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 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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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 12 Step Program, Miracle of recovery, addicts, alcholics, commitment, freedom, joy, love, poetry, recovery, tagged 12 Step Poetry, 12 Step Program, miracle, recovery on May 3, 2008 | No Comments »
Oh what a miracle you are.
You are sitting in a meeting.
Not hiding in a bar.
You are learning.
You are growing.
You have discovered you can do it.
I am so proud of you learning
I am so proud of you laughing.
I am so proud of you living
A clean
Happy
Joyous
Free
Life.
You are a wonderful miracle.
You make my recovery more alive. [...]
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Posted in 12 Step Program, Higher Power, addicts, poetry, recovery, tagged 12 Step Poetry, 12 Step Program, addictions, birthday, Higher Power on April 28, 2008 | No Comments »
This birthday card is dedicated to a drunk I was in love with who was still in love with the bottle and the addiction.
It is your birthday.
You were important to me.
I was not important to you.
That made me sad.
Saying good-bye to you
Made me glad.
Your being emotionally unavailable
Made it mandatory.
That was too too bad.
I picked your [...]
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Posted in 12 Step Program, gratitude, love, poetry, recovery, surrender, tagged 12 Step Program, gratitude, grief, living life on life's terms, poetry, recovery on April 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It gets better.
Everyday in every way
Life gets better and better.
The grief only tears out my heart every other minute.
I am working on my people skills.
I am working on my life.
I am allowing you in it.
I am working on my recovery.
I am working on learning, leaning and loving more
each day.
I am working on prayer, [...]
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Posted in 12 Step Program, Acceptance, Death and dying, Detachment, God, crone, depression, gratitude, grief, love, nature, poetry, recovery, spiritual renewal, spirtual awakening, surrender, tagged 12 Step, fifth step, gossip, Healing, hope, poetry, surrender on April 25, 2008 | No Comments »
The girl’s were getting together to “dish the dirt“
I thought they would be planting seeds or something.
They were.
They were gossiping…seeds of ‘dirt’about another Soul.
When day is done they put our ashes in dirt.
We cleanse our Soul to release the dirt.
We pray.
Do our step work and take the dirt
To our sponsor and release to our Higher [...]
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