…”never underestimate the power of denial.” It can indeed obscure the obvious. ~ Kenneth Wapnick, Absence from Felicity : The Story of Helen Schucman and Her Scribing of A Course in Miracles Never understate the power of denial? Because it can […]
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The Things I Cannot Change
Defending ourselves by engaging in arguments with actively drinking or otherwise irrational people is as fruitless as donning armor to protect ourselves from a nuclear explosion. Only a Power greater than ourselves can restore us to sanity. ~ Family Groups, Al-Anon. […]
Continue reading »Outpacing Sorry
When I was a child I was sorry. I regretted letting people down, failing to pass…not just meet.. objectives. But I became an adult and an adult in Recovery at that, and I put away meaningless regret!
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Remember your leaders who taught you the word of God. Think of all the good that has come from their lives, and follow the example of their faith. ~ Hebrews 13:7 (NLT) We must be entirely honest with somebody if […]
Continue reading »The Test
Fire tests the purity of silver and gold, but a person is tested by being praised. ~ Proverbs 27:21 NLT Why would being praised test a person? It’s a common problem with Recovery people… or was, before the “recovering.” We believed in […]
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