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"I was struck with the awareness that love is literally what sustains me and that I am surrounded daily in its many forms of expression..." Read more... Faith, Hope & Love... read more
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During my dark drinking days I had no direction or purpose in my life. My days were planned around my next drink even though I promised myself "today I will not drink". I would then think "well maybe just one... read more
"Happy are those who know they are spiritually poor." Matthew 5:1 Doesn't that say "I am powerless; my life has become unmanageable?" Step two says, "Come to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity" Was... read more
I began to learn that a real apology when needed is one of the best things I can do for my happiness... Read on by clicking on the link: Nov. 2007... read more
"God as "I understand Him" is a journey unto itself as spiritual growth is a never-filled wonder in my life today!"... read more
Lord make me an instrument of Thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light, and where there is... read more
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"We need each other to admit our powerlessness, our being poor in spirit. We cannot do it alone."... read more
"My grace is enough for you, because My power has its full effect in your weakness."... read more
"In recovery, I've learned that God is love. God is also infinite intelligence."... read more
"This is my command: Love each other." John 15:17... read more
After abusing alcohol for many years I lost track of the person I once was. There was no feeling of hope, trust, faith or ambition in anything. During that first year in recovery I was only focused on not picking... read more
"Trust in the Lord with all of your heart and lean not on your own understanding." Proverbs 3:5... read more
"Jesus doesn't look at the wrapping, he's looking for a heart that trusts."... read more
"I see a lot of joyful eyes at Our Savior's and many of those eyes are in fellow adults!"... read more
"An incredible gift has been given to me by the program - my trust in a power greater than myself. My trust in God."... read more
A universal warning sign of all addictions is the frightening recognition that I have begun to do what I will not to do.... read more
When was the last time you took the keys away from a friend who was drunk?... read more
At every step and turn in the journey, our Lord, Love Himself, is with us, giving us grace to be there for ourselves and each other.... read more
"Whenever we find ourselves powerless over our addiction, whenever more has been revealed about our shortcomings or people we've harmed, the steps are available as our path to recovery."... read more
"God, through many angels in my life, led me into recovery. He wanted me to learn what it is to be loved and trusted. He wanted me to learn to be accepted and to accept."... read more
Whenever the problem of addiction is mentioned most people naturally think of alcohol or drugs. Alcohol is the number one problem for me personally but there are many other kinds of life addictions we all face in our lives. These... read more
(husband) �36 years ago when my drinking was getting out of hand my wife told me I had to make a choice - either her - or the alcohol. So I agreed to see a counselor with her at Lutheran... read more
I'll admit that I'm not a person who always enjoys meetings. Probably one reason is that I'm not the world's most patient person. Not even second most. OK, I'll even admit that sometimes I second a motion without having deeply... read more
As a recovering alcoholic, I am really enjoying the sermon topics about letting our light shine. AA Recovery personifies this. How else could a dirty-shamed drunk become a useful Christian? From the fist week of sobriety, my sponsor had me... read more
...Let there be no gossip or criticism of one another...This is part of an Al-Anon preamble used at the start of meetings. Think about these words and what they mean to you. Now...how many times have you found yourself engaging... read more
The twelve steps exemplify 2 Corinthians 12:9, "My grace is all you need, for my power is greatest when you are weak", as in the first step, where we admit the "powerlessness" and "unmanageability" of our behavior. The steps show... read more
A few days after I was reminded that it was my turn to write, I came home to a message on the answering machine that my dad had died that morning at his nursing home in Arizona. This was not... read more
Step three of the 12 steps is "Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care God as we understood him".... read more
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