# Recovery
Christianity is not about changing other people—it isn’t! It’s nice if people do change, but that’s God’s work. It’s about changing ourselves, and that never stops.
I think I became an alcoholic because I was ashamed of me. I was afraid to be me.
Freedom From Shame
TFLMS
“Dear Frau V.,
Your questions are unanswerable because you want to know how one ought to live. One lives as one can. There is no single, definite way for the individual which is prescribed for him or would be the proper one. If that’s what you want you had best join the Catholic Church, where they tell you what’s what. Moreover this way fits in with... See more
Your questions are unanswerable because you want to know how one ought to live. One lives as one can. There is no single, definite way for the individual which is prescribed for him or would be the proper one. If that’s what you want you had best join the Catholic Church, where they tell you what’s what. Moreover this way fits in with... See more
A quote by C.G. Jung
What are the biggest benefits or gifts of sobriety?
The greatest benefit, to me, is the ability to handle adversity and joy with the same heart. To know that despair and bliss are feelings and not states of being, and that my feelings won’t make me or break me. The greatest gifts have been my spiritual life and having true relationships
The greatest benefit, to me, is the ability to handle adversity and joy with the same heart. To know that despair and bliss are feelings and not states of being, and that my feelings won’t make me or break me. The greatest gifts have been my spiritual life and having true relationships
C.L. Steiner • My Sobriety Story With C.L.: “Giving Up Was the Key.”
I believe I’ve always been a sensitive, generous, and caring person—but too wound up in my own troubles to express that or to really be there for others
Ana Marie Cox • Interview with a 52-Year-Old Sober Person: Ana Marie Cox
As a member of this Program I love that I am here to not just avoid the liquor store, but also practice healthy, sustainable living.
