“While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart.” - St. Francis of Assisi Last week we have started to discuss the topic of Serenity and the ways on how to find and keep it in your life. Devoting more than one blog-post to it seems wise, as Serenity is the state of being calm and tranquil no matter what goes down in your life. Therefore, let’s discuss a few more common ways of acquiring it for yourself. Meditation outs

Source: Recovery.org When I landed in recovery five years ago, I was not only an addict desperate for help, but I was 150 pounds’ overweight. It didn’t occur to me that the excess weight was part of my condition. I had to deal with the most damaging behavior first: my addiction. I attacked 12-step fellowships like my life depended on it, because, frankly, it did. But two years into my recovery, I was still largely overweight and miserable. Not to mention lethargic, and physic

“We are not going to change the whole world, but we can change ourselves and feel free as birds. We can be serene even in the midst of calamities and, by our serenity, make others more tranquil. Serenity is contagious. If we smile at someone, he or she will smile back. And a smile costs nothing. We should plague everyone with joy.” ― Swami Satchidananda Many people fall into drug, alcohol or any other sort of addiction because they cannot cope with the stress of life. This de

Source: 12-Step Philosophy I recently became fully aware of certain unconscious motivations that have been directing, to a degree, some of my behaviour. At a conscious level I was trying to help someone early in recovery and still believe that this motive was genuine, but underlying these efforts I was also being driven by powerful natural instincts and desires for connection and intimacy. In the book, Alcoholics Anonymous (aka, Big Book), our basic instincts are identified a

Many of us think that something is missing in our lives. We all, sometimes, feel that we don't yet know our destination, and that we are wandering around purposelessly. We feel desperate and numb. We want to find that deeper connection. When we can't find the purpose, we fall into wrong habits. Some get into drug abuse, others into alcohol, depression, or even into sex addiction. All these ways of coping are harmful and cause us more pain than gain. Many say that the two grea

Marijuana is one of the most addictive drugs known today, with thousands of addicts all around the world. This drug is as addictive as alcohol. 10% of people who smoke marijuana get addicted to it. Such users, who have become addicted to marijuana, will continue to use the drug despite the negative consequences. They become unable to control their addictive behavior. There are tons of people who want to get rid of their marijuana addiction. There was study conducted, in which

Everyone who has been addicted to alcohol, cigarettes or drugs would know how difficult it is to begin the recovery. Some addictions have terrible withdrawal symptoms. Most of the times it's not possible to quit these on your own; therefore, help from the side is a necessity in such cases. It's very easy to make up your mind to quit your addiction, but very difficult to keep going on. Many addicts fall back into their addiction very easily at the first chance they get. One w