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50 minutes ago by secondchancetolive

Please read Part 1 for context. Thank you. “Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.” Step 10 of the 12 Steps of recovery — Al anon — adapted from the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. For more information please read my article, Traumatic Brain Injury — What ...

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3 hours ago by theswarmite

Codependency recovery is about viewing the world from a safer space, a cordoned off arena that offers the chance to rebrand, review and rediscover. Coda types often gain esteem from doing things for others without finding the time or enthusiasm to motivate themselves into order. Recovery arrives whe ...

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4 hours ago by solutions00

A friend told me once that she asks God to show her how to be a better daughter, sister, wife, mother, friend, boss, employee, pet owner, member of AA, neighbor, teacher, and so on. What a great question. I added the roles - person/steward of the planet and child of God. This truly seems like a help ...

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5 hours ago by The Editors

At the root of idolatry is misplaced worship. And when we find rest only when we have the validation and approval of other people, we are not worshiping God, but idols. Matt Ballard explains in this MP3 entitled What's That Sucking Sound? Dealing With Approval Addiction. Notes (including the Approva ...

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1 day ago by secondchancetolive

Hello and welcome back to Second Chance to Live. I am happy to see that you decided to stop by to visit with me. Over the past several days I have been under the weather — with a bug. I have also been a little irritable. I am grateful for the opportunity to recognize what is going on with me. Earlie ...

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1 day ago by solutions00

We were experts at reasons. No matter what 12 Step programs we are in now, we’d previously learned to create one excuse or reason, after another for the unreasonable and unhelpful behaviors that we’d developed – our survival techniques. There’s only one way I know to make progress in the programs – ...

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2 days ago by solutions00

Attitude can be everything. It can make our day, or just as clearly ruin it. It’s up to us. So what do we do if our attitude needs adjusting? People have taught me to do my Gratitude List every morning to frame my day, call a program member if my attitude is bad and talk about it because sometimes t ...

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2 days ago by theswarmite

Each quarter THE HOSPITAL CLUB Magazine focuses on a differing theme and The Swarmite was invited to write a piece on the current issue’s subject of SILENCE. Here it is: Remember when kippers became ties and birds knew how to keep their legs crossed in a Ford Granada, when ’70’s feminism was red rag ...

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2 days ago by lisaf-breakingthecycles

Thank you author and speaker Lisa Frederiksen of Breaking the Cycles for this regular series sharing her decades long experience of dealing with family alcoholism and alcohol abuse. Click here to see the rest of the series. Much of the focus on alcoholism and alcohol abuse - with regards to treatmen ...

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3 days ago by solutions00

The most recent and third planting of the garden is producing results. All but two rows of the third planting of vegetables are up. I’ve been practicing planting, and learning patience, perserverence, persistence and postive attitude. As with the garden, results in life take time and the above. Ther ...

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