Doubtless you are curious to discover how and why, in the face of expert opinion to the contrary, we have recovered from a hopeless condition of mind and body. ~Â Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition (Kindle Locations 541-542). How could it have […]
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it’s a Job
I’m not in charge. Normally in my life, that’s a way of saying I’m only marginally involved, watching from that periphery. But it’s different in the context of recovery, and EVERYTHING is in the context of recovery if I am […]
Continue reading »The Giver of the Gift
It was only when I became aware of all the gifts I had received that I asked who the giver was. What a shocking realization: because the gifts were surely divine, then equally as surely, the giver must also have […]
Continue reading »I Need You!
I need Thee, O I need Thee; Every hour I need Thee; O bless me now, my Savior, I come to Thee. I can’t…I’m powerless over food, my life unmanageable. God can. I came to believe a Power greater than […]
Continue reading »Not Too Tough!
Much to our relief, we discovered we did not need to consider another’s conception of God. Our own conception, however inadequate, was sufficient to make the approach and to effect a contact with Him. As soon as we admitted the […]
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