Sometimes meditation isn't about sitting. Mindful walking, among other movement-based activities, is a great way to beat stress and upgrade your connection to wellness.

Like many addicts, I suffer from the PIG - the Problem of Immediate Gratification.

Patience is always one of the toughest things for me.

Share your Light.

Just a willingness to believe in something greater than ourselves can be a start.

Who knows where the journey will unfold from there? Gotta beat addiction, at least.

We're learning to recognize, acknowledge, and try to fix our mistakes in real time, or closer to that goal. We are now making "living amends."

No.

The steps are optional for those whom they may resonate.

"Take what works and leave the rest."

In a word, yes.

If meetings aren't your thing, you can do all of this (including the 12 steps if you wish) totally on your own. 

Some people do well with this, especially if they aren't fans of support group meetings.

In the first edition of the AA Big Book, the last story was from a guy whose mother wrote in saying he had gotten sober doing the steps alone, with no meeting anywhere near. This story was removed from later editions when the overall support-group industry began to grow.

Correspondence. It's faster now with the Internets.

For me, my "higher power" is my 'buddha-nature,' conscience, "wise mind," "spiritual connection," or whatever links us all together in this place of being.

To give life and will over to this entirely is not an easy process, but for me it has to start with willingness, surrender, and the recognition that the ego (self-centeredness) is at the center of our downfalls. 

It happens as we become ready for it, in part "due to the terrific beating administered by alcohol*" as one writer put it, and also in part because we become closer to humility, a foundation of recovery.

When I was evicted, arrested, and exiled in the same 2 weeks.

Failure to SAVE (Stop Addictive Voice Effects) can have drastic outcomes.

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