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Words are sacred, we must use them wisely. . . . They are a gift from God. Burton Pretty-On-Top We use words to bring peace to others. We can use words to tell God and others how much we care. Or we can use words to hurt others. We can curse them and scare them […]
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The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works. —St. Augustine— We started recovering the minute we admitted we were powerless over our illness. We crossed over from dishonesty to honesty. Often, we don’t see what power honestly has. Maybe we still aren’t sure that being honest is best for us. It […]
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The future is much like the present, only longer. —Dan Quisenberry— In many ways we don’t know what the future holds. But in terms of recovery, we know the future holds the Twelve steps. They will be with us for life. We should never fall into the trap of thinking we “know” the program. We’ll […]
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Order is heaven’s first law.—Alexander Pope— We need order in our lives. It makes life simpler for us. Life without order would be like driving in a large city without traffic signals. Our lives as addicts were like this. We lived with no plan, no order. Now that we’re sober, we can put some order […]
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If you tell the truth, you don’t need to remember anything. —Mark Twain— One thing is a lot easier in life now is this—we can keep our story straight! We are learning that there’s one really good way to get along with people. Keep It Simple. Just tell the truth. It’s hard to do at […]
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Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely. —Rodin— When we first start our recovery, it hurts a lot to look at our past. We feel sad. It feels like our life was a waste. But it wasn’t a waste. The program promises that if we practice the Steps, we’ll not […]
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Each day provides its own gifts. —Ruth D. Freedman— Life is full of wonderful gifts. Recovery is life’s greatest gift to us. If we’re not excited about being sober, we need to check ourselves. Are we keeping something secret? Is there a sadness we need to talk about? Are we stuffing anger? These things eat […]
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Solving our common problem… Recovery, Twelve Step programs bring together people who admit certain behaviors that society often views with pity or contempt. Some of these behaviors, such as alcoholism and gambling, are heavily stigmatized. Though we often talk about “our common problem”, the thing we have most in common with each other is that […]
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He who laughs, last.—Mary Pettibone Poole— It feels good to laugh again! Our disease took away our sense of humor. Recovery gives it back. That’s why there’s so much laughter at our meetings. By seeing the funny side of things, we ease up. A person in treatment was talking about the Higher Power he had […]
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Time is nature’s way of keeping everything from happening at once. —unknown— Time always seems to pass too slowly or too quickly for us. We want the fun times to last longer. We want the boring or painful times to go faster. But times goes at just the right pace. Any faster, and we wouldn’t […]