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09/23/2021

FREEDOM MONTH: DAY 23: “Freedom is the will to be responsible for ourselves.”― Friedrich Nietzsche This Is It! We are free when we learn to let go of blaming the world for our s**t. When we stop being victims all the time and own our lives as if they were the greatest gift we could have received…Hint: they ARE! Everything matters, everything we do and say and have ever been and done…all of it!...

FREEDOM MONTH: DAY 23: “Freedom is the will to be responsible for ourselves.”― Friedrich Nietzsche This Is It! We are free when we learn to let go of blaming the world for our s**t. When we stop be…

09/21/2021

FREEDOM MONTH: DAY 21: “You wanna fly, you got to give up the s**t that weighs you down.”― Toni Morrison Flight is always our vision of freedom. We are earth-bound, seemingly anchored by gravity. Some days I do not feel the anchor, but I know it exists. Other days I feel too heavy and burdened to move. These are both a sense I have of myself in the world....

FREEDOM MONTH: DAY 21: “You wanna fly, you got to give up the s**t that weighs you down.”― Toni Morrison Flight is always our vision of freedom. We are earth-bound, seemingly anchored by gravity. S…

09/20/2021

FREEDOM MONTH: DAY 20: “Freedom is what we do with what is done to us.”― Jean-Paul Sartre I really like this quote. New one for me. And it is the best one for this step, at least in my experience of Step 9. Many of the people I harmed had also done harm to me. I cannot remember a functional relationship in my life before recovery....

FREEDOM MONTH: DAY 20: “Freedom is what we do with what is done to us.”― Jean-Paul Sartre I really like this quote. New one for me. And it is the best one for this step, at least in my experience o…

09/19/2021

FREEDOM MONTH: DAY 19: “The truth will set you free, but first it will p**s you off.”― Joe Klaas This is an old friend as far as quotes go. I have used it many times because it resonates with me deeply. We all have some deep truths to swallow as we go along this recovery road. A lot of them WILL set us free, because the lies we tell ourselves are deadly and dangerous to maintain any longer....

FREEDOM MONTH: DAY 19: “The truth will set you free, but first it will p**s you off.”― Joe Klaas This is an old friend as far as quotes go. I have used it many times because it resonates with me de…

09/18/2021

FREEDOM MONTH: DAY 18: “Not to forgive is to be imprisoned by the past, by old grievances that do not permit life to proceed with new business. Not to forgive is to yield oneself to another's control... to be locked into a sequence of act and response, of outrage and revenge, tit for tat, escalating always. The present is endlessly overwhelmed and devoured by the past....

FREEDOM MONTH: DAY 18: “Not to forgive is to be imprisoned by the past, by old grievances that do not permit life to proceed with new business. Not to forgive is to yield oneself to another’s…

09/15/2021

FREEDOM MONTH: DAY 15: “Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.”― Jim Morrison By the time we reach a certain age, we have lived through most of the fears of our younger days. That is a good thing. After some time in recovery, we will have learned that Ego is the basis of fear....

FREEDOM MONTH: DAY 15: “Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.”― Jim Morrison By the time we reach a certai…

09/14/2021

FREEDOM MONTH: DAY 14: “Let those who wish have their respectability- I wanted freedom, freedom to indulge in whatever caprice struck my fancy, freedom to search in the farthermost corners of the earth for the beautiful, the joyous, and the romantic.”― Richard Halliburton I did not know who the author was, so I looked him up. Interesting character, I would have hung out with him....

FREEDOM MONTH: DAY 14: “Let those who wish have their respectability- I wanted freedom, freedom to indulge in whatever caprice struck my fancy, freedom to search in the farthermost corners of the e…

09/13/2021

FREEDOM MONTH: DAY 13: “My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.”― Adlai E. Stevenson The world right now is very tumultuous. In my memory, I do not remember a time when there were so many angry people. Perhaps it is a world of pervasive fear. That engages Ego, which tells the story to us that we have to fight....

FREEDOM MONTH: DAY 13: “My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.”― Adlai E. Stevenson The world right now is very tumultuous. In my memory, I do not remember a…

09/12/2021

FREEDOM MONTH: DAY 12: “Forgiveness is the one gift you don't give to others. Rather, it is the gift you give yourself, so you can finally be free.”― Shannon Alder I don’t resonate with the word “forgiveness” so I will substitute the principle of Acceptance instead. I personally don’t think I have the capacity to forgive. It is too arrogant for me to believe....

FREEDOM MONTH: DAY 12: “Forgiveness is the one gift you don’t give to others. Rather, it is the gift you give yourself, so you can finally be free.”― Shannon Alder I don’t resonate with the w…

09/11/2021

FREEDOM MONTH: DAY 11: “If you want to be a slave in life, then continue going around asking others to do for you. They will oblige, but you will find the price is your choices, your freedom, your life itself. They will do for you, and as a result you will be in bo***ge to them forever, having given your identity away for a paltry price....

FREEDOM MONTH: DAY 11: “If you want to be a slave in life, then continue going around asking others to do for you. They will oblige, but you will find the price is your choices, your freedom, your …

09/09/2021

FREEDOM MONTH: DAY 9: “The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it.” -- John Stuart Mill The dysfunctional relationships in addiction take place for many long after the drugs and alcohol are gone....

FREEDOM MONTH: DAY 9: “The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to…

09/08/2021

FREEDOM MONTH: DAY 8: “I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.”― Robert A. Heinlein There are a few rules I break. I know the consequences of them....

FREEDOM MONTH: DAY 8: “I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am m…

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