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The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win you’re still a rat. — Lily Tomlin— Alcoholism is rat race. Drug addiction is a rat race. We were always trying to keep one or two steps ahead of the cat. We were always sneaking around, and everyone was disgusted with us. Our […]
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There are time we must grab God’s and walk forward. —Anonymous— Sometimes we struggle with being part of the problem, instead of being part of the solution. Inside we know this, but somehow we can’t Let Go and Let God. To let go takes faith that the outcome will be okay. When we have faith, […]
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If there is no wind, row. —Latin proverb— At times, staying sober will be easy; at other times, it will be hard. But we must do what is needed to stay sober. Having a hard week? Go to extra meetings. Feeling alone? Call a friend and ask if you can get together. Feel like drinking? […]
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Adventure is not outside a man; it is within.—David Grayson— Sobriety. It’s an exciting adventure. It’s a spiritual adventure. We look inward. We find where our Higher Power lives: within us. We then reach outward. We share our joy with others. Not with words and preaching, but by trying to help others. Sobriety is faith […]
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True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body. —Humboldt— In recovery, we work at taking better care of ourselves. We care for our mind and our body. Often, during our drinking and drugging, we ignored our mind and body. We probably ate poorly, and we pushed our body to the […]
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Fear of people and economic insecurity will leave you. . . —Alcoholics Anonymous— We don’t have to fear people. They can’t wreck our spirit. We don’t have to fear money problems. We won’t have to starve to death. Our Higher Power will lead us on a safe path through life. Our Higher power wants us […]
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You’re only human, you’ve suppose to make mistakes. —Billy Joel— Listen to the kind voice inside. Listen to the voice that tells you you’re good enough. Listen to the voice that tells you it’s okay to make mistakes—you’ll learn from them. Listen to the voice that tells you to go to your meeting even though […]
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Let him that would move the world, first move himself. —Socrates— Before recovery, most of us were big talkers. The Twelve Steps are for doers, not talkers. In the Steps we find action words: admitted, humbly asked, made direct amends, continued to take personal inventory. All these words speak of action, of doing. Recovery is […]
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Alcoholism isn’t a spectator sport. Eventually the whole family gets to play. —Joyce Rebeta-Burditt— One of the biggest lies addicts can tell themselves is, “I’m not hurting anyone but myself.” This is just another way we don’t see how important we are to others. During our using, love was a burden. When anyone showed love […]
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. . . and because willing to make amends to them all.—Second half of Step Eight— We have made our list of persons we’ve harmed. Now we look at how willing we are to make amends. We might find that we aren’t ready and willing to make amends to everyone. Maybe they have wronged us […]