By Scott Brassart A few days ago, I woke up on the wrong side of the bed. I wasn’t just restless, irritable, and discontent, I was flat out pissed off and in a nasty mood. About what, I have no idea. There was nothing on my agenda for the day that I was dreading, the […]
Recovering sex and porn addicts have long needed a daily reader specific to their needs. Yes, we’ve had the Hazelden publication, Answers in the Heart, to use as a daily reader for the past three decades. But that book has always seemed focused on developing a certain type of spirituality and healing from addiction in […]
By Scott Brassart Last week, we discussed how to work Step 11 of the 12 steps, along with the benefits of working that step. This week, our focus logically moves to Step 12. Step 12 reads as follows: Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message […]
By Scott Brassart Last week, we discussed how to work Step 10 of the 12 Steps, along with the benefits of working that step. This week, our focus logically moves to Step 11. Step 11 reads as follows: Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood God, praying […]
By Scott Brassart Last week, we discussed how to work step 9 of the 12 steps, along with the benefits of working that step. This week, our focus logically moves to step 10. Step 10 reads as follows: Continued to take personal inventory, and when we were wrong promptly admitted it. Step 10 is, in […]
By Scott Brassart Last week, we discussed how to work step 8 of the 12 steps, along with the benefits of working that step. This week, our focus logically moves to step 9. Step 9 reads as follows: Made direct amends to such people whenever possible, except when to do so would injure them or […]
By Scott Brassart Last week, we discussed how to work step 7 of the 12 steps, along with the benefits of working that step. This week, our focus logically moves to step 8. Step 8 reads as follows: Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them […]
By Scott Brassart Two weeks ago, we discussed how to work step 6 of the 12 steps, along with the benefits of working that step. This week, our focus logically moves to step 7. Step 7 reads as follows: Humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings. In step 6 you identified your character defects and […]
By Scott Brassart Last week, we discussed how to work step 5 of the 12 steps, along with the benefits of working that step. This week, our focus logically moves to step 6. Step 6 reads as follows: We were entirely ready to have God remove all our defects of character. The Alcoholics Anonymous authored […]