i would not be sober today if i hadnt humbled myself and put forth the willingness to try to gain a sense of humility. recovery helped me get a start learnin how to use humility to help me become the person i am today. with step one i had to start bein honest with others...
its been my experience that as i have grown in my recovery, practicin, as best as i can, the spiritual principles contained within the program, humility has come as a biproduct of that discipline. surely bein a member in the fellowship i want to be humble and accept what my HP and the program has...
it was through the 12 steps that ive been able to become the person i am today. i will be very honest as i write this, i never knew i could be who i am today. ive always felt “less than”. i reckon this stems from early childhood and at times i still struggle with...
its my understandin that shortcomins are things i should be doin that i aint. they are blocks to my growth, personally, emotionally, behaviorally, and spiritually. i reckon when im filled with my self-will, i aint open to learnin new shit. hell, mannn, i aint even open to doin the right shit when all i can...
Making peace with loss is one way we learn acceptance. When we experience loss and find that we can still feel complete within ourselves, something changes. eThe feeling that we must constantly fight for our survival starts to ease. We can let someone else be right, or let something go, without losing ourselves or our...
it took a lot of self-induced punishment for me to finally break down and admit that i was powerless over alcohol, even more so, the alcoholism i had developed. i can recall bein angry all the time, frustrated over the life i was livin, and the self-pity i had, became ever loomin. i felt trapped...
Your path to recovery doesn’t stop when you complete an addiction treatment program. Recovery is an ongoing process that requires you to build a life that embraces sobriety. A major part of this is establishing a long-term support system that you can rely on throughout the course of your recovery, like an Alumni Program. https://southeastaddictio…...
a few years back a friend and i were talkin about insecurities and fears. i was relayin to em that though i may still have em, i have solutions today that i can use to overcome em as opposed to the past. they told me that since i was in recovery, and had formed a...
in the days before my recovery began identifyin fear wasnt somethin i equated with needin an ability to surrender, tolerate, or accept. i always took fears as an attack against my ego, pride, or independence. i had built unhealthy walls against fear as a form of self-preservation that i later found only hurt me more....
the direction i have found in recovery is a direction i would never have followed while doin my dirt. it meant not doin what i wanted when or how i wanted to. i thought my will, the things i wanted, could be obtained by my ingenious plans and designs. it didnt matter the cost to...