April 23, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader ”Many older members will speak of finding their grief by working the Twelve Steps or by sitting alone quietly and feeling the feelings that arise.” BRB p. 200 “Older members with years of experience attending meetings, sharing, fellow traveling, and giving service from a space of love…
April 22, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “Recovery takes patience and persistence. We are naturally impatient to reach the end without delay and skip the hard work of the program.” BRB p. xxx “Whenever we think we should be doing more in recovery, doing better, or going faster, it could be our disease talking…
April 21, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “One purpose of Step Two is to introduce the idea of keeping an open mind on the possibility of a Higher Power who can restore sanity.” BRB p.107 “For many of us, the wounds are deep when it comes to trusting anyone, especially a Higher Power that…
April 20, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “The critical inner voice is that part of us that judges others and ourselves harshly.” BRB p.337 “As children in dysfunctional homes, many of us took on difficult family responsibilities that should not have been our burdens to carry. We were then criticized for not doing things…