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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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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Posted in 12 Step Program, Higher Power, Sunlight of the Spirit, addicts, gratitude, love, outreach, poetry, recovery, tagged 12 Step Program, outreach, poetry, recovery, Sunlight of the Spirit on April 11, 2008 | No Comments »
They were carrying the message.
Some spoke,
some smiled,
all hugged.
They drove many miles.
They were carrying the message
of recovery
of hope
of love for one another
of freedom from dope.
They were carrying the message.
We knew that they would.
How blessed we are
that they came
to our neighbourhood.
They carried the message of
love
service
gratitude.
Things that will help us with our attitude.
The outreach was appreciated.
No [...]
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Posted in 12 Step Program, Higher Power, Sunlight of the Spirit, gratitude, love, poetry, recovery, surrender, tagged 12 Step Program, balance, discipline, gratitude, Higher Power, mindfullnes, poetry, surrender on March 28, 2008 | No Comments »
May I hear your Voice
in the laughter of a child
in the kindness of a friend
May my heart be open to
mindfulness
that this your child
I would have harmed with my anger
I would have harmed with my gossip.
May I surrender
these character defects
to open my life to balance.
Then the Sunlight of the Spirit
will cleanse me as I obey.
Bringing balance
patience
beauty
into [...]
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