We cannot change the nature of the Addict or Addiction. We can help to change the old lie "Once a Addict , "Always a Addict, "By striving to make Recovery more available. God, help us to Remember the Difference....
i have learned that not every event in my life is happenstance. some circumstances are beyond my control, yet my behavior and thinkin set consequences in motion. my inventories revealed harms i inflicted without realizin it. i was livin as i had learned to live, protectin self-image through greed, selfishness, and fear. this thing we...
fear is a powerful emotion for me, and i understand why the founders of this thing we do devoted so much attention to it. i remain amazed by how profoundly fear can infiltrate my thinkin, distort my perceptions, alter my words, influence my behavior, or immobilize me completely. yet i have learned that fear can...
for me, recovery by proxy became real. i entered the rooms wantin relief from the torment within me. i could not merely think myself into a new life; i had to behave my way toward one. as my actions changed, my thinkin followed; my old perceptions began losin their authority. leavin my old haunts did...
livin the process of amends allows me to experience the changes this thing we do has produced within me. i have heard that a livin amends is futile and cannot constitute an amends for the harm i caused. i respectfully disagree. i cannot erase the days of doin my dirt, compel forgiveness, or determine how...
steppin out of self and movin toward emotional freedom requires honesty and surrender my old way of livin could never tolerate. admittin my faults, acceptin responsibility for harm i caused, and offerin an amends accordin to their wishes requires me to relinquish pride, fear, and control. those defects imprisoned me deeply in the days of...
today i am grateful that my HP gave me the willingness to look honestly at the man i had become. workin the twelve steps with my sponsor forced me to put my behavior, motives, resentments, fears, and shortcomins on paper without the excuses i had relied upon for most of my life. i remember how...
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7SAVV-i0vvA?feature=share Michael S. Woolls is an American inventor known for his groundbreaking work in technology, including the development of the GV360W Disk and contributions to renewable energy, healthcare, and communication innovations. Personal Background Michael Stephen Woolls was born on October 26, 1973, and currently resides in Alexandria, Virginia. From a young age, he demonstrated a...
today i recognize that some of the most dangerous threats to my sobriety arise not from what others do, but from what their actions awaken within me. when i believe i have been treated unjustly, fear can become anger, resentment, and self-righteousness. i can quickly appoint myself judge, jury, and executioner, believin retaliation will restore...
36 Humility First We found many in A.A. who once thought, as we did, that humility was another name for weakness. They helped us to get down to our right size. By their example they showed us that humility and intellect could be compatible, provided we placed humility first. When we began to do that,...