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Please see our updated calendar for January and flyer for DBHIDS First Fridays Series to be held here at the Philadelphia Recovery Community Center on Friday, January 9, 2015 from 12-3pm. This month’s topic is Faith In Recovery. A diverse panel of faith leaders and advocates discuss positive wellness strategies, resources, crossing cultures and faiths, and busting stigma- followed by networking, resource sharing, and questions and answers. The event will be moderated by Mary Harper, DBHIDS Faith & Spiritual Affairs. RSVP today (registration is appreciated but not required)eventbrite.com/e/first-friday-series-january-9-2015. Bring your lunch.

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Best of Monday from Choose Help New Years Introspection & Recovery: Reflecting on Your Progress As this year's calendar comes to an end, we take stock of our progress. Moving away from being overly self-critical allows us to build on our successes. The coming of the New Year naturally leads us to reflect on the recent past and to consider the year ahead. In the context of recovery, this pursuit is fraught with pitfalls. As the adage cautions: "It's all in how you look at it." Growth in recovery results in increased clarity. This can be disorienting and emotionally draining. Things that once seemed benign now seem painful. Things that once seemed a great injustice now seem like they're no big deal. Assessing ourselves and our experiences is therefore problematic. Most of us have yet to become fair judges of ourselves. Before reflecting on our past, we must consider what we hope to discover: We don't often find what we're not looking for. Don't Should on Yourself Most of us have a tendency to be overly self-critical. This leaves us minimizing our successes and exaggerating our shortcomings and failures. I caution folks when they express ideas about where they should be or shouldn't be because these are rejections of where they are and how much it took to get there. More importantly, if we can't accept how things are, then we're not going to move toward how they could be. Rejecting ourselves leads to shame, which leads to beating ourselves up. It's far better to judge our progress as though it belonged to someone else. If a friend or family member experiences even the smallest success, we would never turn to them and in effect say, "Is that all you've done?" Pick Up the Pace If we find that we are dissatisfied with the rate of progress in our recovery, our best investment is to set measurable goals for the coming year. New Years resolutions are usually just nice ideas that lack follow through. Better to develop conviction regarding what we will and will not do. Increasing the amount of support we solicit and the amount of accountability we demonstrate are paramount to our success. We need feedback from trusted others to ensure that we continue to strive. We need reality checks and for folks to call us out when we're being too hard on ourselves. Recovery still hinges on the degree to which our lives are manageable. Moving away from all or nothing thinking and approaches makes success more attainable. Keep Going! If we find that we have achieved a great deal in the past year, there is cause for celebration. There is also reason to be vigilant. Complacency is one of the most subtle forms of self destruction. It's never sustainable nor fulfilling. Counselors refer to it as "plateauing." Mountain climbing is a good analogy for recovery. We climb until we reach a new level. We rest and enjoy a greater view. Then we start climbing again. We never reach the summit but we never settle for less than we can attain. Gratitude & Attitude Gratitude is a powerfully spiritual force. Looking back on the past year we can ask ourselves, "What helped me get here?" We can consider the impact of grace and good people and what it's made possible for us. Showing our appreciation enhances connection to both our support system and to our Higher Power. Patience and Tolerance We are not patient people. To be patient is to be kind and accepting. This is exactly why we struggle. We were not taught to value ourselves. I share with folks the slight modifications to the Serenity Prayer that help me focus my time and energy: God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change (others) Courage to change the things I can (myself) and the wisdom to know the difference. Be of Service Taking pride in what we've overcome and incorporated shows us how much we have to offer to others in recovery. Knowledge creates responsibility. We are not required to tell others the answers, only to share what worked for us. The best way to keep it is to give it away. Read in browser »   Recent featured articles: Hating the Holidays? Tips on How to Stay Clean and Sober Handling and Preventing Stress: A 3-Step Approach Avoid Marijuana Relapse: Identify High Risk Situations and Prepare Coping Strategies AA Sponsorship: How to Find Your Ideal AA Sponsor Tramadol Withdrawal – Advice on Coping with Discontinuation Symptoms And, as always, thank you for reading! All the best to you and yours, Martin Schoel, founder of Choose Help P.S. If you’d like to dive into the conversation, make sure to follow us on Twitter or like us on Facebook (40K+ people do). FORWARD THIS MESSAGE TO A LOVED ONE Do you or someone you know need rehab? Click or 'Tab' to speak with us now: (877) 333-5266 Facebook Twitter Google Plus Pinterest

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December 29 Chp 59 v 12 TWELVE STEPPING WITH STRENGTH FROM THE PSALMS

Because of the sinful things they say, because of the evil that is on their lips, let them be captured by their pride, their curses, and their lies.

STEP 6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.

We can ask God to take lies, pride, and curses away, but are we willing to let them go. These defects were my way of life out there on them streets.  Back in the day life was a game and in some sense it still is. Occasionally I use these defects to get what  I  want! What  I have to realize is if I want my life to be better,  I gotta change the old way of doing things and move on. That is a very hard thing to do especially if that's all you know.  Step five has to be a part of your daily routine along with the other steps. I have the steps for the most part plastered in my head. This will not come naturally and if your sick and tired of dealing with the same old crap, YOU and no one else can change. It will take hard work and discipline on your part. Like the old saying goes TRUST GOD AND CLEAN HOUSE!

Proverbs 6:16 - 19 There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers. By Joseph Dickerson