Dec 27, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “While grief can be perceptible through writing and talking about our memories, some grief is not always visible.” BRB p. 200 ACA encourages us to journal and share our story to help with our grieving process. While some of us use only these tools, there are thankfully…
Dec 26, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “We realize that we are practicing the concept of self-forgiveness when we hear ourselves talking about being gentle with ourselves.” BRB p. 113 “Being gentle with ourselves is not second nature to us. Few of us had good role models in that respect. As a result, we…
Dec 25, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader We can find serenity in ACA BRB p. 442 We may not have experienced what we think of as serenity – we see it as something other people have, not us. We may not even know what serenity is, let alone where to look for it. What…
Dec 24, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “This is a description, not an indictment.” BRB p. 589 Even though it says in The Problem that it’s not an indictment, it may still feel that way at first. Many of us felt locked forever in continually repeated patterns of family dysfunction. But in spite of…