That's what the Traditions and Yoga does for me - reminds me to keep giving, even when I feel scared and greedy. I don't mean just service work like planting trees or picking up a newcomer - that's easy giving for me! My greatest challenge is to be kind to the people I live with even when I'm scared there won't be enough food or when they forget to do their chores for the tenth time. My struggle is to stay present and neutral with another person when they cry in front of me, and to stay patient when someone is yelling at me.

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My recovery is my Higher Power giving me a second chance at learning how to live a life of balance, sweetness and service, so I can help a lot of people and then pass easily from this life to the next. Which I believe all comes back to having a sense of Self - a sense that I am more than the craving to drink or the resentment I feel for someone... I find peace in the sense that I am a part of something magical, beautiful, all-good and all-powerful. 



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