from Touchstones
There are things for which an uncompromising stand is worthwhile. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
For many of us, a time came when we said, “I’m not going to live this way anymore!” This was a deep, internal decision for change, even though we didn’t know how it would come about. Somehow we had reached bottom, and we no longer debated about whose fault our problems were. We quit negotiating over what we would change and what we would not change. We were willing to put all our energy into finding a better life, no matter what it would require. That is the kind of inner readiness that finally made real change possible.
Such willingness to take an uncompromising stand and give ourselves totally to a worthwhile cause is a model for our lives. It’s the beginning of deep change. Many men and women have taken similar heroic stands for other causes, like world peace, compassion for the poor and hungry, human rights, and protection of the environment.
On this day, I will take a stand for what is worthwhile.
From Answers in the Heart
We seek God until He finds us. — Madeleine L’Engle
The day comes when we suddenly realise we are not caught up in our addiction. That’s the moment we know we’re living in recovery, that we’re practising the principles of recovery in all areas of our lives.
This awakening can come suddenly, as the result of a crisis, or it can happen subtly, over time. It always brings with it a deepening of our commitment to the Twelve Step program. We find ourselves turning away from the addiction and toward our Higher Power. We find the joy of living in God’s will.
Working the Twelve Steps frees us from the tyranny of sex addiction by giving us the awareness that God has removed the addiction because we’ve let go of it. Things are restored to their proper order. The addiction is outside of us; we have ourselves and our relationship with our Higher Power. It’s then that we can reach out to other sex addicts because we finally have someone to give them — ourselves.
I am not my addiction. My addiction is not my Higher Power.
Daily Meditation Books
Answers in the Heart - daily meditations for people recovering from sex addiction
Touchstones - daily meditations for recovering men
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