by Diane Jellen | Sep 13, 2020 | Uncategorized
Week 3 – Step 3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him. Step 1, the Step of Honesty Step 2, the Step of Hope Step 3, the Step of Faith For many with Substance Abuse Disorder, trusting God is a giant step...
by Diane Jellen | Sep 5, 2020 | Uncategorized
There are countless people who manage life-threatening health conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, asthma, and heart disease every day of their lives! What do you say—how about we add to the list of other health issues the gains made by those who are recovering...
by Diane Jellen | Aug 31, 2020 | Uncategorized
Make a Difference in 2020 International Overdose Awareness Day is a global event held on 31 August each year and aims to raise awareness of overdose and reduce the stigma of a drug-related death. It also acknowledges the grief felt by families and friends remembering...
by Diane Jellen | Aug 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
And finding the love! We admitted that we were powerless over our problems and that our lives had become unmanageable.“I know that nothing good lives in me…I want to do what is right, but I can’t.” – Romans 7:18, see also John 8: 31-36; Romans 7:14-25.We came to...
by Diane Jellen | Aug 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
Step 8. We made a list of all the persons we have harmed and became willing to make amends to them all. In order to make amends to all the people I have hurt over my long life I had to push pride, defensiveness, personal resentments aside. Moving the Rock of Gibraltar...
by Diane Jellen | Jul 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
There is a difference between being humble and humiliated. In The Life Recovery Workbook, we’re reminded, “we have been through a lot of humiliating experiences. We have been humiliated by the consequences of addiction. . .. Humility [on the other hand] is...
