Here's what I've learned from practicing living with disapproval: For starters, disapproval from someone is a great time to self-exa...

When I was very young I was horribly shy and thought I was a very unlikeable person. So, of course, I was backward. Once I was in recovery...

Today was a good day for progress. Although I've spent the last couple of days resting my back without checking much off my todo /self-d...

This is me when I've finished my "todolist!" Only once in my life have I ever finished a list and I had to stay up almost 24 ...

I think this is going to be the year I'm able to walk without support. I'm still doing physical therapy and working on discarding ...

I've missed quite a few meetings this week. My wellbeing actually shows it. Physically I haven't been up to par and have used that...

Change/self discipline or anything else related is difficult, or nearly impossible for me. I am a truly undisciplined person. So I am in a...

"Self-discipline is like a muscle. The more you train it, the stronger you become. The less you train it, the weaker you become. Just a...

I'm continuing the experiment of going to a meeting every day through the month of February. I legitimately missed three meetings due t...

If we waste time and energy talking about past injustices or old mistakes, we are unwittingly calling them back into our lives. We are bring...

"Self-discipline is the ability to get yourself to take action regardless of your emotional state. " Steve Pavlina I just found a ...

I wonder why the Serenity Prayer says, "courage to change the things I can." Just today I started wondering about it. Hmmm. I...

I'm allowing days off from meetings when I think I need "rest" - which really means I'm checking out -retreating - allowin...

The idea of turning our lives and our will over to the care of God is a very revolutionary thing to do. We are being told, "Let go of y...

Someone told me that a way to recognize one's character defects was to listen carefully to what people tell you about yourself. If one p...

We have a new president. It gave me joy to see the joyful, hopeful faces of the millions who came to bear witness. My hope is that unlike ...

I stole this image from another recovering blogger's site. It's what I get from meetings. I'm always incredibly grateful when I ...

Missed Monday. Was just not able to get myself to head for the meeting I'd chosen. I was very tired so rested instead. Tuesday I got ...

Serenity experiment update: Meeting at noon yesterday was about the effects of an environment where addictions rule. Reminded me again of ...

When I first came into a 12 step program, I had a sponsor that suggested I treat using the tools of the program as experiments - in other wo...