Abstaining from alcohol and other drugs can have numerous benefits, particularly for individuals with a history of alcohol or drug-related troubles. This article will discuss why abstinence can be an effective strategy for people struggling with addiction or other substance use disorders. Abstaining from alcohol and drugs can help individuals break the cycle of addiction. … Read more
The idea of “twenty-four-hour living” applies primarily to the emotional life of the individual. Emotionally speaking, we must not live in yesterday, nor in tomorrow. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 284 I believe Bill was sober ten years or more when he discovered a process he titled “Emotional Sobriety.” When I first heard about the … Read more
We must all hang together or we will hang separately. —Ben Franklin Recovery begins with “you.” But recovery is sustained by “We!” Quite simply, we do not get through life let alone recovery alone. Many of us on our journey have this irrational idea that being “left alone” and even deeper being alone on an … Read more
“You can’t always see the top of the staircase so just look for the first step.” -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Overcoming addiction (alcoholism) is simple, but not easy. Most people have a fear of labeling themselves or being labeled an addict or alcoholic. It is a natural response, we are losing what we believe … Read more
“Say yes to everything” Seth Godin Early on in my recovery journey, I was told to never turn down an opportunity to speak, take a commitment, or help another person in their recovery journey. I have followed that advice with two caveats. If speaking or that commitment would override a more important commitment I previously … Read more
It means really leaving the problem in God’s hands and not reaching out and taking the problem back to ourselves. Second, having given our drink problem to God, we must cooperate with Him by doing something about it ourselves. Am I doing these two things? Twenty-Four Hours a Day by Hazelden Foundation Over the years … Read more
“For me, writing has become prayers that say, `Great Spirit, return to us our freedom, our land, and our lives. We are thankful for the present from which to learn how to be thankful for the past, and how to be hopeful for the future.” –Barney Bush When I began my recovery journey it was … Read more
“There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the infinite passion of life.” — Frederico Fellini In August of 2012 I set out on a new venture, My goal was to build a brick and mortar agency that utilized the recovery success principles I had been developing and refining over the course … Read more
I am loyal in my attendance, generous in my giving, kind in my criticism, creative in my suggestions, loving in my attitudes. Twenty-Four Hours a Day. Over the years I have heard so many “Truths,” “Facts,” “Musts,” in our Mutual Support Fellowship and quite frankly, there were times that not only did I believe them, … Read more