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Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore me to sanity???? Well this one wasn't that hard for me.......I've always believed just gave up when things didn't go the way I thought they should-lol, all those unanswered prayers made me think that my happiness just wasn't much of a priority on His or anyone's schedule.......no control issues here:)........I believe......I believe that anything is possible, and I believe that there is so much insanity in my life that there could be something out there-My God-who can help me on this ride and keep me from going insane.......so yes I do believe!I believe! I believe! I believe!!!!!!!
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Put down the magnifying glass and pick up the mirror!
Way to go...just believe and don't try using your brain to help you do it until it can manage "a constant and orderly process of thought"...(1 definition of sanity. I also believe...and know...that anything is possible. I have had the miracles in my recovery and after getting them, in hindsight, asked myself "why not" and "why not me"? "I'm a child of God. I'm blessed and special. I'm worth unconditional love and miracles." Those are truths and I always believe truths. Miracles from my experiences in Al-Anon happen when I am least expectant and come in shape and form I am least able to imagine and fulfill my needs. The needs that were fulfilled became my wants. They are still my wants. Miracles for me come after I have expensed every effort to exercise my will and power and then in HP's time and way the need is fulfilled. Finding the doors of the Al-Anon Family Groups was one of the first. Who would have ever thought Al-Anon would have been the solutions. Who would have ever believed that I would sit and listen and keep coming back. Who would have ever imagined Jerry F with an "open" mind and with periods of time not being oppositional defiant and smug. A Humble Jerry F? That would be a miracle in itself. And yet here it is.
So believe..."Abandon yourself to God as you understand God" "Rely upon your HP with continuous hope and with out any reservation". Yes anything is possible because you and every other person is a creation in Love and deserving. That's my take on it from what I have come to understand and experience.
Keep coming back and practice, practice, practice. (((((hugs)))))
Hurray! When I found I could honestly say I believed, it was miraculous in itself. So much hope and calm security filled me, it was wonderful to feel all that positive energy around. Keep working it!
I think many of the Steps and Traditions are open to a great deal of interpretation, but a pastor once told me that in his opinion, step 3 was about believing in a HP, while step 2, in his opinion at least, was interpreted as the "power greater than ourselves" to mean the "we" as in, our group, and/or Al-Anon, and/or others in recovery with us, etc...
Either way, it sounds great that you are accepting and embracing your recovery...
Take care Tom
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"What you think of me is none of my business"
"If you knew the answer to what you are worrying about, would it REALLY change anything?"
