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Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future. —Oscar Wilde… We all change, we learn, and change, and grow. We once made alcohol or other drugs our Higher Power. Perhaps we had other higher powers too—like money, gambling, food, or sex. But, it’s never too late to be in touch with a […]
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I never loved another person the way I loved myself.—Mae West This sums up how we used to live. We were in love with ourselves. We had to be on center stage. Our self-will ran riot. Recovery pulls us out of that world. We learn to focus on others. We learn to reach out to […]
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Archie doesn’t know how to worry without getting upset. —Edith Bunker— Most us are like Edith’s television husband, Archie. When we worry, we get upset.Problems seem too big for us. We get afraid. We feel powerless. What does the program tell us to do when we feel powerless and our life is upset? We look […]
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God loves the world through us —Mother Teresa— In Step Three, we turn our will and our lives over to the care of God. How do we feel God’s care, God’s love? We feel God’s care and love through how people treat us. Our Higher Power works through people who love us back to life. […]
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I have never seen a greater monster or miracle than myself. —Montaigne… We know we’ve hurt people. We’ve heard our family cry out from pain we’ve caused them. Because of alcohol and other drugs, we acted like monsters. But we now live surrounded with love. We now work to make this world better. Recovery is […]