Author: brian coates

TRAIT TWO

TRAIT TWO

Feb 6 from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader We became approval seekers and lost our identity in the process.”  BRB p. 11 “Yes, Sir! Anything you want, Sir! Whatever I can do, sir. “Maybe if I do the dishes faster, Mom won’t drink so much this weekend.” “I’ll keep the little kids quieter, and then…

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RECOVERY MESSAGE

RECOVERY MESSAGE

Feb 5 from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “Hearing the message of recovery and hope from someone else fans the dim spark of aliveness we keep buried inside.” BRB p.359 When we got to recovery we may have been a mess. We may not have even known it then, but many of us were broken…

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SPIRITUAL BYPASS

SPIRITUAL BYPASS

Feb 4 from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader A spiritual bypass means that the person is attempting to avoid the pain that can come with working through the trauma and neglect from childhood. In some cases, the person attempts to jump ahead in the recovery process without going through the entire process. This path invariably…

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STEP TWO

STEP TWO

Feb 3 from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.” BRB p. 130 “When we heard “restore us to sanity,” some of us tried to remember when we had ever even felt sane. We had lived obsessed with control and were addicted to…

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