Posted in 12 Step Program, Acceptance, God, Grace, Higher Power, Miracle of recovery, Prayer, addicts, alcholics, freedom, gratitude, love, poetry, recovery, spiritual renewal, spirtual awakening, surrender, tagged 12 Step Program, 12 step program poetry, addictions, alcohol, drugs, God, gratitude, recovery on May 10, 2008 | No Comments »
The Pit
Although the seasons
Come and go,
I pray that my sobriety
Will constantly grow.
For years on end
I’ve tried to quit,
To pull myself out
Of that deep, dark pit.
It was years ago
When I fell into the trap,
It’s filled with alcohol,
Drugs and crap.
The walls are soaked
With suffering and pain,
The guilt and remorse
Eat away at my brain.
I pulled myself [...]
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Posted in gratitude, joy, laughter, living in the moment, love, love of life, memories, poetry, smile, tagged Europe, favorite foods, gratitude, poetry, travel on May 10, 2008 | No Comments »
“When the sun in the morning
Peaks over the hill
I wake up with the lilacs
On Mocking Bird Hill
Trah laa lah tweedly dee dee
It gives me a thrill
To wake up in the morning
On Mocking Bird Hill”
Oh what rejoicing to hear that old song
I remember how wonderful it was to sing along.
I was just a young [...]
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Posted in 12 Step Program, Higher Power, gratitude, love, poetry, recovery, tagged 12 Step Program, 12 step program guest speaker, 12 step program poetry, Higher Power, recovery, women on May 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
She shared her story.
You could see it was true.
She talked of pain and hardship.
She spoke of recovery
How she made it through.
(Just like me and you.)
She shared from her heart.
She told it with all her love.
She told it like a steel fist
Wrapped in a velvet glove.
Her words gripped my heart.
Her words made me laugh.
Her [...]
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Beware of outbreaks of Laughter.
Beware of moments of Joy.
Guard against unreasonable contentment.
Be on the look out for a outbreaks of Gratitude.
These are definite signs of recovery.
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Posted in 12 Step Program, Acceptance, Higher Power, addicts, alcholics, freedom, gratitude, insanity, joy, laughter, living in the moment, love, poetry, recovery, tagged 12 Step Poetry, addiction, discovery, joy, Laughter in recovery, poetry on May 7, 2008 | No Comments »
Have you ever
Heard the laughter
Of the folks
Who made it “Home”?
The ones who walked
Wondered and waited
Just to see a smile.
Recovery is a joyous gift
That brightens up the Soul.
The laughter returns as we share
Our Journey to the things that made us whole.
Thanks for the song of laughter
That gives laughter to my night.
Thanks for the smile
That makes it [...]
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Epitaph to Insanity. –
You came to me
As if a friend,
And stole
My Soul
In the end.
My many friends
And loved ones true,
You did your best
To steal them too.
But with the angels
Love and grace,
I’ve been lifted
From that awful place.
And now I leave you
Six feet down,
Rotting beneath
Your evil crown.
-Guest poet
Sherman R.
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Is there email in Heaven?
Well, I suppose there is of a sort.
The instant communication that is very deep in the heart
Is conveyed and received before the “thought’ starts.
The all knowing,
The all being,
The all seeing place
Has a deep serenity
Sitting so close to God’s face.
That love and the assurance
In this moment is mine
When I practice the presence
Of [...]
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Posted in 12 Step Program, Family, God, Grace, Higher Power, Light and Sound of God, Miracle of recovery, Prayer, Service, Spiritual, Sunlight of the Spirit, beauty, celebration of life, gratitude, joy, laughter, love, poetry, smile, spiritual renewal, spirtual awakening, tagged 12 Step Poetry, 12 Step Program, gratitude, Light and Sound of God, love, poetry, Spring, Sunlight of the Spirit on May 4, 2008 | No Comments »
It is a Sunshine Sunny Sunday
The storm has passed for now.
The green of spring is ‘doing its thing’
As on my knees I bow.
Winter’s pains no longer near
The opening leaves do now appear.
The world is again a wondrous place.
The Sunlight of the Spirit
Conveys God’s Grace.
The Light and Sound
Are dancing in a sacred rhyme
The [...]
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Posted in poetry, tagged poetry on May 3, 2008 | No Comments »
Alone with the Alone
Eliminates
Emanates
Consecrates
Vibrates.
Resonates.
I hear the Sound.
I hear who I am
In the Voice
Of the I AM.
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Posted in poetry, tagged poetry on May 3, 2008 | No Comments »
We have a Cabin
That we run to
When Day is done.
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