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+ 1 SEEDS OF FAITH 8-14-2021

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Very deep, sometimes quite forgotten, damaging emotional conflicts persist below the level of consciousness.
— TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, pp. 79-80
Only through positive action can I remove the remains of guilt and shame brought on by alcohol. Throughout my misadventures when I drank, my friends would say, "Why are you doing this? You're only hurting yourself." Little did I know how true were those words. Although I harmed others, some of my behavior caused grave wounds to my soul. Step Eight provides me with a way of forgiving myself. I alleviate much of the hidden damage when I make my list of those I have hurt. In making amends, I free myself of burdens, thus contributing to my healing.

This is the meat & potatoes for me 2nd to spirituality and My higher power.
Any comments , concerns, or sharing on this daily Reflection??
Speak up, nobody is less than or greater than here!
We are all equal

WILDCARD1's picture

I have said before their is a sense of freedom that comes from written our wrongs. But I know that their is also a sense of being hurt in the way people have either overlooked or acted towards me in my active addiction.. I think we find out that we can't do all this the first time in doing the steps what I mean in our first round of working thru the step their is going to damage not corrected or righted... that why we keep on working thru the steps over and over because it gives us a chance to approach the steps in different preoperative each time because as we grow day by day year by year we mature in recovery so for the fist time I worked the step I thought in that moment I did a hell of a job but I soon realized in reworking the step with more clean time under my belt my first pass was surface deep.. it. Wasn't until the second pass that it starting becoming more spiritual in nature.. my preoperative had changed things where a lot more I really want to get to the bottom on why I really use and what really are my triggers and why and how serent thing make me feel a serent way... finally how I can get out from under these feelings of shame and guilt

Yukon_Jack's picture

Thanks for stopping by daily wildcard!
I wonder how many people watch us talk here daily but won’t chime in?!
There’s so many people joining here daily but not sharing with the rest of us.
I know I’ll be here god willing. I know if I’m not u will be . Speak up ladies & Gents

WILDCARD1's picture

I know as long as we carry the message to the suffering addict and alcoholic we are doing our part they never told us that the message will be received.. Thanks again Yukon jack