Voices of Recovery
June 28
By practicing the principle of surrender, we can trust that God’s guidance, as expressed in our group conscience, will take us right where we need to be….
June 29
We find now that we have to take the First Step daily in order to keep current or centered….
July 2
If you think you are beating the system, you misunderstand the nature of the system. It is not in the nature of systems to be beaten….
July 3
At this point in our program, we are simply willing to move forward. We decide to make a commitment to recovery, and to our spiritual growth….
July 6
In Step Three we listened closely for the still, quiet voice of our Higher Power, and learned to distinguish it from the din of our ego or the voice of our internal self-critic….
July 7
The middle circle can be seen as a safety net, allowing us to walk the tightrope of abstinence without having to fear that a false step would necessarily be disastrous….
July 8
To work this step, we only need to be open-minded enough to try something new. For most of us, coming to believe is a gradual process. We don’t need to believe in any particular concept of a Higher Power in order to begin….