Recovery: Beyond Up, Down, Functioning, and Existing
I Gave Up Drugs, Why Can’t I Function?
I got into recovery and wasn’t functioning well, because I did not realize how much damage I had done to my body and brain.
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Guest Posts: Your Words Make a Difference
By: Marilyn L. Davis Words Have Power “Words are singularly the most powerful force available to humanity. We can choose to use this force constructively with words of encouragement or destructively using words of despair. Words have energy and power with the ability to help, to heal, to hinder, to hurt, to harm,…
A Life History 4th Step Helps Us Heal
By: Marilyn L. Davis Mine was a Light and Dark Life History “To live by grace means to acknowledge my whole life history, the light side, and the dark. In admitting my shadow side, I learn who I am and what God’s grace means.” ~ Brennan Manning When I wrote my 4th Step…
Are You Interested in Change or Just Shopping for Answers?
By: Marilyn L. Davis I’ve Been Guilty of Shopping for Answers, Too I met with Gray Hawk daily. He had 34 years in recovery and was 74 years old, so not wasting time was important to him. I told him that there were conflicting suggestions given at a meeting I attended that day,…
Let’s be Brave Together in our Recovery
Am I fearless? No. I have merely decided that I’ll be brave while still feeling scared. I know that 23 million other people are in recovery and will stand by me and encourage me; that helps me be brave and take the next leap of faith.