“You can’t pray a lie — I found that out.” ~ Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn No Addiction Without Lies, No Recovery Without Truth. In 12-Step Recovery, the standard isn’t occasional honesty or attempted honesty, but rigorous honesty. […]
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Who You Are
Belden Lane writes. “The person I travel with there isn’t worried about his performance. He sheds the polished persona he tries so often to project to others. Scribbling in my journal under the shade of a pin oak atop Bell […]
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I can get caught up in negativity, resentments, or complaining. At these times, I am focusing on the way things should be according to me! These attitudes eat away at my abstinence. I am thankful today that I can recognize […]
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I didn’t have to lie to people in these meetings, and eventually I learned that I didn’t have to lie to anyone anywhere. I came to see that I can live my life for inner peace and not for outward […]
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The Twelve Steps worked like a crowbar, prying into my dishonesty and fear. I didn’t like the things I learned about myself, but I didn’t want to go back where I had come from. I found out that there was […]
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