Rhis Weeks Topic: Its Okay To Be Good To Yourself

[kasia9752]

I'm Kathy and I am an alcoholic!

Early in my string of ODAATs I was zooming around, reading everything I
could get my hands on; making a minimum of two meetings a day, I was out
of work and not capable of handling schoolwork yet, and generally being
a PITA because I was so busy doing the program! This included finding
and reacquainting myself with my HP whom I call God.

Finally my Sponsor said, "Kathy, when was the last time you read a book
just because or did anything for the H* of it?"

I looked at him with a very puzzled expression and thought and thought
and thought and then said "Not since I left Silver Springs to move here
(Hagerstown)."

He then stated "I want you to go to the library, get a library card if
you don't have one, and take a book out and take a day off and just
spend time doing noting but what you enjoy and I know from our
discussions that you love to read so go and do it. Its good to relax
and pamper yourself occasionally. It's not being self-centered; its
called stress relief. You are allowed to enjoy yourself."

I did want he said grumbling about it and realized that when I went back
to what I was doing I didn't feel like the world was on my shoulders
because I wasn't getting sober "yesterday".

Ever since then I've fit "Kathy" days in to my life regularly.

[Butterfly Woman]

Yep...as a child of God He does want us to be good to all his children and that does mean ourselves

[Rusty Zipper]

ata'a girl Kathy (kas)

with doing the footwork early on in my recovery,

puting in all the meetings, the stepwork,

and developing my conscience contact with the God of my understanding...

i have many ways of being good to myself,

just for today!

[Angel09]

THANKS KAS FOR TAKING OVER THE WEEKLY TOPIC...! WHEN I'M BACK IN FULL SWING, I'LL TAKE OVER AGAIN, IF YOU WOULD WANT ME TOO!!

[Rusty Zipper]

AC, i have anocean she might like that!