Menu for my Action Plan
After a recent Workshop on Action Plan, which was sponsored by the Milwaukee Area Intergroup, I was a little overwhelmed.
During the course of the workshop, I had jotted down a number of helpful actions that I felt I needed to attend to daily. And after the workshop, I added a few more! As I looked at all those “helpful” practices, I came to the conclusion that I couldn’t possibly take all those actions every day. At first I was stymied and felt defeated and negative. But before long, my mind calmed and I accepted reality.
Next thing I knew, an intuitive thought had hatched! I could have a Menu of Actions to choose from. Just like other menus, I don’t select every item. I pick and choose. And so it has evolved that I have an Action Plan Menu that is useful to me on any given day.
It suggests positive actions to me, and I can select what fits me for that particular day. And best of all, I have positive feelings that I am doing the next right thing or things. I don’t feel overwhelmed. I don’t neglect taking actions nor do I stay away from the Menu out of fear of failure. It has turned into a lovely guideline and I can take what I like from it.
It’s the best approach I’ve ever tried. Love it and wanted to share the concept. Here are the items on my Menu, if you are interested to know. If you try this, I hope you will be as thrilled as I am about the results.
MENU FOR RECOVERY
- Letter to HP/Quiet Time
- Plan of Eating
- Read script of the Steps (1-7 and 10-12)*
- 7th Step Prayer*
- Step 10 app on my phone
- Read OA/AA literature
- Write Gratitudes
- Text my OA home group
- Say Affirmations*
- Talk to my Sponsor
- Connect with my Sponsees
- Connect with any OA member
- Attend an OA Meeting
- Connect with loved ones
- Pray for Others*
- Service for OA
- Service for family/community
*For the starred items, I have created additional prompts. This has helped support the success of the Menu! Yay! Of course, these prompts can evolve and improve over time.
- A script of the steps written in my own words and meaningful to me.
- A list of troublesome defects for the 7th Step Prayer
- A script of key affirmations
- A list of those I may want to remember in prayer
written by an anonymous member of OAMAI