Step eight is an avenue to forgiveness. It is part of every plan of recovery. Forgiveness will always play a vital role.
Episode #179 – Tuesday The Fix: Step Eight – Repairing the Damage
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Episode #178 – Friday The Checkup: Prayer Power
When we consider what St. Francis is saying, we are encouraged to set self aside we will then grow in ways that we always hoped. May God bless you on your journey.
Episode #177 – Tuesday The Fix: Step Seven – Humility is Key
As all the previous steps, this step covers a specific area of need. Step Seven relies on Step Six as do all the Steps rely on the previous one.
Episode #176 – Friday The Checkup: Just Keep Swimming
Redirecting our thinking is critical to our recovered life and should be a constant. If not, negative thoughts will hijack our moments which can steal our day.
Episode #175 – Tuesday The Fix: Step Six – Ready or Not It Must Be Done
The defects are the target of this Step and entirely is the degree by which we are ready to remove them. I invite you to look at the definitions of these words to see how they resonate with you.
Episode #174 – Friday The Checkup: How do I Identify
I must view myself as one deserving recovery and healthy relationships. Until I see myself in this light, I will not do the things necessary to transform into this person.
Episode #173 – Tuesday The Fix: Step Five – Letting Go
Granting someone entrance into my life was so refreshing. Step 5 is the first step that directly involves another person. This is so important because I am becoming more accountable in a tangible sense. My active addiction was brought on and deepened by my lack of accountability. The first four steps do not require accountability the way step five does.
Episode #172 – Friday The Checkup: Personal Power
One of the most remarkable things about recovery is personal power. One of our primary missions in life is to find, discover and elevate our own personal power.
Episode #171 – Tuesday The Fix: Step Four – We are Only as Sick as Our Secrets
Without Step Four, the likelihood of one being happy, joyous, and free is greatly diminished. You may stay substance or behavior free, but true sobriety will elude you.
Episode #170 – Friday The Checkup: As We Sow So Shall We Reap
Baked into the cake of what we do is what we shall receive.
Episode #169 – Tuesday The Fix: Step 3 Welcome to Willingness
Abandon yourself to God as you understand God. Admit your faults to Him and to your fellows. Clear away the wreckage of your past. Give freely of what you find and join us. We shall be with you in the Fellowship of the Spirit, and you will surely meet some of us as you trudge the Road of Happy Destiny. May God bless you and keep you – until then.
Episode #168 – Friday The Checkup: Stop the Digging
Most people who are without hope will not admit how hopeless they are. When you are in a hole and you want to get out the first rule is to stop digging.