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,…
Courage to Change: Life doesn’t always go smoothly or peacefully, even though I might wish it would. In the past, when something bothered me, I’d say nothing rather than face…