Cicero
People in recovery will know that abstinence from addictive substances is only the beginning of recovery. The writings of the various 12-Step Fellowships is full of spiritually sound ideas and goals.
These Six Mistakes of Man are, to me, similar in principle to the Serenity Prayer and the Prayer of St Francis of Assisi.
Marcus Cicero was a prominent philosopher who was born in 106 BC. He was a statesman, poet, orator and a philosopher all combined into one.
I think he had a tendency to hit the nail on the head with his philosophical writings. Here are what he thought were “The six mistakes of Man”:

The delusion that personal gain (emotional, sexual or financial) is made by crushing others.
The tendency to worry about things that cannot be changed or corrected.
Insisting that a …

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Meditating
Mindfulness for Recovery
Mindfulness is a form of self-awareness training adapted from Buddhist mindfulness meditation. It has been adapted for use in treatment of depression, especially preventing relapse and for assisting with mood regulation.
Mindfulness has been described as a state of being in the present, accepting things for what they are, i.e. non-judgementally. It was originally developed to assist with mood regulation and relapse prevention in depression and has been found to have considerable health benefits.
These exercises are designed to introduce the principles and can be used by anyone recovering from a mood altering disease such as alcoholism, compulsive gambling, food problems, addiction, codependency or adult children of alcoholics..

If you let cloudy water s…

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Recovery Self-awareness

AA is the guide to my Higher Power
Recovery gives many benefits such as those related in the 12 promises of recovery. Each and every member of any 12 Step Fellowship has things they value.
One day I began to think about what I liked about recovery. I excluded the 12 Steps, Traditions and Promises and came up with a simply worded list.
This was my list on that day.
12 Things I like about recovery

No more domestic violence
No fear of the police
Economic stability
Better libido and sexual enjoyment
A Higher Power that helps me in all of life
Better relationships with family
Wake up without a hangover – every day
A Fellowship that is my second family
Clear, rational thinking
No deep, crippling depression
No chronic, hurtful anger or resentments
I can laugh at myself.

That was couple of…

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Large Print
Since 1954, Twenty-Four Hours a Day has become a stable force in the recovery of many alcoholics throughout the world. With over six and a half million copies in print (the original text has been revised), this “little black book” offers daily thoughts, meditations, and prayers for living a clean and sober life.
A spiritual resource with practical applications to fit our daily lives.
“For yesterday is but a dream, and tomorrow is only a vision” is part of the Sanskrit proverb quoted at the beginning of the book which has become one of the basic building blocks for a life of sobriety.
In addition to a thought, meditation and prayer for each day of the year, this handy, pocket-sized volume also contains the Serenity Prayer and the 12 Steps and 12 Tradit…

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One kiss at a time
People in various 12-step Fellowships are often proponents of an unassuming acronym known as K.I.S.S. (Keep It Simple, Sweetheart).
Others are impressed at just how easily and how well problems get handled when we deal with them one at a time.
In our increasingly technical world, we’re surrounded by examples but don’t always recognize them: Nuclear energy (which is the most complicated, dangerous, and expensive way of boiling water yet devised), jet propulsion (which really is rocket science, but simple enough if you take it one step at a time), computer systems design (a mind-bogglingly-complex substitute for thinking built entirely of ones and zeros), even getting sober (let me count the ways not to).
Maybe that’s why it’s so easy to get lost in…

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Kiss