| No.
103 |
Don't
take yourself (and others) too darn seriously. |
| No.
104 |
Listen
closely and with an open mind...(Repeat of Issue No.1) |
| No.
105 |
An
allegory for recovery: "The Wisdom of the Sands"
by Osho |
| No.
106 |
While
in recovery, be on the lookout for symptoms of inner peace.
"Symptoms of Inner Peace" by Saskia Davis |
| No.
107 |
Recovery
has observable symptoms. If the symptoms are there, then
recovery is there. |
| No.
108 |
Never
forget "what it was like" for those we hurt.
"I Am Against Alcohol" by Z, age 10. |
| No.
109 |
I
Am Responsible...(aren't I?) by Dakota ©2000 |
| No.
110 |
"Denial"
and "Lying" are two very different things, and the
difference is important. (PART 1) |
| No.
111 |
Movement
through Denial is very tricky business. (PART 2) |
| No.
112 |
We
are ultimately responsible for our own recovery, by Dee, a
"Principles" subscriber. |
| No.
113 |
In
the final analysis, serenity comes first. |
| No.
114 |
Serenity
(Recovery) is an internal deal. |
| No.
115 |
One's
serenity is a mirror image of one's spiritual recovery. |
| No.
116 |
Far
from invisible, recovery shows. |
| No.
117 |
12-Step
meetings offer up some pretty funny stuff -- if we listen. |
| No.
118 |
Attitude
determines attitude. |
| No.
119 |
Recovery
is an inside-out job -- a deeply spiritual process that we
don't figure out intellectually. |
| No.
120 |
Take
your time...be patient...with recovery; it's a process that
lasts a lifetime. |
| No.
121 |
Complacency
squeezes the life out of recovery. |
| No.
122 |
We
gain insight and move through denial progressively--piece by
piece by piece, and the process never ends. |
| No.
123 |
Humility
has little or nothing to do with humiliation or shame. |
| No.
124 |
Open-mindedness
means "I don't know." |
| No.
125 |
Look
for role models who share all of themselves--both the good
and the bad. |
| No.
126 |
Listen,
or thy tongue will keep thee deaf. |
| No.
127 |
Don't
forget the physical aspects of recovery. |
| No.
128 |
We
fare much better in recovery when we remember that we're
simply human--no more and no less. |
| No.
129 |
Taking
risks is risky business, but not taking risks is the
riskiest business of all. |
| No.
130 |
Clinical
depression responds to medication & therapy, but
optional depression follows the Rules for Depression. |
| No.
131 |
Once
we decide to live a happier, more fulfilling life, we can
bring that decision to fruition through simple action. |
| No.
132 |
Growing
chronologically older is mandatory; growing mentally old is
optional. |
| No.
133 |
Don't
let recovery scare you too much. |
| No.
134 |
We
are our choices. We are responsible for who we are, what we
do, and how we feel. |
Volume
2
(yr 2001) |
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| No.
201 |
Gratitude
is an attitude. It's a frame of mind available to us at any
and every point of our recovery. |
| No.
202 |
One
of the most popular prescriptions for unhappiness--things
must be different before I can be happy. |
| No.
203 |
We
are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act,
but a habit. --Aristotle |
| No.
204 |
Our
feelings can guide us into action (if we let them). |
| No.
205 |
Surrender
Into Freedom. |
| No.
206 |
God
is and always has been the God of our understanding. |
| No.
207 |
Codependency
does, indeed, mean something. |
| No.
208 |
Be
careful of your tricky mind. |
| No.
209 |
Recovery
is who you become within the context of your significant
relationships. |
| No.
210 |
The
genius of Bill W. and 12-step programs lies in the part of
Step 3 that states "...God as we understood Him." |
| No.
211 |
We
became ready to look honestly at the effects our disease had
on both ourselves and others. |
| No.
212 |
Look
not to the faults of others...Look rather to your own acts,
to what you have done and left undone. |
| No.
213 |
Our
character defects are our cherished teachers. They challenge
our assumptions and beliefs. |
| No.
214 |
We
admit the nature of our wrongs to God, to ourselves, and to
another human being, but do we really have to? |
| No.
215 |
"If
it ain't broke, don't fix it." --Anon.
"Better is the enemy of good." --Anon. |
| No.
216 |
Bob
Earle's classic "Eskimo" story (circa 1983). |
| No.
217 |
I
Listen, a recovery poem by Charles Roper. |
| No.
218 |
Finding
help when alcoholics and addicts return to old destructive
and hurtful behaviors and attitudes. |
| No.
219 |
This
is the true essence of recovery: We are not different from
the world. |
| No.
220 |
Recovery
from somewhat of an "eastern" perspective: You're
deep into spiritual recovery when... |
| No.
221 |
Members
of both spiritual and secular recovery groups seek the exact
same things. |
| No.
222 |
"We
SEEK spiritual progress rather than spiritual
perfection." |
| No.
223 |
We
all have within us the capacity to be happy and to suffer.
It all depends on which one our mind chooses to feed. |
| No.
224 |
Understanding
the nature of wisdom and grace is interesting, but it's not
important. |
