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Sobriety Is for Anyone
Our Higher Power and creation treat all equally.
Sobriety is available for anyone who will do the work.
The principles of recovery seem empty of power.
Yet, they never fail to provide when we learn to surrender.

Tonight, we talk about how Sobriety is for Anyone.

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For information on the Book “Powerless Not Helpless”

http://buddyc.org

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Sobriety Is for Anyone

Our Higher Power and creation treat all equally.

Sobriety is available for anyone who will do the work.

The principles of recovery seem empty of power.

Yet, they never fail to provide when we learn to surrender.

Tonight, we talk about how Sobriety is for Anyone.

Our very own Buddy C has recently published a book entitled

Powerless but not Helpless 

A Recovery Interpretation of the Tao Te Ching

81 Essential Meditations That Can Change Your Life!

As Buddy wrote in his preface, “In Twelve-step recovery, finding a “God of our understanding” who helps with our addiction can be challenging. The process of surrender to a Power Greater than myself is difficult, at best, and impossible for some. In hindsight, I see that a lack of surrender kept me in a cycle of relapse for over six years. My difficulty was how to move from a belief that did not relieve my alcoholism to actions that did.”

Verse 5  – Sobriety Is for Anyone

Our Higher Power and creation treat all equally.

Sobriety is available for anyone who will do the work.

The principles of recovery seem empty of power.

Yet, they never fail to provide when we learn to surrender.

What does the phrase Sobriety is for Anyone mean to you?

Did you believe that sobriety was possible before the program?  Why?

Do you think Sobriety is for anyone?

Do you believe that creation treats anyone’s recovery equally?

How has “doing the work” helped your sobriety?

What are some principles of recovery that are most important to your program?

• HONESTY 
• HOPE 
• FAITH 
• COURAGE
• INTEGRITY
• WILLINGNESS
• HUMILITY 
• LOVE 
• DISCIPLINE 
• PATIENCE/PERSEVERANCE 
• AWARENESS 
• SERVICE 

For you, how is surrender and the above principles related?

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This week, our recovery topic will on “Sobriety is for Anyone.”

Here is what we are listening to

Recovered New Music Playlist 10-202

Here is what we are reading

Scott L. from Nashville, TN and Bob D. from Las Vegas, NV doing a Big Book Workshop Weekend in Altamore Springs, FL – January 21st-23rd 2005

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The gift of sobriety does not appear to be a gift at all – until we surrender.
Then, there is a strength beyond comprehension.
There is no fear so intense that sobriety cannot bring relief, no relationship so twisted that peace is not imaginable, no noise of life so loud that harmony is not possible.
The truth is paradoxical and hidden in plain sight.
I do not know who created the principles we use; it appears they are a part of all conceptions of a loving God.

Tonight, we talk about how Sobriety is Inexhaustible.

http://recoveredcast.com

For information on the Book “Powerless Not Helpless”

http://buddyc.org

Check out this episode!

Scott L. from Nashville, TN and Bob D. from Las Vegas, NV doing a Big Book Workshop Weekend in Altamore Springs, FL – January 21st-23rd 2005

http://recoveredcast.com

Check out this episode!

We do not idolize those in recovery who appear to have it all together.
Nor do we brag of our accomplishments, spiritual or material.
We use our experience to put others at ease.
We show, by example, how our lives have improved.
In turn, those desiring sobriety will choose a similar path, just as they are being shown.
Everything falls into place the more we practice this way of life.

Tonight, we talk about Living By Example.

http://recoveredcast.com

For information on the Book “Powerless Not Helpless”

http://buddyc.org

Check out this episode!

We do not idolize those in recovery who appear to have it all together.
Nor do we brag of our accomplishments, spiritual or material.
We use our experience to put others at ease.
We show, by example, how our lives have improved.
In turn, those desiring sobriety will choose a similar path, just as they are being shown.
Everything falls into place the more we practice this way of life.

Tonight, we talk about Living By Example.

http://recoveredcast.com

For information on the Book “Powerless Not Helpless”

http://buddyc.org

Check out this episode!