A Life After Addiction Journal

Addiction Recovery For Non Believers

dgswilson — Fri, 17 May 2013 18:56:52 +0000

If you’re new to the 12 Step recovery program you need not worry about the god part. When I made the decision to try AA’s 12 Step program I made a decision to follow the advice of others. The first thing I did was read the Big Book. I read all that the Big Book [...]

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Being Honest With Ourselves

dgswilson — Wed, 08 May 2013 14:07:13 +0000

Members of 12 Step programs hear a lot about Honesty. When we talk about Step 10 it comes up a lot. Honesty in this continued inventory usually focuses on behavior and our dealing with others. In general I see 12 Step “Members in general” missing the mark on a few things. This mainly comes up [...]

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Fear And It’s Manifestation In Recovery

dgswilson — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:50:47 +0000

The topic at an AA Meeting the other night was “How do you deal with Fear”. I was called on, I was tired, I couldn’t address the topic to my satisfaction. First off, the length, depth and breadth of Fear makes it impossible to approach head on. On it’s own fear itself is virtually insurmountable. [...]

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Duality Continued…

dgswilson — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:32:48 +0000

I’ve settled into a working theory on this topic of Duality, for now. The idea looks at the role of the brain as a computer. We all see movies and read stories and articles about the super computer that gains self awareness. This is the storyline of the futuristic works, a computer becomes self conscious, [...]

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Self Reliance

dgswilson — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 15:07:29 +0000

God could and would if he were sought. Been attending a lot of AA and NA meetings lately. Feels a lot like church. I’ve been around a while and I find the god, churhcy, religious bent disturbing. Even more irritating are the preachers always telling people what to do and how to stay sober. You’d [...]

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Addiction Recovery, Detox And Dietary Supplements

dgswilson — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:13:50 +0000

The truth is we don’t need anything but real foods to detox and get needed nutrition. If we want to recover physically and mentally nutritional food is key. If you want to follow my example use the list below as a quick reference. No GMO’s, only minimally processed foods (organic cereals) Whole foods as “organic” [...]

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Finding Purpose In Addiction Recovery

dgswilson — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:38:25 +0000

At some point, for some time, everyone would like to have something to do in life, some purpose, some meaning. In 12 Step programs it’s suggested we turn our will and life over to god. It’s suggested we pray for knowledge of gods will for us and the power to carry that out. You’ll hear [...]

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Higher Power

dgswilson — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:42:36 +0000

Is a higher power necessary for addiction recovery? Can a person turn their will over to a higher power? In 12 Step programs it is stated, “There is one that (or maybe it’s who) has all power, that one is god…. May you find Him now. There are a lot of things in the 12 [...]

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All The Time In The World

dgswilson — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 15:03:38 +0000

We have all the time in the world to pursue our interests. To deal with our nuances and find out what life as reality is. If we can extricate ourselves from the rat race. If we can remove ourselves from the bull shit ideas of the control system. Once we discard the ideas that run [...]

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Why Love: The Two Energies

dgswilson — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:13:44 +0000

Love, is the hardest for me to get. What it is, is the first question for me. The two energies Is love an emotion? A feeling? If so I don’t really love many people. I have a feeling of gratitude for nature. Earth nature and all the natural universe. I might love children. I have [...]

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