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The Higher Power paradox

hpbirdssmileThe dictionary defines the word paradox as: a seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true. In Greek the word literally translates as “conflicting with expectation”.
Accepting powerlessness over unhealthy habits and the unmanageability of our lives and the …

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12 stappen, Herstel, Hogere Macht
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About al-anon’s “step one”

To get rid of unhealthy habits many people turn to so-called 12-step programs, such as AA, CA, Al-Anon, to name just a few of the more than 50.

Regular meetings in which the participants suffering from the same habits share …

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12 steps, acceptance, addicted, al-anon, awareness, Denial, insane, powerlessness, recovery, unmanagability
12 stappen, Behandeling, Herstel, Hogere Macht
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The truth about higher power

giantwaveIn 12-step programs such as AA, Al-anon, CA, XA, SLAA (and there are many more) the basis for recovery is the belief in a “Higher Power as you understand him” or “God”. So what to do with this when you …

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De kracht van gedachte, Herstel, Hogere Macht
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Turning the holiday blues around

 

happy4thFor those suffering from unhealthy habits the holidays can be a difficult time of the year. I often hear that to many of us, days like Thanksgiving, St. Nicolas, Diwali, Hanukkah or Christmas are triggers to watch out for. …

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acceptance, addicted, addiction, awareness, detach, detachment, emotions, now, reality, recovery, thoughts
De kracht van gedachte, Herstel, Hogere Macht, Loslaten
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Low self-esteem: who’s judging who?

selfimagemirrorOne of the recurring themes that comes up when talking to people suffering from unhealthy habits is “low self-esteem”, both as a cause, an excuse and/or as a symptom for their behavior or thinking. The word self-esteem implies a judgment …

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acceptance, addicted, addiction, awareness, Denial, detach, detachment, guilt, insane, now, reality, recovery, suffering
De kracht van gedachte, Herstel, Hogere Macht, Loslaten
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Addiction farewell

farewellI do not like the words addiction or addict. It makes me think of commonly used labels, such as “disease”, “powerlessness”, “patient” and the need for a “higher power”. It creates a sense of unavoidable dependency and despair, taking away …

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12 steps, addiction, guilt, powerlessness, suffering, unmanagability
Behandeling, De kracht van gedachte, Feiten & Cijfers, Herstel, Hogere Macht
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The three C’s

One of the most common problems when dealing with an addict in your life is that you blame yourself.  You ask yourself: “Why is it that no matter what I do and how hard I try, the addict(s) in my …

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3 c's, acceptance, addiction, al-anon, control, Denial, guilt, insane, recovery, suffering
Herstel, Hogere Macht, Loslaten
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Me meditate?

So many of us suffer from stress and sleepless nights because our minds have spun out of control. In our fight with addiction we try to control, change and cure the addict and since this is an impossible battle to …

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3 c's, addiction, anger, awareness, control, emotions, obsession, recovery, thoughts
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Healing addiction through belief

We are all created, composed of tiny particles, so scientists say. Before we were born they already existed, and when we die, these atoms that formed us do not disappear. They live on. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. We …

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acceptance, addiction, awareness, control, Denial, emotions, guilt, now, obsession, reality, recovery, relationships, suffering, thoughts, unmanagability
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