Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
I believe the grief process is something that all of us go to not only when we lose people, but when we lose something. For me, I lost my drug and alcohol abuse – my main escape into oblivion.
Forgiveness
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Wednesday, March 18th, 2009
Love and tolerance of others is our code.
– Page 64 of Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book
I’ve tried to run AA/NA meetings on this topic, but it seems as if everytime I try, everyone else takes it as a chance to explain their quirks and pet peeves. That’s not what I want to talk about when I [...]
Tolerance
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Monday, March 16th, 2009
I wrote a poem while I was still in a maximum security holding center about a week ago. This is the first poem I’ve written in about eight months, as well as my first positive poem.
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I’ve hurt so bad in life.
All I knew before was the knife.
I now know better ways to cope,
When before [...]
Blessings and Healing
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