Archives for May 2010

It’s really helpful to re-read these entries. I’m grateful I’m writing in my journal and sharing my thoughts, feelings, and concerns. I feel my callings have been great opportunities to come to know myself and others. But I don’t have to have a calling necessarily to reach out to others. This evening at group I […]

I’ve got off to a good start today and have been reviewing my questions and answers from Step 6. Here’s the first one: It’s good to review these questions and my answers. I feel I’m in the same boat today as I was when I answered these questions – CONSISTENCY is the key. Where I […]

Well, one thing that completely slipped my mind this morning was my meeting with Jason. Last week I had been sick so we met over the phone. And this week I haven’t been as consistent as I want to be with calling every day. No EXCUSES THOUGH – I MUST BE CONSISTENT in the LITTLE […]

It was a pretty good weekend. I had the chance to talk with Jason about my challenges. I found being in a different environment, one where I was actively participating in my addiction at the time, was a bit challenging. Some of the reasons I feel it was challenging: Lots of resentments toward family members […]

My beloved brethren, after ye have gotten into this strait and narrow path, I would ask if all is done? Behold, I say unto you, Nay; for ye have not come thus far save it were by the word of Christ with unshaken faith in him, relying wholly upon the merits of him who is […]

Ye are little children and ye cannot bear all things now; ye must grow in grace and in the knowledge of the truth. Fear not, little children, for you are mine, and I have overcome the world, . . .And none of them that my Father hath given me shall be lost” (D&C 50:40–42). Sometimes […]

What have you learned about the Savior that has helped or influenced your desire or ability to change your behavior? One of the greatest things I’ve learned about the Savior through this program is that He’s there waiting to help if I’m willing to submit my will to Him and ask. I’ve learned that prayer […]

No matter what the source of difficulty and no matter how you begin to obtain relief—through a qualified professional therapist, doctor, priesthood leader, friend, concerned parent, or loved one— no matter how you begin, those solutions will never provide a complete answer. The final healing comes through faith in Jesus Christ and His teachings, with […]

The natural man is an enemy to God, and has been from the fall of Adam, and will be, forever and ever, unless he yields to the enticings of the Holy Spirit, and putteth off the natural man and becometh a saint through the atonement of Christ the Lord, and becometh as a child, submissive, […]