Author: brian coates

RELATIONSHIPS

RELATIONSHIPS

Oct 20, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “Adult children intuitively link up with other adult children in relationships and social settings.” BRB p.13 “No matter how much we told ourselves that we wouldn’t repeat the patterns of our parents, most of us reached adulthood and found ourselves inevitably attracted to others who came from…

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EFFORT

EFFORT

Oct 19, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “Recovery takes effort.” BRBp.50 A Higher Power provides food for all the birds on earth but doesn’t put it in their mouths. “It would be nice to just sit in the rooms of recovery and let the program sink in by osmosis without having to work at…

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CHANGING INSIDE

CHANGING INSIDE

Oct 17, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “As we greet co-workers or friends, we feel that we are changing inside. We begin to recognize a power inside we had not known before.” BRB p. 273 “Regularly taking a quiet time helps us to grow up emotionally and spiritually. How we take it depends on…

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SELF-LOVE

SELF-LOVE

Oct 16, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “I lived my life in an endless cycle of harmful relationships, lost jobs, and lost friends. I could never be a friend, actually. I stopped getting into relationships to stop the pain. I had no choice. I was compulsive and getting more out of control with each…

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