…not so long ago, the world seemed overwhelming so I I tried to tame it, not like the wild people who bury awareness in alcohol or drugs or even promiscuity, sometimes even by shopping or gambling…the wild crowd. Not me! […]
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Escaping the Squirrel Cage That’s my Mind
…the unknown, that free-floating world of happenings uncluttered by the squirrel cages of my control. I wasn’t willing to trust. I wasn’t willing to learn or change. I wasn’t even willing to be willing, and that is the first condition […]
Continue reading »Cunning, Baffling and Powerful
Remember that we deal with alcohol, cunning, baffling, powerful! Without help it is too much for us. But there is One who has all power that One is God. May you find Him now! Half measures availed us nothing. We […]
Continue reading »How We Got Here
Being passive and feeling inferior go hand-in-hand, and they prepare us for becoming dependent on alcohol, pills, food, and people. ~ Casey, Karen. Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women (Kindle Locations 2164-2165). Hazelden Publishing. Kindle Edition. What happened […]
Continue reading »Honest Self-Observation
Meditation is just one way of facilitating honest self-observation. Daily reflection and journaling are others. Discussion with other people is also critically important. However it comes to us, self-observation is necessary for an honest discernment of our position in relationship […]
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