…Until December 17, 2006. Driving to Sunday school where I’d taught the same class more than 20 years, I stopped at a convenience store. The routine, both Sundays and weekdays, varied only in the name over the door of the […]
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Risk It!
Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit. ~ E. E. Cummings We come to Recovery hopeless… lacking hope. We come to Recovery powerless… without power to address […]
Continue reading »Strength or Weakness
Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong. ~ Leo Buscaglia Most of us in Recovery were weak people, unable to manage our lives, without a hint of power to conquer our cravings, our addictions whether […]
Continue reading »Our Monumental Task
“The First Step prepares us for a new life, which we can achieve only by letting go of what we cannot control, and by undertaking, one day at a time, the monumental task of setting our world in order through […]
Continue reading »The Strength We Need
What is given us to do, we have the strength to do. Our minds are suited perfectly to take the part assigned to us by One Who knows us well. ~ Schucman, Dr. Helen. A Course in Miracles (Kindle Locations […]
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