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An element of recovery is learning that we deserve success, the good things that come to us, and also that pain is a reality. We have the strength to deal with that pain without medicating, and it will pass. —Dudley Martineau— Many of us didn’t understand the changing variables in being human. Our coping skills […]
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A WORD TO DROP: “BLAME” To see how erratic emotions victimized us often took a long time. We could perceive them quickly in others, but only slowly in ourselves. First of all, we had to admit that we had many of these defects, even though such disclosures were painful and humiliating. Where other people were […]
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Happiness is not a matter of events; it depends on the tides of the minds. —Alice Meynell— It’s all to easy to blame a friend, spouse, or co-worker for the uneven quality of our lives. If only others would behave accordingly to our plans and dictates, then all would would go well, we think. What […]
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In that alcoholic world, one drink always leads to another and you can’t stop till you’re paralyzed. And the next morning it begins all over again. You eventually land in a hospital or jail. You lose your job. Your home is broken up. You’re always in a mess. You’re on the merry-go-round and you can’t […]
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Many of us as children, were taught to hide our pain, to act as if we had none. We look for ways to hide our pain. Alcohol and other drugs helped us do this. But the pain always returned. We were ashamed that we hurt. We thought we were the only one who hurt so […]
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You cannot prevent the birds of sadness from passing over your head, but you can prevent their making their nest in your head. —Chinese proverb— Life is full of feelings. We can be happy, sad, mad, scared. These feelings can come and go quickly. Or we may hang on to them. As recovering addicts, we […]
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If an idea, I reasoned, were a valued one, there must be some way of realizing it. —Elizebeth Blackwell— These words were written by the first woman who earned a medical degree. They’re useful to anyone who fears that their most precious dreams are doomed to failure. If our dreams are valuable ideas,they will be […]
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Even though I can’t solve your problems, I will be there as your sounding board whenever you need me. —Sandra K. Lamberson— The prize we each have been given is our ability to offer full and interested attention to people seeking our counsel. And seldom does a day pass, that we aren’t given the opportunity […]
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GROWING UP The essence of all growth is a willingness to change for the better and then an unremitting willingness to shoulder whatever responsibility this entails. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 115 Sometimes when I’ve become willing to do what I should have been doing all along, I want praise and recognition. I don’t realize […]
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When I came into A.A., I came into a new world. A sober world. A world of sobriety, peace, serenity, and happiness. But I know that if I take just one drink, I’ll go right back into that old world. That alcoholic world. That world of drunkenness, conflict, and misery. That alcoholic world is not […]