Recovered Alcoholic

Complacency: a feeling of smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's achievements If I feel "complacency" first I need to identify if it is me feeling that, or if I am picking up on it around me. If it's me then there are a myriad of things I can do...I can learn a new skill, set some reasonable goals I can stick with, ask God I can know him better, explore and imagine, seek and ask, help others....etc. I don't think our natural state is exciting or our bodies were meant to be excitable. I think that is a false construct that was put in place to replace God and keep us occupied and addicted to seeking the "next thing" to get excited over. Sobriety was gifted to allow us the opportunity to get to know God, not to be in a constant state of excitement and elation. When an untreated alcoholic or active alcoholic is bored, they get into trouble. They start looking for excitement and/or revert back to unprocessed trauma loops in which they fe...

Meeting Topic: What helps you unfreeze when you project fear onto a scary challenge?  When I was new, before I knew I would soon "commence to outgrow fear" pg 68 BB- I utilized the Serenity Pray quite often. The things that scared me back then, do not scare me now-more because I am not engaging in the things that would bring about the situation that inviting fear in-also I have mastered the concept of the part of the prayer that says "Wisdom to know the Difference" I can ascertain quickly what I do or do not have the power to change and refuse to suffer for the things I can't change-not because I'm special, but because I was taught.  We have a design for living that when practiced everyday will remove the obsession that compelled me to put myself in a position to revert back to a fight or flight response. I must look at the reasons why I had it, why I kept repeating it, what was I getting from it...What about the fear gave me an excuse to not move for...