Topic of the week, words that begin with the letter "S"

[MajestyJo]

S is for Sobriety. Sobriety according to my sponsor and spiritual advisor, is soundness of mind. That means I have to work on my emotional sobriety one day at a time.

[MajestyJo]

S is for Serenity. It isn't always easy to come by. The Serenity Prayer has worked for me for years. When I first found it, I didn't know what it was. It was completely foreign to me.
Serenity, have it if you can. Your Higher Power will be glad to send some your way if you ask.

[MajestyJo]

S is for Self. Selfishness and Self-Centeredness is the center of my disease. In order to recover, I had to get in touch with my Higher Self and not listen to my Lower Self.

I needed to learn self-care. Even though I had been a care taker, I didn't know how to take care of myself. I had to do what I had done for everyone else over the years and apply it to myself.

[MajestyJo]

S is for Share. Share your experience, strength, and hope with others. It not only helps them, but it helps you too. You can see where you are at in your program. If you listen to yourself, you will know if there is a Step that you need to work and apply to your life. That is why my signature is, "I share because I care."

[MajestyJo]

S is for Social. It is important to make new friends and let go of old friends who we used with, especially if they will jeopardize our sobriety. They often try to talk us into drinking with them, telling you don't have a problem. If you have a problem they may too and they are not willing to do so. Stick with the winners. Those who are trying to stay clean and sober, one day at a time.

[MajestyJo]

S is for Serene. Who would have thought that I would be comfortable in my own skin. It was a miracle to me, when I could turn off the TV, and be by myself. I like to listen to music without the words, it feeds my soul.

I will never forget the day my God sent me a sun beam. I was on the phone talking to a friend and told them, I am taking ownership, I am willing to share, but for me, it is a gift from God.

[MajestyJo]

S is for Sunshine. Put a little bit of that yellow into your life. It can be very healing and it always brightens my day.

On a gray day like we had here today, I like to think, "The sun is shining some where even if it isn't here.

[MajestyJo]

S is for Society. When we get clean and sober, we can become helpful, useful members of society. All we have to do is stay.

[MajestyJo]

S is for So Shall I. When I was in active addiction, I use to say, if you are going to have a drink, so shall I. That is as close to social drinking I ever got. In today, if someone says, "I'm going to a meeting, I say, "So shall I."

[dwmoeller]

S is for Seek

Seek knowledgeable help when troubled and or otherwise. Pick up your phone, call someone, go to a meeting, seek help...it is not a sign of weakness

[MajestyJo]

S is for Solo. This program doesn't work, when we try to go it alone. Me alone with me is bad company. I just heard my mother's voice saying, "Sing so low that I can't hear you." My voice has improved since I quit smoking, but it isn't something you want to hear all by itself. It sounds so much better, when I sing with others.

Some totem animals to look at. They all have a message to carry.

https://www.thoughtco.com/barnyard-a...4053402#step10

[MajestyJo]

S is for Sugar. We need not sugar coat things. We need to be told the plain truth. To use is to die. A drug is a drug. A drug is but a symptom of my disease, the problem is me.

If you want to put sugar on anything, put it on the literature and perhaps you will read it more often. As they say, read the Big Book, don't use it to prop up a window. That is an old timers joke, who props up windows in today when you have air conditioners and sliding doors and panes of glass in our windows.

[MajestyJo]

S is for SIN. I look at it as Soul In Need. Always looking for something outside of myself to make me feel better.

In early recovery SIN stood for Social Insurance Number. I am a somebody, no longer a nobody. I am worthy of recovery. I am not a bad person trying to get good. I am a sick person, trying to heal from my disease, that took me to sinful places on my life's journey.

[MajestyJo]

S is for Serenity. Let go of your fears and walk in faith. Let go and let Go take away your stress and fill you with peace and serenity.

[MajestyJo]

S is for Silent. Spend some time a lone. Silence the internal chatter and sit alone in a safe spot, and be with yourself. When we do this, it is so much easier to hear the Good Orderly Direction from our Higher Power.