MAKING AN HONEST ADMISSION - "When we first begin to practice these principles, they may seem very unnatural to us." "Even though we are admitting  our  addiction, we may  still  wonder if this program will real- ly work."  (It Works, How & Why,  p. 7) the first chap- ter of the book of wisdom." - Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826) 3rd US President   Surrender - Billy Talent (4:07) Story of "The Jaywalker" from the Big Book (1:30) Inner Truth and Honest Admission Guided Meditation (6:31)   What honest admission have you felt the need to make, lately?   https://www.youtube.com/v/H64wbGRjT_g…

"Change, even wonderful, positive change, almost always involves some grief for the old ways of life we are letting go, even if  that way of life kept us miserable." (Al Anon Works, How & Why, p. 88)  "If You Wanna Make The World  A Better Place,Take A Look At Yourself And Then Make The Change. Where have you demonstrated the willingness for change in your life, lately?   Man in the Mirror (Micheal Jackson) (5:02) How to Make the Secret Work for YOU (7:21) Aakhan Jor by Kaur - the Great Surrender Meditation (7:25)   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PivWY9wn5ps   Self-Portrait in a…

"But does trust require that we be blind to other people's motives or, indeed, to our own? Not at all; this would be folly. Most certainly, we should assess the capacity for harm as well as the capability for good in every person that we would trust." (12 & 12, p. 52) "Love all, trust a few. Do wrong to none." - William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), English "All's Well That Ends Well", Act 1 Scene 1   How have you dealt with issues of lost trust, lately?   Trust (Keyshia Cole, ft. Monica (4:27) Shakespeare Brief Bio (3:22) Cultivating Trust…

"Addiction is a family disease, but we could only change ourselves." (IP No. 13, Youth and Recovery)With Twins "It's easier to put on slippers than to carpet the whole world."- Al Franken (1951 - ) U.S. Senator / satirist   What type of self-care have you practiced lately, when the going gets tough?   P!nk - Family Portrait (3:50) Sunset Over the Ocean Mediation LP (22:01)    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjciQMz_irU   The story of the Twins   an African folktale   A long time ago at the village of Serki, a woman gave birth to twins - both boys. They were very nice children.…

"We are only operating a spiritual kindergarten in which people are enabled to get over drinking and find the grace to go on living to better effect." (As Bill Sees It, p. 95)  "The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned." - Maya Angelou (1928 - 2014) U.S. poet laureate   Where have you felt at home, lately,  and felt spiritually recharged, whether in a meeting or someplace else that warms your heart?   Maya Angelou Brief Bio (4:17) Coming Home Diddy feat. Skylar Grey  (3:55) Karunesh…

"Before we admitted the truth about our addiction, we knew only the darkness of denial. But when we surrendered  ... a ray of light broke through the darkness, beginning our spiritual awakening." (It Works, How & Why, p. 83)   Try and describe one of your own "ray of light" moments out of the darkness of your spiritual awakening?   Whispering Wind - Moby (6:06)  *Pale Blue Dot - Carl Sagan (4:00)   Ambient Flow in the Darkness of the Universe Meditation (9:50) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Lm6pEhykhs   We grow accustomed to the Dark - Emily Dickinson We grow accustomed to the Dark…