i am grateful for the program, it has saved my life. i love sharin its spiritual principles with all who would ask. i love it when people tell me they can definitely see the changes i have made in my life. it is through my HP that i am able to continue this journey. watchin...

it doesnt matter to me if others know im in recovery or not. if they want to judge me a bad person for puttin a cripplin disease in remission and practicin a spiritual program of recovery im cool with it. i reckon in some instances it may hinder me from movin forward in my life,...

its been my experience that i may not come to the conclusion on how i work a particular step as another. ive learned it doesnt matter how im able to complete a step as long as the end result is followed as it is written. for instance, when i practice the spiritual principle of spiritual...

for years, i suffered with a severe God problem. i was raised in a southern baptist home and though i had learned of God through sunday school and church, in my later teens i developed a resentment toward the church because of things that were said to me in a church service one sunday night....

i used to have the thought and belief that pain was just a necessary evil of life, that if i had to suffer others had to too. and how deeply did i believe it to be true. i currently work with a couple of people who are much younger than i and i get to...

when i am focused on my recovery i havent time to meddle in others spiritual growth. it is suggested in the big book that i must be hard on myself, but always considerate of others. it is also suggested how easy it is to get off track with my own recovery. i believe that if...

i went to a meetin yesterday formatted on the 11th step exclusively. it was one like i had never been to before. surely ive been to meetins where ive read the 11th step in the big book and the 12 & 12, but this was different. it was kinda like a guided meditation meetin, but...

i love seein this readin come up every year on my birthday. its a subtle hint that on a very special day, one i would have filled the day with self-will and selfish desire before my recovery began, that i would not be here today less i made the changes necessary when my recovery began....

i have heard in the rooms that prayer & meditation is my humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of livin. ive also learned there a bazillion ways to pray with honest & meaningful intent. whichever way i do it, its personal to me, and a style that uniquely expresses my spirituality. sometimes my prayer is...

there are times i try to take my will and run shit without the guidance prayer & meditation offer. i keep tryin to appease myself, almost, forcin my will forward. i get all boxed in, close doors, and build walls, tryna let go and let joel. as the antipathy and insecurity build within i become...