Recovery Playbook
All of the files on this website, plus many more, are included in a Playbook that you can add to your own account. https://www.playbook.com/s/gusrecovery/recovery/
Unity Prayer
I put my hand in yours,and together we can do what we could never do alone. No longer is there a sense of hopelessness,no longer must we each depend uponour own unsteady willpower. We are all together now,reaching out our handsfor power and strengthgreater than ours,and as we join hands,we find love and understandingbeyond our
Personal Craziness Index (PCI)
The Personal Craziness Index (PCI) is a tool created by Dr Patrick Carnes to help people in recovery from addiction detect escalating risk for slips or relapse. It is based on the two assumptions that: The PCI consists of 12 dimensions of life, each with three indicators of how a person in recovery would behave
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23rd Psalm – 12 Steps reflection
12 Step 23rd Psalm The Lord is my Shepherd, In my addiction and in my life I badly need someone or something outside of myself, my higher power Christ my good Shepherd. (In my addiction and in my life I badly need someone or something outside of myself.) I shall not want. Trusting God quietens
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12 Step Beatitudes
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Reaching rockbottom in a life of addiction has been for me the entrance to real life in recovery. Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. The necessary experience of grief through withdrawal has made it possible for me to
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A List of 40 Recovery Tools
Recovery from addiction is a personal journey, and having the right tools can make all the difference. Below is a simplified list of 40 recovery tools to help you or a loved one stay on the path to sobriety. These tools focus on emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual well-being. The original list (source unknown) follows.
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Night Prayer of St Augustine
The prayer surrounds your loved ones with heavenly protection. There exist many night prayers in the vast treasury of prayers. One very brief but beautiful prayer is commonly attributed to St Augustine, from the 5th century. What is unique about this prayer is that it not only prays for the person about to fall asleep,
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Reflecting on Acting Out
These are extracts from comments in a recent recovery chat (June 2023) Howdy all, I’m nearly two weeks off porn and masturbation. I have been having some fantasies in the last few days about visiting a massage parlour for sexual services. It’s never been something I’ve done but my addict mind thinks it would be
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Recovery Chat
Chat with Recovery Assistant Use the Recovery chat bot (below and on the bottom right of every screen) to ask any anonymous question – the questions you’ve always wanted to know answers to about recovery. Copy and paste to save the chat.Click the recycle icon ♻️ to clear your chat.
The Cycle of Sex Addiction
by Robert Weiss MSW It’s no secret that addictions of all types are cyclical in nature, with one stage leading to the next, and then the next, leaving the addict mired in a seemingly endless downwardly spiraling loop. With sex addiction, various versions of the addictive cycle have been proposed. The first of these appeared
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