Gradually get away from yourself and you will know the consolation of unselfish service to others. ~ Anonymous. Twenty Four Hours A Day: Meditations (p. 53). Hazelden Publishing. Kindle Edition. You are important. Chances are you know that… it has been […]
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Expansion
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 […]
Continue reading »What Is Sanity?
2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. ~ Step 2 What does it mean, being restored to sanity? Compos mentos as opposed to not legally responsible, non compos mentos… the answer in […]
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It’s easier to make any new, positive behavior or way of thinking habitual when you surround yourself with role models who do likewise. But even when we sit among the naysayers, we don’t have to give our minds to the […]
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It was the Law itself that killed me and freed me from its power, so that I could live for God. I have been nailed to the cross with Christ. (Galatians 2:19, CEV) Above everything, we alcoholics must be rid […]
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