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Life is what happens to us while we’re making other plans. —Thomas LaMance— What happened to our years of drinking and using other drugs? They seemed to pass so quickly with so little to show for them. We had plans, but we didn’t get where we wanted to go. There was always “tomorrow.” What a […]
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Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.—Anonymous— Nobody’s always wrong. Nobody’s all bad. And that includes us. Sometimes, we really get down on ourselves. When we do Step Four, we sometimes see only our faults. When we make our Step Ten checkup, we see only our mistakes. We can’t afford to do this. […]
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We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.—Eric Hoffer— When we’re not honest with others, we’re not being honest with ourselves. In recovery, we’re taught how to heal our hearts. We admit we’re wrong, and we do it quickly. We let our spirit have the loudest voice. This way, lies lose power over us. We […]
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A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will. —Seventeenth century proverb— We addicts used to be stubborn. Once we got an idea in our heads, we wouldn’t change it. We didn’t listen to others ideas. We almost seemed to say, “Don’t tell me the facts. I’ve already made up my mind.” But lately […]
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The Master doesn’t talk, she acts. When her work is done, the people say, “Amazing: we did it, all by ourselves!” Our Higher Power works like the Master. Quietly. In fact, we usually take the credit ourselves! We’re like the child who bakes cookies for the first time. Mother found the recipe, bought the ingredients, […]
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Every child is an artist. The problem is remain an artist once your grow up. —Pablo Picasso— We each have colorful ideas waiting to be shared. We’re alive inside. But do we let this side of us show? Our disease stole much of the child like openness. Many of us were taught that growing up […]
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To err is human, but when the eraser wears out ahead of the pencil, you’re overdoing it. —Josh Jenkins— It’s okay to make mistakes. But we shouldn’t live a life of excuses. We shouldn’t slide over our mistakes; we should learn from them. Excuses keep us part from ourselves and others. People don’t trust us […]
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Not to decide is to decide. —Harvey Cox— We are winners, because everyday we decide to stay sober. Every day we decide to listen to our Higher Power. We win by making active choices. We’ve stopped acting as if we have no choice. Our old way was to us by accident. Not true. We pretend […]
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A baby is God’s opinion that the world should go on. —Carl Sandburg— Recovery, is also God’s opinion that the world should go on. But when we used alcohol and other drugs, there were days when even the sight of a newborn baby couldn’t bring hope into our hearts. We were spiritually dead. We didn’t […]
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Self-pity is one of the most dangerous forms of self-centeredness. It fogs our vision. —Kathy S.— Sometimes we get stuck in our own way of seeing things. We may feel as if everything that happens, happens to us or for us. If it rains, we may think about our ruined picnic and not about the […]