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Before recovery, we were driven by a hundred forms of self-centered fear. During steps 6 and 7, we began to release some of these character defects, but some habits are hard to break. Like feeding into our fears.
But when we can pause and work our program of recovery, we remember that we are not alone. In fact, our greatest asset in our new life is our connection with and relationship to our Higher Power. We know from repeated experience the God has, can and continues to work miracles in our ...
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The 12 Second Solution
(How to improve your life in 12 seconds)
1) How to be happy all the time
Be grateful for what you have and do nice things for other people. Remember you are not doing nice things for other people for them; you are doing nice to other people because it makes you happy.
2) How to turn negative thoughts into positive thoughts
Recognize the negative thought and then take steps forward to improve the situation.
3) How to make friends
"People like people...
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The founders of AA, two very Christian and God fearing men, made a remarkable allowance nearly 80 years ago when they removed Christianity from what is essentially a religious organization, in an attempt to broaden access to treatment.
AA is religious in nature (although they would call themselves a spiritual group) and the Supreme Court recently agreed with a group that argued against mandated AA therapy for drug offenders as a violation of the mandated separation of Church and State. In AA,...
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In God we trust, or so says our currency for now. No doubt much like the pledge of allegiance and prayer in public schools or even the 10 Commandments in front of our court houses, we seem to be removing God and prayer from everything. Even in our 12-step meetings there is an unfortunate movement to remove all comments relating to God. However disturbing to some, there is an equally active grassroots movement to put Him right back where he belongs, everywhere.
An acquaintance of mine that att...
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For years I was driven by an obsession to drink. In the beginning I tried to control it, but after a while it had complete control of me. Alcoholism took me to a deep emotional, spiritual and physical bottom, and only when I surrendered to this program did I begin to recover.
In sobriety I've found that the obsessive thinking of this disease is still with me, and there have been other areas in which I've hit a bottom. In early recovery the obsessive thinking often took me down, and when I fi...
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Affiliate marketing has been an incredible opportunity for people around the globe. While some affiliate marketers earn a few extra thousand dollars each month, others consistently bring in hundreds of thousands of dollars each month. However, as more people have begun marketing affiliate products, the competition has soared. In 2007, there was a tidal wave of new marketers competing for a piece of the commission pie. In 2008, that competition is growing and becoming more savvy. This article des...
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Oh how quick I am to judge and find fault in others. Before the program I was quite self righteous - I could see and tell you what you and others were doing wrong, but I was largely blind to my own faults. It was so easy to point my finger, but in the program I learned that when I do, there are four fingers pointing back to me.
As I worked my program and became more self aware, what I learned was that the reason it's easy to find specific faults is because I often have the very same faults a...
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Michael Shiffman, Ph.D. and Juliet Soopikian, MS, MFT
A few months ago we overheard a conversation in a local coffee house between two AA members. One asked the other, "Do you meditate? I think I should, but I don't know what to do." The other replied, "Well, I just sit quietly for 5 minutes each morning and think about my day." The first then asked, "Do you find it helpful?" To which the second replied, "Not really, but I do it."
Meditation is a topic we rarely discuss with our friends. W...
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I have spent a lot of time thinking about my past. Alternately feeling sorry for myself or being outraged at the wrongs - real or imagined - that were done to me, a constant theme in my thinking is how much different, better, happier I would be if only I hadn't had these parents, or stepparents, or those siblings, or on and on.
But it will never be different. My past will be my past always and, good or bad, it is uniquely mine. When I got to the program, I was taught that in recovery we stop...
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Nicotine addiction is a brain disorder primarily genetic in origin. There is evidence that environment can contribute to the addiction.
Nicotine addiction is reasonably easy to treat. Teach the person about their disease, give them the proper methods to withdraw from nicotine, teach them healthy coping skills and mechanisms to remain nicotine free and give them an aftercare plan that includes support from family, friends and if available a 12-step group.
Unfortunately, most smokers have c...
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Recovering addicts hear this all the time in 12-step programs. However, this sound bit of wisdom is rarely heeded. Many have a hard time accepting that a hiatus from intimate relationships is necessary. In their minds, dating and new relationships seem benign. “As long as I’m not using and we’re not using and are in a program, I’m safe.” Not so fast. Getting into an intimate relationship prematurely is, as my mother would say, “Ill-conceived, ill-advised and i...
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Purification: The Foundation of Optimum Health and Vitality
How Do You Feel When You Wake Up In The Morning?
Do you wish you had ... restored vitality ... a strong libido......more mental clarity ... clear skin ... reduced weight ....a stronger immune system ... and that you looked and felt healthy in every aspect of your being.
Do you have symptoms such as unexplained fatigue, sluggish elimination, irritated skin, allergies or low-grade infections, bags under the eyes, a dist...
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