Looking at the Sun
Completely exposed before God with a wide open willingness for Him to take away her defects gave her a vital spiritual experience.
Completely exposed before God with a wide open willingness for Him to take away her defects gave her a vital spiritual experience.
He learned through the Program to be honest in every area of his life. Rigorous honesty with myself is the best medicine for the disease because my disease comes out of denial—lying to myself and others. Before lust, I learned to fantasize and make up fun stories.
Higher Power gives her the courage to turn her whole life over to the will of God. When I hear the words “rigorous honesty,” all kinds of things go through my mind: bringing the inside out, sharing with others, writing Tenth Step inventories, making phone calls, and sharing honestly and sincerely in meetings.
Honesty helps him take the Steps with sincerity of heart. Honesty starts with my heart. My head is going to think of all kinds of reasons to dodge the truth.
Her sponsor helped her admit deep resentment towards her adoptive mother. Rigorous is “an adjective that means extremely thorough, exhaustive, or accurate.” Rigorous honesty is a commitment to complete truthfulness in all aspects of life, even when it's difficult or has consequences. Phew.
The Steps replace the addictive process with a Program of recovery. This happened almost 20 years ago, when I was just beginning this recovery Program.
Dio ha rimosso la sua paura e l'ha sostituita con la fede e con le opere. Per tutta la vita ero stato così legato dalla paura che avevo perso la speranza di liberarmi. Attraverso il lavoro sui Passi, una luce brillante alla fine di un tunnel lungo, freddo e buio ha improvvisamente brillato con un calore confortante. Ad ogni passo, tuttavia, le paure continuavano a incombere. L'uso del semplice strumento dell'inventario Paura-Fede mi ha aiutato a tornare verso Dio e alla soluzione dei Passi Due e Tre.
Identificare il problema e uscire da sé stesso gli permette di vivere nella fiducia e nella volontà di Dio. Vorrei definire questi termini perché credo che, quando definiamo accuratamente un problema, arriviamo alla soluzione. Io intendo il senso di colpa come la sensazione sana e appropriata di disagio che provo quando ho causato un danno a me stesso o a qualcun altro. È un promemoria interno che mi invita ad agire per correggere il mio comportamento e, se possibile senza causare ulteriori danni, a riparare (se ho ferito qualcun altro). Il senso di colpa inoltre mi aiuta a evitare di ripetere quell’azione in futuro.
La Liberacion On the last Friday of every month, the SA group "La Liberación" in Bogotá joyfully celebrates the gift of sobriety. Each member is honored with a sobriety coin and a certificate—a powerful reminder of the journey we share.
She discovered the two things that make up her self-esteem. I learned very early that life was all about being a good girl, pleasing, being obedient and nice. I was being raised to be a good wife in the style of those days. My parents, of course, were blameless, giving me everything they knew to shape me as they had been.