…the unknown, that free-floating world of happenings uncluttered by the squirrel cages of my control. I wasn’t willing to trust. I wasn’t willing to learn or change. I wasn’t even willing to be willing, and that is the first condition […]
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Getting Back to Better
Did you begin Recovery with a honeymoon period a Pink Cloud?? Urban Dictionary defines the pink cloud: “12-Step recovery jargon referring to someone new who talks about how great life is, now that they’re sober. Usually meaning the person is […]
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Unwillingness has to be replaced by willingness, because willingness is part of readiness, without which learning cannot occur. ~ Wapnick, Kenneth. Absence from Felicity : The Story of Helen Schucman and Her Scribing of A Course in Miracles. When it’s […]
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Remember that responsibility means “the ability to respond.” When we’re responsible we don’t necessarily fix or take care of things, we respond appropriately. ~ Covington, Stephanie S. A Woman’s Way through the Twelve Steps (p. 154). Hazelden Publishing. Kindle Edition. Who […]
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When we turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understand Him, we are linking up with the source of newness and creativity. God moves, and if we are linked with Him, we also […]
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