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Street Roots • June 1-7, 2018
Buddy System #19
Forest from the Trees: 7.5 Years
Sober
by Ron Sanford
by R. D. Wagner
Had I known then what I know now'
Then things wouldn’t be the same
But things are what they are
‘Cause I can only play the game
And absorb it all somehow at my own pace
While in recovery, sometimes it is too difficult
to separate one tree from another.
One tree tends to bog you down
so that you can’t see the forest
It’s the same in recovery:
hanging around old bars, old friends, old hangouts
leads one to think that a drink may sound nice.
Each day my struggle with my addiction is to be ever vigilant
grateful to my creator for keeping me sober one day at a time
and keeping my recovery in check.
God knew me before I was bom
And wants for me all of the best
I’m forgiven and I am blessed, I believe
At the level that I’m at now, I can see!
With my faith was supplied doctrine.
With doctrine I learnt of virtue
With virtue came the full knowledge
Which led to having self-control
Having self-control led to perseverance
Then perseverance led to spiritual growth
Which led me to love my fellow believer
Then last but not least, simply to love
To love without an object - then all was well
I knew one as my leader
To whom I stand or fall
Knowing I will reap what I have sown,
Love has freed me to do well
I need not agonize over hell
To treat my buddies like I want to be treated
To be nice, polite, moral and more
Can’t you see by the smile on my face?
More than words could say, my fruits will tell the tale..
Conducting a Trip
by Daniel Cox
The conductor announces in a baritone voice
“All aboard the bi-polar express”
A trip full of the highest high and the lowest so low
that everything is up from there.
Some boarded happy, some came aboard in high despair
It’s a grand tragedy
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