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What are my fears and how can I surrender them?

By N

I started a discussion topic today about working the steps of recovery. I look forward to the feedback of others. As I looked over the step work for my sponsee, it caused me to think about my fears: what they are and how I can deal with them? Here’s the list I came up with: […]

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Trusting in the Lord – the Dixie Rock Analogy

By N

I’ve been up since about 4:45 a.m. The most random thoughts woke me up today. First, I was thinking about the gopher problem we are seeing in our newly planted back yard. I know, why would I be thinking about this at 4 in the flippin’ morning, but I was. Then additional stresses started mounting […]

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Finalizing Step 3 in Addiction Recovery

By N

Day 28 – 12.21.14 Final preparation for step 3, which you will take together with your sponsor when you are ready to move on in the step process.  Prayerfully consider these points as key aspects of your step 3 decision and commitment to Trust in God: Remaining abstinent with patience and faith while waiting upon […]

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What Does it Mean to Put Your Trust in God?

By N

Day 27 – 12.20.14 Attend sacrament meeting; review and renew baptismal covenants Taking step 3 and trusting God in all things can be like putting on a new pair of glasses and seeing everything with new eyes. By making the decision to turn your will over to God, you will begin to experience the comfort […]

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The Blessing that Come from Submitting to God

By N

Day 26 – 12.19.14 Continued submission to God’s will reduces strife and brings more meaning to our lives. Small things like traffic jams are no longer cause for upset. We no longer fear our creditors. We accept responsibility for our actions. We accept and treat others as we would like to be treated, as the […]

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How Submitting to God Equals Addiction Recovery

By N

Day 25 – 12.18.14 Our ability to withstand temptation is now grounded in our continual submission to the will of the Lord. We express our need for the power available to us through the Savior’s Atonement, and we begin to feel that power within us, fortifying us against the next temptation. We have learned to […]

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Using the Atonement in All Aspects of My Life

By N

Day 24 – 12.17.14 The Lord extends the same invitation: “I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me” (Revelation 3:20). How does this invitation from the Lord apply to step 3? […]

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Submitting My Will to God One Day at a Time

By N

Day 23 – 12.16.14 When we took step 3, we faced the truth that recovery was far more the result of the Lord’s efforts than our own. He worked the miracle when we invited Him into our lives. Step 3 was a decision to allow God to recover and redeem us. It was a decision […]

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Submitting My Will to God on Day at a Time

By N

Step Work – Day 22 – 12.15.14 Step 3 is the decision step. In the first two steps, we awakened to what we could not do for ourselves and what we needed God to do for us. Then in step 3 we were introduced to the only thing we could do for God. We could […]

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The Equation on How to be Blessed and Happy

By N

Today has started off well. I got up early, went to play ball at the church, had a good time there, and then came back, cleaned up, and worked on two steps in Step 3: Fasting & Prayer and Humbling yourself before God. I feel good about the direction things are going today. I’m really […]

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