What Does Poetry Have To Do With Recovery?
Poetry can be a concise, precise way of incising a kernel of truth. The essence of poetry is available in song, in puns and jokes, …
Recovery
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Having a Sponsor: Three Decades Into Recovery
My sponsor passed away last year. This was after more than two years of struggling, in and out of hospital, in and out of decreasing states …
Having a Sponsor – Early Recovery
What Is Sponsorship? Why do Twelve Step programs suggest having a sponsor and what is our relationship with a sponsor (mentor, teacher, guide, or all?) …
Heroes in Recovery
Last year I was invited to send my story into Heroes In Recovery. I was reluctant. Again with the ego; “I am not young so my story won’t …
The Deadly Price of Anonymity- Celebrate Recovery
Addiction: a cancer in society. Without long term support it will decimate us. A very dear friend of mine is recovered from a year long …
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Recovery as a Road to Enlightenment
“Recovery as a road to enlightenment” – words chosen carefully to express what the journey has been for me. Just as I am not a …
Universal Laws of Being Human and the Seed of Change
I have a note on my desk. I don’t know where it came from but I have saved it. I pick it up from time …
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Comparisons Can Lead to Madness
The mind measures, evaluates and discerns. It is a skill used to keep us safe, to determine friend or foe We use this expertise when …
Feelings are Not Facts – the Danger of Spiritual Bypass- Death of a Sponsor
Two ends of a spectrum; two ways to approach feelings when possibly there is a middle way. As the adult child of an alcoholic I …
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