Recovery Blog

New Soil, New Roots

“Moments of perception can build into a lifetime of spiritual serenity, as I have excellent reason to know. Roots of reality, supplanting the neurotic underbrush, will hold fast despite the...

It is human to make mistakes

"I find it awfully hard to give myself a break. I don't know where that attitude comes from".   - Walker I. "I can't. I shouldn't. It's my fault." These self-abasing...

“Life will take on new meaning. To watch people...

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Working With Others, pg. 89~

I need to stay in touch with people

I'm not behaving the way I really want to these days. It's like when I used to get high regularly and then act out.  I feel like I'm making the...

Directness

So much of our communication can reflect our need to control. We say what we think others want to hear. We try to keep others from getting angry, feeling afraid,...

The Power of Letting Go

How do you handle your day to day interactions?  After completing your 12-Steps, do you actively work step #10 - "Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong...