“If, after a period of time, we find ourselves in trouble with our recovery, we have probably stopped doing one or more of the things that helped us in the earlier stages of our recovery.” Surrender is just for newcomers, right? Wrong!
After we’ve been around awhile, some of us succumb to a condition particular to oldtimers. We think we know something about recovery, about God, about GA, about ourselves AND start talking like professional, trying to teach people what to do and rescue the whole world ....
The problem is, we think we know enough, and we think that merely knowing is enough. But it’s what we learn and what we do after we think we know it all that really makes the difference.
Conceit and complacency can land us in deep trouble. When we find that “applying the principles” on our own power just isn’t working, we can practice what worked for us in the beginning: SURRENDER & ACCEPTANCE
When we find we are still powerless, our lives again unmanageable, we need to seek the care of a Power greater than ourselves. We need continual surrender and acceptance. We need to learn to accept people place and things as they are. No one will be grateful for our recovery ....... We need to learn surrender to life terms and live on it's term ..... We need to accept that the quick fix solution no longer works for us .... We need to accept it's HIS timing and not ours ..... We need to surrender our "false hope" of a big win is still possible ...
And when we discover that self-therapy isn’t so therapeutic after all, we need to take advantage of “the therapeutic value of one addict helping another.” ~ This is the beauty of the spiritual program
6 comments:
Cut off the oxygen and
the fire cannot burn
Lack of tolerance has much to do with my first bet which under certain circumstances I m unable to resist.
This condition existed when physical distress was experienced,
a.)when realities of life become too demanding on our time and energy,
b.)when mental tension was great,
c.)when resentment at home or at work became unbearable,
d.)when business was poor ,
e.)when I became fatigued or tired
I felt that my condition have reached a breaking point,I became intolerant of them, so I gamble.
I need help with these problems.
I must not expect them to disappear overnight.
The practice of tolerance is a part of recovery.
It aids spiritual progress
and helps me control my emotions.
It nurture contented sobriety.
I must remember all the times and be aware of the great harm and destructions in :-
1.being tolerant of wrong thoughts or action
( thinking of using the slot machines )
2.being intolerant of the right things
( accepting and live life on life ‘s terms )
I must never forget that the intolerable pain and despair from my compulsive slot machine gambling is many times greater than
the pain that come from not giving in to the urge of gambling
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