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.
It is not what you ask for that is appalling; what is appalling
is what you settle for.
Alan Cohen
As a teenager, I regularly heard a radio jingle for a mens cloth-ing store in New York City: Select, Dont Settle, at Barneys. Although I did not realize it at the time, the message was offering a profound instruction for life.
How much of how you live your life is your preference, and how much are you settling for? On a piece of paper make two columns: I Select and J Settle. Then consider your activities in the course of a day, week, month, or year, and honestly record what youre doing that comes from your heart and what youre doing that comes from fear, obligation, or accommodation.
Every time we settle, we die a little bit inside. When we accept something that we would not choose, we affirm that we do not deserve to be happy and that the universe cannot support us in living our vision. When we make a stand for our goal, we affirm that we are worthy to live in a loving and abundant universe.
After a lecture, I was invited to the sponsors office to unwind. What kind of tea would you like? Melodie asked.
Peppermint, I told her.
Im not sure if we have peppermint, she noted as she rummaged through the shelf.
Quickly I responded, Thats okay?Ill take whatever you have.
Melodie turned and glared at me playfully, Didnt I just hear you give a lecture on not settling?" Oops. (Its always annoying when your students or children use your truth against you.) She searched again and announced, Peppermint!
A humbling lesson, but a good one. Ask for what you want, and as long as there is a chance of getting it, keep asking.
I pray to live at choice. Give me the strength to
claim my highest good
and not stop until my dreams come true.
I deserve the kingdom.
I choose my life with self-respect.
A deep Breath of Life Alan Cohen
is what you settle for.
Alan Cohen
As a teenager, I regularly heard a radio jingle for a mens cloth-ing store in New York City: Select, Dont Settle, at Barneys. Although I did not realize it at the time, the message was offering a profound instruction for life.
How much of how you live your life is your preference, and how much are you settling for? On a piece of paper make two columns: I Select and J Settle. Then consider your activities in the course of a day, week, month, or year, and honestly record what youre doing that comes from your heart and what youre doing that comes from fear, obligation, or accommodation.
Every time we settle, we die a little bit inside. When we accept something that we would not choose, we affirm that we do not deserve to be happy and that the universe cannot support us in living our vision. When we make a stand for our goal, we affirm that we are worthy to live in a loving and abundant universe.
After a lecture, I was invited to the sponsors office to unwind. What kind of tea would you like? Melodie asked.
Peppermint, I told her.
Im not sure if we have peppermint, she noted as she rummaged through the shelf.
Quickly I responded, Thats okay?Ill take whatever you have.
Melodie turned and glared at me playfully, Didnt I just hear you give a lecture on not settling?" Oops. (Its always annoying when your students or children use your truth against you.) She searched again and announced, Peppermint!
A humbling lesson, but a good one. Ask for what you want, and as long as there is a chance of getting it, keep asking.
I pray to live at choice. Give me the strength to
claim my highest good
and not stop until my dreams come true.
I deserve the kingdom.
I choose my life with self-respect.
A deep Breath of Life Alan Cohen
Love you Billy
Billy
Boils down to... "the wisdom to know the difference."
I pray I can learn to love my fate while I passionately explore new possibilities. I pray I am always fueled by hope and not weighed down by expectation.
It's tricky. Today I am just trying to survive. I am deeply satisfied when I have accomplished something so small as feeding myself or doing the laundry. I shower every day I am sober. Good stuff there. Baby steps.
I dream of being relieved of the obsession to drink. I will not settle for anything less. The rest is gravy.