a higher power...

the only requirement...is a desire to stop using...

of course, eventually i realized that using was not really my problem...my problem was me! once i stopped using, it became obvious that i did not like myself very much...and wanted to change, but how? i could not even stop using without divine intervention...

'lack of power' was really my problem...

i had to come to believe in a power greater than me...

i was pretty fed up with my god by the time i got sober...so i was ok with the idea of a new concept...the old one just did not work...and so, the thought of a power, a conscious power, that was in control of everything was just what the doctor ordered!

today, my higher power is out the box of mental concepts...infinite, unknown, and all powerful...

when i just allow everything to be as it is...my higher power can and does work through me...all things through the grace of conscious being...

starlightjustfortoday...

moment for today...

September 28

Going back to old habits is like revisiting familiar places.

Even though our old habits may be bad for us, we know what to expect for the most part, and they are comfortable. Change is unknown territory, and can be very frightening. That is why slipping back into old behavior is so common—even when it is self-destructive.

Moment by moment, I will ask God to help me discover a more perfect me, and learn to be at home there.

tlcoriginals...

progress not perfection...

we claim spiritual progress...

there is such freedom in living one day at a time...keeping oneself centered and anchored in their higher power...always pausing in that stillness of conscious contact...the answers will come naturally...and you will intuitively know how to handle situations that use to baffle you...(B.B.)

being comfortable in one's own being is a gift of grace and sobriety...just knowing that all is as it is suppose to be...is also a gift...meeting the universe with this knowing, is in and of itself a breath of peace...just for today...i am that breath...

sobriety rocks! always, star.

Moment for Today...

Have you yearned desperately in your heart for something, gotten it, and then latter realized it was not what you thought it would be?

When we were small, and Christmas would come, we always expected to get what we had asked Santa to bring. When we got what we wanted, we were at first exhilarated. Soon, however, we were over the initial feeling, and easily tired of what ever it was. Lasting happiness does not come from things external. No one or no thing can give us that inward peace and contentment that comes from within our own spirit. The only thing that permanently fills that emptiness inside is God and His love.

Moment by moment, I will yearn for God’s Kingdom, and He will supply my every need.

tlcoriginals...from my little book of moments

Suggestions from a friend...

Breathe in,
Breathe out.
Don't think,
Don't Drink.
Go to meetings,
Get a Sponsor.
Read the Big Book.
Don't take a drink even if you think your ass is gonna fall off!
And if it does, put it in a paper bag and take it to a meeting!
Just don't drink or drug.
(Tolar Bryant)

thanx j...

always, star.

thinking verses doing...

"I cannot think my way into right living...must live my way into right thinking."

(Chuck C. {New Pair Of Glasses})

Not only is this from one of my favorite recovery books, this is also one of my favorite sayings.

When you are all caught up in your head...get up and do something different! It is just that simple! You will soon find that Heaven is just a new pair of glasses! (Father Ed)

starlightjustfortoday...

Today...

Today is the first day of the rest of your life.

Right here...right now...is all we have...yesterday has come and gone...tomorrow never comes...

Live...today...

star...