http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/friendsofbillw2/ Friends of Bill W - 12 Step Recovery from Alcoholism Thu, 07 Jan 2010 03:13:09 GMT archie http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/friendsofbillw2/message/9356 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/friendsofbillw2/message/9356 Gratitude is an action word. RECOVERY TOOL KIT Be a sponsor. Call your sponsor. Call your support group. Connect with nature. Consider the consequences of your Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:05:20 GMT archie http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/friendsofbillw2/message/9355 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/friendsofbillw2/message/9355 God's continual desire for us is to face our problems with His help. Praying for God's justice removes our need to seek revenge. RECALL NOTICE The Maker of all Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:11:34 GMT WooDY http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/friendsofbillw2/message/9354 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/friendsofbillw2/message/9354 Trust is something that is earned over time and can quickly be destroyed with one false action. In the drinking days my life revolved around manipulation, Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:58:14 GMT archie http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/friendsofbillw2/message/9353 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/friendsofbillw2/message/9353 Going to meetings and not doing the Steps is like sitting in a rocking chair, gives you something to do but you go nowhere. ASK ONLY FOR WISDOM How many of us Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:57:56 GMT archie http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/friendsofbillw2/message/9352 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/friendsofbillw2/message/9352 God's chosen; us. Prayers will become powerful when we allow God to change our desires so that they correspond to His will for us. PRINCIPLES TO LIVE BY 1. Get Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:53:09 GMT WooDY http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/friendsofbillw2/message/9351 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/friendsofbillw2/message/9351 Small actions carried out continuously over a period of time demonstrates growth in recovery - actions speak louder than words. For example, the burden of Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:22:30 GMT archie http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/friendsofbillw2/message/9350 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/friendsofbillw2/message/9350 Going to meetings and not applying the principles of the Program in our lives is like putting a band-aid on a major wound. REGRET CITY I had not really planned Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:19:43 GMT archie http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/friendsofbillw2/message/9349 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/friendsofbillw2/message/9349 God's capacity for restoring life is beyond our understanding, forests burn down and are able to grow back, broken bones heal, even grief is not a permanent Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:00:01 GMT WooDY http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/friendsofbillw2/message/9348 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/friendsofbillw2/message/9348 The topic of the Daily Reflections reading today focuses on new beginnings. This is very appropriate since it's a new year with a clean slate ahead of us - I Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:08:20 GMT WooDY http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/friendsofbillw2/message/9347 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/friendsofbillw2/message/9347 Happy New Year! My wish for all of us is that the great things that happened in 2009 get repeated in 2010 and that the struggles we encountered are nothing but Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:40:18 GMT archie http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/friendsofbillw2/message/9346 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/friendsofbillw2/message/9346 God's will for us is to practice Step 12 on a daily basis. If we don't know why we relapsed we cannot correct the problem. Look at the last sentence on page Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:32:31 GMT archie http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/friendsofbillw2/message/9345 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/friendsofbillw2/message/9345 Prayer should be our first response in any crisis. God, You know better than us what is right and best for us, thank God. Prayer works. THE MOST IMPORTANT Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:00:14 GMT WooDY http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/friendsofbillw2/message/9344 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/friendsofbillw2/message/9344 When somebody offers to help me I have learned to say "thank you" instead of insisting on just doing stuff by myself. This doesn't mean I am helpless, it means Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:42:26 GMT archie http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/friendsofbillw2/message/9343 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/friendsofbillw2/message/9343 God's help is not limited to our drinking problem alone, but extends into all phases of our lives. Very often, a newcomer is told, "Don't waste your time with Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:40:54 GMT archie http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/friendsofbillw2/message/9342 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/friendsofbillw2/message/9342 God works through us, not for us. Prayer without ceasing is a persistent effort to educate our mind and heart to the qualities of God's nature, not to inform