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okiyoe1 10/01/2009

We can be surrounded by people and still feel lonely. We can be all by ourselves and still feel happy and content.What makes the difference? We feel lonely when we look to other people for something they really can not provide. No one else can give us inner peace of mind, and a inner sense of acceptance, and serenity. And when we find ourselves alone , we needn't feel lonely . God is with us; His presence is like a warm shawl enfolding us. The more we are aware of ourselves as beloved by God, the more we are able to feel content and secure - whether we are with others or alone. Am i experiencing a sense of God and his love at all times and in all places?
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deleted_user 10/01/2009

This is a topic that directly contributed to my last relapse. I had moved away 5 years ago, from the safety of good friends and AA community I had known. I chose to isolate myself, attend no meetings, and stop contact with my HP. The self built prison of loneliness ultimately lead to me drinking again, and also an addiction to an mmorpg. I am now putting the pieces back together again with God's help. I do feel God's love, and I am a work in progress under His care.

ralop 10/02/2009

No I am not.... I am not "experiencing a sense of God and His love at all times and in all places." I am getting caught up in the mistakes I've made, the health problems I've developed in the past 7 yrs and the slowness of God's time-frame. I separate myself from God and other's when I do thisand the result is loneliness of all sorts. It seems I have been not seeing the Spiritual progress I have been making in spite ....... or...... because of.......... the earthly struggles I've been experiencing. I can see other's progress so quickly and with such clarity. Yet my own growth eludes me most of time.
Oh, but if I would just stop and be quiet more often, to hear the small still voice of God within. I must be more vigilant in my attempt to be connected in conscious contact with my power greater than myself. I am worth the healing, peace, serenity, and joy that comes when I spend most of my time in spiritual contemplation, prayer, awareness, studying the will of this power in my life, allowing this power to guide my thoughts, emotions, and actions. I just get caught up in the struggle, the pain, rather than allowing the struggle and pain to move me thru to the next realm. I miss the forest for the trees so-to-speak. The bigger picture is what I want to see clearly, the picture God is seeing, the picture that holds 'all' in it, not just my little picture-world of self. I am so glad this group is here. I have others where I address my physical pain and disabilities............ and the support there is much needed.............. but here, this is where I must begin and end each day........ as without my spiritual recovery and growth coming first, I fall, fast, back into my "dis-ease", (for lack of a better definition), and then everything else in my life is for not anyways. This must come first, my recovery from the foundation, or core problem, of all my other problems in life. They all stem from my selfish and self-centered-ness. When I can first be God-centered, then all the rest sort of takes care of itself.
Thanks again for the group to heal and recover in.... it is such a great place to be!
"Stubborn" TerrieAnn/ralop

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