Recovery Universe http://www.recoveryuniverse.com/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:59:57 +0000 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.recoveryuniverse.com/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png Recovery Universe http://www.recoveryuniverse.com/ Share your Experience, Strength, and Hope. Video Meetings, Forums, AA Downloads, AA Information, Drug Educational Videos, Streaming Audio Leads, Poems, Meditation Techniques, Lucid Dream Files, Sobriety Calculator, Ohio Meeting Schedule and Much, More. Saying Hello http://www.recoveryuniverse.com/component/content/article/153- http://www.recoveryuniverse.com/component/content/article/153- Hello All,

  Being a new member I just wanted to say Hi!

]]> MrMan2010 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:46:43 +0000 looking http://www.recoveryuniverse.com/component/content/article/149- http://www.recoveryuniverse.com/component/content/article/149- i,m looking for a book called stuck but sober
and also any help and guidance to get back to meetings

]]> anne patterson Mon, 04 Jan 2010 05:25:07 +0000 Relapse prevention http://www.recoveryuniverse.com/component/content/article/147- http://www.recoveryuniverse.com/component/content/article/147- http://ezinearticles.com/?Relapse-Prevention---Common-Causes-of-Relapse-in-Each-Phase-of-Addiction-Recovery&id=1408988

]]> Jordi Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:18:26 +0000 Why must I have a sponsor? Can’t I do this on my own? http://www.recoveryuniverse.com/component/content/article/145- http://www.recoveryuniverse.com/component/content/article/145- Sponsorship is a strong suggestion – not a rule. Yes, some people do stay in recovery without a sponsor. And no, we can’t recover on our own.

There are great advantages to taking the program suggestion to maintain a relationship with a sponsor. Recovery is a major change – it's one of the most difficult, most courageous things we can do in our lives. A sponsor, someone who's survived the ups and downs we’re facing in early recovery, can serve as a guide and mentor. He or she can answer our questions and help us through the Steps, giving us the benefit of his or her experience. With a sponsor present to witness our recovery process, to offer perspective and support, we may have a gentler ride.

When I was active in my addiction, I avoided the intimacy of relationships in which I might have to open myself to others or trust them. Even at times when there were many people in my life, I managed to avoid "people situations" that made me uncomfortable. A sponsor-sponsee relationship can be the start of learning that human beings can depend on one another.

]]> Raymo Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:05:45 +0000 Being rigously honest http://www.recoveryuniverse.com/component/content/article/144- http://www.recoveryuniverse.com/component/content/article/144- They are naturally incapable of grasping and developing a manner of living which demands rigorous honesty. Their chances are less than average. There are those too, who suffer from grave emotional and mental disorders, but many of them do recover if they have the capacity to be honest.

 

This statement from 'How is works' says a lot about me. I am finally realizing just how much I have lied and the results are painful. Today I will not lie and am now willing to so whatever it takes to start living what I have learn through the years in AA. Just another bottom. With the help of my Higher Power and my friends in the program and open mindedness I can grow from this experience as I have done other experiences and move on in life.

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