by Kathleen S. | Dec 1, 2022 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery
Missed Chances and Mistakes. Do we “deserve” a second chance—or a third one, or a fourth? Are there “do-overs” in life? In 12-Step recovery, we have them, every single day. No matter what we’ve done—or failed to do—if we are in these rooms or on these calls, we are...
by Kathleen S. | Dec 1, 2022 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery
What does this day have in store for me? Waking up, I remember how it felt to wake up on a birthday, when I was just five or six. A happy occasion. All at once, I may also remember many sad times, a flood of memories when I was disappointed because it turned out that...
by Anonymous | Nov 1, 2022 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery
Mother: “I would have had an abortion if I had known.” (You are not supposed to be here.) Father (after saying I will come home if he promises not to hit me): “I will not be blackmailed.” (Do not forget. You are not supposed to be here.) Husband: “No one wants to hear...
by Tamara P. | Nov 1, 2022 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery
(This is about a person and a learning experience which offered me comfort, calmness, and life skills.) Comfort was very difficult to find in my mother’s house. For just the two of us were living there most of the time, it always felt chaotic and tense. I...
by Harper O. | Oct 15, 2022 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery
Blind faith has always sounded ridiculous to me. After all, a part of why I have been Pagan for over 30 years was because I did not just accept things at face value. I needed to know more. So I did not really have any problem “recognizing” my Higher Power. It was the...
by Lexi I. | Oct 15, 2022 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery
I have been in a Twelve Step Program for food for over 20 years, where, at my first meeting, newcomers were encouraged to get a sponsor right away and work the Steps. Having not been in a Twelve Step program before this one, I accepted the recommendation and was...
