So up to this point, we have seen and discovered for ourselves the truth of Step one for ourselves, We have seen the futility of continuing to succumb to our addictive personalities, we have looked at our history and seen the truth for ourselves . by now hopefully you have come to the point of admitting to your innermost self the powerlessness of continued use and abuse of self. So at this point we come to see our dilemma; pertaining to alcohol, drugs, our decision making abilities in creating better lives for ourselves and the general influence of those in our life's. We have come to see that we our powerless, hence our dilemma is the "lack of power".
The 12 step Program has the solution to our dilemma, Step two, " Came to Believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity".
Alas for most of us , now another dilemma, deep down inside most of us now at least inwardly flinch at the "idea" of a power greater than ourselves. We have "played God" for so long , attempting to direct and orchestrate how things (life) situations would play themselves out.
Not to mention that Last word "sanity", Now your implying I'M insane, No However our behaviors and actions were insane.
There is a saying " insanity is doing the same things over and over expecting different results" I believe that we can all relate to this statement. How many times if we look at our histories, have we said never again , or if we just did it this way or that way or if didn't use this and on and on. Is this not insane behavior.
Now for me Step Two was a slow process. I first "Came" to the 12 step program, Then after some time and my brain became more clear, I " Came To", as time progressed. " I came to believe" that this 12 step program could help me, That there was hope, that things could change.
Then with the help of meeting, Sponsor, peer group I began to see that there were powers greater than self, such as nature, electricity. governments, police force, The Program, ETC..
And well we already touched on our insane actions. Take time to ponder this and always remember GOD does not make Garbage
Real 12 Step Recovery
Real 12 Step Recovery, Getting and Staying Clean and Sober
WELCOME Hi There, this blog will be about what I believe to be REAL RECOVERY not band aids or feel good BS These are the hard cold true facts that I have learned and been taught by OLD TIMERS and People WHO HAVE REMAINED CLEAN and SOBER and "GOT A LIFE".There will be no original thoughts here, Because in essence there are no original thoughts only perhaps originals and/or different ways to present or illustrate old Ideas.Now that this is understood lets get to the heart of the matter. Recovery is not about coddling or enabling. IT IS LIFE CHANGING. PERIOD WELCOME to the hardest thing that you will do in YOUR LIFE. Make no mistake, Real recovery is not EASY, it is simple, very simple, Yet you will make it hard, as all before you have. Also let's get this STRAIGHT right off the top. REAL RECOVERY has nothing to do about ALCOHOL and/or Drugs. IT IS about the way you react to life, your perceptions, and YOUR actions. Alcohol and/or Drugs are just a symptom of YOUR disease. Take notice of the word DISEASE - Which in our case translates to ILL AT EASE or simply not at ease, which is the basic nature of our problem and answer to our solution.Back to why I state that this is the hardest thing you will do. I state this because Real Recovery Will challenge everything you know/believe or really what you think you know, Because you really don't know SHIT or you wouldn't need recovery. It will make you face the truth about your biggest problem YOU and YOUR THINKING. You will face the real you not the one we would like to see with all the justifications and rationalizations just the TRUE YOU.REMEMBER GOD DOES NOT CREATE GARBAGE >>>>>>>> If you have a request or enquiry Please Email me at wiledchild@live.ca I'd like to add one other thing here for all those who read this Blog. It's something that was taught to me That was invaluable to my recovery My Spiritual Advisor Taught me this. Don't believe a word I say , do not take what I say as the truth just because I say it or anybody else, for that matter. Check it out for yourself. Try it on for size. Investigate , find out for YOURSELF only use what you have read or heard as a reference point. Find the truth out for yourself . This way it is your TRUTH not someone else's. You will also not be believing a lie or untruth if you always check things for yourself . Do not believe everything you are told or read without checking it out.
Monday, June 14, 2010
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