Eden House Diani

09/01/2025

Recovery is a journey, and every step forward is worth celebrating, no matter how small! 🌟 Whether it’s a day, a week, or a year, your progress deserves recognition.

Learn to be kind to yourself every step of the way. Celebrate your milestones, big or small, with acts of self-love.
Whether it’s a quiet walk, your favorite meal, or simply taking a moment to reflect, you deserve it.

How long have you been walking this path? Let’s cheer you on! 💙

07/01/2025

Tranquility grows when we choose stillness, gratitude, and kindness toward ourselves. Today, focus on one small habit that brings you peace. 🌿

06/01/2025

Mindfulness is about staying present, embracing each moment, and learning to let go of the past. Let’s take this week one mindful step at a time. 🌿

02/01/2025

There's a reason we encourage beach walks at Eden Diani. The sea doesn’t just heal your body, it heals your mind too.

Take a moment to listen to the waves and let nature work its magic.
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02/01/2025

07/08/2024

07/08/2024

August 7

The gratitude list

“We focus on anything that isn’t going our way and ignore all the beauty in our lives.”

Basic Text, p. 80

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It’s easy to be grateful when everything runs smoothly. If we get a raise at work, we’re grateful. If we get married, we’re grateful. If someone surprises us with a nice present or an unasked favor, we’re grateful. But if we get fired, divorced, or disappointed, gratitude flies out the window. We find ourselves becoming obsessed with the things that are wrong, even though everything else may be wonderful.

This is where we can use a gratitude list. We sit down with a pen and paper and list the people for whom we are grateful. We all have people who’ve supported us through life’s upheavals. We list the spiritual assets we have attained, for we know we could never make it through our present circumstances without them. Last, but not least, we list our recovery itself. Whatever we have that we are grateful for goes on the list.

We’re sure to find that we have literally hundreds of things in our lives that inspire our gratitude. Even those of us who are suffering from an illness or who have lost all material wealth will find blessings of a spiritual nature for which we can be thankful. An awakening of the spirit is the most valuable gift an addict can receive.

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Just for today: I will write a list of things, both material and spiritual, for which I am grateful.

Copyright © 1991-2023 by Narcotics Anonymous World Services, Inc. All Rights Reserved

06/08/2024

06/08/2024

August 6

The joy within

“Since the beginning of our recovery, we have found that joy doesn’t come from material things but from within ourselves.”

Basic Text, p. 107

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Some of us came to Narcotics Anonymous impoverished by our disease. Everything we’d owned had been lost to our addiction. Once we got clean, we put all our energy into recovering our material possessions, only to feel even more dissatisfied with our lives than before.

Other members have sought to ease their emotional pain with material things. A potential date has rejected us? Let’s buy something. The dog has died? Let’s go to the mall. Problem is, emotional fulfillment can’t be bought, not even on an easy installment plan.

There’s nothing inherently wrong with material things. They can make life more convenient or more luxurious, but they can’t fix us. Where, then, can true joy be found? We know; the answer is within ourselves.

When have we found joy? When we’ve offered ourselves in service to others, without expectation of reward. We’ve found true warmth in the fellowship of others—not only in NA, but in our families, our relationships, and our communities. And we’ve found the surest source of satisfaction in our conscious contact with our God. Inner peace, a sure sense of direction, and emotional security do not come from material things, but from within.

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Just for today: True joy can’t be bought. I will seek my joy in service, in fellowship, in my Higher Power—I will seek within.

Copyright © 1991-2023 by Narcotics Anonymous World Services, Inc. All Rights Reserved

30/07/2024

❤️🌼❤️Christine…working on this myself

30/07/2024

July 30

Regular inventory

"Continuing to take a personal inventory means that we form a habit of looking at ourselves, our actions, attitudes, and relationships on a regular basis."

Taking a regular inventory is a key element in our new pattern of living. In our addiction, we examined ourselves as little as possible. We weren't happy with how we were living our lives, but we didn't feel that we could change the way we lived. Self- examination, we felt, would have been a painful exercise in futility.

Today, all that is changing. Where we were powerless over our addiction, we've found a Power greater than ourselves that has helped us stop using. Where we once felt lost in life's maze, we've found guidance in the experience of our fellow recovering addicts and our ever-improving contact with our Higher Power. We need not feel trapped by our old, destructive patterns. We can live differently if we choose.

By establishing a regular pattern of taking our own inventory, we give ourselves the opportunity to change anything in our lives that doesn't work. If we've started doing something that causes problems, we can start changing our behavior before it gets completely out of hand. And if we're doing something that prevents problems from occurring, we can take note of that, too, and encourage ourselves to keep doing what works.

Just for today !

I will make a commitment to include a regular inventory in my new pattern of living.