12 Step Quotes and Sayings, IV
“When fear knocks on the door, and faith free self hypnosis scripts no one is home.”
When I self hypnosis cd new to the program, I was taught that I could not be in fear and in faith at the same time. I was either living in fear, or I was living in faith. What recovery has taught me is that today I have a choice between the two. And today, I choose to live in faith. In the Big Book, there is a simple line: “God is everything or He is nothing.” And, again, this presents me with a choice - do I believe that my Higher Power will take self hypnosis techniques of me, or don’t I? And the decision I make here leads to a path of either faith or fear. By taking a third step each day, I am consciously choosing to turn my will and my life over to my Higher Power. I am choosing faith. Then, when fear comes knocking - as it always does - my faith answers the door and fear has nowhere to land. Living in faith gives me the freedom and the courage to live a life that is happy, joyous and free. A life the program promises, and a life I get the choice to live.
“Let go of your old ideas - even the good ones.” When I was new in recovery, my sponsor always used to ask me what my “back pocket” plans were. These were the plans and ideas I had that were so good I thought I didn’t have to run them by him. Once I did though, I was amazed by how all of my thinking was screwed up - not just the parts that were obvious. What I have come to learn in recovery is that my thinking has to change if I want to get better. Of all of the thoughts, ideas and plans I had before recovery (even my best thinking), none of them could get me well. “My best thinking got me into the rooms in the first place” is a quote that constantly reminds me of this. For me, recovery means abandoning myself to this program and letting go of all of my old ideas - even the good ones. In fact today, when I have a good free self hypnosis scripts it’s a tip off that I’d better run it by someone. And when I do, I’m reminded that my thinking still isn’t quite right. Thank God I don’t have to do it alone!
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