“Habit is habit and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time.” – Mark Twain (1835 – 1910) U.S., novelist/satirist on survival
Author: Bodhi Baba
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We can Rise from an “Unfeeling, Uncaring Oblivion” – Step 1
WE AVOID MOTTLED POTHOLES THAT CAN NEVER BE FILLED – “[O]ur best thinking and self-will are what brought us to a state of despair and incomprehensible demoralization.” “[B]ecause we had never really taken any action towards realizing our goals, we got loaded and searched for an unfeeling, uncaring oblivion.” (Life w/ Hope, p. 32)
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“The Love of Liberty is the Love of Others” – Trad. 1
“The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves.” – William Hazlitt (1778 – 1830) English
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Why Even President Lincoln was Brought to His Knees – Step 1
THE ILLUSION OF CONTROL CAN TAKE MANY FORMS – “When we tried to control ourselves, we wound up demoralized. Even when we succeeded, it wasn’t enough to make us happy. We hid from our pain by eating … .” (Overeaters Anon., p. 5)
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“The Art of Peace” A Defense against Feeling Defeated – Step 1
IT MIGHT TAKE UP TO 10 YEARS JUST TO MASTER THE BASIC PROGRAM –
“When our lives
seem to be falling apart,
we reapply ourselves to
the basics of the … program.
We stay in close contact with
our sponsor, work the steps,
and go to meetings. We sur-
render again, knowing that
victory lies in the ad-
mission of defeat.”
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How Powerlessness Makes Room for Grace – Step 1
HOW POWERLESSNESS MAKES ROOM FOR GRACE -“We are not cured … . What we really have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition.” (The Big Book, p. 85)
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Rebranding “PNP” to Get Ready for What Comes Next – Step 1
CUZ “PNP” (PROGRESS, NOT PERFECTION) GETS US WHERE WE NEED TO BE –
“The point is, that
we are willing to grow
along spiritual lines. The
principles we have set down
are guides to progress. We
claim spiritual progress ra
ther than spiritual per
fection.” (The Big
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This is the Perfect Type of Process for Complicated People – Step 1
AND A SIMPLER UNIVERSE WILL UNFOLD – “Our groups work as well as they do because they keep it simple, lest anything get in the way of carrying our message as simply and directly as possible, one addict to another.” (It Works. How & Why p. 139)
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Why Ours is the Most Progressive Movement Ever Conceived – Step 1
“In a country that was built on a protest.” “You say to protest is wrong because you spoke out of turn. Because you spoke up for people that were marginalized.” “You spoke up for people that we don’t want to care about. In a country built on people who speak out of turn, who spoke out of turn, who thought out of turn, to build a nation. I come from a long line of people who have resisted.”
– Rep. Justin J. Pearson on protest desire (1994 – ). Expelled from the Tennessee State House on 4/6/2023. The first since the Civil War.
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When You Simply Can’t Take It Anymore, Rise Up to say “Hands Off” and … -Step 1
“A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide, and whose opinion we can value at once for its justness and its sincerity.” – Robert Hall (1764 – 1831) British clergyman (on friendships w/ an addict)
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