The purpose of my blog, my writing, my mission, in fact, is to bring recovery to people who may feel it is not relevant to their lives, but are searching for a missing piece nonetheless. I have been writing it now for almost a year, and am passionate about what the steps and principles can … Continue reading The wide world 🌍
The last several days have been hectic, and I have felt like I haven’t had the time and space to sit a spell and write out what has been passing through on my recovery journey. I am pretty convicted about it too. But I must also remember this is a grace-filled walk and that grace … Continue reading Recovery and the chicken
Spent some time today studying step 10, where we are directed to take a daily inventory, and to keep our side of the street clean. This is often called one of the maintenance steps of recovery. Here we act with vigilance to keep things cleaned up. Because this is not a “one and done” program. … Continue reading The Daily 10
Well, we all get to a point in our path, where, after climbing a long section, we lean or sit for a moment and catch our breath. That is what it seems like I’ve been doing lately. I have been trying walk out some particularly rough spots in my recovery, and in doing so, have … Continue reading Pressing On
Life is very interesting. It’s kind of like dance lessons. You have the steps down and you are counting them out, get a rhythm going and then the music changes, or you get a cramp in your foot. Our recoveries are that way, too. Sometimes we think we have a good step progression in place, … Continue reading Through, not over.
One thing our recoveries must include to have any chance of being effective is honesty. I have been trying to rationalize my way out of being honest with someone about a situation that hurt me deeply. Sometimes, when we are hurt, we try to do anything and everything to run away from the pain. Or … Continue reading To get unstuck
Well, the migraine is lifting, like a heavy fog, and I am once again wandering about in the land of the living. I can operate in a migraine haze, but it tends to look a bit like someone who just woke up after a trans-Atlantic flight with jet lag and the flu. I don’t make … Continue reading Stepping out of the haze…
My life can tend to get a little hectic. Not because I am that busy, but because I am not the best at planning. I will end up with several hours of "open space” and try to pull in folks to do something, but everyone else seems to be more organized and planned-out that I … Continue reading Digging deeper on the 4th
Wow. You know, I’ve been in a committed relationship for a long time, over 20 years. And before that, I was married for over 7 years. In fact, I have spent most of my adult life in a committed relationship. Mostly because it just happened that way; God allowed it to be arranged and I … Continue reading Collapse and restoration
We all know our world to be imperfect. It was perfectly created, as were we in the beginning. Adam and Eve, the first humans had it made in the shade of Eden, they lacked no good thing and lived in perfect fellowship with God and each other. But choice to continue in that way or … Continue reading Perfect Imperfection
