Recovery Poems |
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In the words of George Bernard Shaw, paraphrased: This is the true joy in life— Being used for a purpose, recognized by yourself as a mighty one. Being a force of nature, instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. I AM OF THE OPINION THAT MY RECOVERY BELONGS TO THE WHOLE COMMUNITY AND AS LONG AS I LIVE IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO DO FOR IT WHATEVER I CAN. I WANT TO BE THOROUGHLY USED UP WHEN I DIE. For the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no longer the brief candle it was when I was addicted. It’s a sort of splendid torch, which I’ve got to hold up for the moment and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations of recovery. |
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To "Let Go" Takes Love |
it means I can’t do it for someone else. To “ let go” is not to cut myself off, it is the realization I can’t control another. To “let go” in not to enable, but to allow learning from natural consequences. To “let go” is to admit powerlessness, which means the outcome is not in my hands. To “let go” is not to try to change or blame another, it is to make the most of myself. To “let go” is not to care for, but to care about. To “let go” is not to fix, but to be supportive. To “let go’ is not to judge, but to allow another to be a human being. To “let go” is not to be in the middle arranging all the outcomes, but to allow others to affect their own destinies. To “let go” is not to be protective, it is to permit another to face reality. To “let go” is not to deny, but to accept. To “let go” is not to nag, scold, or argue, but instead to search out my own shortcomings and to correct them. To “let go” is not to adjust everything to my desires, but to take each day as it comes, and to cherish myself in it. To “let go” is not to criticize and regulate anybody but to try to become what I dream I can be. To “let go” is to not regret the past, but to grow and to live for the future. To “let go” is to fear less and to love more. - Source Unknown |
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