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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 […]
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Made a list of all persons we had harmed . . . —First half of Step Eight— By the time we get to Step Eight, we’re ready to work on our relationships. We start by making a list of all persons we’ve harmed. We look at where we have been at fault. We own our […]
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Less is more. —Mies Vander Rohe— Our program is simple. It has four equal parts: sobriety, fellowship, service, and faith. Sobriety means we don’t use alcohol or drugs any more. Fellowship means we let people into our lives. We work at having a life that’s rich with friends. Service means we help when we see […]
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Beauty may be said to be God’s trademark in creation. —Henry Ward Beecher— Our addiction was like a veil over our heads.We saw the world as an ugly place. We saw people as trouble. We thought our drinks and drugs were beautiful. But even they became ugly over time. Life became ugly because we had […]