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"Carve your name on hearts, not tombstones."

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"The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering."

Ben Okri LIVING CLEAN https://www.minds.com/group/1165910758624018432/feed

January 30, 2025 No Regrets for Being Kind Page 30 "We approach people with love and kindness, carrying within ourselves a deep and abiding respect for the feelings of others." It Works, Step Nine "I've never regretted being kind," the speaker stated. The rest of us in the...See more

January 30, 2025 Giving it away Page 30 "We must give freely and gratefully that which has been freely and gratefully given to us." Basic Text, p. 49 In recovery, we receive many gifts. Perhaps one of the greatest of these gifts is the spiritual awakening that begins when we...See more

January 29, 2025 The First Step--an action step Page 29 "Do we understand that we have no real control over drugs?" Basic Text, p. 18 At first, many of us may have thought the First Step required no action--we just surrender and go on to Step Two. But Step One does require...See more

January 28, 2025 Practicing Fidelity Page 28 "As we practice honesty, integrity, and fidelity, we no longer have to keep track of our stories or cover our tracks." Living Clean, Chapter 3, "A Spiritual Journey" While addiction puts a serious strain on our ability to maintain...See more

THE GUEST HOUSE This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they are a crowd of sorrows, who violently sweep your house empty...See more

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love. ~Lao Tzu

January 27, 2025 Learning how to live again Page 27 "We learn new ways to live. We are no longer limited to our old ideas." Basic Text, p. 56 We may or may not have been taught right from wrong and other basics of life as children. No matter, by the time we found recovery,...See more