In reality the biggest part of living the 12 recovery program is practicing faith in your God. As you learned in step two God is everything or God is nothing, in step two and three we confirmed and recognized that God is everything. However as we progress it is essential that we not forget this affirmation, and vitally important that we affirm this on a daily basis. For your happiness and freedom are directly proportional to your relationship with your God.
Thus it is paramount that you live a life based on your faith and trust in the God of your understanding. Yet in world in which we live in today and the life you have recently left, you will find this challenged almost on a daily basis. We constantly see examples in our faces of those living with seemingly no morals and/or principles, being rewarded financially in this society. We will also see constant examples of those whom seem to prosper through dishonesty. Sadly I cannot say that does not happen, yet I can say that even though they seem to be getting material abundance through ill gotten means. If you watch closely you will see that no matter what they profit, it is never enough, they constantly need more for the whole in their insides can never be sated by their material gains. Through their constant pursuit of more, they ignore their families, run into marital and family disharmony. Prime examples in our society are clear such as Marylyn Munroe, Kurt Cobane, Elvis Presley and recently Charlie Sheen; these are prime examples of living an immoral and unethical life.
Every day you will be challenged by little lies and shortcuts, to better your life. Yet you must stay the course, and be honourable and have faith and trust in the God of your understanding, will ultimately provide what is needed and with better to come. For we must remember that once we start taking the short cuts and the lies they become easier and easier, until your life is full o them and the grief that accompanies it. There is nothing wrong with material wealth, fame, popularity ad abundance. What is wrong and harmful to ourselves and those around us is that you will do to achieve these things. How much of yourself and your values will you prostitute yourself to gain these? This is where the unhappiness begins and eventual return to drugs and/or alcohol. The return to the hell we have left behind. To keep it behind we must live in faith and rust of the god of our understanding. For in doing so we will, without question find true happiness and freedom, a life that eclipses our highest expectations. Just have a little faith and it will come to pass.
Remember God does not create 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.
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