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Leave yourself alone. —Jenny Janacek— We often pick on ourselves. We put ourselves down. But doing this isn’t part of our recovery. In fact, it goes against our program. Our program is based on loving care. We have turned our lives over to a caring, loving Higher Power who will give us the answers. We […]
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One is happy as the result of one’s own efforts. —George Sand— Happiness is not an accident. It comes from following the spiritual voice found in each of us. This isn’t always easy. Sometimes, the voice tells us to do things we’re afraid of. For Example, if we’re lonely and the voice tells us to […]
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The purpose of freedom is to create it for others. —Bernard Malamud— Sobriety is freedom. With this freedom, we have a responsibility to help other addicts who still suffer. The program tells us this in Step Twelve. We do this by telling our stories and offering hope. We must be ready to care, to give […]
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Life is not lost by dying; life is lost by minute, day by day, in all the thousands, small, uncaring ways. —Stephen V. Benet— Our Twelve Step program promises us a new way of life. But most of us won’t just wake up one day with a new attitude. We only gain this new way […]
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Love is the reward of love. —Johann Von Schiller— When we used alcohol and other drugs, we shared little as possible. There was little love in our hearts. We had become selfish. This caused us to be lonely. Then something happened to change all of that. Remember the first time you walked into a meeting? […]
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Love is the reward of love. —Johann von Schiller— When we used alcohol and other drugs, we shared little as possible. There was little love in our hearts. We had become selfish. This caused us to be lonely. Then something happened to change all of that. Remember the first time you walked into a meeting? […]
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Freedom is not enough. —Lyndon B. Johnson— So we are free of alcohol and other drugs. We have been given a second chance or third chance. For that, we thank our Higher Power. We’ve started a new life. But to keep this life, we need to change. Now, we need new friends and to let […]
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Let me listen to me and not to them. —Gertrude Stein— Often we try to please everyone around us. But this may not make us happy, and so we get angry. We feel taken advantage of. We may be kind to others, but first we must love ourselves. How? By learning to listen to ourselves. […]
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We are healed of our suffering only to be experiencing it in full. —Marcel Proust— As we must never forget our past. We need to remember the power that our illness has over us. Why? So we can remember how our recovery began. And that we can remember we’re not cured, we can tell our […]
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To love others, we must first learn to love ourselves. —-Anonymous— Sometimes we think our life would be fine if that dream person showed up. But loving someone isn’t easy. Our bad habits cause problems. We have to change. Sometimes we aren’t ready to have a special person. We have to have a group of […]