Alcoholism Support Group
Alcoholism is the continued consumption of alcoholic beverages, even when it is negatively affecting your health, work, relationships and life. If you think alcohol is causing you to lose control, it's time to seek help. Our group is a safe place to vent, check in, get back up if you fall, and reach sobriety.
I am not a religious person but these days and for a long time now I have come to believe in the power of prayer and it has helped me through my recovery along with AA meetings and a beautiful 12 step program for living.
Prayer is a personal thing so I may be the only one posting on this topic but if you would like to share a prayer or just share your views please post.
The Lords Prayer was the only prayer I knew before coming into recovery except for the ones I used when in trouble.
God if you get me out of this one I will never drink again. Liar. Or the alcoholics prayer. O God never again. Normally said the morning after a big night out sometimes said over the porcelain alter (Toilet Bowl).
But my prayers have change and the first one I came in contact with is the Serenity Prayer.
God, Grant me the Serenity
To accept the things I cannot change,
Courage to change the things I can,
and Wisdom to know the difference.
It lets me know that I cannot change 99.9% of things outside of me. People ,Places, etc. That I can change 99.9% of things inside of me. Especially my thinking and the way I see things. And the wisdom to know the difference between the two.
This is only one of many helpful prayers that are available if you want to use them..
God Bless
Lionel
Prayer is a personal thing so I may be the only one posting on this topic but if you would like to share a prayer or just share your views please post.
The Lords Prayer was the only prayer I knew before coming into recovery except for the ones I used when in trouble.
God if you get me out of this one I will never drink again. Liar. Or the alcoholics prayer. O God never again. Normally said the morning after a big night out sometimes said over the porcelain alter (Toilet Bowl).
But my prayers have change and the first one I came in contact with is the Serenity Prayer.
God, Grant me the Serenity
To accept the things I cannot change,
Courage to change the things I can,
and Wisdom to know the difference.
It lets me know that I cannot change 99.9% of things outside of me. People ,Places, etc. That I can change 99.9% of things inside of me. Especially my thinking and the way I see things. And the wisdom to know the difference between the two.
This is only one of many helpful prayers that are available if you want to use them..
God Bless
Lionel
Its good to see you here.
God bless
Lionel
thanks for dropping in .
God Bless...
Lionel
let-go-let-God As Confucius Said:
To put the world , the nation, and the family in order;We must first cultivate our personal life.We must first put our hearts right.
And in turn how do we put our hearts right?By learning to let go, and let god.
Without Let-go-let-God awareness, your past steals your present.
If you let go a little, you will have a little happiness.
If you let go a lot, you will have a lot of happiness.
If you let go completely, you will be free.
(Ajahn Chah)
Good to see you here. And as you said action is the magic word. I was told a while back. God can move mountains but bring a shovel.
God Bless
Lionel
I would be lost without prayer and meditation.
http://religion-cults.com/peace/
Peace~
http://www.cleanandsobernotdead.com/Prayers/Prayers.html
Let Go, Let God
Higher Power, help me to understand: 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 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's 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 protect, it's 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 about my own shortcomings and correct them.
To let go is not to adjust everything to my desires but to take each day as it comes and cherish myself in it.
Let go let God. Today something I have to do often. Though when I was new to recovery I found it one of the hardest things to do.
I remember early everything started to go good for me and I wanted others in my family brothers sisters to have what was given to me by a loving God sobriety.
The thing is they didnt want it and when I talked to an OSM about it and he said you have to let go and let God . He got you here and if its meant to be He will get them here.
And though I didnt like what he was saying to me at the time I just said ok because it was causing me a lot of disease.
And in time by letting go I was to find peace of mind even though it was in little dosses.
God Bless...
Lionel
God Bless
Lionel
The Rules for Being Human
by Cherie Carter-Scott
1. You will receive a body.
You may like it or hate it, but it will be yours for the entire period.
2. You will learn lessons.
You are enrolled in an informal school called Life. Each day in this school, you will have the opportunity to learn lessons. You may like the lessons or think them irrelevant and stupid.
3. There are no mistakes, only lessons.
Growth is a process of trial and error. Experimentation. The "failed" experiments are as much a part of the process, as the experiment that ultimately "works".
4. A lesson is repeated until learned.
A lesson will be presented to you in various forms until you have learned it. You can then go on to the next lesson.
5. Learning lessons does not end.
There is no part of life that does not contain its lessons. If you are alive, there are lessons to be learned.
6. "There" is no better than "here".
When your "there" has become a "here", you will simply obtain another "there" that will again look better than "here".
7. Others are merely mirrors of you.
You cannot love or hate something about another person unless it reflects something you either love or hate about yourself.
8. What you make of your life is up to you.
You have all the tools and resources you need. What you do with them is up to you. The choice is yours.
9. Your answers lie inside you.
The answers to Life's questions lie inside you. All you need to do is look, listen and trust.
10. You will forget all this.