Easter, I wish I can remember

It's been a long time since I can remember doing anything for Easter that didn't involve getting loaded. Sure the family gets together and there will always be alcohol there. Plus you know one of the friends or family members will have something else to satisfy the craving. That's the way Easter’s used to be, and someone would always tell me what an ass I was and go on to tell me all the things I said and did which I did not remember "at all". That's what’s nice about being sober. There will never be another sad event like that again. Now I find myself not even wanting to go to family events. Not because of the reminders of the old days but to see certain family members still doing the same old thing- and to think they actually feel they're pulling the wool over someone’s eyes. It's the exact opposite, everyone knows and they are all sick of it and they talk about you when you leave. They may bring up suggestions on how to help you or us in the future. In the meantime the holiday is forgotten. The entire day that should have been full of fun and praise turns out to be a pre-requisite to an intervention or worse. Now I'm just trying to enjoy every minute to live in the "now". When you think about it, it doesn't matter what you did 5-minutes ago or 5-years ago; nor does it matter what you’re going to do tomorrow or next month because the past is history and we can't change it and the future hasn't happened yet nor can we predict what we think is going to happen. The only thing that matters is now. I want to live in the now. The only thing that matters now is what I'm writing and thinking at this very moment. Thanks for the time, Michaelangelo

JESUS STILL HEALS!

God revealed something so amazing to me that I shared with my husband last night. Our healing comes from Jesus, by Jesus, and for Jesus!! It has nothing to do with us! Isn't that great! No more pressure to be anything. It's all about Jesus. He is the one who gets the glory in healing not us! This is the reason people are healed more in 3rd world countries, they know it's about Jesus. In America, we think it's about us and it's so not! Get this revelation and see if God heals you. I love you but more importantly GOD LOVES YOU! Be healed in Jesus name by giving Him the recognition of what He chooses to do or not do. Amen.

Healing Virtues of Honey and Cinnamon - No joke!

Blessings to all you readers: I have something awesome to share with you. Some great information came my way on FB a few days ago and I want to share it with you all. You know how when you have an addiction, you have cravings for that thing, especially alcohol, well it's because you most likely have a glucose problem in your body. Sugar cravings are strong and provoke you to drink. What if you could get that under control naturally, then it would stand to reason that your cravings for alcohol would go away too, right? Let's try it and see. In 2 days this drink taken in morning on an empty stomach and at night 30 minutes before bed has taken away my dizziness, cleared my nose, gotten rid of phlegm, reduced pain in my right side almost to nothing, stopped hot flashes, and I slept all night!!!!!! Wow! Healing virtues of this is amazing. Also it's a weight loss drink and soooooooooo cheap. Just grab whatever honey you have in the house to make this mixture. But heat the water first in a cup, then add 1 tablespoon of honey and 1 teaspoon of cinnamon powder and drink it up. Be healed in Jesus name. By the way, it took away my migraine, stopped the indigestion I had and took away my tummy ache 2 nights ago. This mixture will reduce your cravings for sugar, hence you will not crave the liquor! Let me know your results.

The aftermath of recovery

I know that there are a lot of us who got strung-out on all sorts of different substances, ranging from alcohol, marijuana, heroin, cocaine and meth or crack. Prescription pain medication is where I am lead to speak of. Mainly because I've done all the others and for some "idiotic" reason, when I first started taking pain-meds; of course it was Doctor prescribed for a back injury. This made me think that it was okay, never mind that I took it abusively from the get go. If the Doctor said to take 2-4 every 6-8 hours, I would take 6-8 every 2-4 hours, and then repeat. So I think when we get a "Doctors’" prescription we think- hey, it's okay. Well if you thought like me; know you’re screwed or soon will be. The thing about chronic pain and continuing to require pain medications, because some of us will indeed require the need for meds until surgery or some miraculous procedure is done to rectify the damage done to your body, or in this case "my body". We need to take a stand and be our own judge and jury. Do I want to just sit at home in pain and watch the time go by until my next dosage or do I want to become actively involved in my continued recovery, whether it be; therapy, as little as stretching, light exercise, diet and spiritual guidance. The latter is probably the most important. If I am not right with God, I won't get condemned when I take too many pills or miss my stretching time. Our bodies will just deteriorate if we don't keep moving. I do a lot of little things at home that are very hard for me. I walk and care for my dogs, I vacuum, clean, even showering and doing the bare minimum seems hard on bad days, but I do it, and God loves me for that. God loves us people, so much that he doesn't want us to be invalids. Were no good to anyone when were catatonic. I still want to bless people today as I have been blessed. I don't have much, the bare minimum it seems, but I do have that - and for that I am grateful. I pray your life after recovery can be blessed by the bare minimum. This way we can really appreciate the blessings when they come. Michael Angelo

Begin Again

Have you ever felt like God was moving you from something hurtful to something great? Well, get ready because that's what's coming. God wants to blow your mind and bless you and give you all you need and ask for. Until you recognize that God has forgiven you for all your sins you will not have rest. Give Him the respect He deserves for dieing on the cross for you and taking all your sin to the cross. You don't have to bear it anymore. Be blessed!

Dejection

Oswald Chambers says in his Daily Devotional "My Utmost for His Highest" that dejection comes from us. Yes, us! We want what we want NOW! If we don't get it we blame God or others and even ourselves. However, Chambers says that instead of seeking that answer or thing, we need to seek God Himself and in that moment, we will receive our answer and the dejection will cease. Every time you begin to feel sorry for yourself, go to God in prayer and seek Him and not the thing we think we cannot live without. Blessings. Lilia

Norco

Well recently I had surgery for my foot again and this time it was to take out the hardware that was put in 12/2012 and my doc prescribed Norco again, either 5 or 10mg every 4 to 6 hours for a few days then as needed. I have to say, coming from someone who is not an addict,I can see how this could become addictive. I have not been taking as much for a day now and I can see how my body is wanting it. It's really interesting to a non-addict how I can decipher when exactly my mind is trying to tell my body what it needs. If I have pain, I will take it but if I have no pain, I'm not going to take it just in case. I'm over the worst part so time to reassess what I really need.