of living is completely dissimilar to the old.
* Recovery is a long slow process.
* Consistency is important.
* Repeating positive actions, consistently will make those actions become habits
* Not everyone is in this for the same reasons
* It WILL get better. Sooner? Later? Who’s to say? Don’t fuckin’ bail before it does.
* Obsessive thinking causes me pain
* Self-centeredness is a motherfucker
* Just fuckin’ do it otherwise it’ll ruin my day from dwelling on neglecting responsibilities
06/11/10 10:03 AM
* There’s some shit you can’t do anything about. Roll with it.
* Consider as many variables as possible. There’s more to things than meet the eye
* Do the things you need to do, especially when you don’t want to do them.
* Don’t bullshit yourself.
* As long as I don’t get high I have a chance at a tolerable life
* If I take that first one, I will be gone for a while and chances are my life and mental health will quickly degrade.
* There is no person, place or thing that will make everything all right.
* There is a difference between ‘thought’ and ‘action’.
* At this point (9 months and 19 days clean), if I use, it will simply be ‘just because’ or because I think things will be different this time
06/12/10 7:40 AM
* Everything is temporary
* Service is important. Extremely important.
* Hostility, resentment and fear are my initial responses to the unfamiliar
* This new way of living is completely dissimilar to the old.
* Recovery is a long slow process.
* Consistency is important.
* Repeating positive actions, consistently will make those actions become habits
* Not everyone is in this for the same reasons
* It WILL get better. Sooner? Later? Who’s to say? Don’t fuckin’ bail before it does.
* Obsessive thinking causes me pain
* Self-centeredness is a motherfucker
* Just fuckin’ do it otherwise it’ll ruin my day from dwelling on neglecting responsibilities