One Step at a Time - September 2012

[NoraC]

This thread is for everyone that is trying to take it One Step at a Time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Please join us here to give support and get support.

[mama bear]

One Step at a Time - September 2012

morning Nora....you have cute tootsies!

[NoraC]

One Step at a Time - September 2012

Morning Mama! (Not my foot :H but thanks)

I wanted to sleep in this morning! It didn't work. Going to read for a bit & try to take a nap.

Have a wonderful day everyone!!!

[dixon]

One Step at a Time - September 2012

Haven't you tought of tattooing like this?
Anyway the foot looks quite stronger to go ahead one step at a time.
Good luck everyone,
Dix

[NoraC]

One Step at a Time - September 2012

Hi Dix! Yes - I do have that tattoo on my foot. But, this picture is just one from the internet. It does help me to remember that things are going to be ok.......I just need to take it one step at a time. :h

[Getting real123]

One Step at a Time - September 2012

So cute. I love it. Happy long weekend. How wonderful to wake up on a Sat morning not worrying about Fri night. Xoxo

[NoraC]

One Step at a Time - September 2012

You are doing great Real!!!! :l

[allswell]

One Step at a Time - September 2012

Good morning everyone. It all starts with the first step. When I began my fourth quit at the beginning of the year in the back of my mind I thought I'd fail around the 3 to 4 month mark just like the other three attempts but stopped looking at the big picture and took it in small steps. September will mark 8 full months AF, just need to take it a step at a time. Have a great weekend everyone, like getting real said, it's fantastic not having to worry about Friday night or any night for that matter.

[mama bear]

One Step at a Time - September 2012

so true allswell....
everyone sounds GOOD today!!
off to friggingrocerystore as they say in the Army thread.....

[mario]

One Step at a Time - September 2012

:goodjob: 101 Things to Keep You Clean & Sober
Use a few of these great tips in helping yourself --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

1. Don?t underestimate your disease. Every single person does at first.

2. Take care of yourself spiritually. Be mindful of your connection to your higher power today.

3. Ignore the dismal relapse rates. You are creating your own success.

4. Make a zero tolerance policy with yourself concerning relapse. Don?t even allow your mind to go there.

5. Avoid fundamentalism, even in recovery. Rigid thinking and dogma can undermine your sobriety.

6. You are creating a life of recovery and you are responsible for ALL OF IT. Yes, others can help you. Their ?help? is mere advice. It is up to you to recover.

7. Don?t confuse enthusiasm for action. Figure out what you need to do to stay sober and then do it.

8. Listen to what the relapsing addicts keep preaching. Then do the opposite.

9. Take care of your social network. Reach out to others in a meaningful way.

10. Figure out a way to help other addicts or alcoholics.

11. If you attend 12 step meetings, find one to start chairing. Consider H&I meetings (taking meetings into jails and treatment centers).

12. Use mindfulness and a heightened awareness to overcome ego. Use meditation to overcome self.

13. Practice forgiveness. Forgive all your past transgressors. Forgive yourself. You must do this to get long term relief from resentment.

14. Be aware of diminishing returns, and spread out your recovery efforts (i.e., don?t focus on just ?spiritual? growth).

15. Rearrange all the furniture in your house. Anything to get through the night sometimes.

16. Clean your house from top to bottom. Same as above.

17. Go for a long walk.

18. Buy a pet and care for it.

19. Eat a gourmet meal.

20. Cook a gourmet meal.

21. Practice the arts. Paint, draw, sculpt, sing, dance. Etc.

22. See a therapist.

23. Work on a puzzle.

24. Connect with someone else who is hurting.

25. Start a project that is bigger than yourself.

26. Revisit an old hobby.

27. Teach someone something. (Anything!)

28. Learn something new each day. (Anything!)

29. Write in a daily journal.

30. Stretch yourself spiritually by suspending disbelief for a day.

31. Write a letter to your addiction where you say farewell to it.

32. Join a recovery forum online.

33. Start a free blog over at blogger.com and tell the world about your progress in recovery. Figure out your own tips on staying sober.

34. Reconnect with your family and spend time with them.

35. Go back to school.

36. Learn a new skill or trade.

37. Sponsor a newcomer.

38. Make a commitment to chair a meeting each week.

39. Celebrate the recovery of a friend.

40. Spend time with your family.

41. Email the spiritual river guy and tell him your problems.

42. Celebrate your clean time with a cake.

43. Write out a gratitude list.

44. Read through your old journal entries and see how much you?ve changed.

45. Try a new form of meditation (or make up your own?there is no ?wrong? here). Some of the best tips to stay sober come from within.

