Pursuit of Recovery

11/19/2025

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Practical Tools & Encouragement  for Staying Sober This Season 🎄 The holidays can bring joy, but they can also bring stress, grief, expectations, family dynamics, travel, and emotional triggers. This guide pulls together simple, effective tools to help you stay groun

11/17/2025

Mom’s Monday📝 Notes – Recovery Reflection
On 2/4/25 My mother wrote:
“If you are not content with what you have, you would not be satisfied if it were doubled.” – Charles Spurgeon

In recovery, this quote hits deep. It reminds us that contentment isn’t found in “more” — more money, more approval, more relationships, more control, more comfort.

Contentment is an inside job.

Addiction teaches us to chase “more” as a way to numb pain, fill emptiness, or avoid truth.

But recovery teaches us the opposite:
We grow 🌻
by learning🤓
to sit with what we have, appreciate what is present, and cultivate gratitude right where our feet are.

Because the truth is…
If we’re not grateful for the progress we have today — the clarity, the breath in our lungs, the second chances, the small victories — then doubling any of it won’t satisfy the deeper hunger inside us.

Recovery is about learning to nourish that inner hunger with honesty, connection, peace, and purpose… not with more of anything outside of us.
And when we practice contentment, even in the imperfect and the in-between, something shifts:
we stop chasing and start living.
We stop striving and start healing.

Contentment isn’t settling. It’s strengthening.
It’s choosing to anchor your heart in what’s real today so you’re not blown away by what’s missing tomorrow.

Reflection Question for the Week:

Where in my life do I need to slow down and practice contentment rather than chasing “more” to feel okay?

11/11/2025

Gratitude for our ♥️

11/11/2025

Mom’s Monday 📝Notes
On 6/27/2006 my mother 📝wrote:

“It is impossible to get less than the best when we do things God’s way.”

Recovery tie-in: In recovery, “God’s way” isn’t a shortcut to perfect outcomes—it’s a steady path of principles: honesty, humility, willingness, accountability, and service. When we align our choices with those principles (think Steps 3, 4–5, 9, 10–12), we’re promised the best kind of result: sober clarity, clean conscience, restored relationships where possible, and peace even when circumstances are still messy. Self-will chases comfort and control; God’s way chooses the next right thing. We may not get the outcome we wanted, but we won’t get less than what we truly need—grace, growth, and freedom.

In practice this week
• Motive check: Before a hard conversation or decision, pause and ask, “Am I seeking comfort or character?” Then choose the action that aligns with honesty and love.
• One amends step: Take one concrete action toward repair (a call, a letter, or a living amends through consistent behavior).
• Daily inventory: Each night, list where you followed principles and where you drifted. Make a quick course correction plan for tomorrow.
• Serve someone: Do one quiet act of service—no credit needed. Service keeps us in God’s current instead of our ego’s current.

Reflection question🤓
Where in my recovery am I still negotiating with self-will, and what would “the next right principled action” look like today?

Affirmation😇
“I release outcomes and choose principles. When I do it God’s way, I receive nothing less than what I truly need.”

Simple prayer🙏🏻
“God, order my steps today. Trade my control for Your wisdom, my fear for Your peace, and my will for the next right thing. Amen.”

11/05/2025

HALT is an acronym that is well known in many Twelve Step programs.

It stands for Hungry, Angry, Lonely, and Tired.

When we feel out of balance, it's often that one or more of these things are in play.

When we become aware of what's going on, we can take the necessary steps to mend ourselves.

There's often an "S" added at the end of HALT that stands for "Serious".

It might also stand for "scared" or "sad" or "sick" - feelings or conditions we have had most of our lives, but haven't always identified the effect they've had.

When the "S" is happening, it's time to be even gentler with ourselves.

We've learned that ignoring our reality doesn't make it go away. Even long-term ACAs can see their program seemingly fly out the window whenever HALTS isn't addressed. At these especially vulnerable times, the remedies might include connecting with our Higher Power, going to meetings, and talking to other ACAs. We are learning that these things help us have balance in our lives.

On this day I remind myself that when I feel down and don't see what's happening, remembering HALTS and doing the next right thing help me gently take care of myself in the way I deserve.

Copyright © 2013 by Adult Children of Alcoholics® & Dysfunctional Families

11/04/2025

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Remember November: A Month to Remember Who You Are As the seasons change and November quietly settles in, it invites us to pause and remember. In Recovery, remembering becomes one of our greatest gifts. In active addiction, so much of life was lost in a blur — moments f

11/03/2025

10/31/2025

Great Read🤓 Heather R. Hayes & Associates, Inc

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10/31/2025

10/30/2025

"Our newly found faith serves as a firm foundation for courage in the future."

Basic Text, p.96

Narcotics Anonymous is no place for the faint of heart! Facing life on life's terms without the use of drugs isn't always easy. Recovery requires more than hard work; it requires a liberal dose of courage.

What is courage, anyway? A quick look at a dictionary will tell us. We have courage when we face and deal with anything that we think of as difficult, dangerous, or painful, rather than withdrawing from it. Courage means being brave; having a purpose; having spirit. So what is courage, really? Courage is an attitude, one of perseverance.

That's what an addict in recovery really needs-perseverance. We make that commitment to stick with our program, to avoid using, no matter what happens. A courageous addict is one who doesn't use, one day at a time, no matter what. And what gives us courage? A relationship with a Higher Power gives us the strength and the courage to stay clean. We know that, so long as we are in our God's care, we will have the power we need to face life on its own terms.

Just for Today: I have a Higher Power who cares for me, no matter what. Knowing that, I will strive to have an attitude of courage today.

10/29/2025

Active Addiction Is an 🎭Illusion — Active Recovery Is 😇Real

Active addiction creates a false world — one built on denial, chaos, and temporary relief. It feels real in the moment, but it’s an illusion that hides pain behind a mask of control.

Active recovery, on the other hand, is real. It’s facing life head-on. It’s the courage to sit with discomfort, to rebuild trust, and to feel every emotion without running from it. Recovery isn’t about escaping reality — it’s about finally living in it.

Illusion fades.
Truth stands.
Choose real.
Choose recovery.