Twelve Step Reflections

Addiction Recovery, Healing, and Prevention - Notes from Nannette

The Long Way Home

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Preface Recovery is about acknowledging, coming to believe, learning to trust, remembering, thinking through, seeking perspective, taking time to review, becoming willing to let go, gathering courage to do hard things, growing in our ability to live by revelation, serving our fellows–and all this ... Read More

The Keepsake Catastrophe – Step 12 Practice these principles in all you do

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I’m not a big keeper when it comes to most things, but I have absolutely no judgment when it comes to photos of my children and the paper treasures they’ve generated over a family lifetime. Anything that reminds me of how much I treasure them is a treasure to me—photos, programs, certificates, ... Read More

Point of Choice – Step 11 Personal Revelation

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I want to wake up early and spend time with the Lord before I spend the day with His siblings.  I’ve struggled with this desire my whole adult life.  I like the idea of “early up” when I’m “up,” but many a morning I battle against “early up” ‘because I’m “down” snuggled in my covers.  This morning ... Read More

Heart-deep Recovery Lesson 3: Plavix or Me on Plavix! (Part Four of Four)

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One of the biggest frustrations of my aftercare is all the medication I have to take. I now have one of those pill containers marked with the days of the week to help me keep the whole thing sorted out, the kind of thing peoples’ grandparents use. Imagine that! The prescriptions that seem to make ... Read More

Heart-deep Recovery Lesson 2: Who’s to Blame? (Part Three of Four)

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“You’d be surprised how many people have heart attacks with a snow shovel in their hands,” I heard over and over from the hospital personnel. “That’s it!” I thought. “Let’s blame the sledge hammer and the pickax.” It’s the most “natural man” thing in the world to search for something or someone to ... Read More

Heart-deep Recovery Lesson 1: Who Me? No Way! (Part Two of Four)

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“But I have such a healthy life style today!” I announced to the cardiologist as I lay in bed breathing from an oxygen tube. “I exercise and eat right! I’ll have you know I’ve lost 97 lbs!” “Past sins and heredity,” he responded with a grim smile. Years ago I remember sitting in a hospital waiting ... Read More

Potato Peels Are Just The Beginning – Steps 4-10

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Who knew a few potato trimmings could cause such trauma in the kitchen! The day of rest turned into the day of the big mess with just a flick of the disposal switch. With chicken gravy on the stove and the taters my daughter had cleaned and seasoned baking in the oven, Sunday dinner looked like it ... Read More