~ LIVING CLEAN ~

"Carve your name on hearts, not tombstones."

Shannon Alder LIVING CLEAN https://www.minds.com/group/1165910758624018432/latest

"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

January 17, 2025 Forgiveness Page 17 "As we realize our need to be forgiven, we tend to be more forgiving. At least we know that we are no longer intentionally making life miserable for people." Basic Text, pp. 39-40 In our addiction we often treated others badly, sometimes...See more

"To heal our wounds, we need courage to face them."

Paulo Coelho LIVING CLEAN https://www.minds.com/group/1165910758624018432/latest

January 16, 2025 Finding Our Passion and Purpose Page 16 "Something different happens as we move into recovery motivated by passion, hope, and excitement. We are released into our own lives." Living Clean, Chapter 1, "Why We Stay" Some of us spend our early days of recovery in...See more

January 15, 2025 Practicing Equality Page 15 "It doesn't matter who is doing the giving or the taking. We are all equally entitled to ask and to provide, and wherever we are in the exchange, we benefit." Living Clean, Chapter 7, "Being of Service" "When you call, I am probably...See more

January 14, 2025 Discerning When to Act Page 14 "We learn where we can use our energy to make a difference and where we need to let go." Living Clean, Chapter 3, "Awakening to Our Spirituality" Life in active addiction for many of us seemed like a battle: picking sides,...See more

“No permanence is ours; we are a wave That flows to fit whatever form it finds: Through night or day, cathedral or the cave We pass forever, craving form that binds.” –Hermann Hesse, The Glass Bead Game (1943) Photo by Martin Hesse

January 13, 2025 Inclusiveness and Our Sense of Belonging Page 13 "Our diversity strengthens and affirms the reality of our simple message. Across all of our differences, the same simple program works." Guiding Principles, Tradition Five, "Word by Word" NA's simple message is...See more

January 12, 2025 Spiritual awakenings Page 12 "Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps..." Step Twelve "How will I know when I have had a spiritual awakening?" For many of us, a spiritual awakening comes gradually. Perhaps our first spiritual awareness is...See more

January 11, 2025 Striking an Emotional Balance Page 11 "We need to strike a balance between being in denial of our feelings and letting them overwhelm us; we don't want to go to either extreme." NA Step Working Guides, Step Ten, "Feeling versus Doing" "Feelings aren't facts,...See more