We just had our latest local workshop, the 411 on Sponsorship. It was a chance to continue the ongoing conversation about sponsorship in CoDA. It is a conversation worth having over and over. People come to our program from all walks of life and an array of histories. Many have traveled these 12 steps inContinue reading “Variety is the spice of life: Sponsorship in CoDA”
Category Archives: tools of recovery
How to show compassion to yourself
–from Gratitude – The Life Blog 1. Take care of your health The very step in showing compassion to yourself is to take care of your health, in little and big ways. We tend to get so busy with work or family that our health goes to the backburner. But, it’s the important thing inContinue reading “How to show compassion to yourself”
Holiday Meetings Link
Need a meeting over the holidays? CoDA World has online meetings available. Check out the schedule here… https://www.codependents.org/codathon.html
Daily Affirmations to Cultivate Patience
I am a patient person. It is okay to wait. There is no hurry. The more patient I am, the lighter I feel. Being patient helps me enjoy the life I have right in front of me. I trust the timing of my life.
Wisdom
All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on. ~Havelock Ellis The wisdom that we attempt to develop in recovery is how to balance the letting go and the holding on in our lives. Many of us have sunk into deep holes of crisis and despair by holdingContinue reading “Wisdom”
My recovery story
By Anna H My relationship with my partner had become strained in the past week. In our attempts to try to communicate with each other about our own needs, we seemed to be triggering each other, and it felt like neither of us was doing a good job of really hearing each other, because ourContinue reading “My recovery story”
Self-love is not selfish
Trust
It can be challenging to manage codependency at this time of year. Step 12 reminds us to practice these principles in all our affairs. Using the tools of the program we can navigate the waters ahead. With our Higher Power and our recovery community, we can face new challenges with courage and self-acceptance. We remember we are caredContinue reading “Trust”
Step 12
Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to other codependents, and to practice these principles in all our affairs. Step 12 What is the message? As Melody Beattie puts it, “our message is one of hope, love, comfort, health – a better way of life,Continue reading “Step 12”
Step 11
Hmmmm… Why a picture of a plug in an outlet? Keep reading. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, as we understood God, praying only for knowledge of God’s will for us and the power to carry that out. Step 11 In Step 3 we made a decision to turnContinue reading “Step 11”