The Universal Language,i Hope You Will Be Inspired

God spoke to me this morning on the way to work. This is a very powerful song. I almost instantly felt a burden lifted from my sholders when it was over and it all sank in.
"stop fighting a fight thats already been won"..............WOW.......

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzGAYNKDyIU

Thank you Alvis, great song!
Today's song from is I am a survivor we can look ourselves as a victim or we can look at ourselves as a survivor.. I am a survivor. I have become a strong woman in the last 3 years by the Grace of God and the AA program and help that I have received.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1Li-EnMfqk

Somewhere in the middle..

Recovery is all about progress rather than perfection.. At first when I became a member of AA I felt overwhelmed because for some reason I got the notion in my head that I had to be perfect if I were to live the AA way of life.. It took the unconditional love of a good sponsor and also the love and support from the fellowship of other AA ers to teach me differently.. I have taken the principles I have learned and use it to the best of my ability in my every day life... sometimes I fall short of my own expectations,but I bear in mind it is progress not perfection and most of the time I am somewhere in the middle. That is progress tho because even tho most of the time I may in the middle I am not at the bottom.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DveYBno-pmQ

I believe you are my Healer

There was a time when I prayed. I prayed not asking for God's will for me but wanting my will for me.. I wanted instant results and I wanted it MY way. In the program of AA I learned how to trust God.... The first time I said the 3rd step prayer I was so afraid,, I was scared of what God would do... I realize now I had nothing to fear because God is love and God's will is what is best for me.. I have learned to trust God asking that his will be done and I have come to accept that even tho things may not always go the way i want that I am not walking alone because my healer is walking with me............

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZN5NQq83gU

Friends are quiet Angels
I have met many angels in my recovery journey..for the ones I have met here, this song is for you.............
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VN9TV7jHNR8

Better than today.

First when I went in recovery it was very difficult for me.. Sometimes getting through a day was torture but I was told it would get better if I just hang in there.. I was told that someday I would wake up and be glad to see the sun shining ,that I would appreciate and be grateful for the day that lay ahead. At the time it seemed impossible for me to even think that such a day would come.. That day did come tho but it came with a LOT of support, a LOT of help, a LOT of work. a LOT of perseverance , a LOT of faith. It wasn't easy for me but in my desperation I listened to those who had gone on before me.and did what they suggested I do one day at a time.. I hope for those of you who are still suffering that you will listen to me when I tell you that you can do it,that there is life after booze , you don't have to suffer forever.... there will be days better than today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1k-Xa9ch5c

One Dream
In my addiction many days in the guilt and shame I would dream of what it would be like to be sober. I felt so trapped, so caged, so chained to the bottle. Desperation brought me to recovery, when one is at the bottom the climb ahead seems so far away, the light a glimmer in the distance but it's there , enough to create a dream... dreams can come true... today I have 35 months of sobriety, Praise God and it is with much gratitude and thanks for all who have helped me on my climb out of the pit.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWN6csiiyUg

Remind me who I am...

sometimes I need reminding of who I am.... Before coming to recovery, I had such self loathing, such guilt, shame, fear, anger, hate.I was cut off from the light.........that was before I came to have a relationship with my HP. before I accepted the Grace that was offered to me.before I knew I was loved unconditionally. .. I have to keep spiritually fit if I am to stay sober because if not.my thinking can go sideways pretty fast... . I soon get on the pity pot and I forget who I really am...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSIVjjY8Ou8

You will never walk alone

I was alone with my bottle.. hiding in the darkness. sometimes literally... since I have come in to recovery I have never been alone..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiE0sZ0rzcs

When I hear you call.

Even in the darkest times we are not alone..we just think we are . All we have to do is reach out, trust and believe... .For those of you who doubt , the miracles are around you in the rooms of AA ... do not confuse God/Creator/Supreme Being with religion... religion is for people who are afraid to go to hell. spirituality is for people who have come back from it. .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOGrD4VrNNE

Thank you for the song Daddy... I will keep with your country theme today in my choice of song today.....
We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves... That's the reason step 4 is so difficult to do.. it is ... the cold hard truth...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BI-kG7XMiw

In Memory of Laurie .. 3 years today since alcoholism took her life..she was 45 years old and beautiful...... there but for the Grace of God go I.for all of us who are sober.. be ever so grateful...for those of you are aren't..it is time to try before it is too late.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQtAOuBjysc

That's What faith can do.

Back in 2009 I relapsed after having 19 months of sobriety.. It would take a full year and 3 more relapses and almost dying before I finally gave in and went to a treatment center, committed myself to AA and finally surrendered to the fact that I have a disease that permits me from drinking normally.. On my first year of sobriety after coming back I played this song on the patio at our cabin that overlooks a river at day break with the rain pouring down accompanied by my sponsor, some AA members and my best friend.... I danced in the rain that morning with my sponsor This month I will have 3 years of sobriety..It doesn't matter if you have fallen. you can get back up , look for the silver lining and move forward to live a new life..... Have faith ...you get WILL the strength to rise..........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NreUhPk9s9Y

Hear you me..

In early recovery I would listen to this song over and over.. whenever I hear it now it takes me back to those days and I realize how far I have come..By God's Grace , and the help of many angels. I have been given a second chance to say thank you for that. ....some have run out of chances. it doesn't have to be you. let today be the day that you will stop...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KPu7QhYY_0

A mother's love..

Relationships are not easy especially sometimes with our parents.. In AA I have been given the gift of humility,which has led to gratitude and a new perspective on my relationship with my mom . Yesterday I celebrated my birthday .and I thanked her for bringing me in this world , for raising me and caring for me.It is not all about me ,my birth is just as much her day as it is mine .I am grateful that I was given the chance to tell her that.. ....... This song is for my mother.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3BrcqoSqMQ

Our disease is deadly, it is cunning, baffling, and POWERFUL... and it wants us dead...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAbk7TxBhEA

This post has been edited by pirate on August 22, 2013, 12:28 PM

. This is MY opinion and I speak only for me.... Alcohol addiction is powerful but it is not as powerful as God.... many are dead today because they refused to believe in an power greater than themselves. there are others tho who are alive and living a life of freedom because they were willing and teachable. A closed mind has the potential to kill ,especially for an alcoholic... If you are still suffering today than your way is not working. .. Prayer CAN and DO heal.... the proof is around you in the faces and lives of those who have recovered in rooms of AA ..

We will know a new freedom, sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL5bybhOytM

Lord I lift my friend up to you....

One of my good friends from AA recently went back out... it saddens me greatly . Others and I have tried all we know... the rest is up to him and to God... all we can do is pray....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jsx1DIc5o4A