Imagine a world where everyone with a chronic illness – be it heart disease, diabetes, lung disease, cancer, to name just a few-- had the advantage of a free, widely accessible, consistently available support network made up of former patients willing to sacrifice their own time and energy to reach out to those who still suffered.
I’m constantly focused on acknowledging things I can’t control. I turn it over to my HP just like I used to do with the desire to drink.
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True religious fanaticism is, in my experience, quite different from the sort of spiritual practice we find in most 12 Step groups.
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You understand, on an emotional level, that you’re not really alone, and that everyone isn’t looking down on you for being who you are.
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Maybe for some individuals, whose goal is simply to get off drugs and meet like-minded people, a 12 Step fellowship fits the bill better than, say, the local church or civic group.
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The idea is to collect hits, and that happened the moment you clicked the link. Ad revenue is what it’s all about. The more clicks, the more they can charge.
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It’s a spiritual program that addresses emotional growth alongside behavior change.
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If you’re not fighting your own conscience, you feel better about yourself, and conflicts with others diminish, too.
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The coffee is just not that tasty. Yet they were getting something out of it that was important to them.
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By focusing on the welfare of someone else, James had gotten the full benefit of the Ninth Step.
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Reclaiming holidays doesn’t just keep them from becoming relapse triggers– it can also offer chances to live the joy in recovery.
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This is also an opportunity to work on an all-important issue in early recovery: personal boundaries.
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And I needed that gift of desperation to allow the rest of the Steps to work in my life, as I worked them.
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