Author: brian coates

TRADITION FIVE

TRADITION FIVE

May 30, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “When carrying the ACA message, we stick to our story and to the principles of recovery. We don’t proselytize, bully, evangelize, or manipulate the person we are attempting to help.” BRB p. 516 “The focus of a single purpose guarantees that we are never going to be…

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AWAKENING SPIRIT

AWAKENING SPIRIT

May 29, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “In ACA we carry the awakening of the spirit down to the deepest level where the Inner Child is paralyzed by fear.” BRB p. 360 “When we attended our first ACA meeting, the Twelve Step language may have intimidated us. What the heck were these people talking…

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SINCERE EFFORT

SINCERE EFFORT

May 28, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “Each of us must make a sincere effort to make progress in the program whether working on one or many compulsions or addictions.” BRB p. 51 Many of us have the tendency to make things a lot more complicated than they need to be. But we’ve all…

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SELF-FORGIVENESS

SELF-FORGIVENESS

May 27, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “Self-forgiveness is an elusive concept for adult children. We ask that the adult child keep an open mind and consider that God has already forgiven the person.” BRB p. 113 “Forgiving others was tough enough, but for some of us, forgiving ourselves seemed a monumental task. We…

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