Forgetting
God has really been speaking to me on the theme of "forgetting."
And this morning, my prayer in the Twenty-Four Hours a Day book says,
"I pray that I may let God run my life. I pray that I will never again make a mess of my life through trying to run it myself."
And this morning, my prayer in the Twenty-Four Hours a Day book says,
"I pray that I may let God run my life. I pray that I will never again make a mess of my life through trying to run it myself."
Blessings, Jill
WLS 5/31/07. Maintaining a weight loss of 141 pounds and feeling amazing!
Your prayer quote reminds me of what it says in one of the AA books about "self-will run riot." That pretty much summed up my life prior to my divorce, even after coming to AA. My therapist kept confronting me about changing my negative behaviors, and I kept messing up big time.
When my husband left me, I had an epiphany, like the scales came off my eyes and I saw all of my past behaviors, and how I had hurt my husband and kids. From that point on, I was making changes fast and furious.
I never want to forget where I came from, because I know what I am capable of if I relapse and don't get help. I was on my way to that with my last relapse. If I had not been in outpatient treatment, or therapy, it could have been a lot worse. I had periods where I would be sober for a couple of months, and then go on a weeklong tear. If not for treatment and therapy, those weeklong episodes would have been worse and closer together.
Sorry to babble. You stirred my brain into thinking.
Hugs,
Trish
When my husband left me, I had an epiphany, like the scales came off my eyes and I saw all of my past behaviors, and how I had hurt my husband and kids. From that point on, I was making changes fast and furious.
I never want to forget where I came from, because I know what I am capable of if I relapse and don't get help. I was on my way to that with my last relapse. If I had not been in outpatient treatment, or therapy, it could have been a lot worse. I had periods where I would be sober for a couple of months, and then go on a weeklong tear. If not for treatment and therapy, those weeklong episodes would have been worse and closer together.
Sorry to babble. You stirred my brain into thinking.
Hugs,
Trish
Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own way to realize his true worth. You must give some time to your fellow man. For remember, you don't live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here too.
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