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You’ve heard it ‘round the tables: if you don’t think God has a sense of humor, then tell God your plans.
The implication is that things never turn out the way we plan them, which is often true, maybe even usually true.
Hidden within this joke is the recognition that there’s a huge difference between plans […]
I don’t know about you, but I read a lot - both junk novels and also books that are more interesting. I’ve been updating my www.powerfullyrecovered.com site and just finished the book review section. Take a look.
What have I left out? What have you read recently that has influenced your recovery?
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Step 12 (Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to [name the condition] and practice these principles in all our affairs.) tells us to practice the principles, the Steps of the program.
It’s been my observation that it’s hard to get worse at something we practice. […]
Last night at my regular Business Debtors Anonymous meeting I referred to the fact DA’s founder, John H. insisted that compulsive debting isn’t a disease. He had some 40 years in Alcoholics Anonymous prior to starting a 12 Step meeting to help him deal with his own tangled finances, so he was thoroughly familiar with […]
Okay, it’s been over thirty years since I’ve had a drink or abused any drugs. That doesn’t, however, seem to help me with occasional hangovers!
Sure, they aren’t the head-pounding, porcelain hugging hangovers of old, but today, the day after Christmas I’m… well, not up to par.
We had our major celebration on Christmas Eve. One daughter-n-law […]
I’ve been updating the look and feel of my website, Powerfully Recovered! Yesterday I was working on the book review section and came across my review of Hour to Hour, by Shelly Marshall. She lives in Utah now, and we haven’t seen each other for several years.
I probably shouldn’t have been surprised when I […]
When I was new in Program, I took everything I heard at meetings as gospel. One day, when I was trying to justify something by quoting someone at a meeting, my sponsor pointed out that I could always find someone who would agree with me – but that didn’t mean it was based in the […]
Sound artist Ken Nordine has a nifty piece titled How Do We Know When Now Is?
If you like his work as much as I do, you can hear more at WordJazz.
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Rev. Guy Williams, Minister of the Fallbrook Church of Religious Science and both friend and teacher of mine points out that if you know how to worry, you already know how to meditate! I love this approach. It took me years and years to develop a regular meditation practice, in spite of Step 11. (Sought […]
Practicing random acts of kindness isn’t normally thought of as a 12 Step tool, but it might be a good one, particularly this time of year. If you’re at all like me, you, along with so many, are semi-frantic getting ready for Christmas and other end-of-year holidays.
Traffic around malls is snarled, lines in stores […]
Here are the steps we took, which are suggested as a program of recovery.
A Dozen Steps
A Hearty Life
Alzheimer's Notes
Astronomy Buff
Autism Vox
Baldiness
Breaking the Mirror
Breastfeeding 1-2-3
Cancer Commentary
Daily Tomorrow
Diabetes Notes
Eating Fabulous
Fertility Notes
Genetics & Health
Grounded Fitness
Health and Men
Healthbolt
Help My Hurt
Kids Health Notes
Lively Women
Mental Health Notes
Pink Ribbon Review
Veggie Chic
Weighting Line
Womb Within
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