…sometimes, it’s not about changing what you believe. It’s an opportunity for you to validate yourself and your beliefs. ~ Beattie, Melody. More Language of Letting Go: 366 New Daily Meditations (Hazelden Meditation Series) (p. 242). Hazelden Publishing. Kindle Edition. Recovery […]
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Recovery Is…
Recovery is learning new responses, feeling and behaving in healthier ways. ~ Casey, Karen. Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women (Kindle Location 2039). Hazelden Publishing. Kindle Edition. Recovery is laying aside our crutch, learning we’re not in charge, […]
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…there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem. ~ Booker T. Washington What was respectable during childhood? Mother’s acceptable behaviors clashed with Grandmom’s, Daddy’s mom. And I took after Grandmom and the rejection rubbed […]
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No matter who we find ourselves relating to, and what we discover happening in the relationship, the issue is still about us, and not about the other person. That is the heart, the hope, and the power of recovery. ~ Beattie, […]
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How foolish can you be? After starting your new lives in the Spirit, why are you now trying to become perfect by your own human effort? (Galatians 3:3) Thus started one more journey to the asylum for Jim. Here was […]
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