Twelve Step Reflections

Addiction Recovery, Healing, and Prevention - Notes from Nannette

So What’s So Merry About Christmas?

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Merry Christmas everyone! Isn't that the sincere wish on our lips and in our hearts at this time of year for everyone we know? We say it, we write it, we sing it. I thought I might look up the definition of the word "merry" to see just what it is I am hoping for each of you (and frankly for me too). ... Read More

Struggling? Don’t Abandon Your Resolution—Check Your Motivation!

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I can do this!  Do it for the clothes—the skinny jeans, the juniors section of Kohls, shopping on the right side of the Dress Barn.  Do it for the concerned people in my life—my husband, my mother, my kids…think of the kids.  Then there’s my doctor. I could do it for him, for my heart, my knees, my ... Read More

In the Nest or Not—It’s All Part of the Plan

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Speaking of birds—outside our kitchen window is a big old apple tree.  In that tree hangs a large bird house.  It was a father and son project years ago.  It’s been mended many times by the father part of the team.  Last year it blew apart in the wind.  This year my husband cleaned out past nesting ... Read More

What’s In My Monkey Trap?

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Yes! The Monkey Trap analogy! I love this “attention” getter. There’s a little attention getter like this at the beginning of every Gospel Doctrine lesson.  They’re all good, but this one I really understand.  I get it, maybe because it involves food. The instructions to the teacher are to make a ... Read More

The Holiday Miracle We Pray For That We Will Not Be Given

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Holidays and food—they just go together.  This though comes to mind every time I’m invited to a holiday celebration that involves lots of food—and don’t they all?  It’s called “Michael’s Thanksgiving Day Prayer” but it might just as well be called “Everyone’s Christmas Prayer,” or “The Holiday ... Read More

“Michael’s Thanksgiving Day Prayer” – Abstinence

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It was finally pie time. So many pies! So many flavors! So many decisions! Pie with whip cream? Pie with ice cream? “Maybe just a little of both,” I heard someone say. The turkey and rolls started to make their way back out onto on counter, something to balance out all that pie I suppose. “Hey, who ... Read More