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"Carve your name on hearts, not tombstones."

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"The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering."

Ben Okri LIVING CLEAN https://www.minds.com/group/1165910758624018432/feed

"Intuition is the whisper of the soul."

Jiddu Krishnamurti LIVING CLEAN https://www.minds.com/group/1165910758624018432/latest

May 13, 2026 Flexibility and Relationships Page 138 "The flexibility that relationships require comes more easily to us when we are practicing principles in our lives." Living Clean, Chapter 5, "Romantic Relationships," 'The Courage to Trust' Most of us are not wired for...See more

May 12, 2026 Surrender to What? Page 137 "Surrender . . . is what happens after we've accepted the First Step as something that is true for us and have accepted that recovery is the solution." NA Step Working Guides, Step One, "Surrender" Our first introduction to the Steps...See more

May 10, 2026 Becoming entirely ready Page 136 "We... get a good look at what these defects are doing to our lives. We begin to long for freedom from these defects." Basic Text, p. 34 Becoming entirely ready to have our defects of character removed can be a long process, often...See more

May 11, 2026 Honest Self-Appraisal in the Steps Page 136 "The steps help us to increase our ability to be honest with ourselves and others." Living Clean, Chapter 1, "Growing Pains" To say that honesty wasn't a top priority when we were using may be an understatement. We gain...See more

May 09, 2026 Love and Step Twelve Page 134 "When we are practicing Step Twelve to the best of our ability, love becomes central to all that we do--there is no more powerful antidote to the despair and self-destruction of addiction." Living Clean, Chapter 7, "Love" Love in...See more

May 07, 2026 Turning turmoil into peace Page 133 "With the world in such a turmoil, I feel I have been blessed to be where I am." Basic Text, p. 145 Some days it doesn't pay to turn on the news, we hear so many stories about violence and mayhem. When we used, many of us grew...See more