PROMISE SEVEN
July 15, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader
“We will learn how to play and have fun in our lives.” BRB p. 591
“Just as we learned to fear our alcoholic and dysfunctional families, we can now learn to play and enjoy ourselves. This does not mean playing solitary games on our computers, tablets, or game consoles.
A way that many of us learn to become more lighthearted is by finding real enjoyment in the company of other ACAs. While we maintain a certain structure in our meetings, we can also experience fellowship before or after the meetings and share good times. This may feel weird to some of us at first because we are learning to relate to people differently than we’re used to, but as with the rest of the ACA program, daily practice helps us become more comfortable with the idea.
Laughter starts to flow more naturally as we begin to let our guard down. We become less concerned with saying the right thing and more concerned with just being in the moment. Where we once filled every waking moment with activity as a way to keep ourselves occupied, we can learn to become more of a human being than a human doing. We can now have fun because we are finally free from the fear of showing our True Self. Did you hear the one about two adult children who walk into a meeting…?
On this day I will practice playing and will enjoy having fun with others in a wholesome and positive way.”
My Experience:
Fun. That is the mission that I am on now. I now go for bike rides, play sports, etc. all in the name of fun. In the sports that I play, yes I like to win, but it is more important to me that I have fun, meet and talk to new people, because this is much better than sitting around doing nothing. Some of the things that I plan to do in the fall is to go and fly kites on the beach, go to professional football games across the country, watch other team sports, maybe even take up hiking. The possibilities for fun are endless! Try it out and see!!
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