Feb 10 from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “We thought we had forgotten these dreams, but our Inner Child remembers.” BRB p. 430 “As children we had an innocent wish to be heard, held, and protected. But in most of our homes, that didn’t happen. When we spoke, it was usually the beginning of trouble.…
Feb 9 from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “Authority figures scare us and we feel afraid when we need to talk to them.” BRB p. 417 “As children we may have been terrified to voice a thought about anything to the authority figures in our lives. We learned to keep quiet because we usually didn’t…
Feb 8 from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader We often lost our creativity, our flexibility, and our sense of humor.” BRB p. 333 “I always keep my sense of humor tucked in my hip pocket – available at all times,” the old man said. “Where do you keep yours?” When we first walk into ACA…
Feb 7 from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “In ACA, we learn to let go of control in stages. Our parachute is the Twelve Steps and a Higher Power of our understanding.” BRB p. 40 While growing up, we may have felt controlled by our parents and the palpable dysfunction that surrounded us. As a…