by Finding My Way | Finding My Way
To this day, when it comes to my recovery, there’s nothing easy about surrendering. Everything in me fights it, and whatever I let go of usually has claw marks all over it. So why did I think it would be easy to let go of the character defects I’d clung to for so...
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As a necessary step in my recovery from alcoholism, I shared my first honest self-appraisal with another human being in the presence of God and thought I was home free. I’d somehow mustered the courage to take that important step, but slowly figured out that what I...
by Finding My Way | Finding My Way
I remember that day well. To put it simply, I was terrified. For the first time in my life, I’d taken an honest look at my character, and now I was getting ready to admit to the deep forms of selfishness that had been the chief activators of my drinking. This process...
by Finding My Way | Finding My Way
My road to recovery from alcoholism has taught me many things, and one of the first was that I had to develop a degree of honesty, open-mindedness, and willingness that I’d never had before. You see, I had to look at what caused me to drink, even when I desperately...
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Nothing has scared me more than the idea of letting go of control, and yet there came a day when I knew I must let God take control of my life, or else I’d lose it. I’d been very close to losing my life. Too many times to count, in fact. Between the risks I’d taken...
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My journey in recovery began with a cry for help to a God that I was very sure did not believe in me anymore. I’d made too many promises I couldn’t keep, and was convinced He was done with me. It hadn’t always been that way. I’d loved God as a child and tried...
