Category: Recovery

The Twelve Steps of How Not to RecoverThese are the steps we took, which are suggested as a Program of Misery:We admitted we were powerless over nothing, that we could manage our lives perfectly, and those of anyone who would allow us to.We came to believe there was no power greater than ourselves, and the…

During the waning years of the depression in a small Idaho community, I used to stop by Mr. Miller’s roadside stand for farm fresh produce as the season made it available.  Food and money were still extremely scarce and bartering was used extensively.One day Mr. Miller was bagging some early potatoes for me.  I noticed…

At OMD tonight where we read the first half of "A Vision for You."  Karen shared, "There is no PMS Chapter in this book.  If it was written by a women; there would be."

Dr. Joy is correct that Drs. Rush and Trotter regarded alcoholism as a disease almost 200 years ago.  Jellinek, however, is considered by many to be the most influential proponent of alcoholism as a disease in the 1950s.  He presented a disease model for alcoholism, described four classes of drinkers and invented what is known…

The abundant life appeals to us.  Seldom do we want less money, fewer toys, clothes, or friends.  In general, we want more of everything and still more—particularly of love.  The truth is that the things we hoard or hide or fear losing must be shared or soon may be lost.Giving love to a lover, a…

Thinking thoughts doesn’t make us bad and thinking thoughts doesn’t make them happen.Alien SmithSometimes we get scared by the things we think.  We start to worry that our thoughts may become reality.  We might believe our thoughts are so strange that no one else could possibly think the same things.  As teenagers, we might worry…

Reflection for the DayMy addiction is three-fold in that it affects me physically, mentally and spiritually. As a chemically-dependent person, I was totally out of touch not only with myself, but with reality. Day after miserable day, like a caged animal on a treadmill, I repeated my self-destructive pattern of living. Have I begun to…