Dec 4, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “I came to the program because I felt unhappy, abandoned, and generally miserable.” BRB p. 413 “Before ACA, many of us were scared. We knew that if something didn’t change in our lives, we were likely to be emotionally or physically abused again, and we knew we…
Dec 3, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, we tried to carry this message to others who still suffer, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.”.” BRB p. 279 “When we first entered recovery, we may have wanted to tell everyone we…
Dec 2, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “No longer willing or able to suppress my feelings, they came up effusively and erratically.” BRB p. 409 “When we entered our first meetings, we may have felt numb. Then, as we kept coming back, suddenly it felt like a roller coaster, with feelings flying blindly around…
Dec 1, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “A more subtle and powerful undercurrent in our alcoholic or otherwise dysfunctional families was ever-present control, although the type of control may not have always seemed clear. Whether our houses resembled museums or they were well-cluttered, expressions of love may have been flowery and superficial and had strings…