Category: The Recovered Word

Format for Eleventh Step Guidance Meeting from Big Book Sponsorship Suggestions and Guidelines Introduction Eleventh Step Guidance Meetings are for “anyone or everyone interested in a spiritual way of life.” They are NOT Open Discussion meetings. We share only what we have written during a ten minute “quiet time.” We are here to listen to the voice of the “One who has all power” to free us from our addictions; we are not here to talk about or feed our addictions. “We advocate the use of a pencil and note-book so that…

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Jasmine’s Battle With Heroin Video Jasmine was heading in the wrong direction early in her youth. Being an overachiever, she thought she could do alcohol and cocaine because she was convinced she could pull it off. When her life began to spiral out of control her mother stepped in, but Jasmine found a Rehab Romance. As they fell in love, they both fell in love with heroin. After much strife and an intervention from her family and friends, she finally found the path to her recovery.

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Tom B. – AA Speaker – “Emotional Sobriety” and 12-Step Alcoholism Recovery Video Awesome share by one of the best AA speakers, Tom B. This is perhaps the BEST talk on the topic of “emotional sobriety” I have ever heard! MUST LISTEN! 🙂 From the book Alcoholics Anonymous: “In spite of the great increase in the size and span of this Fellowship, at its core it remains simple and personal. Each day, somewhere in the world, recovery begins when one alcoholic talks with another alcoholic, sharing experience, strength, and hope.”

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The Addicted Brain | Science of Addiction Video In this video we learn what Dopamine is, how it works in the brain, and how psychoactive substances affect this neurotransmitter. “Before we can understand the full sway of addiction, it would make sense for us to understand the primary areas of the brain that are affected by addiction,” Belovich said. The brain controls our entire body through electrical stimulus that allows us to think, feel, move, breathe, speak, and every other minute motion the body goes through. When it comes to…

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A.A. Oldtimers…On the Third Step from Big Book Sponsorship A.A. Grapevine, January 1945. Vol. 1 No. 8 Editorial: On the Third Step “Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.” I was co-chairman of the Loop group a few months ago and the subject of religious experience was brought up. I answered this in my stumbling way by saying that each of us could have such an experience only when we ‘got on center with ourselves’; if that…

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A.A. Oldtimers…On the Second Step from Big Book Sponsorship A.A. Grapevine, December 1944 Vol. 1 No. 7 Editorial: On the Second Step Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.” Having taken the First Step of the A.A. program by admitting that we were powerless over alcohol, we were confronted with Step Two: “We came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.” This Second Step is often referred to as the first spiritual step; but is it or…

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Mercede Discovers Heroin At A Young Age Video

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Step 11: How to find God’s plan for your life…the art of two-way prayer from Big Book Sponsorship Step 11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out. By Chaplain John E. Batterson These are a few simple suggestions for people who are willing to make an experiment. You can discover for yourself the most important and practical thing any human being can ever learn–how to be…

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Aline Learns the Gifts of Recovery After Addiction Video Aline’s early life was full of substance abuse and addiction. Through the years she found people and places to be where she could get high off of drugs such as Spice, Alcohol, and Meth. After finding recovery, however, she has learned that she can lead the kind of life she wants and be happy without abusing substances.

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SMACKED! Heroin Addiction & Recovery in Rural America Video

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