WHAT I LEARNED: 1. I have to try not to confuse need with love – especially when it comes to chocolate! 2. I don’t have to believe everything I think. 3. Love is not just a feeling, but an action! — To see the full-size pic of this quote (and others), visit: http://www.instagram.com/calchatfan1.
Tag: District 10 – Orlando
MTG – Orlando – “Courage 2 Be Me Alateen AFG”
WHAT I LEARNED: Some possible new slogans for my collection: Let later happen. “Think and say thanks…” – from “Alateen–a day at a time” (item # B-10), page 7 (January 7th).
MTG – Ocoee – “Monday Miracles”
WHAT I LEARNED: When a horse is dead, get out of the saddle!
MTG – Ocoee – “Monday Miracles”
WHAT I LEARNED: 1. The fewer expectations I have of other people, the less they seem to piss me off! 2. “…getting better doesn’t always mean feeling better.” – Aug 14th from the daily reader: “Hope For Today” (item # B-27).
MTG – Orlando – “Courage 2 Be Me Alateen AFG”
WHAT I LEARNED: Alcoholism is progressive, but so too is my compassion.
MTG – Orlando – “Easy Does It”
WHAT I LEARNED: I may never get over the grief from losses in my life, but with the help of Al-Anon, I can get through them!
MTG – Orlando – “Pinecastle Friendship AFG”
WHAT I LEARNED: If I don’t talk it out, then I’ll act out!
MTG – Ocoee – “Monday Miracles”
WHAT I LEARNED: …if no one knows us as we really are, we run the risk of making ourselves victims of our own self-hatred. If we can be loved by somebody who sees us as we are, we will then be able to accept ourselves. Others rarely think we’re as bad as we think we…
MTG – Ocoee – “Monday Miracles”
WHAT I LEARNED: Happiness is like a butterfly. The more I chase it, the more it eludes me! 2. It never occurred to me that the word “help” begins & ends with the letters HP! 3. Bring my problems to my Sponsor. Bring solutions to my group.
MTG – Orlando – “Courage 2 Be Me Alateen AFG”
WHAT I LEARNED: The opposite of judgement is acceptance.
MTG – Ocoee – “Monday Miracles”
WHAT I LEARNED: Memory without emotion is wisdom.
MTG – Ocoee – “Monday Miracles”
WHAT I LEARNED: “The intellect has little to do on the road to discovery. There comes a leap in consciousness, call it intuition or what you will, & the solution comes to you & you don’t know how or why.” – Albert Einstein quote from “Courage to Change” (item # B-16), page 81 (March 21st).
MTG – Ocoee – “Monday Miracles”
WHAT I LEARNED: I cannot worry my way to serenity.
MTG – Orlando – “Courage 2 Be Me Alateen AFG”
WHAT I LEARNED: “…the simplest definition of humility is truth. Knowing who we are – our good points & bad, our strengths & weaknesses, our abilities & our limitations – that’s humility.” From page 19 of: “Alateen – Hope for Children of Alcoholics” (item # B-3).
MTG – Kissimmee – “Kissimmee Tuesday Nite AFG”
WHAT I LEARNED: 1. Faith & staying in “I don’t know” are two things to combat worry. 2. “Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content.” – Helen Keller quote from “Courage to Change” (item # B-16), page 45 (February 14th).
MTG – Orlando – “Courage 2 Be Me Alateen AFG”
WHAT I LEARNED: 1. I heard a new acronym – “Detach” is: Don’t Even Think About Changing Him/Her. 2. Re-arrange the letters in “Listen” & you get the word “Silent.”
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