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
Surrendering is not giving up. Instead, it’s about stopping the desire to control things and accepting things for what they are.
Feeling sick of being sick can motivate a desire for change. That surrender frees up a lot of willpower for surrender that was previously dedicated toward our disease.
If you want to feel good and you want to love yourself, engage in activities which allow you to support others. In doing so, you begin to discover purpose in your personal life and enhance your recovery experience of continuous healing and positive growth.
Tonight, we talk about Surrender, Sick of Being Sick, and Love.
For information on the Book “Powerless Not Helpless”
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
The recovery I can create with my thinking is not real recovery.
When I think I know, I have already lost the understanding.
When I let go of the need to know how to get and stay sober, I can see the solution.
When I am obsessed with formulas and shortcuts, I only see the problem.
It is my fixed way of thinking that keeps me trapped.
Addiction and recovery are both found within.
I already possess both and have everything I will ever need.
Tonight, we talk about the Meditation Verse, “I Already Possess Recovery.”
Staying sober can boil down to choices we make. We can spend hours thinking of reasons why we want to drink. Or we can spend the same time listing reasons that drinking is not good for us and abstaining is more healthful.
Each of us makes that choice in his or her own way. We are pleased when anyone else chooses to make a decision like ours. But whether you are interested in A.A. or not, we offer good wishes to anyone starting out to stay sober in any way. We keep being grateful that we are free to do it in the ways described tonight.
Tonight, we talk about Being Grateful
Milt L. from Cleveland, OH speaking on “Dumb Guy Approach to the 12 Steps” in San Diego, CA – June 21st 1997
Milt L. from Cleveland, OH speaking on “Dumb Guy Approach to the 12 Steps” in San Diego, CA – June 21st 1997
Milt L. from Cleveland, OH speaking on “Dumb Guy Approach to the 12 Steps” in San Diego, CA – June 21st 1997
Popsicle Sticks is not really a topic but rather a style of meeting here in Southeast Michigan. Tonight, this show will be presented in the form of a popsicle stick meeting.
A popsicle stick meeting is a meeting where we let our higher power determine what we need to share. Here in our virtual studio, we have a can full of popsicle sticks. Each stick has a recovery topic written on it. We will take turns, randomly picking a stick and then sharing on that topic that was chosen.
Tonight, we do popsicle sticks
Addiction and substance abuse disorders are quick to take over your life and everything that’s important to you. When you’re in active addiction, drugs and alcohol become your main priority, and the importance of things like physical and mental health, work, school, and family gets drowned out by your need to not be sober.
Once you get sober, it can be incredibly easy to get caught up in the chaos of daily life, and forget that taking care of yourself is not an option, but a priority. Taking care of yourself sounds like an easy and simple task, but the reality is that most people struggle to find healthy ways to take care of themselves, whether they’re in recovery or not.
Tonight, we talk about Self Care
