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OK OK OK!! I haven't done a lot of sharing here lately, but have stuck with my ftf meetings. My son is still sober and working hard at it. The trouble I have is with me ( this really isn't a revalation here :) ). So long my life has been about the a's when I started here most of my posts were about them. The a drank last night, the a was a jerk last night. It filled my life, it was really what I did.
Now, my steps are more about letting go of persons places and things. Out comes of job applications, the weather, traffic jams. Along with some motivation issues. I read my horoscope for today and it said let go of the reins and loosen control of your life. Look at other options. At that moment I felt my higher power was speaking to me. Which made me chuckle. I don't have alot of faith in horoscopes but that made some sense to me. Maybe it was the only way he could get me to listen. So instead of sitting back in my head trying to force an employer into hiring me or, wondering if we will get a few more nice days to ripen up the bounty of the garden, or have a spass attack over the guy going 5 mph in front of me. I am going to hit the kitchen and make some zucchini bread (something that did get ripe), and make up a dinner to take to a friends house who just had hip surgery. What a better alternative.
Wow, that is awesome! When something is going on around me that I can't control and its pissing me off its easier and easier for me to now say "I am powerless over ______ " This is true with traffic, people, employers etc. I even used it for the cat box one day when the cats made a big mess and I was about to freak out about having to clean up the litter yet again... "I am powerless over the catbox..." HA! "I am powerless over traffic, people, places, lines, the weather, and anything else that isn't me!" Love your share, thanks!
Thank you for your post. I have a client that owes me a LOT of money, and my success at work and my future depend in part on getting it by the end of the month. I have poked them and prodded and done everything I could. This program is helping me put that in my HP's hands. I am powerless over it.
