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  • The old you.

    Step Ten – Adult Children of Alcoholics/Dysfunctional Families "Continued to take personal inventory and when we are wrong, promptly admitted it." "Step Ten is where we continue to inventory our behavior and thinking. With this Step we continue to let… Continue reading

  • How I serve myself.

    I continue to learn about me.   I allow myself to put my self out, and then feel put out…and want to blame someone. Anyone but me. What I need to learn is not to over 'extend' myself…while 'lessening' other… Continue reading

  • Who Programmed it.

    Who knew that the brain is responsible for how we live our lives?  That it isn't what happens to us, or seemingly against us, but rather how our minds process life. And how our brains are groomed or structured to… Continue reading

  • Abused Mind

      What I found so interesting about this is how the mind gets stuck and what is needed to change the patterns in the mind and how emotions and the pathways in the brain are connected.   This mirrors my… Continue reading

  • Step Nine.

    Step Nine – Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.  "As we stand there with our Eighth Step list, we are astonished by a perspective we never imagined possible.… Continue reading

  • Step Eight

    Step Eight – Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all. "While making such a list, we are also mindful of our Inner Child and the need to protect the… Continue reading

  • Step Seven

    Step Seven – Humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings. The speak of bringing in balance and removing our defects. Continued Defects               Balance/Reparent with Self-Centered                                Selflessness Not always honest                      Rigorous Honesty… Continue reading

  • In Reverence…

    “You can’t know my world until you are there”  Nisargadatta   This is my latest Lady quilt, the final touch I added today, a cross that bears the words, "The Old Me"  As I look upon this quilt, I am… Continue reading

  • Step Six

    Step Six – "Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character." "For years, in meetings, I struggled with my survival behavior thinking it was a defect of character.  In reality my survival traits were deeply rooted… Continue reading

  • Step Five

    Step Five…"Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs." "Rule and Found Freedom" "The fifth Step was by far my most difficult Step. I remember when I grew up my father would… Continue reading