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Step Three - 3.4
"Everything is something you decide to do, and there is nothing you have to do." - Denis WaitleyOkay, I think I understand this one ( Read more... ) -
Extra Prompt - No blaming.
"Edward, you've got to stop doing this ( Read more... ) -
Step Seven - Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
Who will you be if your addictive shortcomings are removed?"Edward ( Read more... ) -
2.2 Serenity prayer
Serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
When I was 8 months pregnant with Sam we finished the nursery. We knew we were having a boy, so we painted the walls a soft blue. The ceiling we painted with clouds sprinkled with glow in the dark stars. As if it was yesterday, I ( Read more... ) -
7.4 Accepting your flaws vs. asking a Higher Power to remove them?
They are both just an excuse most of the time. An excuse not to change or an excuse as to being too weak to do it yourself.
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1.2 Powerless
I wake up because I can hear the keys fumbling in the lock on the front door. I hear the metal against metal as the key scratches around the knob, the jangling of the ring as it hits the cement of the stoop. I stay in bed, curled on my side, these sounds are familiar.
I don’t even realize I’m holding my breath, until I release it slowly as the bolt ( Read more... ) -
STEP SEVEN
STEP SEVEN
6. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
Prompts1. What are your shortcomings ( Read more... ) -
introduction
Hi, my name is Maggie.
The addiction, it's not mine. Well, the addiction to alcohol is not mine, it's his. The addiction to him, I guess that's mine.
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Step Three - 3.2
Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
Step 3.2 - Boundaries are necessary for recovery. Discuss what boundaries you need.I need boundaries. I know, big surprise. Last to know and all that. Or maybe I've known all along, and I just couldn't bring myself to say it out loud. I've spent my ( Read more... ) -
Step One
"If you are brave too often, people will come to expect it of you."I guess just about every time I've been brave, it was 'cause I had to be, to protect someone I loved. Except when I got infected. I was only brave that first day, not because I wanted to be or because I thought it would help me beat it, but because I knew that if I gave up - and ( Read more... )