For the alcoholic/addict a life time of destruction changes when we do the 12 Steps. For me it was a spiritual awakening and it saved my life.
With active addiction, the alcoholic lives a life of illusions. Doing everything in their power to avoid reality. But sobriety teaches that Reality Felt OK.
And with reality, the alcoholic begins to recognize that He Smiled.
The Twelve Steps of CODA...
John Bradshaw, my favorite recovery author, has said that alcoholism and addiction is a secondary disease. He believes that our main addiction is co-dependency.
If we weren't co-dependent we wouldn't be alcoholics or addicts. I do believe this No recovery is on solid ground if we don't deal with our co-dependency..
The Seventh Promise...
This promise states, We will lose interest in selfish things and gain interest in our fellows.
Sobriety brought about some radical changes in the way I thought. No longer was it, "me, me, me." There was some genuine concern for others and their needs.
From the article of the month, "Poor me." That is basically the way I lived my life when I drank. Every game I ever played all revolved around "poor me." I shared the stories of a dysfunctional childhood to start relationships. Then I'd tell friends how I was screwed over on a drug deal. This "Poor me" attitude got me into all sorts of dramas that kept my victimhood alive... click here to read more.
The ACOA Promises AA isn't the only program that has a set of promises. I recently created a video in tribute to the 12 Promises of Adult Children of Alcoholics support group.
How the Dreams were born
Raised in Closter, New Jersey. Partied in Yankton, South Dakota (among other places) But the dreams came alive in Diller, Nebraska
I Was A Man Classic People in recovery realize that they once again become a child. They learn all over how to play nice and accept responsibility. I wrote this poem and created the video for an adult children of alcoholics website.
Creating Dreams, from the nightmares of hell...
The writings of Dave Harm
Three months of the Burning Bush Experience Sharing my story of three very real and moving experiences with my Higher Power, whom I chose to call Love.
serving the community since 7/4/2004 last updated on 6/14/2009
Welcome to Creating Dreams... where fantasies and illusions can become reality...
seeing the beauty of what lies within a wonderful gift... given freely to create... a song thoughts flowing freely in a dream like state visualizing every image
deep in the soul are the words that make a poem come alive expressions flow freely the pen scribbles thoughts thoughts from dreams dreams from another world
a world that is seen only by one visions of love and empathy thoughts that could never be spoken fantasies of peace and serenity that others couldn't comprehend yet... it didn't matter
in song or in verse the illusions came alive the soul was shown to all that listened with the fantasy that someday... the illusion would be reality
