i would not be where i am today without the painstakin work of personal inventory. how could i fix me if i didnt know what was wrong with me. the deep digs into character allowed me to see my defects and shortcomins, as well as my assets. becomin aware of who and what had become...

my daily reflections… hope provides me with spiritual enlightenment. faith allows me to use the hope spiritual enlightenment brings to see and feel spiritual awareness. when the works i do become tangible i get to experience the enlightenment that awareness brings. this willingness provides me the spiritual experience livin and practicin the 12 steps promise...

it is through prayer and meditation that i get to improve my conscious contact with my HP, continuin to build the relationship that i began buildin with step 2s spiritual principle of hope. it is with prayer that i get to ask for the knowledge of His will and the power to carry it forward...

This is quite difficult to admit to because it means I need to make a change. I promised to myself when I was about 14 yrs old that I would NEVER be like my father. I attend ACA meetings here on ITR. I learn about CEN (Childhood Emotional Neglect), I also learn about eating healthy...

I have heard this said many times by many different people. "What doesn't break you makes you stronger" But is it all of it? Is it true for everyone? I'd like to suggest that without recovery work it leads to built up resentment. I'd like to suggest that the full statement should be, "What doesn't...

〝and if everything does not fall into place at the same time & pace, that does not mean the years you’ve waited have somehow been a waste. May you never discredit how far you have come, for even here, in the forest; you are under the sun. & if you only keep treading, you will...

LCTJC Relationships Fellowship The things we complain about most in the fellowship are often the challenges from which we learn the most. As much as we would like to imagine that we would learn to practice spiritual principles by reading about them, we learn what they mean and how to apply them by bumping up...

i have learned that if i am to forget my history or fail to learn from the history of others, i am doomed to repeat it. my history has shown me through painstakin personal inventory that the egotistical and sanctimonious reliance upon self i had while out doin my dirt only created a monster within...

in the days of doin my dirt i always thought i had to exert my opinion on everythin outside of me whether it pertained to me or not. feelin my oats, i tried to influence my will onto others by decoratin my ego with their inadequacy or illuminate it by agreein so i could feed...

I found myself in a situation where I did not have the answer. It was incredibly stressful. I realised 2 things: 1. I did not have a strategy to resolve the problem 2. Realising I did not have a strategy, I also realised I had no control over the problem. No control to me =...