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Emotional Sobriety
What is an Inner Voice?
When people talk about an inner voice in the context of spirituality, they are normally referring to an inner intuitive sense of direction in their life. This sense of there being an inner world, and […]
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Acceptance and Surrender
It has become almost something of a cliche in society nowadays to use the adage that you cannot cope with a problem unless you first admit it. Not that this is a new or a […]
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The Need to Question Gratitude
Quite often in an AA meeting or similar, you will hear someone announce themselves as my name is so-and-so and I’m grateful alcoholic/ addict, or I’m a grateful recovering alcoholic/addict. Equally, you are quite likely […]
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The Myth of Tough Love
Tough love is one of those expressions that has crept into the vocabulary of mental health and 12 step recovery in recent years. It sort of implies that an action or directive is being given […]
Emotional Sobriety
Why People Struggle with Being Vulnerable
People quite often like to categorise emotions as being good or bad, with emotions such as anger and self-pity been thought of as bad or weak. Emotions such as gratitude and a positive outlook are […]
Emotional Sobriety
What Does it Mean to Respect Boundaries?
Quite a simple question in many ways, but one that many people struggle with, both in terms of trying to set boundaries of their own, and dealing with other people who don’t respect, or don’t […]
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What Does Rigorous Honesty Really Mean ?
The term rigorous honesty is used a lot in Alcoholics Anonymous, and in the 12 step recovery world generally. Its original intent was to make clear the need for people to really own and take […]
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Pray As You Can Not As You Can’t
The phrase ‘pray as you can not as you can’t’ isn’t terribly well known to a lot of people, but to those who do know it and use it as a literal guide to prayer, […]
Emotional Sobriety
Why do People find it Hard to Believe in God?
Most people have normally been asked at some point in their life if they believe in God or not. In AA and in 12 step recovery generally, people are likely to be asked this question […]
Emotional Sobriety
Why is Meditation So Difficult ?
There is a paradox about meditation, in that most types of meditation of themselves are fairly simple to do, but many people find meditation as a practice, or a process, fairly difficult. Sometimes people put […]
Emotional Sobriety
Willing To Go To Any Lengths……
Anyone familiar with this phrase will recognise it from the early part of chapter five of the book Alcoholics Anonymous, which sets out the 12 step program which is at the cornerstone of AA’s recovery […]
Emotional Sobriety
Why Secrets Are So Dangerous
There are a number of slogans and sayings that get chucked around in health circles, which some people find really helpful, and other people find both helpful and irritating, depending upon their mood. One of […]
Emotional Sobriety
What is Manipulative Behaviour ?
There are in fact two questions really, what is manipulative behaviour and why is it so damaging. Manipulation is often thought of as being something that most people do in varying degrees in order to […]
Emotional Sobriety
How Do You Let Go of The Need to Control …..
The need to feel that you are in control of other people, and their actions, can be one of the most debilitating and draining processes in your life. Often people have no conscious since that […]
Resources - LGBT
Resources – LGBT
Gay Men in Recovery Manchester (UK) based site with national and internatiol resources for LGBT members Trevor Project US based site aimed at helping LGBT young people Tribe – LGBT support group […]
Resources - Podcasts
Resources – Podcasts
There is a huge collection of podcasts / mp3 talks available online – some of the sites that host them have had malware issues in the past, so be careful when downloading any recovery talks […]
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Resources – Discussion Groups
MIP – Known as Miracles in Progress, discussion forum for AA, Al-Anon, Coda, Acoa and NA Sober Recovery – Huge forum covering all aspects of Recovery, including specific drug topics Tribe – […]
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12 Step Program
What is the Alcoholics Anonymous 12 and 12
The phrase the 12 and 12 is often used in AA meetings, and refers to a book written and published by one of the co-founders, Bill Wilson, entitled the 12 steps and the 12 traditions. […]
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What are Alcoholics Anonymous chips
The chips that are referred to in Alcoholics Anonymous meetings are in fact coin sized medallions that some people like to have as a time marker of their sobriety. People in alcoholics anonymous are often […]
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Are there Alcoholics Anonymous meetings for the whole family?
Alcoholics Anonymous has a very clear sense that it’s purpose is to help people who have a drink problem. However, the experience of this happening very quickly showed family members that they also had been […]
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Alcoholics Anonymous Sayings
People in recovery tend to talk a lot – at meetings, on the phone, on zoom and face to face. Sometimes this can all be a bit irritating, but most of the time the things […]
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Are there any Alcoholics Anonymous Audio Books?
Audio recordings and audio books of Alcoholics Anonymous conventions, speaker talks and AA literature have been around for a considerable time, and have grown significantly in the age of the internet. There are numerous ways […]