“The primary fact that we fail to recognize is our total inability to form a true partnership with another human being” Page 53 Twelve and Twelve. This shortcoming extends to all phases of our lives, Higher Power, marriage, children, siblings, parents, friends, bosses, co-workers and other human beings. We either try to exert our power [...]
Continue Reading...ADDICTION RECOVERY IS ASSOCIATED WITH DRAMATIC IMPROVEMENTS IN ALL AREAS OF LIFE • Involvement in illegal acts and involvement with the criminal justice system (e.g., arrests, incarceration, DWIs) decreases by about ten-fold • Steady employment in addiction recovery increases by over 50% greater relative to active addiction • Frequent use of costly Emergency Room departments [...]
Continue Reading...Who you are as an individual is no accident. An Infinite Being with extreme precision designed you. You are you, because you were meant to be that way. You can’t escape it, and if you try, you will be both unhappy and fall short of your potential. Recently I pondered what was the most important [...]
Continue Reading...From: The Spirituality of Imperfection The spiritual masters understood that life on life’s terms begins with the acceptance of the fact that one is not in control; it involves a flexible attitude of life’s uncertainties, a mistrust of the rigidities of certainty. We never know where the vicissitudes of our pilgrimage will take us. The [...]
Continue Reading...We use the words “God’s Will” often in recovery, in prayer or as an explanation of events. It is an integral part of our transformation, our acceptance of a “Power Greater than Ourselves”, that we are willing to subjugate to in order to have a more peaceful and meaningful life. We use it to explain [...]
Continue Reading...There is a book I read that helps direct me on a path of enlarging my spiritual life. It includes spiritual directions on how to achieve holiness and closeness to my Higher Power. Within it lie the secrets and the prescription for spiritual continuity. If I am to survive and live along my spiritual path [...]
Continue Reading...That “at home” feeling is a funny emotion, truly hard to explain. It is more than an address or a location on a map, much more than a zip code. A decorator cannot help us create it; no more than a builder can help us build it. Feeling at home is real serenity, it is [...]
Continue Reading...Edited from http://www.aish.com/print/?contentID=198667681§ion=/h/pes/t/g A Passover letter to my child My dear child, It is now a quiet moment late at night. After an exhausting day of preparation for the Passover Seder, and I am sitting here with a pile of haggadas, preparing for Seder night. Somehow the words never come out the way I want [...]
Continue Reading...One of the most misunderstood events in the Bible is the sin of the Golden Calf. Taken at face value, it is difficult to comprehend how the same people who had witnessed the miracles of the Exodus and the Revelation at Sinai could be led to worship a molten image. However, a deeper understanding of [...]
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