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Category: Spirituality

  • Power of Love

    Pray only for wisdom and for the knowledge of love. Martin Santos The greatest weapon of any Spiritual Warrior is love. Love will change minds. Love will forgive. Love will let go. Love will cause good luck. Love will heal. Love will cry. Love will get rid of resentments. Love will overcome fear. Love loves…

  • Awareness

    Where My Recovery Starts: Awareness An Honest Examination of the Shadow In Genuine Recovery it is essential to take a self inventory of strengths and weaknesses in order to move forward towards acceptance and forgiveness.  Accepting myself and forgiving myself are tall orders when operating with a low self esteem as a result of years…

  • Enthusiasm

    Zeal is Enthusiasm Martin Santos The State of Mind linking you to God: Enthusiasm In Genuine Recovery, much is mentioned about faith and trust.  Yes, these are two essential qualities and states of mind that must be felt and experienced for any lasting change and growth in sobriety. In today’s brief blog I will explore…

  • Discipline

    Repetition is Learning. Martin Santos Discipline: Practice and Repetition leads to Improvement For any desired result, discipline is a requirement.  Structure, repetition, and learning are necessary, but when channelled negatively they can produce unintended consequences. When I was a using active alcoholic, my discipline was producing results that were not in my best interest.  I…

  • Time

    Time is a measure of Change. Alan Watts It all begins Now. In Genuine Recovery, my sobriety time is the ever-present realization that I do not drink today. Longevity is a future and past concept — it doesn’t exist. There is no such thing as tomorrow or yesterday. There never will be because time is…