recovery, because of sobriety, then sobriety because of recovery, has been my experience. havin lived and practiced the 12 steps over the years, goin through the steps many times since, i have been gifted to experience the spiritual awakenin the 12 steps profess. and it is truth that i could never had experienced the spiritual...
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https://youtu.be/8UFt2yVOvUg https://youtu.be/8UFt2yVO… Happy New Year Ya'all!...
havin had a spiritual awakenin as a result of the 12 steps, i get to carry the message of recovery to alcoholics and practice these principles in all my affairs again for 2021. there is peace of mind in havin a relationship with my HP knowin He has entered into my heart and life in...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQU26pz-5iU&list=RDcQU26pz-5iU&start_radio=1&t=9 My addictions counsellor says I feel chronic loneliness because I do drugs every day. Even if it's just weed and the occasional shroom trip! Is it true? Seriously, is it true? Is there this amazing life waiting for me behind the sober curtain? Even though I'm not doing hard drugs or drinking? Am I...
the only thing i have control over right now, this moment, is me. i have to live in the here and now as best as i can. no matter the joy surroundin me, chaotic whirlwind, success, or failure, it is only i, that i am able to have control over. in makin decisions that help...
i like to think that the brand of recovery i live is invitin to those who are sufferin, to those who are in recovery themselves, and to those who are not in recovery. i try to live it the way i perceive the big book tells me and the way my HP directs me. for...
"It's a beautiful thing to see yourself from someone else's perspective"- Unknown from my first NA meeting. I have so many unbridled emotions; would a bridle even help? If I could give these emotions and beliefs for someone to observe and critique, could I handle it? My anger, my hate, confusion, loneliness, and joy all...
it makes perfect sense to me today, havin lived and practiced this recovery thing for a while, that the theme, unifyin or dominant idea, or subject of discourse, of the 12th step be the joy of livin. through the 11 prior steps i have been able to accept and solve personal problems, have been able...
https://www.youtube.com/w… I make a lot of questionable decisions. I am not adept at setting healthy boundaries. I repeatedly hurt others. Every day, it is a choice and some days that choice is harder than others. As a good friend told me, challenge is often the best part of life. I agree, and at the same...
Setting boundaries is a big deal. It comes easily to some and has to be taught, often painfully, over time for others. Myself being one of the latter, I can understand the rejection and anger experienced when someone sets a boundary that you didn't see coming. One that upsets the way you do things, even...