my time each mornin with my HP is essential to me. it is a time when i get to connect with Him before the worldly clamor of life even has a chance to infiltrate my bein. when i do this i get to start my day with the good i feel He has planned for...
Who Answers?
one of the main prayers of my recovery is the 3rd step prayer. early in my recovery, the more i said it, even more so, the more i practiced it, freedom became a feelin within that brought hope. it seems as if the more i surrendered, the more i used humility, bitin my tongue, keepin...
its been my experience that the deepest holes i can find myself in are the ones ive dug myself. even though i may have said or done things in the past that were how i may have felt at the time, they come back to me and the good i thought then was not the...
with an understandin that i had made an early surrender by merely reachin out for help with my alcoholism, throwin out little bits of self and hope, and seein the results of those releases, turnin my will over to the care of God was still somethin i balked at early on. and even still today...
oh, the things i still get to learn in my recovery. ive read this mornins daily before, and this mornin it truly struck me. i can remember the struggle i had early in my recovery on decidin how or what i was gonna use as my HP. this mornins readin had me thinkin bout that...
ive found it is true that when i find the key to openin my heart, mind, body, and soul, if i follow what recovery has taught me, i get to grow even more in my attempts to become a better person. in my early recovery i learned how rigid i had become to certain aspects...
i never really cared about spiritual terms before my recovery began. i was too wrapped up in my own terms. the optimism ive gained from step 2 helps me want to see how faith can continue to be an effective force in my life. as ive grown in my recovery, i keep findin this want...
Begin your own program by taking Step One from the previous chapter, How It Works. When we fully concede to our innermost selves that we are powerless over our addiction, we have taken a big step in our recovery. Many of us have had some reservations at this point, so give yourself a break and...
when i use the 3rd step prayer, i have no fear and get to experience the luxury of the spiritual principle of step 3, faith. all that is required of me is to open my mind to spiritual ideas and concepts that mean i can no longer totally rely upon myself or try to push...
when i came into the rooms ya can damn sure bet ya ass i was willin to change the life i had been livin. even as my spiritual malady and alcoholism were tryina help me find a bazillion reasons to leave the halfway house i was livin in, i didnt want to go back to...