Happy thanksgiving!

Today's thought from Hazelden is: A man is what he thinks about all day long. --Ralph Waldo Emerson This is true for women too. We sure learned that about our disease as well. It kept us thinking about alcohol or drugs all day every day until we could think of little else. Finally we became addicts, gobbled up by our all consuming thoughts and cravings. Now in recovery, we can be something else. We are becoming free of our addiction, and our minds can think about other things. What do we want to think about? What do we want to be?

Growing up my mom let me make my own decisions. Which as a child growing up that might not have been the best move. I can really only remember a handful of times my mom put her foot down. But I understand where she was coming from she wanted me to grow up making my own choices so I would know the right choice to make. Then when I was in High School I went to live with my aunt who was very manipulating and controlling and I couldn't even eat unless it was something she thought was ok for me to eat. I couldn't go out with

realize that I will react to people when they hurt me. I used to be a doormat and not do anything. Then somewhere along the line I became so resentful from holding it all in I think that I now snap at people because they are hurting me. I don't deserve to be hurt but other people don't deserve it either just because they did something to me. I also am not responsible for other people's emotions and feelings. I am not obligated to other people or there whims. If someone is having a hard time of course I want to help

Today's thought from Hazelden is: THOUGHT FOR THE DAY You get the power to overcome your afflictions through the fellowship of others who have found the way out. You get power by honestly sharing your past experience through a personal witness. You get power by coming to believe in a Higher Power that can help you. Finally, you get power by working with others who suffer as you have. In these four ways thousands of distressed persons have found the power they needed to