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    Envy

    By Phillip | January 22, 2023 | | 0 Comments

    Envy is another one of the Seven Deadly Sins that causes a lot of grief for alcoholic/addicts.  We squander time and energy obsessing over the possessions of others.  We also do this same thing with things we think we should have.  We don’t stop to realize that maybe that person with the big house that

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    Department of Children & Family Service Cases

    By Phillip | January 19, 2023 | | 0 Comments

    People coming into the DCFS system who had had their children removed from their home are rightfully bewildered and confused.  Even in justifiable cases of removal it is still a traumatic event.  Removal of the children is necessary at times to protect their wellbeing.  At other times the removal can be an error on the

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    Step 5

    By Phillip | December 27, 2022 | | 0 Comments

    Step 5 reads as follows “Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.”  This is where we share our written inventory with our sponsor or a closed mouth friend.  Some people may want to share their inventory with someone in the clergy.  The point is to share

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    Waiting

    By Phillip | December 25, 2022 | | 0 Comments

    One of the most challenging things for an alcoholic/addict to do is to wait for something.  We want things immediately and in the moment.  This can be waiting for something to happen, waiting for something to change or just plain waiting for anything.  Most of us have poor impulse control and we expect things to

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    Resentment

    By Phillip | December 23, 2022 | | 0 Comments

    According to the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous (pg.66) resentment is the number one offender for the alcoholic.  Resentment comes from a Latin word “resentire” which means to “re-feel.”  Surely resentment is an act of re-feeling past hurts and slights.  For the alcoholic these resentments can be “fancied or real.”  We can resent something that

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    Step 10

    By Phillip | December 20, 2022 | | 0 Comments

    Step 10 directs us to continue to take personal inventory and when wrong to properly admit it. The goal here is to rid ourselves of negativity quickly which could turn into resentment. We don’t want to end up with a long list again of persons we need to make amends to. Step 10 could be

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    Step 11

    By Phillip | December 15, 2022 | | 0 Comments

      Step 11 goes as follows: Sought through prayer and meditation to improve out conscious contact with God as we understood him, praying only for the knowledge of his will for us and the power to carry that out.  Let’s break this step down.  First of all, it assumes that we have incorporated a period

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    Step 12

    By Phillip | December 10, 2022 | | 0 Comments

    Step 12 reads as follows: Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all of our affairs.  This step assumes that we have taken steps 1-11 already. The result of these first 11 steps is a spiritual awakening. 

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    Creative Minds

    By Phillip | December 5, 2022 | | 0 Comments

    There is a story in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous where a man thought he could have a drink of whiskey and milk!  Surely this would be a sensible combination.  Another woman who was pregnant thought that she could drink Kalua and vodka.  We come up with all sorts of creative ideas when it

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    Mental Defense

    By Phillip | December 1, 2022 | | 0 Comments

      The Big Book states that we have no mental defense against the first drink (pg,41).  That defense must come from a Higher Power. I know for myself that I would do anything to keep the supply of drinks coming to me.  Actually, I never really tried to control and enjoy my drinking.  I tried

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