The Wisdom of The Rooms, 2/5/2018...
Feb 5, 2018 11:53:00 #
Don G. Dinsdale
Loc: El Cajon, CA (San Diego County)
THE WISDOM OF THE ROOMS
This Information May Not Be For You, But Could Be For Someone You Know And Care About, Feel Free To Share It... I'm In My 40th Year of Sobriety (Not Dryness!), I Haven't Been In a Vacuum, I've Been Out In The Drunk & Sober World, I've Lost Loved One's And Friends To This Sickness, This Disease, Some People Just Won't Stop, Won't Change, Those Are The Ones Who Die or Just Get 'Dry', The Other's, The One's Who Want To Live And Be Brand New Join They're Brothers & Sisters In Sobriety, Doing The Sober Dance, Rather Than The Drunk Stumbling... I Truly Hope To See You Around The Tables & Coffee Pots, Were Living Sober Is Discussed... Don D.
February 5, 2018
Quote of the Week
“Serenity is paying attention to what I’m doing right now."
I have a mind that races ahead of where I am, plans outcomes, anticipates obstacles, and prepares for the worst. It’s a busy mind. If it’s not in the future, then its reviewing the past coming up with woulda’s, shoulda’s, coulda’s. Drinking offered a respite from this obsessiveness, and for a few hours I was thoroughly grounded in what was happening in the present. But then my bottom forced me to get sober, and my mind was off to the races again.
My restless mind wouldn’t let me alone during early sobriety. I woke up in fear, worried most of the day, and at night I’d lie awake imagining dark futures fueled by what if’s. Thank for my sponsor and the fellowship. They had many suggestions, like when they told me to keep the Big Book at my bedside because reading a few pages would definitely put me to sleep. It worked! They also taught me about being of service, about prayer, and about building my spiritual toolkit. That all worked – when I worked it.
Many years have passed, and while I’m recovered from the obsession to drink, my mind still likes to get into the future and look for danger. This is the path to insanity for me. Thankfully, I’m much better at reigning it back in and focusing it on what I’m doing, what I have, and how fortunate I am right now. I have more than I need to be happy, joyous, and free. And most of all, I have a God of my own understanding, and I have serenity in the here and now.
How’s that for the future I used to worry about?
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This Information May Not Be For You, But Could Be For Someone You Know And Care About, Feel Free To Share It... I'm In My 40th Year of Sobriety (Not Dryness!), I Haven't Been In a Vacuum, I've Been Out In The Drunk & Sober World, I've Lost Loved One's And Friends To This Sickness, This Disease, Some People Just Won't Stop, Won't Change, Those Are The Ones Who Die or Just Get 'Dry', The Other's, The One's Who Want To Live And Be Brand New Join They're Brothers & Sisters In Sobriety, Doing The Sober Dance, Rather Than The Drunk Stumbling... I Truly Hope To See You Around The Tables & Coffee Pots, Were Living Sober Is Discussed... Don D.
February 5, 2018
Quote of the Week
“Serenity is paying attention to what I’m doing right now."
I have a mind that races ahead of where I am, plans outcomes, anticipates obstacles, and prepares for the worst. It’s a busy mind. If it’s not in the future, then its reviewing the past coming up with woulda’s, shoulda’s, coulda’s. Drinking offered a respite from this obsessiveness, and for a few hours I was thoroughly grounded in what was happening in the present. But then my bottom forced me to get sober, and my mind was off to the races again.
My restless mind wouldn’t let me alone during early sobriety. I woke up in fear, worried most of the day, and at night I’d lie awake imagining dark futures fueled by what if’s. Thank for my sponsor and the fellowship. They had many suggestions, like when they told me to keep the Big Book at my bedside because reading a few pages would definitely put me to sleep. It worked! They also taught me about being of service, about prayer, and about building my spiritual toolkit. That all worked – when I worked it.
Many years have passed, and while I’m recovered from the obsession to drink, my mind still likes to get into the future and look for danger. This is the path to insanity for me. Thankfully, I’m much better at reigning it back in and focusing it on what I’m doing, what I have, and how fortunate I am right now. I have more than I need to be happy, joyous, and free. And most of all, I have a God of my own understanding, and I have serenity in the here and now.
How’s that for the future I used to worry about?
http://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/16166b4ad5c430b5
Feb 5, 2018 12:08:53 #
Don G. Dinsdale wrote:
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Thanks for the message of hope.
Feb 5, 2018 12:08:55 #
Don G. Dinsdale wrote:
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I try to live by the 5/5 principle. If it is not going to matter in 5 years I try not to spend 5 minutes worrying about it.
Feb 5, 2018 12:30:09 #
Feb 5, 2018 13:01:32 #
Don G. Dinsdale
Loc: El Cajon, CA (San Diego County)
I Like That... Don D.
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Liberty Tree wrote:
I try to live by the 5/5 principle. If it is not going to matter in 5 years I try not to spend 5 minutes worrying about it.
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