At SA Lifeline, we have learned from our own experience the gifts of working the 12 Steps. We can see from our own stories the difference between the chaos of our lives before recovery, and the peace we feel as we work at putting God at our center through our 12 Step Work and Surrender.…
So yesterday evening, my daughter came running out frantically from her bedroom, “Mom! The toilet is flooding the bathroom!” I sighed and dropped the dishes I was doing and walked down the hall to check it out. To my surprise, there was literally an inch of water covering the floor of the kids’ bathroom, running…
This question has been on my mind a lot lately – “Why don’t I work the Steps?” Is working the Steps really that difficult? Does it take too much of my “precious” time? If my life were dependent on whether or not I worked the Steps of Recovery, would I work them? It’s easy to…
People who are well-versed in addiction recovery are familiar with the term “dailies.” For an addict, dailies include small actions they commit to on a daily basis to keep them on track for recovery and sobriety. These dailies might include Step Study, reaching out to a sponsor, or journaling. As the partner of an addict, I…
What does the “power of surrender” mean? Why is surrender an essential part of the addiction recovery process? Or is it? Most of us have heard of the concept of surrender as we’re going to meetings and trying to work the steps of recovery from addiction. But have you ever had this question: “What does surrender really mean?” Or…
Recovery is all about developing new attitudes. I didn’t come to recovery until I had reached a point where I was forced to admit that my old attitudes weren’t working. Although this was extremely painful, it ended up being my first blessing of the program. Keeping the focus on myself. This was a new concept;…