Courage to Change: Sometimes the healthiest thing I can do for myself is to admit that I’m not perfect. I am human. I make mistakes. But it isn’t always easy…
Courage to Change: I used to think that if I ever looked carefully at myself, my secret fears would be confirmed: I'd see that I am hopelessly flawed and unworthy.…
Courage to Change: When I take the Seventh Step (“Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings”), I calmly ask for help. I don’t beg or demand; I neither grovel nor…
Courage to Change: Like alcoholism, obsessive thinking can be too much to handle. My best hope in battling it is not to begin, because once started, it gains steam and…
Courage to Change: In the past, whenever anyone disagreed with me I took it as a personal failure. If only I had found the right words, clothes, opinions, school, job,…