E is for Earth. Be in touch with Mother Earth. Get off the sidewalk and go to a park. Walk on the grass if there isn't a sign that says, "Keep off the grass." Garden, play in the dirt. Get your hands dirty. Wade in a bubbling brook or wash your hands, or take a shower.

Cleanse the body, mind and spirit.

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F is for F.R.O.G. For true sobriety, we need to Fully Rely On God. i like to change it to my God. I had to make my God personal and build a good working relationship with Him.

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G is for Good Orderly Direction from a Group of Drunks and Drug Addict. The rooms of recovery, offer the therapeutic value of one addict sharing with another addict. i went to a couple of outside programs and I left because the people in the room were where I was before I found recovery.

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H is for hello. Make a point of calling a friend, especially a recovery friend just to touch base. It doesn't mean always listening to their woes or you dumping yours, it can just be a hello, have a great day. Sometimes it is my morning, it isn't about what the clock says.

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I is for Identify. Identify, don't compare. Listen for the feelings and the reasons why. We can be opposite genders but still have similar feelings. We can be the same gender and be as differnet as day and night.

There is a little bit of each of us to be found in the people around us. It takes one to know one as they say.

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J is Just for Today. Just for today, I choose not to use people, places and things to escape my reality. Reality isn't always a good place to be, bt it is generally me who put me there. hust for today, I choose to change any old patterns, habits, and behaviors that have crept back into today.

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K is for Know. Ask your God for the knowingness that you need in today; or if you like your inner knowing. i also try to remember to have my perception healed to where I need it to be in today. I am not to big on surprises, I like to know. Maybe that is why I find myself saying to my God, ''Couldn't you give me a little hint, and we both will know.''

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L is for Learn. If we are looking for sobriety, we will continue to learn each day. Life is a learning process. If we don't learn, then our walls are up and we are shut off from the Spirit.

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M is for More. Instead of more drug, I try to fill up on more spiritual things to take away the void left by my drug of choice, and other things.

hugs not Drugs.

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N is for Normal. I have always left normal to Earthlings. I qualify for so much more as a recovering addict. It says we will be rocketed into the 5th dimension. I don't know about you, but I haven't been there yet, but I am enjoying the journey.

A long-timer said it takes an alcoholic 8 years of recovery to become normal and act as other people do. Well I am about to start my 4th seven-year cycle, so I am due for some change.

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O is for Open. Open up your heart and mind. Are you open to receiving? In order to obtain true balance in our life, We need to give and receive. If we just keep giving, we burn out and we are operating on fumes.

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P is for Pride. We can take pride in what we do, a job well done. As long as I don't take credit for the gifts from my Higher Power. He is the Source. When I surender to my HP, I am empowered to do what I need to do on a daily basis.

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Q is for Quiet. Find a quiet place and connect with your God. You can't hear Him for all the internal chatter and/or the buzzing of busy.

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R is for Reject. Reject the negative and rejoice over the positive. Don't reject yourself, you are worthy of recovery.

The raccoon stands for protection. We need to reject anything that threatens our recovery.

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S is for Sobriety. I think of it as soundness of mind. It is something I have to work on every day. I can't have a sober mind if I obsessing about something or if I am worrying or throwing a hissy fit Just because I didn't drink today, it is why I have a program. I need to apply it to all areas of my life, mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical.

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