Humility Without Humiliation I have a friend in the program that jokingly says he went to humility school and graduated first in his class. Humorous, but revealing. Our program of recovery tells us all that we need to become humble people if we wish to recover. For some of us, that is a daunting task. …
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Everybody is Weird! Let’s face it: everybody is weird! Everyone has their own little idiosyncrasies and everyone does things that strain credulity. Everyone does things that are off-the-wall. Everyone does what-the-heck-was-that kind of stuff. It is the one thing that we all have in common with one another. In our program of recovery, we go …
Being “Weird” is Wonderful…Cherish It Don’t Try and Change It. Read More »
The Path of the Tornado I got my butt handed to me pretty darn good a couple of days ago. I was told in no uncertain terms that I was the most worthless thing in the world. My character was assaulted; my whole life was completely insulted. It was some of the most denigrating tripe …
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Breakfast at Epiphany’s Fasten your seatbelts because today, we’re going to fly… They say that ignorance is bliss. To illustrate that, look at little children. They are carefree, happy and hopeful. They play and they laugh. Their biggest worry is what kind of juice box they’re going to get. Santa Claus is real and the …
Block Your Time One of the most defining characteristics of 21st-century living is the ability to multitask. We are busy, important people and have multiple, concurrent responsibilities. We are doing all kinds of things simultaneously. We have become Jacks of all trades and masters of none. This is how we inadvertently spread ourselves too thin …
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So What Now? Have you ever gotten to the point where you feel that you have done everything that you can, given your very best and somehow, it is still not enough? Have you ever worked extremely hard and purposefully trying to live a good Christian life and everything just remains a mess? Have you …
Roadblocks are Inevitable in Recovery…Many are Hidden Opportunities Read More »
Make It Happen, Captain! Recovery is an action program, it is not something you can think or plan your way through. Once you know how it works, it’s time to get on with the program. Today, I have been placed before you to encourage you in this process. C’mon, today is the day. Today is …
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Living Life on Life’s Terms We have to! I’ll tell you why I think this: I have never been a champion of handling disappointment well. I just hated it when things weren’t going the way that I thought that they should. It hurt my feelings a bunch and scared the hell out of me. Oh …
Bits and Pieces of God You can learn a lot about living from the dying. I have a good friend that is very special to me that I have been looking after for just shy of about two years now. She was not well when I first met her; that was why I was designated …
So…What Exactly is Addiction Treatment? We all tend to be armchair quarterbacks. It is much easier to diagnose other people’s problems than reflect on our own. Some of us feel we know what is best for everybody. Why is this the case? Simply put, we can be a bit more objective with things when it …
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