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I am a product of Western Civilization. I occasionally joke that I am in recovery from Western Civilization. I am still occasionally sarcastic. But I am a product of my dominant culture and as much as I pretend to resist it that means that I am the product of a Judeo-Christian tradition.
I am also a [...]
Tags: Christ, Christ of Latter Day Saints, Christian, Christmas, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, conversion, Deepak Chopra, Episcopal, Jesus, Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, liturgy, love, Mormon, Mormon Church, nativity, Temple Square, vulnerable
It was in the early hours of the morning of the day after my birthday two years ago that I was given my first step. It didn’t feel much like a gift at the time, but that’s exactly what it was; a gift of grace.
Out of money and out of drugs, stood up on my [...]
Tags: 1st Step, Albertson's, Christmas, Gratitude, Milestones
Marc suggested that I start going to Al-Anon eons ago, even before this round of insanity began. But since I’ve decided that I’ve been sober long enough now, and that it is what I believe my creator would have me do, I plan on being involved in my mom’s life, I think it’s also time [...]
I’m trying a little expirement in extreme practice of the principles in a specific area of my life that I requires specific behavior that very, very few people, addict or no, ever do.
Am I above the law? The practice of humility requires that I answer no to that question. And if I am not above [...]
There are things in life, situations, whatever, that I still don’t navigate so well. I don’t know if that’s the part where I’m “recovering” and have a ways to go, or if it’s simply endemic to being an addict, recovering or not, or if perhaps I’m simply an outright mental defective. You’d think I could [...]
Tomorrow night at 8:30 EST I’ll be hosting the weekly salon chat over at The Second Road. Now don’t be intimidated by the fact that you need to create a user name in order to join the chat. Just plan a little bit ahead to get that done before.
So that you can be there on [...]
Still missing the mark. But that’s fine. I set it pretty high. I didn’t actually expect I’d reach it. My theory that I tend to come in under the mark, but always by some ratio, seems to hold weight. Going to bed last night in clean sheets and waking up this morning to a clean [...]
Tags: Christmas
Well, we’ve made it through the first week. It hasn’t been without problems. There have been kinks to work out. But over all? I’d say we’re doing fine.
The only way to actually have time to do homework assigned on Monday or Tuesday is to telecommute on Wednesdays. That way I’m prepared for class on Wednesday [...]
Tags: car shopping, low end new car
So why shouldn’t I juggle too? I’ve been juggling already. Figuring out how to live sober has been really, really tricky. I don’t even think that, on balance, I’m very good at it. I’ve complained about the big chunks of my life that really aren’t working, that I struggle with, that I’m apparently unwilling to [...]
Tags: Adobe, concrete tools, education, goals, perseverance, USD
I can’t remember the last time I actually wrote a gratitude list and since I’ve been in a kind of crappy place in my head recently I probably ought to write one. Even if it is trite. My sponsor said I shouldn’t include the things I should expect - food, shelter, clothing - but that [...]
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