Perseverance - Recovered 1161
Recovered Podcast
The first key to persistence is to create for yourself a compelling vision for your recovery. Too often, people focus on what they don’t want to happen.
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Discipline - Recovered 1159
Recovered Podcast
Self-discipline is the willingness to put some limitations on behavior in order to gain something or make life better.
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Humility - Recovered 1157
Recovered Podcast
Ultimately, when we are humble we are willing to seek and receive help, support, guidance and direction with our lives. The result is that we are not alone anymore.
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Willingness - Recovered 1155
Recovered Podcast
Your life belongs to you, right? Sure it does, but look at where your actions got you. Your life became unmanageable because of your addiction. You need to be willing for a lot of things, especially accepting help.
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Integrity - Recovered 1152
Recovered Podcast
Sobriety helps us reconnect with our true selves and become reacquainted with our inner light, our life’s mission, and our purpose.
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Courage - Recovered 1150
Recovered Podcast
Any challenges life throws your way, you now know how it feels to look fear in the face and remember how capable you are of walking through it.
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Faith - Recovered 1148
Recovered Podcast
In order to keep going and develop sobriety the individual needs to have faith that things are going to keep improving.
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Hope - Recovered 1146
Recovered Podcast
Hope is the elevating feeling we experience when we see a path to a better future
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Honesty - Recovered 1144
Recovered Podcast
It is normal to struggle with owning up to dishonesty, but the key is to acknowledge when it occurs as soon as possible. If not, you could struggle with feelings of guilt and put your sobriety in jeopardy.
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Popsicle Sticks - Recovered 1142
Recovered Podcast
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.
info_outline"The grouch and the brainstorm were not for us. They may be the dubious luxury of normal men, but for alcoholics these things are poison." [1]
"Grouch" is not the name of a Sesame Street puppet. It means a "fit of temper." [2]
Today, a brainstorming is generally considered by normal people to be a bunch of people creatively bouncing brilliant ideas off each other. Back in 1938 when the Big Book was written, a brainstorm was considered to be "an outburst of passion or agitation so violent as temporarily to deprive one of reason".[3]
Psychologists will tell us that Violent temperament and agitation cuts us off from our access to sound reasoning. Agitation can also hinder our spiritual connections. So, if a brainstorm is a Spiritual sickness coupled with loss of intellectual reasoning, it is no wonder life becomes unmanageable and we feel adrift.
Sometimes, Life brings us to a place where we experience cruelty or injustice caused by people, places, and things. How I can determine how healthy I am in my spiritual life is by how I respond to those who disturb me.
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When you first learned of this topic, what did you first think? Where would like to begin with this topic?
What does “the Grouch” mean to you?
What does the “brainstorm” mean to you?
Why are they bad for you?
This part of the big book focuses on
Resentments
When I first came into the program, I was told that looking at my resentments could be a journey of self discovery. It could be a key to lasting sobriety.
I had no idea what this meant.
I just knew I was pissed, jealous, and a victim.
How was talking about resentments helpful?
What about you?
When you first came in, what were some of your resentments?
Resentment means to re-live a past injury,
To cultivate this memory, to protect it.
What are your thoughts about this definition?
How can let go and let God help?
What are your thoughts about resentments leading to self-pity?
Has this happened to you?
What was the effect?
Where does self pity lead you?
What are your thoughts about the relationship between resentment and humility?
How is humility the cure for resentments?
How does this relate to Step 7?
When you were new, who did you think was to blame for these resentments?
What were your thoughts that you are the one who may be the cause of your resentment.
That maybe you got the ball rolling?
When dealing with resentments now, what tools do you use?
What steps help?
How do meetings help?
How is a sponsor helpful?
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Joey
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What would you say to the new guy?