Discussion Topic
In her article, "The Butterfly, the Garden, and the Gardener", this member shares how the butterfly of lust was always promising something beyond her grasp. Do you identify with lust promising something that it couldn't deliver?
Editor’s Corner
Most times, all that can be done is to take an action of love long before any positive feelings follow. Yet they do follow. It has also been said that closer union in God's will brings the internal loving disposition to his will even before action is taken.
A Lifestyle of Positive Sobriety
Connecting with a Higher Power by living in the solution, the 12 Steps, empowers her to serve other addicts, including those in the Service Structure.
To Trudge Along with Them
Positive sobriety was not possible for him without positive steps and real connection with others.
A Vision Of Kindness
Only God’s power can remove the blindness of self-centeredness and enlighten the eyes of service.
Attraction to Actions of Love
Focusing his attentions on others in service became more attractive than his self-interest. Sobriety was not a possibility for me before starting the Program two and a half years ago
The Butterfly, the Garden, and the Gardner
The Gardener of her soul prepared her to receive the garden of his presence, a Presence who is growing a new life that the butterfly of obsessive love could never give.
The Role God Has for Me
He stopped trying to obtain happiness his way and found it by living God’s way.
Coming Next
Our next edition’s theme is “The Positive Sobriety.” Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of taking the steps creates a desire to carry the message of recovery to others still suffering. This desire replaces the desire for gratification at the expense of others.
