1-31-04

Reflections for Beginners
from
'Hour To Hour - The First 30 Days'
- by Shelly Marshall
the author of 'Day By Day' & other Meditation Books




When intense cravings for our drug of choice overwhelm us, we
immediately talk to another person in recovery, even if it is 4 AM.
Call your contact number, we must be here for each other!

Give me the strength to contact another clean and sober person
BEFORE I think of satisfying that craving.

the particular book that these meditations come from is sure a good
one imo..........................

folks can also add email groups to their support system.
they were not available to me when i sobered up, but i use them
liberally now, and they make a wonderful addition to my recovery
program which includes frequent sponsor contact and F2F AA meetings.
here is the link to AA meetings on line.

http://www.aa-intergroup.org/

if you go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/ and type in the of support group (i.e.
RR) you are interested in
you will find email groups for just about everything.

rosie









" <rosie>" <readandpostTAKETHISOUT@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Reflections for Beginners
> from
> 'Hour To Hour - The First 30 Days'
> - by Shelly Marshall
> the author of 'Day By Day' & other Meditation Books
>
>
>
>
> When intense cravings for our drug of choice overwhelm us,
we
> immediately talk to another person in recovery, even if it is 4
AM.
> Call your contact number, we must be here for each other!
>
> Give me the strength to contact another clean and sober
person
> BEFORE I think of satisfying that craving.
>
>
>

another great beginner tool in recovery?

the book:

LIVING SOBER

it is a "keep it simple" approach for those early days, and months
that are critical!
LIVING SOBER has tips/tools for EVERYONE who wishes to stop
drinking. if you like you can just skip the AA references.