Tuesday, July 21st, 2009
I read this post and the comments on Mike L’s recovery blog:
http://mikelrecovery.blogspot.com/2009/06/steps-hidden-principles.html.
I think it’s always worth looking at both the denotative and connotative meanings of words, especially when those words are at the heart of a discussion. In this case, I was inspired by Mike L’s post to first look up the denotations (literal dictionary [...]
Saturday, June 20th, 2009
“We treat sex as we would any other problem. In meditation, we ask God what we should do about each specific matter. The right answer will come, if we want it. God alone can judge our sex situation. Counsel with persons is often desirable, but we let God be the final judge. We avoid hysterical thinking or advice.”
Friday, June 19th, 2009
I just got back from my AA meeting. I asked about dating. There is nothing in The Big Book about dating. But it’s an informal guideline that you don’t date during the first year. The woman I spoke to tonight said, “What kind of a person wants to be involved with a sick person?
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
One of the things I started hearing people talk about at AA meetings was this “god-sized hole” in us that could never be filled. Never enough alcohol. Never enough drugs. Never enough money. Never enough sex. Never enough love. In all my life, I never knew I was trying to fill a “god-sized hole” with anything and everything. I thought I was happy.
Monday, June 15th, 2009
What is manipulation? I think it’s when you purposefully do or say things to illicit a reaction that you believe will benefit you without regard to its impact on others. In other words, I want what I want to fulfill my needs at all costs.
Saturday, June 13th, 2009
From the chapter on Step 1 (p.21) – “Our admission of personal powerlessness finally turns out to be firm bedrock upon which happy and purposeful lives may be built.” This is true. I’m beginning to see that my false sense of power over all aspects of my life has been like a prison. In this prison, there is no true happiness and no purpose in life. It’s unbelievably easy to live in a prison and not even know it, especially when you’ve been there for as long as you can remember. This thought reminds me of Plato’s Cave…
Friday, June 12th, 2009
I can’t control what happens, no matter how hard I try. Why won’t I just trust God? Why do I still think that I know what’s best? Why do I limit what God can do in my life by interfering? Back to the steps.
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