1. Paddle- as in the saying "Up s*** creek without a paddle". Well I have a paddle today, and that paddle is the tools of recovery that I have learned in these rooms.
2. Higher Power- I am nothing without God in my life today.
3. Past- If it were not for my past, I would not have been able to be where I am today.
4. The Promises- the promises have come true in my life today, and for that I am truly grateful.
5. I try and stay in the present today, for the past truly is gone, and there is no good in trying to control my future, I have today, and today only, and I make the most of every day.
Q
1. Quest- I am on a quest for a better life today.
2. Quiet- I enjoy quiet times.
3. Quality- I enjpy the quality of life today. I learn from others, what to do, what not to do, and everything and everyone around me makes me more grateful for me being me and for enjoying what I have in my life today.
R
1. Realize- It is awesome to acknowledge what I have today, and to be able to see how blessed I truly am.
2. Remember- I can remember today what I did the day before, even the week before........sometimes-lol.
3. Reindeer- So Santa can get to all of us on Christmas- :)
4. Reuben's- Love those!!!
S
1. Santa Claus- :)
2. The Steps- without these, sheeeeesh, I don't even want to think about that-lol.
3. Saturdays- to relax after a looooong week.
4. Self- I am happy with myself today!
5. Silly- Love being silly today too :)~~
T
1. The Traditions- even grateful for these, go figure.
2. The Third Step- what to me is the most important in my recovery.
3. Together- This is a "WE" program, and together we can recover!
4. Truth- To Thine Own Self Be True
5. Trust- I have trust in my Higher Power today, that he can do what I never, ever could.
I could probably think of "T" ons more here, but I am "T"ired for the moment. AT least I finally caught myself up-lol.
Uptight before Christmas, all through these rooms alcoholics were stricken with holiday gloom.
They prayed, "Santa, please make us happy, joyous & free, bring us candy and presents and serenity."
Greed filled their minds and envy their hearts and someone said, "It's time for the meeting to start!"
"Does anyone have a topic tonight?" Every face in the place turned wintery white!
They lost all self-seeking, self-pity and self-will when down through the chimney came the ghost of St. Bill!
He chuckled and said as he sat himself down "Call the White House and tell OEem there's a new Dubya in town."
Then he looked through a big book and said with a tear, "Wow! No one rewrote this after all these years!"
Clean house, help your neighbor, be loving and kind, and don't take the first drink one day at a time."
"How could a message as simple as this be realized, analyzed and intellectually dismissed?"
There lies the reason this ghost has arrived: to re-give a gift that has saved all your lives!
Then he set up a big screen and a DVD so every lost soul in the meeting could see.
He played a movie of drunks at their best and their worst, what is and what was, when blessed and when cursed.
There were scenes of a housewife passed out at a bar, a respectable businessman wrecking his car,
A fight in a kitchen, a fight in bed, a fight at a reception between newlyweds.
An empty bottle, a desperate man alone in a motel with a gun in his hands.
He puts down the gun and picks up the phone and whimpers and blubbers, "Honey, let me come home."
She hangs up as she tells him, "Don't call here anymore." He reaches for the phone book and falls to the floor.
Somehow that phone book seems to capture his gaze: it's open to a number under the A's.
Then all of the people in the movie converged on the poor side of town in the basement of a church.
Driven together in a willing herd to hear of hope and deliver the word.
The ghost of Bill W. turned off the TV and said, "The first word of the first step is 'we'.
I suggest you start there and see where you go. Be thorough and fearless, and please-take it slow!
Let faith set the tone, let love make the mood 'and as for a topic...how about gratitude?'
Just don't drink, go to meetings and, yes, you should pray and be glad you're alive and sober today.
Be a good woman, be a good man and be of service whenever you can.
Be a good mother, be a good dad and try to be good to your kids when they're bad.
Be a good husband, or lover, or wife... Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good life
*Author Unknown*
As I mentioned, I have a few different versions of this, and will be posting them in the next couple of weeks. Hope all is well, and yeah......ummmm...that gratitiude list-lol. Hope to catch up on that this morning sometime as well!
1. Nancy- my wonderful sponsor!!!!! I love her to death!!!!!!!!
2. Nature- I enjoy nature today. I never even paid attention to it when I was out there drinking.
3. Newcomer- I am grateful for the newcomers that come into the program. They are the most important, and they keep the memory fresh in my head of exactly how bad it was.
4. North Pole- where Santa is getting my presents ready-hehehe :)
5. Nuts- that be me!
6. Nevada- my home.
O
1. Open-minded- I am alot more open-minded today, and I am able to see the positive in everything, even the bad I know today there is reason for it I may not like it, but I trust God to know what is in store.
2. Ohio- well.......I'm here :/
3. Oldtimers- soooooo much to be learned from them, to shut my mouth and hear what they have to share helps me tremendously.
I have always liked the song "The 12 Days of Christmas" although I never really knew the meaning of it all. I got this list and thought I would share with you what the 12 days of Christmas represent........just in case you were wondering too-lol. I have all kinds of Christmas stuff that I will be posting here and there.....so don't say you haven't been warned-hehehe.
12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS CAROL
1. On the First Day of Christmas:
A Partridge in a Pear Tree
"...my true love gave to me..." The "true love" represents God and the "me" who receives these presents is the Christian. The "Partridge in a pear tree" was Jesus Christ who dies on a tree as a gift from God.
2. Second Day of Christmas:
2 Turtle Doves
The Old and New Testaments.
3. Third Day of Christmas:
3 French Hens
Faith, Hope and Charity.
4. Fourth Day of Christmas:
4 Calling Birds
The Four Gospels and/or the Four Evangelists.
5. Fifth Day of Christmas:
5 Golden Rings
The first Five Books of the Old Testament.
6. Sixth Day of Christmas:
6 Geese A Laying
The Six days of creation.
7. Seventh Day of Christmas:
7 Swans A Swimming
The seven gifts of the Holy Spirit.
8. Eighth Day of Christmas:
8 Maids Milking
The eight Beatitudes.
9. Ninth Day of Christmas:
9 Ladies Dancing
The nine Fruits of the Holy Spirit.
10. Tenth Day of Christmas:
10 Lords A Leaping
The Ten Commandments.
11. Eleventh Day of Christmas:
11 Pipers Piping
The eleven faithful disciples
12. 12th Day of Christmas:
12 Drummers Drumming
The 12 points of the Apostles' Creed
Have a greeeeeeeeeeeeeeat day! I shall return later for my grattitude list! :)
If I decorate my house perfectly with plaid bows, Strands of twinkling lights and shiny balls, But do not show love to my family, I'm just another decorator.
If I slave away in the kitchen, Baking dozens of Christmas cookies, Preparing gourmet meals And arranging a beautifully adorned table at mealtime, But do not show love to my family, I'm just another cook.
If I work at the soup kitchen, Carol in the nursing home And give all that I have to charity, But do not show love to my family, It profits me nothing.
If I trim the spruce with shimmering angels And crocheted snowflakes, Attend a myriad of holiday parties And sing in the choir's cantata But do not focus on Christ, I have missed the point.
Love stops the cooking to hug the child. Love sets aside the decorating to kiss the husband. Love is kind, though harried and tired. Love doesn't envy another's home that has coordinated Christmas china and table linens. Love doesn't yell at the kids to get out of the way, but is thankful they are there to be in the way. Love doesn't give only to those who are able to give in return, but rejoices in giving to those who can't.
Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Love never fails.
Video games will break pearl necklaces will be lost, golf clubs will rust... But giving the gift of love will endure.
