Category Archives: Addiction

What Does It Mean To Turn Your Life Over To God?

The Third of the Twelve Steps says we make a conscious decision to turn our life over to God. It doesn’t say we turn our life over to God. We just decide to turn our life over to God. What … Continue reading

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What’s The Core Of My Story?

The core of my story is how I realized I was addicted to certain kinds of unhealthy relationships, certain kinds of unhealthy fantasies, and how I discovered in five minutes of therapy last April that my fantasies were not only … Continue reading

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The Popular Image Of 12-Step Programs

In her 1997 book Twelve Step Programs: A Contemporary American Quest for Meaning and Spiritual Renewal, Ann Marie Minnick writes: “…the popular image of Twelve Step Programs as addiction-centered, victim-producing, and narcissism-generating”… That has not been my experience of such … Continue reading

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My Greatest Fears And Desires

My greatest fear is drowning. Not being able to breathe. My greatest desire is sexual oblivion. Losing myself completely in union with another person. Release. Drained. Sated. Free from my incessant longing. My greatest fear is heaviness. My greatest desire … Continue reading

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Who Do I Resent?

The Fourth Step of the 12-steps is to “make a complete and fearless moral inventory.” A key part of this step is to list everybody and everything you resent and then look at each item on your list and see … Continue reading

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