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Inside My God Box

October 14, 2014 stephaniep12 step, 12step, aa, ACOA, addiction, addiction and creativity, Al-anon, ALANON, na, recovery, serenityprayer, sober birthdays0 comment

I have a secret. Actually, hundreds of secrets, hopes, fears, desires, wishes all written on little scrapes of paper I’ve collected throughout the years and stuffed into my God Box. This is my way of Letting Go, Letting God – surrendering them to my Higher Power. Instead of worrying, ruminating or obsessing over life, I write it down and Turn It Over. My first sponsor, over 13 years ago, had one. She thought everyone should have one. At first, I thought it was little childish until I went through some…

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Relapse Scares Me Still

September 12, 2012 stephaniep12 step, aa, addiction, addiction and creativity, Al-anon, ALANON, alcoholism, fear of relapse, na, recovery, serenity prayer, serenityprayer, sober birthdays, sobriety anniversary0 comment

Relapse from recovery is my number one fear. Falling off the wagon, going out, screwing up: same difference. As a person in recovery for over 10 years, the fear of relapse still scares me sober. And it seems like everyone in recovery I’ve come in contact with has exactly the same fear. Once an alcoholic or addict is “in recovery” and has been clean and sober for a while and continues to go to AA or NA or other 12 Step meetings, relapse is still a very real possibility. Although…

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Alcohol – the cheapest drug in America

May 19, 2012 stephaniep12 step, 12step, addiction, addiction and creativity, Al-anon, ALANON, alcoholism, isolation and addiction, just for today, na, recovery0 comment

I was shopping at Trader Joe’s today and came face to face with a display for house brand Vodka priced at $10.99 for 1.75 litres. Wow that makes for some cheap booze! You are looking at 40 drinks for about $0.27 per shot. Then I looked around some more, I noticed they have wine priced at $2.00 a bottle and that’s a big $0.40 a glass. That wine has been famously dubbed TJ’s Two Buck Chuck (Charles Shaw Vineyard). Beer was just as cheap too. Depending on one’s tolerance, a…

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Supportive. Not an Enabler.

November 26, 2011 stephaniep12 step, 12step, aa, addiction, Al-anon, ALANON, alcoholism, isolation and addiction, recovery, sober birthdays, sobriety anniversary0 comment

I get many emails from mothers, fathers, husbands, wives, girlfriends and boyfriends of those who have just come into sobriety. It is to these people, my own loving husband included, that I want to dedicate this blog entry. Let’s talk about how difficult it is for you to do your part: You can help. You can encourage. The most important thing is to not enable the addiction. Show moral support, faith and love but never enable. Although this Thanksgiving marks a decade of my own sobriety, I can still remember…

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Marijuana – Teenage Friend or Foe

June 16, 2010 stephaniep12 step, 12step, aa, addiction, ALANON, just for today, ma, marijuana addiction, marijuana anonymous, one day at a time, recovery0 comment

Marijuana has become the most widely consumed illegal drug in the world. Since 1990, marijuana usage has doubled in the US and Canada. Today’s marijuana is so potent that the United Nations has considered reclassifying it as a different drug from the 1960’s counterpart. Although there is still a perceived notion that pot it is relatively benign, it is far from being a soft drug. The main reason is that today’s marijuana has been re-engineered to produce a high level of Tetra Hydro-Cannabinol or THC, its active ingredient. The levels…

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Dear Laura

April 1, 2010 stephaniep12 step, 12step, aa, ACOA, Al-anon, ALANON, how to help your alcoholic sibling, na, recovery0 comment

I came across this website I would like share with you. The site belongs to musician Brad Mersereau. He has devoted it to his sister Laura’s memory who sadly did not find her way to recovery and died at 46 from alcoholism. It is a very powerful reminder that addiction in itself is a form of insanity, it affects our loved ones profoundly, destroys lives and that some of us won’t make it to sobriety. The following is an excerpt from his site, one of a series of very poignant…

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