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, March 14, 2011

Living In The Present

It is said that” Today is a gift from God, that is why it is called the present.” And to honour the God of your understanding, you must cherish and live in the present. This is not to say that there are not times to look at the future, nor is it for you to deny the lessons of the past and taking responsibility and accountability for your past. It is also said that there for everything there is a time.
So we must determine what exactly this means, and find proper perspective of past, present and future. So basically, as stated above there is a time and place to look in the rear-view mirror of our lives. We must look back upon our lives on occasion, to learn the lessons that are in our past that we might have missed, to see mistakes, to take accountability and make amends when needed. That is pretty much the extent of our rear-view mirrors for unlike automobiles there is no reverse in life. Morbid reflection on something that cannot be changed is a waste of God given time, energy and spirit. The past is dead let the dead bury the dead. Learn the lessons make amends if needed and move on.

As for the future, except for the odd times that either we are in the right place at the right time and fortune smiles on us. We have dreams and goals we would wish to accomplish and make real. Well any dream and/or goal tales planning and usually many steps. So in doing so we look to future in our plans, however in doing so it is very wise to make these plans very flexible. For goals, change the means to reaching a goal changes, circumstances change, certain criteria required for a goal may change, bottom line is life is full of changes and if your plans are not flexible and adaptable, they will in all probability become useless and unworkable. Once again we can only spend so much time planning or time simply passes us by. The future is never for sure in our eyes it is merely a dream or more precisely a fantasy. The only reality is the present. The only thing you can truly do anything about is in the present. Your life exists in only one place the present. The here and now is the only reality there is, all else is either dead and gone, or a dream and/or fantasy of the mind.

Remember God does not create garbage
Posted by BILL at Monday, March 14, 2011

1 comment:

  1. HappyKMarch 14, 2011 at 10:42 AM

    I agree. Lots of people are so busy planning their futures that they forget to enjoy where they are.

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