12. Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all these Traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities. ~ OA 12th Tradition Refusing to be identified by surname or photography? The spiritual foundation of the Traditions? Is that what “anonymity” […]
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Stratospheric Recovery
And up in the front was this big long table, raised way up there and that was where the trustees sat… stratospheric recovery! ~ Vicki W Importance. Prominence. Achievement. Some people just have it made! And others look up to […]
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I came, a newcomer, scared, alone, wanting desperately to leave. I came in late and you stopped what you were doing to say I was welcome, to tell me the ridiculous lie that I was the most important person there. […]
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I want to serve. Not just because… well, not even because I’m co-dependent. That’s not wanting to serve, it’s manipulating to endear… anyway, as I was saying, I want to serve. But three hundred six times today I’ve pushed “scan” […]
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There’s always more better. ~ Vonage ad Good enough is not good enough. Better can be more better. We walk into the rooms of recovery helpless, hopeless, beaten and downtrodden. Expecting a diet or a drying out or a way to […]
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