Pearls of Recovery

Modus Operandi

The purpose of this blog isn’t to cure the reader of the disease of addiction.  If I had a solution to that, it would have been discovered long before my own addiction to alcohol. 

The writings contained here are to provide glimpses of experience, both my own and those I have witnessed in groups and in reading and research over my pathway of recovery, and those experiences that lead me to my alcoholism and the inevitable consequences of that downward spiral… (Continued…)

Pearls

• The Unvalidated
  *New
• One Actor, Two Characters, Three Roles
  We are the Actors.
• Enablement
  An Introspect into Cause and Effect.
• The Power of Language
  What are you Talking About?!
• The Cliff
  A Narrative about Falling and Climbing Back Up.
• Investment
  A Different Accounting of Recovery.
• Attraction
  Become Something Worth Paying Attention To.
• Equilibrium
  The Topsy-Turvey of Life.
• Timeline
  Time is Time.
• It’s My Responsibility
  If it’s not My Responsibility, then…
• The Fourth Element
  An Absolute Need.
• Making the Cycle
  Finding Growth.
• Breaking the Cycles
  Pulling the Weeds.
• The Truth in the Matter
  Unlocking the Belief Box.
• Brainwash
  Investigating the Channels of Programming.
• Trust and Relationships
  Relationships Have Needs.
• Recovery as an Insulator
  Recovery is a Protective Thing Too.
• The Ripple Effect
  Even a Miniscule Pebble has Influence.
• The Voices
  Becoming Aware of the Chatterbox.
• Mechanisms
  Red Flags, Triggers and Outcomes.
• Ghosts in the Cave
  Looking into the Cave instead of Outside of it.
• Pursuit
  What are we After in Life?
• Beginning(s)
  One Day at a Time.
• Grieving
  A Perspective of Loss.
• The Words That Bind
  Love Everyone, and Tell the Truth.
• Communion
  Life is about more than Me.
• Patience
  Take Your Time with this One.
• Desire, Determination, Dedication, Devotion
  The Big Four of Personal Growth.