What have gambolling lambs and blossoming bluebells to do with 12 Step Recovery?
What have gambolling lambs and blossoming bluebells to do with 12 Step Recovery? Well, it’s about being alive –neither can gambol nor blosso...
It takes only 4 hours to learn the 12 steps and a lifetime to practice them.
Through our own experience of working with others, many hopeless, suffering addicts lack the necessary power and time to "keep co...
Remember that alcohol is just a symptom of the bigger problem, and that true recovery only happens when we change who we are.
Perhaps one of the best descriptions of alcoholic behaviour that I have ever heard is “self-will run riot.” Those four words(or is it thr...
I always think how Bill W was so much like the philosopher and writer William James.
Both Bill and James were spiritual, though not necessarily deeply religious; they were also both pragmatic New Englanders. Bill...
Bill Wilson is on record for having found a solution in 1960 for treating anxiety and depression
Bill Wilson is on record for having found a solution in 1960 for treating anxiety and depression using vitamin B-3 therapy and worked tirel...
Understand the inherently peaceful presence of Awareness the art of Living in the NOW
Understand the inherently peaceful presence of Awareness the art of Living in the NOW, and see that this peace is not dependent upon the co...
The addicted brain is distinctly different from the nonaddicted brain, as manifested by changes in brain metabolic activity, receptor availability, gene expression, and responsiveness to environmental cues
There are many biological factors that are involved with the addicted brain. "The addicted brain is distinctly different from the n...
Bill Wilson is on record for having found a solution in 1960 for treating anxiety and depression using vitamin B-3 therapy and worked tirelessly for eleven years begging for its inclusion into A.A. recovery circles.
The Serotonin Support Group (SSG) Is a mutual support group for people who suffer from low Serotonin levels, wishing to participate in a s...
The results strongly suggest that the mechanism of depression after alcohol drinking may be related to serotonin.
We examined tryptophan and serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine) levels in the blood after consumption of alcohol. Forty-five minutes after drinki...
The important thing with serotonin, is to keep it at steady levels.
The important thing with serotonin, is to keep it at steady levels. The medicines that raise the level of serotonin in the brain do so by sl...
Emotional eating is when people use food as a way to deal with feelings instead of to satisfy hunger.
Emotional eating is when people use food as a way to deal with feelings instead of to satisfy hunger. We've all been there, finishing...
ARE YOU ADDICTED TO BUSYNESS ARE YOU A SOCIAL MEDIA ADDICT
ARE YOU ADDICTED TO BUSYNESS ARE YOU A SOCIAL MEDIA ADDICT You may be lost in the addiction to busyness if… Your usual response to “how are ...
The joy of life for my Spanish Rainbow
The joy of life is living it and doing things of worth, In making bright and fruitful the entire desert spots of earth. In facing odds and ...
: People don't really want to grow up, people don't really want to change, people don't really want to be happy
Do you think I am going to help anybody? No! Oh, no, no, no, no, no! Don't expect me to be of help to anyone. Nor do I expect to damage ...
The Four Steps To Spiritual Wisdom
The first thing you need to do is get in touch with negative feelings that you're not even aware of. Lots of people have negative feelin...
And where is this heaven
To a disciple who was obsessed with the thought of life after death, the Master said, "Why waste a single moment thinking of the hereaf...
more important than "asking for" things and "getting for" things and "getting" things.
Celebration and praise, loving attention to the presence of God, become more important than "asking for" things and "gettin...
the long, slow, boring and often painful route
When it comes to our development, when it comes to real change, the long, slow, boring and often painful route is quite reliably, the most ...
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world.
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."...
Rule of Life is an intentional pattern of spiritual disciplines that provides structure and direction for growth
English: Icon of Jesus Christ (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Rule of Life is an intentional pattern of spiritual disciplines that provides...
Practicing a Rule of Life with others moves us against the grain of our individualistic culture.
Practicing a Rule of Life with others moves us against the grain of our individualistic culture. However, I believe that a Rule should grow ...
To live in communion, in genuine dialogue with others is absolutely necessary if man is to remain human.
To live in communion, in genuine dialogue with others is absolutely necessary if man is to remain human.
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