This morning has bee a good one. Becky and I had a deep talk about how I’ve been off for the past couple weeks, and I feel like I’m recognizing some of the negative emotions I’m dealing with. Scout Camp, both Timberline and the recent camp, have been hard for me. Not only have they […]
What Am I Feeling Today?
Today is a new day. I just posted the first discussion topic written by someone other than me. I’m excited about it (although honestly I’m a bit nervous for where it could go if I allow others to share their thoughts as part of a discussion topic – I guess we’ll see what happens). So, […]
Doing a Step 10 Inventory One Day at a Time
I feel like doing a Step 10 Inventory right now. I don’t know if I feel off or not, but I am just going to write out feelings. I feel a bit overwhelmed. I feel some sexual drive. I don’t want this drive to turn into selfishness. I don’t want to have any expectations. I […]
Scripture Study & Recovery from Addiction
Day 86 – Step Work If you were like us, before you began to recover you thought hope, joy, peace, and fulfillment would come from an earthly source. Whether this source was alcohol, drugs, sex, gambling, dishonest spending, unhealthy eating, or codependency—whatever your particular addiction was—your effort was to get by in a world where […]
Submitting My Life and Will to God One Day at a Time
Day 85 – Step Work You will continue to make mistakes as you interact with others, but a commitment to step 10 is a commitment to take responsibility for mistakes. If you examine your thoughts and actions each day and resolve them, negative thoughts and feelings will not increase until they threaten your abstinence. You […]
Continuing to Take Inventory
Day 84 – Step Work As you pay attention to your thoughts and feelings, you can also discover any negative beliefs you still hold. Ask your Father in Heaven to remove these. In taking step 10, you will no longer have to resort to justifying, rationalizing, or blaming anything or anyone. Your goal will be […]
The Start of Steps 10, 11, and 12
Today I start something I’ve never done before – Steps 10, 11, and 12. When I was in recovery before, or at least when I was sober before, I stopped working the steps of the program at Step 9. I believe part of this was due to procrastination, part of this was due to lack […]
The Relapse Process
I saw images today on Facebook that I would say were not ok… At times like those I feel I sometimes try to justify and say, “Well, it wasn’t pornograhic really…” However, I did a bit of research and found this: Some seek to justify their indulgence by arguing that they are only viewing “soft,” […]
Overcoming the Addiction to Lust
My update for yesterday and today isn’t the best. It’s all based on lustful tendencies. When I’m feeling overwhelmed, when I’m feeling nervous about the unknown, when I’m feeling lonely, when I’m feeling like I’m not good enough… my first action is generally browsing on Facebook – looking at friends pictures, looking at Fan pages […]
Starting Step 10 in the LDS Addiction Recovery Program
I made a commitment to myself the other day when I went to the meeting that I would like to keep in touch more with my sponsor, Jason. I sent him a text and, like always, he was prompt to respond and was happy to start communicating with me again. So begins my dedication to […]
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