Our understanding of friendship has changed since being introduced to the Twelve Steps. How we act as friends has changed too. Now we know that friends don’t judge, they don’t try to control, they accept how other people are, and […]
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Container for Healing Work
The relationships we create during recovery are the container in which we do our healing work. ~Ā Covington, Stephanie S. A Woman’s Way through the Twelve Steps (p. 203). Hazelden Publishing. Kindle Edition. Have you closer friends than the ones you’ve […]
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Leap, and the net will appear. ~ John Burroughs I ventured out of ordinary surroundings and found myself protected, given a hand, worried over, loved, by all around me, those I’ve known well for many years and complete strangers. My […]
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As I spoke, I looked around the room. More importantly, I looked at the faces of the people in the room and I saw it. I saw the understanding, the empathy, the love. Today I believe I saw my Higher […]
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Sarah and Sadie were old friends usually together when in public. One day I was with my sister Jan who had lived here for years, many more than I had. We were at an outdoor market and the turned a […]
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