findingMyRecovery | Site-Wide Activity https://findingmyrecovery.org/community/activity/ Activity feed for the entire site. Mon, 01 Jun 2026 15:53:33 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 369058f6019d6287c451d8ae338db5a0 lary-l created the site Tonya's Recovery https://findingmyrecovery.org/community/activity/p/64606/ Sun, 31 May 2026 18:51:00 -0500 0 1dfaf7c4085bb2a369d4b3027ceb149c lary-l created the site Casie's Recovery https://findingmyrecovery.org/community/activity/p/64605/ Sun, 31 May 2026 18:47:22 -0500 0 db7a47b03819efacec05b79c4b5d9e43 lary-l posted an update in the group 12 Steps to Freedom: TRUE TOLERANCE May 29 The only requirement for A.A. […] https://findingmyrecovery.org/community/activity/p/64604/ Fri, 29 May 2026 14:51:02 -0500 TRUE TOLERANCE
May 29
The only requirement for A.A. membership is a desire to stop drinking.

TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 139

I first heard the short form of the Third Tradition in the Preamble. When I came to A.A. I could not accept myself, my alcoholism, or a Higher Power. If there had been any physical, mental, moral, or religious…[Read more]

]]> 0 babd197408a7ea45b22928e3a7b1304d lary-l posted an update: Just got back from visiting family in Michigan! Had a great […] https://findingmyrecovery.org/community/activity/p/64603/ Wed, 27 May 2026 14:38:58 -0500 Just got back from visiting family in Michigan! Had a great time and I am filled with gratitude that my recovery has allowed me to do so. I think the highlight was being able to take my daughter to the Detroit Zoo and then spending time with my mother who for 15 years I didn’t get to see because I was still out there! Today I must remember, “DON’T…[Read more]

]]> 0 3444941df3e11ceb00a8b33ac19bbd0f lary-l likes miranda-e's activity https://findingmyrecovery.org/community/activity/p/64602/ Wed, 27 May 2026 14:32:47 -0500 0 3c7cb27bd9b962b97dcef966f878e2ec lary-l likes miranda-e's activity https://findingmyrecovery.org/community/activity/p/64601/ Wed, 27 May 2026 14:32:46 -0500 0 17203ca1939a2a5c51ada61cef45406c lary-l posted an update in the group 12 Steps to Freedom: STEP ONE May 22 WE . . . (The first word of the First […] https://findingmyrecovery.org/community/activity/p/64600/ Fri, 22 May 2026 13:11:21 -0500 STEP ONE
May 22
WE . . . (The first word of the First Step)

TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 21

When I was drinking all I could ever think about was “I, I, I,” or “Me, Me, Me.” Such painful obsession of self, such soul sickness, such spiritual selfishness bound me to the bottle for more than half my life.

The journey to find God and to do…[Read more]

]]> 0 cce29508db71ce95972ab85361418545 miranda-e posted an update: First job didn't go through BUT it's okay because there […] https://findingmyrecovery.org/community/activity/p/64599/ Fri, 22 May 2026 10:48:18 -0500 First job didn’t go through BUT it’s okay because there will be a door one day to open for me. At this point though today, I do have an interview at a place in Cookeville that works with the youth. If I land that job, I will more than likely I will have to take a separate course to get the certificate as well. I am doing everything I have set my…[Read more]

]]> 0 90a98156d7967312d019dfc48f9eb3c8 miranda-e posted an update: Reflection – Symptoms of a Spiritual Awakening Reading t […] https://findingmyrecovery.org/community/activity/p/64598/ Fri, 22 May 2026 10:42:25 -0500 Reflection – Symptoms of a Spiritual Awakening

Reading today’s Just for Today really hits home because it reminds me that recovery isn’t just about removing the drugs — it’s about watching a whole new way of living slowly take shape. I spent so many years recognizing only the symptoms of my disease: the obsession, the self-centeredness, the const…[Read more]

]]> 0 ddc50687fcb8289342dcbc04abbedaff lary-l posted an update in the group 12 Steps to Freedom: FREEDOM TO BE ME May 18 If we are painstaking about this […] https://findingmyrecovery.org/community/activity/p/64597/ Mon, 18 May 2026 19:21:32 -0500 FREEDOM TO BE ME
May 18
If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through. We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 83

My first true freedom is the freedom not to have to take a drink today. If I truly want it, I will work the Twelve Steps and the…[Read more]

]]> 0 19f5395203cd444be60cd7dca0258e10 tiffany-cprs's profile was updated https://findingmyrecovery.org/community/activity/p/64596/ Sun, 17 May 2026 17:54:58 -0500 0 d0dca6e85e8f029a80ea521fabc2969c lary-l likes their own activity https://findingmyrecovery.org/community/activity/p/64594/ Fri, 15 May 2026 13:35:26 -0500 0 e3ef069945878a565fbbe57a48e48842 lary-l posted an update in the group 12 Steps to Freedom: KNOW GOD; KNOW PEACE May 15 It is plain that a life which […] https://findingmyrecovery.org/community/activity/p/64593/ Fri, 15 May 2026 13:35:05 -0500 KNOW GOD; KNOW PEACE
May 15
It is plain that a life which includes deep resentment leads only to futility and unhappiness. . . . But with the alcoholic, whose hope is the maintenance and growth of a spiritual experience, this business of resentment is infinitely grave.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 66

Know God;
Know peace.
No God;
No peace.

