by Colleen Harrison | Jun 10, 2013 | literature, meetings, Recovery, writing
A solid program of recovery includes consistent fellowship with others in recovery. Shared messages of experience, strength and hope makes both the speaker and the listener stronger. It bolsters commitment to a recovered way of life. But sometimes, you just can’t get...
by Colleen Harrison | May 24, 2013 | God's In Charge, Step 4, Twelve Steps, writing
What is Free Step Friday (#freestepfriday)? Click here for details. Scripture: Jacob 4:10—Seek not to counsel the Lord. When we finally surrender our lives and our will to God, we begin to pray in a whole new way. Our prayers begin to have less emphasis on what we...
by Colleen Harrison | May 17, 2013 | Step 3, Twelve Steps, writing
What is Free Step Friday (#freestepfriday)? Click here for details. Scripture: Omni 1:26—Offer your whole souls as an offering unto him. How much plainer can it be stated? Our whole soul—body and spirit. This is the ultimate act of consecration. It is to come full...
by Colleen Harrison | May 13, 2013 | abstinence, Recovery, Step 3
Abstinence is not always recovery. What?!? Many people want to believe that abstinence is the end-all of a Twelve Step program. While it’s extremely important, abstinence is the result, not the goal. Recovery is not born of abstinence. Abstinence grows from recovery....
by Colleen Harrison | May 3, 2013 | Recovery, Step 1, Twelve Steps, writing
What is Free Step Friday (#freestepfriday)? Click here for details. Scripture Mosiah 27:29—My soul hath been redeemed from the gall of bitterness and bonds of iniquity. I was in the darkest abyss;…My soul was racked with eternal torment. Gall of bitterness? Bonds of...
by Colleen Harrison | May 2, 2013 | Twelve Steps, writing
If you have a copy of the 20th Anniversary Edition of He Did Deliver Me from Bondage, you may have noticed and wondered about some of the quotes in the margins, cited as Patterns of Light I and Patterns of Light II. That was a teaser hinting at two new books! Here at...
