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…
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…
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…
Feb 2 from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader In childhood our identity is formed by the reflection we see in the eyes of the people around us.” BRB p. 84 “Who were our mirrors? It was the people who told us in words and actions how unwanted, bothersome, or stupid we were. We tried to…