FUN

Definition of Fun:
Enjoyment, amusement, or light-hearted pleasure.

Synonyms of Fun:
Pleasure, entertainment, enjoyment, amusement, etc.

These notes are from recovery in AA and/or related 12 step programs. Readers are encouraged to click external links for more detail. We hope you find them helpful.

Love in fellowship.

Addiction progressively takes away the vitality of life.
People, places and things lose meaning; everything becomes a chore and God is lost.

We say to compensate that we are having “fun” — we say this a lot and at times we believe it, but in the silence of the night we know it to be a lie. We begin to die unless we take courage and confront “the lie” in order to live. –Father Leo | More…

In retrospect, many of us realize that when we used, our ideas of fun were rather bizarre. What we then called fun, we now call insanity.

Today, our notion of fun has changed. Fun to us today is a walk along the ocean, watching the dolphins, going to a picnic, or attending a convention.

Through the grace of a Higher Power and The Fellowship, our ideas of fun have changed radically. Today  I will have fun in my recovery! –Just For Today | More…

Do something fun today.
If you’re relaxing, let yourself relax, without guilt,
without worrying about the work that is undone.

If you’re with loved ones, let yourself love them, and let them love you.
Let yourself feel close.Let yourself enjoy your work, for that can be pleasurable too.

If you’re doing something fun, let yourself enjoy it.
–The Language of Letting Go | More….