We Are Not Fighting, p. 121We have ceased fighting anything or anyone–even alcohol. For by thistime sanity has returned. We can now react sanely and normally, andwe find that this has happened almost automatically. We see that thisnew attitude toward liquor is really a gift of God.That is the miracle of it. We are not fighting it, neither are we avoidingtemptation. We have not even sworn off. Instead, the problem hasbeen removed. It does not exist for us. We are neither cocky norafraid.That is how we react–so long as we keep in fit spiritual condition.Alcoholics Anonymous, pp. 84-85
FIGHTING ~And we have ceased fighting anything or anyone …The Big Book, page 84When one goes through life at full speed ahead as I have done, it’s hard to really step back and look at one’s life. Everything is happening too fast and each day seems to blend into the next and, before you know it, the next segment of life seems to take over.When I began my Twelve Step recovery program, I found myself slowing down … examining my life … observing those around me … and reflecting on my past. I began to know who I was and I didn’t like one of the things I discovered: I was a fighter. I didn’t accept people, places or things unless and until they met my expectations of what they should be. I tried to control situations that I should have walked away from. I clung to people I should have distanced myself from. I tried to manipulate things that were toxic to me, and make them un-toxic … and, in the process, did myself great harm.When I first read those words from the AABB, “We have ceased fighting anything or anyone,” I felt it didn’t apply to me … because at that point, I hadn’t categorized myself as a fighter. It took living and working the Steps to realize that. And it took living and working the Steps to take the action necessary to stop being a fighter.Life is calmer now. Relationships are smoother. I sometimes miss the excitement of going through like as though I were on a roller coaster … but I won’t go back there. Serenity means too much to me. Fighting is something I have put away forever.One Day at a Time . . .I will direct my thinking and doing to those things in my life which will contribute to a meaningful and pleasant journey.~ Mari ~
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FIGHTING And we have ceased fighting anything or anyone …
–The Big Book, page 84When one goes through life at full speed ahead as I have done, it’s hard to really step back and look at one’s life. Everything is happening too fast and each day seems to blend into the next and, before you know it, the next segment of life seems to take over.When I began my Twelve Step recovery program, I found myself slowing down … examining my life … observing those around me … and reflecting on my past. I began to know who I was and I didn’t like one of the things I discovered: I was a fighter. I didn't accept people, places or things unless and until they met my expectations of what they should be. I tried to control situations that I should have walked away from. I clung to people I should have distanced myself from. I tried to manipulate things that were toxic to me, and make them un-toxic … and, in the process, did myself great harm.When I first read those words from the AABB, “We have ceased fighting anything or anyone,” I felt it didn't apply to me … because at that point, I hadn't categorized myself as a fighter. It took living and working the Steps to realize that. And it took living and working the Steps to take the action necessary to stop being a fighter.Life is calmer now. Relationships are smoother. I sometimes miss the excitement of going through like as though I were on a roller coaster … but I won’t go back there. Serenity means too much to me. Fighting is something I have put away forever.One Day at a Time . . .I will direct my thinking and doing to those things in my life which will contribute to a meaningful and pleasant journey.~ Mari
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It takes two people to make a fight. Everybody will not be against you unless you are against everybody — including yourself. If you are at war with the whole universe, it is because a civil war rages within your breast.
If you so live as to be able to like yourself, then peace will reign in your life and your attitude toward everybody will be free of fear, jealousy and suspicion. You will have no reason to oppose anyone and none will oppose you.
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DecemberWhen you are down, get back up and fight!~ Iris Timberlake Our attitude determines how we handle every experience. If we feel defeated by circumstances— say we’ve lost a job or a friend has abandoned us— we will not be ready for the next opportunity our Higher Power has in store for us. No door is ever closed without another one being opened. However, if we are focused on what’s no longer ours, we’ll miss what can be.This is not to say we shouldn’t grieve our losses. In order to accept them, we must feel them. Then we need to get back on our feet and go on with this moment, this day, this life. Not to do so is to deny trust in one’s Higher Power. The Third Step promises that we have a caring God in charge. Yesterday’s closed doors didn’t mean our lives were over. Nor will today’s.I will relish the strength I feel today when I remember that God is opening (and closing) all the right doors for me.© 1994 by Hazelden Foundation
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June Today, I will not fight anything and everything that comes my way, nor will I question why or complain that something is just another thing added to what I think is already a heavy burden. Today, I will simply be and accept what may come and ask God for His will to handle it and, if He deems, to let Him deal with it, and hopefully I might gain insight that I may be fighting myself needlessly and making sobriety and recovery a lot more complicated than they have to be. And if I continue to worry about something that is of valid and serious concern, I will trust unconditionally that my Higher Power will give me what I need to get through it even if how I want it to be resolved is not how He intends. Today, I will simply be and will not fight or guard against something that may never be. I am. And our common journey continues.
Step by step. – Chris M.
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