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Did government control lead to an opioid crisis? In this interview we hear from Addiction Expert and Stepworks Recovery Centers Founder, Dr. Tom Ingram. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BCoT0SP9Zs&t=5s -
I am 64 days clean and sober today by the Grace of God! So thankful to have the opportunity to be in sober living, enjoying an incredible fellowship of AA in Covington,to have a wonderful sponsor who guides me in life and with working the steps, to be employed and to finally be able to start to get some peace in my life. I thank God constantly for my blessings! Thank you Step Works for starting me on my journey of recovery because we do recover one day at a time!!! -
January 24 From isolation to connection Our disease isolated us... Hostile, resentful, self-centered, and self-seeking, we cut ourselves off from the outside world. Basic Text, p. 4 = Addiction is an isolating disease, closing us off from society, family, and self. We hid. We lied. We scorned the lives we saw others living, surely beyond our grasp. Worst of all, we told ourselves there was nothing wrong with us, even though we knew we were desperately ill. Our connection with the world, and with reality itself, was severed. Our lives lost meaning, and we withdrew further and further from reality. The NA program is designed especially for people like us. It helps reconnect us to the life we were meant to live, drawing us out of our isolation. We stop lying to ourselves about our condition; we admit our powerlessness and the unmanageability of our lives. We develop faith that our lives can improve, that recovery is possible, and that happiness is not permanently beyond our grasp. We get honest; we stop hiding; we show up and tell the truth, no matter what. And as we do, we establish the ties that connect our individual lives to the larger life around us. We addicts need not live lives of isolation. The Twelve Steps can restore our connection to life and livingif we work them. = Just for today: I am a part of the life around me. I will practice my program to strengthen my connection to my world. Copyright 1991-2016 by Narcotics Anonymous World Services, Inc. All Rights Reserved -
Wednesday, March 17 Thought for the Day A.A. also helps us to hang onto sobriety. By having regular meetings so that we can associate with other alcoholics who have come through that same door in the wall, by encouraging us to tell the story of our own sad experiences with alcohol, and by showing us how to help other alcoholics, A.A. keeps us sober. Our attitude toward life changes from one of pride and selfishness to one of humility and gratitude. Am I going to step back through that door in the wall to my old helpless, hopeless, drunken life? Meditation for the Day Withdraw into the calm of communion with God. Rest in that calm and peace. When the soul finds its home of rest in God, then it is that real life begins. Only when you are calm and serene can you do good work. Emotional upsets make you useless. The eternal life is calmness and when you enter into that, then you live as an eternal being. Calmness is based on complete trust in God. Nothing in this world can separate you from the love of God. Prayer for the Day I pray that I may wear the world like a loose garment. I pray that I may keep serene at the center of my being. -
Anyone who is working in recovery, Do you ever find it hard when someone wants to leave without completing treatment? Sometimes I feel very sad when someone leaves, I find myself terrified for them and what may happen, and then other times I internalize it and think...”maybe I could have said or did something different on my shift” so then I feel guilty. If you have ever felt this, what do you do to get yourself out of that thinking and feelings of sadness -
300 days clean and sober today. When I first decided to get clean I didn't think this day was possible. My whole life has changed for the better. There has been many emotions I had to deal with SOBER that has been hard but needed to happen. It feels great to mend bonds with family and friends and to have the support I need to keep going. Remember it's not about the long term goal just focus on the goals for today and that is to stay sober. Anything is possible! -
Hey guys still going strong! In a great sober living in Lexington! And on day 64! Grateful for Step works and for my sober support! -
Started my new job this morning (3rd Shift) got some Christmas decorations to decorate my roommates apartment. Been nothing but busy between work , her 2 kids , the pit bull puppy and the Alien they call a cat lol but I've never been more happy. Sobriety is Alright
