Author: brian coates

Me and my Sponsor

Me and my Sponsor

11/05/18 Talked about what triggered me last week and talked about some things I experienced during the week.  My sponsor pointed out some of what I may have experienced may have to do with my self-confessed control issues.  I had to stop and examine that.  I am still sitting with it.  The dilemma I have…

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SERENITY

SERENITY

Nov 11, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader What is this strange entity called serenity? How will we know if we have it? What will it feel like? Will we be different somehow? Is it something to strive for or is it an illusion? Maybe it’s easier to say what serenity isn’t. It isn’t waking…

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11/8/18 Musing of the day: The journey of blogging has already been so helpful and revealing.  I have had many friends reach out with their own journeys, very similar to mine, and want to talk about them.  Since the beginning of this recovery process I have recognized that we do not know each other like…

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CHOICES

CHOICES

Nov 10, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader  “We are changing. We are beginning to see that we have choices.” BRB p. 578 “Many of us used to think that making important choices wasreserved for those who knew what they were doing, but that wasn’t us. We almostfainted at the prospect of trusting our own…

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