Recovery is about expansion. The Twelve Step path is an ever-widening spiral. At first we circle tightly around our addiction, then, as we begin our recovery, our lives begin to expand. The object of addiction no longer binds us so […]
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Ny Favorite Step
Twelve Steps, each essential, each necessary for Recovery. Can there be a favorite? Maybe tomorrow another will claim the glory, but always high, always deserving special favor is the Tenth…”continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong, promptly […]
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He also says to the Son, “In the beginning, Lord, you laid the foundation of the earth and made the heavens with your hands. They will perish, but you remain forever. They will wear out like old clothing. You will […]
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Nothing is enough to the man for whom enough is too little. ~ Epicurus. Epicurus also said, similarly, “If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.” The issue is to […]
Continue reading »How Defective?
For me, the exact nature of my wrongs is the unspoken, self-defeating assumptions that give rise to my thoughts and actions. These include notions that my best is not good enough, that I am not worthy of love, and that […]
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