Recovery Poems

 

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.


To "Let Go" Takes Love


To “let go” does not mean to stop caring,

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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