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- Where Feelings Fit In During Recovery - by Submitted on Feb 07, 2008 from Michael ZYOU HAVE TO FEEL TO HEAL. Before recovery, I would use just about anything not to feel. Drugs, alcohol, relationships, food, TV -- the list was endless. Without tools to deal with my feelings, I was uncomfortable and afraid of them, and they often became overwhelming. In early recovery my ...
Views: 1393 - How Do You Know When You've Hit Bottom? - by Submitted on Feb 07, 2008 from Michael ZWhen you stop digging. For years I was driven by an obsession to drink. In the beginning I tried to control it, but after a while it had complete control of me. Alcoholism took me to a deep emotional, spiritual and physical bottom, and only when I surrendered to this program did I begin to ...
Views: 1127 - "How Do You Know When You've Hit Bottom? When You Stop Digging." - by Submitted on Dec 20, 2007 from Michael ZFor years I was driven by an obsession to drink. In the beginning I tried to control it, but after a while it had complete control of me. Alcoholism took me to a deep emotional, spiritual and physical bottom, and only when I surrendered to this program did I begin to recover. In sobriety I've ...
Views: 1612 - "My Recovery Changed When I Forever Gave Up The Hope Of Having A Different Past." - by Submitted on Dec 20, 2007 from Michael ZI have spent a lot of time thinking about my past. Alternately feeling sorry for myself or being outraged at the wrongs - real or imagined - that were done to me, a constant theme in my thinking is how much different, better, happier I would be if only I hadn't had these parents, or stepparents, ...
Views: 1418 - "Humility Is Not Thinking Less About Yourself, But Rather Thinking About Yourself Less." - by Submitted on Dec 20, 2007 from Michael ZOh, how the ego rebels against the thought of humility. "If I'm humble, I'll be a nothing. I'll vanish! I must be distinguished, different, better than! Only by standing out will I have an identity," it screams. We in recovery have felt the stinging reprisals from our fellows when we listened to ...
Views: 5502 - "What Other People Think Of Me Is None Of My Business." - by Submitted on Oct 11, 2007 from Michael ZHow much of my time have I spent worrying about what other people think of me? Too much is the short answer. Before recovery in Al-Anon, I had no boundaries, no sense of self, and how I felt about myself and my life was largely determined by whether or not you approved. With no internal ...
Views: 6312 - “Instead Of Telling God How Big Your Fears Are, Start Telling Your Fears How Big Your God Is." - by Submitted on Oct 11, 2007 from Michael ZBefore recovery, we were driven by a hundred forms of self-centered fear. During steps 6 and 7, we began to release some of these character defects, but some habits are hard to break. Like feeding into our fears. But when we can pause and work our program of recovery, we remember that we are ...
Views: 2299(2 votes) - "When One Door Closes, Another Opens, But It's Hell In The Hallways." - by Submitted on Oct 10, 2007 from Michael ZBoy do we hate change. Before recovery I had few tools or healthy ways of dealing with change. If something ended in my life, it often felt like the end of my life. Once I entered the hallway, it was dark indeed. As I worked through recovery, I learned many valuable life lessons. The first was ...
Views: 7476 - "If You Spot It, You Got It!" - by Submitted on Oct 10, 2007 from Michael ZOh how quick I am to judge and find fault in others. Before the program I was quite self righteous - I could see and tell you what you and others were doing wrong, but I was largely blind to my own faults. It was so easy to point my finger, but in the program I learned that when I do, there are ...
Views: 5221(1 vote) - "God, Help Me To Go From Where I Am, To Where I Need To Be, For Who I Am." - by Submitted on Oct 10, 2007 from Michael ZThis is a beautiful 11th step prayer. Although compact and seemingly simple, it is one of the purest ways of working this step. In the first part, "God, help me to go from where I am," I am strengthening my conscious contact as I partner with my Higher Power and invite Him to guide me on my ...
Views: 1512 - "How do you know when you've hit bottom? When you stop digging." - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2007 from Michael ZFor years I was driven by an obsession to drink. In the beginning I tried to control it, but after a while it had complete control of me. Alcoholism took me to a deep emotional, spiritual and physical bottom, and only when I surrendered to this program did I begin to recover. In sobriety I've ...
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