The Day when Friend and Foe Took a Knee to End the Enmity that Divides – Step 3
Question ::: When is the last time you’ve felt a loss of control and as Lincoln says, “driven” to your knees to pray?
Stopping “The Great Persuader” from Distorting the Truth Within – Step 2
THE INSIDE JOB –
“Denial of the
truth leads to de-
struction. Only an hon-
est admission to ourselves
of the reality of our condi-
tion can save us from
our destructive eat-
ing.” (Overeaters
Anon., 12 &
12, p. 6)
Why Faith & Trust Go Hand in Hand – Step 2
BELIEVING IN FAITH & TRUST GO HAND IN HAND –
“Burn the idea into the consciousness of every man that he can get well regardless of anyone. The only condition is that he trust in God and clean house.” (The Big Book, p.98)
The Vast Richness of the Universe Unfurls as Sanity Restores Our Breath – Step 2 begins
“Sanity often means
that we don’t act on our
first impulse. We begin to
make choices that help us
rather than harm us.” “By be-
ing open minded, we’ve opened
ourselves to new ideas. We’ve
stepped away from the prob-
lem and toward a spiritual
solution.” (How Al Anon
Works, p. 47)
“Sometimes
incompetence is
useful. It helps you
keep an open
mind.
Roberto Cavalli (1940 – ) Italian inventor / fashion designer
How have you been open to seeking spiritual solutions, lately?
Roberto Cavalli Brief Bio (5:59 )
The Key to Being how We are Meant to Be, i.e., “Happy, Joyous and Free” – Step 1
“And in the sweet-
ness of friendship let
there be laughter and the
sharing of pleasures. For in
the dew of little things the
heart finds its morning
and is refreshed.”
– Khalil Gibran (1883 – 1931) Lebanese-American, world-renown poet
How Self-will Snowballs into a Conflagration of Pain, not Glory – Step 1
OTHERWISE, SELF-WILL ENDS & COMPULSION BEGINS –
“Like self-starvation
with food or compul-
sive debting or hoard-
ing with money, depriva-
tion with sex can make
one feel powerful and
defended against all
hurts.” (Sexual Anor-
exia, p. 1)
Finding Happiness and Peace in the Face of Utter Uncertainty and Dread – Step 1
“By bringing about a change in our outlook toward things and events, all phenomena can become sources of happiness.” – Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama (1935 – ) On being happy
The Reasons Why You may Feel You’re Paying Too High a Price for Recovery – Step 1
“Wisdom is nothing more than healed pain.” – Paulo Coelho (1947 – ) Brazilian novelist/lyricist on paying the price
Revealing Secrets from the “First Chapter in the Book of Wisdom” – Step 1
“Honesty is
the first chapter
of the book of wisdom.”
– Thomas Jefferson (1743 – 1826) U.S. President
How Admitting Personal Powerlessness is an Admission that We can’t Control Everything – Step 1
“This is the bitterest pain among men [and women], to have much knowledge but no power.” Herodotus (484 BC – 425 BC) Greek, Historian