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There are as many ways to live and grow
as there are people. Our own ways are the
only ways that should matter to us.

- Evelyn Mandel

Wanting to control other people, to make them live
as we'd have them live, makes the attainment of
serenity impossible. And serenity is the goal we are
seeking in this recovery program, in this life.

We are each powerless over others, which relieves
us of a great burden. Controlling our own behavior is
a big enough job. L... Read More

You know quite well,
deep within you,
that there is only
a single magic,
a single power,
a single salvation...
and that is called loving.
Well then,
love your suffering.
Do not resist it, do not flee from it
It is only your aversion that hurts,
nothing else.

HERMAN HESSE



I'm feeling ever so much better today. Sometimes I am full of joy and light, and sometimes I hurt so bad inside that all I wish to do is run and hide. That's what I always u... Read More

Under the influence of drugs our think-
ing and our behavior changed. This is one
of the hallmarks of an addict. Under the
influence, nothing was real. A good day
wasn't really much more satisfying than
a terrible one, because we always had the
feeling of being on the periphery, on the
outside looking in.

The good days provided no joy; they
were unfulfilling. We often played a sa-
distic game, sickeningly aware at the time
that we were hurting ourselves as we... Read More

Once at a meeting held in a church, I
saw a stained glass window on which
was written, "God Is Love." For
some reason, my mind transposed the
words into "Love Is God." Either
way is correct and true, I realized,
looking about me and becoming even
more concious of the spirit of love
and Power in the small meeting room.
I'll continue to seek out that love and
Power, following The Program as if
my life depended upon it - as indeed
it does. Does life to me today... Read More

As in the physical world, so in the spirit-
tual world, pain does not "last forever".

Each of us struggles with pain and its repercus-
sions; some of us more than others. At times pain
seems unending. Sometimes we hang onto the pain
in our lives, maybe because we fear even more what's
on the other side. The unknown so easily controls us.
Right at this moment, each of us can look back on
other painful times and feel thankful for what they
taught us. The puzzle piec... Read More

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