With all the earnestness at our command, we beg of you to be fearless and thorough from the very start. Some of us have tried to hold on to our old ideas and the result was nil until we let go absolutely. Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our spiritual malady path. Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program, usually men and women who are constitutionally incapable of being honest with themselves. They are not at fault; they seem to have been born that way.
- My last blog post took us back some 4 billion years to set a foundation for deconstructing illness and disease.
- But, as with most humans, he is more likely to have varied traits.
- Established on such a footing we became less and less interested in ourselves, our own little plans and designs.
thoughts on “The Spiritual Malady”
What is the family secret I have been denying? What is the “elephant” in the middle of your family’s living room that everyone knows but no one talks about? Remember, you can’t heal a wound by saying it’s not there. So the primary reason isn’t mental, either. The fact is, we have a spiritual problem, and the only cure is God.
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Taking commercial inventory is a fact-finding and a fact-facing process. It is an effort to discover the truth about the stock-in-trade. One object is to disclose damaged or unsalable goods, to get rid of them promptly and without regret. If the owner of the business is to be successful, he cannot fool himself about values.
Alcoholics Anonymous’ 12-Step Program
Next, we decided that hereafter in this drama of life, God was going to be our Director. He is the Father, and we are His children. Most Good ideas are simple, and this concept was the keystone of the new and triumphant arch through which we passed to freedom. Thought we could find an easier, softer way.
- In this way we tried to shape a sane and sound ideal for our future sex life.
- When we are under threat, we create a bias towards negative, selfish, aggressive and prejudiced thoughts.
- From the documented facts herein, you can now see how and why the Biblical roots positively impacted the high success rates.
- He may be kind, considerate, patient, generous; even modest and self-sacrificing.
The contemplative connection between body, movement, dance and a meditation practice
Watch & Listen
How to Pray When You Are Low on Faith
- Spirituality is the aspect of recovery that I think most often gets overlooked.
- Today I look further at the disease of alcoholism focusing on it as a spiritual malady.
- The alcoholic who evolves spiritually receives inner wisdom – an intuition and understanding – a noetic mindset that goes beyond the traditional five senses.