I remember that day, your first,’cause it could have been my last.I got laid off that day, wanted badto go back out, to look to my oldcomforts, the ones that don’t work.I knew I needed the meeting, but foughtit every […]
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Finished
I’ve finished the steps,read through the book,inventoried, made amends,found the promises fulfilled.I’m finished! I who neverfinished anything, have finallyfinished something that matters.Really matters. Sure, I’ll sponsor you. I finished the steps. What does powerless mean?We can’t control the obsession,willpower doesn’t […]
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NOBODY can make you look stupid.If you can hold your head high,take your own inventoryand nobody else’s,love,but don’t assume otherswill make healthy choices,and know you’re worthyand a real contributorto the mental healthof all with whom you interact,that’s health,that’s serenity,that’s recovery.
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“We had to fearlessly face the proposition that either God is everything or else He is nothing. God either is, or he isn’t. What’s our choice to be?” (Alcoholics Anonymous, page 53) Yes or no, black or white,no gray maybes. […]
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God’s in you not like a blueberry in a muffin but like the ocean in a wave. God’s not in the universe; the universe is in god. If god’s your co-pilot, you’re in the wrong seat.Don’t go to god with […]
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