Last night I talked with my sponsor for the first time. He’s from Kansas City and the conversation went well. I’ll admit, I’m a bit nervous about being able to keep the commitment of communication two times a day for 90 days straight, but I believe this is important for my recovery and I’m willing […]
Archives for November 2014
Choosing Good Media
Today is a new day. I’m so glad Becky is back and that we can work together to help our kids. Tomorrow I meet with Gordon. I’m glad that I got the Control Assignments done. One other assignment I want to work on is the “Creating Your Future Picture Statement”. I’ll work on that today, […]
Working with a Sponsor
Well, today or tomorrow may be day one of my 90 day challenge to work with a sponsor. I submitted my application at ARPSupport.org and get an email back last night. It was very straight forward. This is what it said: Nate, We are glad to get your request for a Support Person (Sponsor) and […]
Getting a Sponsor
Today is a new day. I was happy to go to the meeting last night, listen to the experiences of the guys in the group and share my thoughts on Step 5. Confession is a vital part of my recovery, both the big confession after Step 4 and ongoing confession in Step 10. These are […]
A Review of Yesterday and Today
I want to start my journal entry today by trying to review feelings, emotions, and where I’m at. 11.12.14 Today has been a decent day: I woke up early, played basketball Came back, intended to study, and had a client have questions about monthly fees I got that taken care of Sort of helped kids […]
How I Can Help Eliminate Contention in the Home
Contention – this is something that was prevalent when I was fully engaged in addictive actions. What is contention? What causes it? Why does Satan want us to have contention in our home? Why did the Savior warn about contention when he visited the people of Nephi? What are things I can do to help […]
What is Pornography & How Can I Help my Kids
Today has been a tough day – a try on my patience: I tried to upgrade my computer last night to the new operating system and, like the last time I tried to do this, my computer froze. When I came home from BNI, I tried to get it all fixed so I could work, […]
My Will vs God’s Will
Today I want to study about my will versus God’s will. Last Sunday in Sunday School, the word OWN kept appearing in relation to doing your own will versus following God’s teachings. I thought then that it would be a good topic to study more so here I go. We are studying the Old Testament […]
What is Anger & How Can I Remove It From My Home?
I wanted to take a bit of time to write out my thoughts and feelings – my parents just got home from their temple mission in Nauvoo yesterday and are here visiting for a few days. Both Becky and I are maybe a bit anxious for how things could be. I’m aware of my tendencies […]
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