Some Basics For Building A Spiritual Practice To Support Your Recovery – Guest Post

I'm excited for you to read this guest post from a fellow recovery writer, Rose Lockinger. Every piece of her writing that I have read has been an inspiration to me; I think it will be for you, too.  Enjoy! ~Jami When I first got sober I was so confused about spirituality and religion. Having …

Finding My Serenity

I just saw that it has been four months since I have posted here! I can't believe it. I don't have any excuses, nor have I decided to stop blogging. I guess life just gets in the way sometimes. It was a busy, but good, holiday season -- one of the best that I have …

Out with the old, in with the new

I love the feeling that comes along with the new year.  It's a feeling of being given a clean slate, an empty canvas, a fresh start.  I don't know why on January 1st it seems easier to let go of the past than any other month of the year, but it does.  For me, the past …

Came to believe…

Step Two of the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous says: "Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity." As I go through the steps again with my sponsor, I am currently working on step two.  This step asks us to consider two things:  1) trusting that there is something …

Making Prayer a Habit – Healthy Habit #1

February is here, so it is time for me to give you all an update on Healthy Habit #1 - Prayer.  As I wrote in my last post, I made a commitment to praying out loud each morning with my husband using our prayer beads.  My hope was that our daily prayer would become a …

Healthy Habit #1 – A Month of Prayer

In my last post I talked about starting new, healthy habits instead of making new year's resolutions that I knew I would not keep.  I realized that adding healthy habits into my life would take a change of perspective about the whole clean-slate, positive-change thinking that comes along every January 1st, because when it comes …

A year of joy and adversity

This was a big week for me.  It was Thanksgiving, and of course I have a lot to be thankful for.  However, the holidays have been really hard for me the last few years.  As many of you know, I have no contact with my family and that is really emotional for me when it …

Keeping the Faith

Today's AA meeting was much better than the one last week.  I wrote about the drama last week when an old-timer told a newcomer to shut the fuck up during his emotional share.  (Update:  I haven't seen that newcomer all week.  I hope that only means that he has chosen to go to different meetings …

Choices

Yesterday was quite a day.  The early morning went well, it seemed like a good start.  Then, on the way to work, everything hit the fan.  The details aren't really relevant, so I won't write about them.  Suffice it to say, there were a couple of hours that were pure chaos, drama, flashbacks to the …