Past issues of Principles: The Addiction & Recovery Newsletter, a free weekly letter edited and distributed by Charles N. Roper, Author of High Bottom Drunk: A Novel...and the Truth about Addiction & Recovery.
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No. 101
Listen closely and with an open mind for the answers to your prayers.
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No. 102
Sobriety does not make us good. It may, however, help us feel good about ourselves.
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No. 103
Don't take yourself (and others) too darn seriously.
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No. 104
Listen closely and with an open mind...(Repeat of Issue No.1)
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No. 105
An allegory for recovery: "The Wisdom of the Sands" by Osho
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No. 106
While in recovery, be on the lookout for symptoms of inner peace. "Symptoms of Inner Peace" by Saskia Davis
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No. 107
Recovery has observable symptoms. If the symptoms are there, then recovery is there.
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No. 108
Never forget "what it was like" for those we hurt. "I Am Against Alcohol" by Z, age 10.
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No. 109
I Am Responsible...(aren't I?) by Dakota ©2000
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No. 110
"Denial" and "Lying" are two very different things, and the difference is important. (PART 1)
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No. 111
Movement through Denial is very tricky business. (PART 2)
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No. 112
We are ultimately responsible for our own recovery, by Dee, a "Principles" subscriber.
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No. 113
In the final analysis, serenity comes first.
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No. 114
Serenity (Recovery) is an internal deal.
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No. 115
One's serenity is a mirror image of one's spiritual recovery.
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No. 116
Far from invisible, recovery shows.
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No. 117
12-Step meetings offer up some pretty funny stuff -- if we listen.
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No. 118
Attitude determines attitude.
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No. 119
Recovery is an inside-out job -- a deeply spiritual process that we don't figure out intellectually.
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No. 120
Take your time...be patient...with recovery; it's a process that lasts a lifetime.
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No. 121
Complacency squeezes the life out of recovery.
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No. 122
We gain insight and move through denial progressively--piece by piece by piece, and the process never ends.
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No. 123
Humility has little or nothing to do with humiliation or shame.
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No. 124
Open-mindedness means "I don't know."
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No. 125
Look for role models who share all of themselves--both the good and the bad.
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No. 126
Listen, or thy tongue will keep thee deaf.
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No. 127
Don't forget the physical aspects of recovery.
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No. 128
We fare much better in recovery when we remember that we're simply human--no more and no less.
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No. 129
Taking risks is risky business, but not taking risks is the riskiest business of all.
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No. 130
Clinical depression responds to medication & therapy, but optional depression follows the Rules for Depression.
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No. 131
Once we decide to live a happier, more fulfilling life, we can bring that decision to fruition through simple action.
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No. 132
Growing chronologically older is mandatory; growing mentally old is optional.
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No. 133
Don't let recovery scare you too much.
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No. 134
We are our choices. We are responsible for who we are, what we do, and how we feel.
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No. 201
Gratitude is an attitude. It's a frame of mind available to us at any and every point of our recovery.
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No. 202
One of the most popular prescriptions for unhappiness--things must be different before I can be happy.
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No. 203
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. --Aristotle
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No. 204
Our feelings can guide us into action (if we let them).
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No. 205
Surrender Into Freedom.
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No. 206
God is and always has been the God of our understanding.
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No. 207
Codependency does, indeed, mean something.
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No. 208
Be careful of your tricky mind.
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No. 209
Recovery is who you become within the context of your significant relationships.
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No. 210
The genius of Bill W. and 12-step programs lies in the part of Step 3 that states "...God as we understood Him."
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No. 211
We became ready to look honestly at the effects our disease had on both ourselves and others.
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No. 212
Look not to the faults of others...Look rather to your own acts, to what you have done and left undone.
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No. 213
Our character defects are our cherished teachers. They challenge our assumptions and beliefs.
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No. 214
We admit the nature of our wrongs to God, to ourselves, and to another human being, but do we really have to?
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No. 215
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it." --Anon.
"Better is the enemy of good." --Anon.
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No. 216
Bob Earle's classic "Eskimo" story (circa 1983).
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No. 217
I Listen, a recovery poem by Charles Roper.
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No. 218
Finding help when alcoholics and addicts return to old destructive and hurtful behaviors and attitudes.
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No. 219
This is the true essence of recovery: We are not different from the world.
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No. 220
Recovery from somewhat of an "eastern" perspective: You're deep into spiritual recovery when...
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No. 221
Members of both spiritual and secular recovery groups seek the exact same things.
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No. 222
"We SEEK spiritual progress rather than spiritual perfection."
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No. 223
We all have within us the capacity to be happy and to suffer. It all depends on which one our mind chooses to feed.
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No. 224
Understanding the nature of wisdom and grace is interesting, but it's not important.
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