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.

Friday, March 25, 2011

To Thine Own Self Be True

Do you know that it is possible to become the President of the United States of America, or the Prime Minister of Canada without winning the actual popular vote? You can win what is called the majority of the electoral votes in the United States and the party Seats in Canada, this can be achieved without actually winning the popular vote or individual votes. Is that not quite amazing and as well quite humbling to the elected person if that were indeed the case in their elected win. I only mention this as a point of reference to my overall point today. That point is that no matter how hard you may try, you can never please everyone, no matter what the situation or decision there will always be those who disagree and think you are wrong. So the fact that most people with addictive personalities especially those in recovery are prone to people pleasing. It is important to note just how futile this effort truly is.

This is why it is essential for you to learn “To Thine Own Self Be True.” This is another great learning or gift that you will acquire from The 12 Step Program. There are hundreds of life decisions you will be called to make, some will deeply affect the lives of others, and some only affect you. However all will affect how you face yourself in the mirror and how you will feel when you look into the eyes of any man, woman or child. The program will give you the ability to take every decision and look at it from different angles and perspectives with an open mind. Then using your intellect, your rational and mostly your heart and that spark of God consciousness in all of us, that inner spark that instantly knows wrong from right, that small inner voice. Where your truth is, always speak your truth for in this way you can always hold your head high, with dignity, self respect and integrity. With the ability to look anyone in the eye. For when you fail to follow your truth you fail yourself. By following your own personal truth, To Thine Own Self Be True, is upheld and so is your integrity and self respect. However we still allow others the right to their own truths and listen to the still small voice of others, which on occasion will echo our own and sometimes Change our own truths, if you have an open mind.

Remember God does not create garbage
Posted by BILL at Friday, March 25, 2011

2 comments:

  1. HappyKMarch 25, 2011 at 8:07 AM

    I agree, you can't please everyone. I just try to do what is right for me and with God as my guide it seems to be working out pretty good. : )

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  2. UnknownMarch 25, 2011 at 10:44 AM

    Absolutely and well said! Thank you for the comment on my blog, it was well written and received, thank you!

    We can only be true to our own selves and serve the God of our understanding, but we always have to get out of our own way, which is why I like the steps as a tool for that!

    G

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