AIMING TO BE John 7:12-13 MORNING START-UP Some people have trouble believing we have really changed. I know for my family it took time. Because I had entered rehab previously (a couple of times) and failed. This can be frustrating and can make us feel angry. […]
UNBUCKLED FROM GUILT John 3:18 Morning Start-UpWhen I look back on my past it is easy to remember all the things I did wrong. Things I could have been condemned for. I often have failed to live up to […]
“CHILDISH ADULTHOOD” Luke 18:15-17 Morning Start-UpThere have been many times in my life in the past when I have been ‘childish’, but not ‘childlike’ When I was stubborn, foolish and destructive. Times when under the influence of alcohol and/or other […]
FOR OR AGAINST Matthew 12:30 Morning Start-UpSometimes we want to be on the side of everything that is good, clean and wholesome, then at other times we still want the things we know are no good for us or those we love. It is […]
BETTER DAYS AHEAD Psalm 23:5-6 Morning Start-Up The good times are not all in the past. We sometimes remember the ‘good old days’ without remembering they were really ‘the bad old days’ Living standards and conditions that were not very good. I remember spending five years of […]
DANGEROUS IRRESPONSIBILTY Psalm 23:4 One of the disciplines I learned early in recovery. In fact, I learned it whilst in rehab in Rockingham in Western Australia through the reading of the Alcoholics Anonymous book 24 Hours a Day. It was the importance of starting […]