46. Write out a to-do list and cross each thing off as you accomplish it.

47. Always have a big goal in the back of your mind that is challenging for you, but would make your day if you met it.

48. Practice balance. Challenge your daily habits.

49. Practice humility. Always be in ?learning mode.?

50. Forgive yourself and move on with your life.

51. Sit down and write 2 goals out for yourself: one big one and one little one. Keep the paper in your pocket.

52. Inspire someone else to grow. Challenge them to be a better person in some way. Encourage them through your own success.

53. Learn to relax. Find your quiet place of rejuvenation and return to it often.

54. Elevate your consciousness. Watch your own mind and see how it responds to events. Repeat often. Learn.

55. Find the beauty in life. Appreciate all of it. Be grateful for beauty itself.

56. Ask yourself with each decision: ?Is this the healthiest choice for me right now??

57. Quit smoking cigarettes already.

58. Be grateful for existence.

59. If you go to the same AA meetings all the time, switch it up and go to a completely new meeting.

60. Write a poem about how you are overcoming addiction.

61. Turn off your television and read a book. Better: read recovery literature. Best: write your own recovery literature.

62. Use overwhelming force to conquer a goal.

63. Use the Sedona method to release emotions that are holding you back.

64. Write your bucket list. Then, act.

65. Figure out your life purpose.

66. Write out a fourth step and share it with your sponsor.

67. Take care of yourself physically. Exercise. Take a walk. No excuses.

68. Keep your priorities straight. Physical abstinence is number one. Simple and effective.

69. Keep a high price on your serenity. Don?t sacrifice it for just anyone and their whims.

70. Use a sponsor for stage 2 recovery. Let them guide you through holistic living.

71. Take care of yourself mentally. Go back to school. Get that degree.

72. Find your own path. It is your responsibility to do so.

73. Practice humility and stay teachable. Always be learning.

74. Go to long term treatment and be done with it. Best decision I ever made.

75. Don?t pin your hopes on a short stay in rehab. It takes more than that.

76. Call your sponsor.

77. Get a sponsor.

78. Use a zero tolerance policy when it comes to self-pity. Never allow it for yourself ever again. Ever. It is poison.

79. Read recovery literature.

80. Join a recovery forum.

81. Use outpatient treatment if that works for you. Take it as seriously as possible and connect with the others in your group.

82. Meditate.

83. Pray.

84. Go out for coffee with a friend in recovery.

85. Find your passion.

86. Work out.

87. Join a church.

88. Volunteer.

89. Take care of yourself emotionally. Don?t get knocked too far off your square.

90. Stay vigilant against potential relapse. The disease can find many routes (gambling, prescription drugs, sex, etc.).

91. Go to a meeting.

92. Don?t pin your hopes on long term treatment. It takes a lifetime of learning for alcoholics and recovering drug addicts to recover.

93. Use long term strategic thinking. Care for yourself, network with others, and pursue conscious growth.

94. Don?t ask ?why me?? Instead, ask ?how can I create the life I really want now??

95. Call a friend in recovery.

96. Sit down and write out a gratitude list.

97. Don?t live in fear of relapse. I wasted 5 years on this. Embrace the creative life and know you are strong in recovery.

98. Get extreme. Figure out what you need to do to stay sober?then double it and add ten. That?s how hard you have to push yourself.

99. Raise the bar. Stop settling. Use your talents as a gift to the world and make a difference in some way.

100. Live consciously. Set deliberate goals and go after them with overwhelming force.

101. Embrace the creative life in recovery and live holistically.

SOURCE: Spiritual River | Addiction Help

[NoraC]

One Step at a Time - September 2012

Mario - THANK YOU!!!! Another great post from you. :h

[mama bear]

One Step at a Time - September 2012

wow Mario...thanks for sharing
I am sooooooooo tired and sleepy today...I have not done a thing.....I HATE feeling like this.....
need to nap but know I won't sleep later......I have been reading ALL day....what a bum!

[paula]

One Step at a Time - September 2012

Great Mario, thanks.

[allswell]

One Step at a Time - September 2012

Thanks Mario for the good stuff. Lots to think about.

[mama bear]

One Step at a Time - September 2012

off to see the new Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones movie about the couple who have been married forever......can't think of the name of it, but I'll let ya'll know if I get any good tips!
still feel blah , but made a big mug of ice coffee and think maybe going out will perk me up
not blue or anything.....just feel like a zombie
love youse