Raised in the church? A lot of us were. Some of us are still involved in the church of our childhood. Others have changed… congregations, denominations, even to a different faith. And those outside the rooms of recovery share these […]
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Choosing a Higher Power
She suggested that I borrow her Higher Power while I was trying to define my own. If that was not big enough, I could take all the Higher Powers from everyone at our big meeting. It reminded me of taking […]
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Don’t deal with him when he is very drunk, unless he is ugly and the family needs your help. Wait for the end of the spree, or at least for a lucid interval. ~ Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition (Kindle Locations 1337-1338). […]
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Can you think of today? Only today? Media tells of events of the past year, people no longer embodied who changed states in the last year. Projections abound for the coming months, for tomorrow and tomorrow and those days to […]
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Giving birth and nourishing; having, yet not possessing; working, yet not taking credit; leading without controlling or dominating. ~ Lao-Tzo Surrender. Balance. Serenity. To create and to build, to have but not be possessed by possessing, by the importance of […]
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