]]> 0 7c7add64023933ea8384953620dcf18b lary-l posted an update in the group 12 Steps to Freedom: THE EASIER, SOFTER WAY May 13 If we skip this vital step, we […] https://findingmyrecovery.org/community/activity/p/64592/ Wed, 13 May 2026 15:32:52 -0500 THE EASIER, SOFTER WAY
May 13
If we skip this vital step, we may not overcome drinking.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 72

I certainly didn’t leap at the opportunity to face who I was, especially when the pains of my drinking days hung over me like a dark cloud. But I soon heard at the meetings about the fellow member who just didn’t want to take Step…[Read more]

]]> 0 4eececbbb9c542d7caa4c16b8d646cc2 miranda-e's profile was updated https://findingmyrecovery.org/community/activity/p/64591/ Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:14 -0500 0 06bc1b3aeb6f7a30013157d8d9a62fa5 kattie-b likes their own activity https://findingmyrecovery.org/community/activity/p/64590/ Tue, 12 May 2026 00:21:27 -0500 0 0ec17f91f35ccd5343c1537b83895959 lary-l likes melinda-d's activity https://findingmyrecovery.org/community/activity/p/64589/ Tue, 12 May 2026 00:17:49 -0500 0 5737c2a9a3f70ac00b32639bcddfb159 lary-l likes kattie-b's activity https://findingmyrecovery.org/community/activity/p/64588/ Tue, 12 May 2026 00:17:42 -0500 0 51007b720f5e888c0fc523ebbec50f46 kattie-b posted an update: Hi guys :) I’ve lost count i think it’s 4 or almost 5 yea […] https://findingmyrecovery.org/community/activity/p/64587/ Mon, 11 May 2026 14:30:31 -0500 Hi guys 🙂 I’ve lost count i think it’s 4 or almost 5 years I’m sober I’ll have to check to be sure but I’ve had a child he’s almost 8 months my man is in rehab for 5 more months its kinda hard doing it alone but it’s not IMPOSSIBLE I’ve also struggled with managing money bc I use to sell drugs and that was fast money now that it comes weekly an…[Read more]

]]> 0 88730f5c56c3b03828292428900cd2b2 melinda-d posted an update: Good morning family!! Hope this finds everyone well and I […] https://findingmyrecovery.org/community/activity/p/64586/ Mon, 11 May 2026 13:31:07 -0500 Good morning family!! Hope this finds everyone well and I hope all the moms here had a fabulous Mothers Day!! Mine was good, my 17 year old son cooked, grilled me a steak yayyy! And I was able to help him make a dish for an US History dish for his class thats today! So grateful to be present for him today and that I can be the best mom I can for…[Read more]

]]> 0 60a6523c17c141c6c80f943b96a6ddc5 lary-l likes cassidy-n's activity https://findingmyrecovery.org/community/activity/p/64584/ Mon, 11 May 2026 01:42:58 -0500 0 42eeb4a3c43a6c4c139e519280f4a848 cassidy-n posted an update: Hope everyone is well!!! Still doing the things! Prayer […] https://findingmyrecovery.org/community/activity/p/64583/ Mon, 11 May 2026 01:32:55 -0500 Hope everyone is well!!! Still doing the things! Prayer meditation and inventory. Meetings sponsoring and being sponsored. Life is good. About to be a homeowner!! Just living! Love to everyone!

]]> 1 c394e8ff6d531b10882ab507fabdf8e0 cassidy-n likes miranda-e's activity https://findingmyrecovery.org/community/activity/p/64582/ Mon, 11 May 2026 01:31:22 -0500 0 33419afe21c0c3d8c9aff230f90390c4 miranda-e posted an update: A whole lot of blessings, growth, and answered prayers. I […] https://findingmyrecovery.org/community/activity/p/64581/ Mon, 11 May 2026 01:20:22 -0500 A whole lot of blessings, growth, and answered prayers.

I finally completed every single hour required to officially earn my CPRS certification. This has been a long time coming for years of healing, learning, falling down, getting back up, and choosing recovery over and over again. God has been opening doors I used to only dream about, and I’m w…[Read more]

]]> 0 a82fa32a2928f3452d109b74960528a5 miranda-e changed their profile picture https://findingmyrecovery.org/community/activity/p/64580/ Mon, 11 May 2026 01:15:03 -0500 0 9ed87b4f988a1d71905b7dee9a21af04 miranda-e posted an update in the group Chronic Illnesses and Relapse Prevention: Thank you Tiffany for sharing your story. It truly takes real […] https://findingmyrecovery.org/community/activity/p/64578/ Mon, 11 May 2026 01:11:36 -0500 Thank you Tiffany for sharing your story. It truly takes real strength to walk through something as heavy as breast cancer while also learning how to protect your recovery. I relate to what you said about wanting to be here to watch your kids grow and that kind of purpose truly can carry us through some of the hardest and darkest seasons.

You are…[Read more]

]]> 0 b4b491e3ce0d54bcc03b22fda505b9cd lary-l likes miranda-e's activity https://findingmyrecovery.org/community/activity/p/64577/ Mon, 11 May 2026 01:04:20 -0500 0 dd1c4a59e406271f5d327af4611c4106 miranda-e joined the group Chronic Illnesses and Relapse Prevention https://findingmyrecovery.org/community/activity/p/64576/ Mon, 11 May 2026 00:53:57 -0500 0 a764036e1a8bfc443b35b997df2dd809 lary-l likes tiffany-cprs's activity https://findingmyrecovery.org/community/activity/p/64574/ Thu, 07 May 2026 15:49:10 -0500 0 aa37e521dbe27aab35e29236c930f750 lary-l likes tiffany-cprs's activity https://findingmyrecovery.org/community/activity/p/64573/ Thu, 07 May 2026 15:48:22 -0500 0 ed732e75ee7d2e97eaa48e1c1440b9cd lary-l likes tiffany-cprs's activity https://findingmyrecovery.org/community/activity/p/64572/ Thu, 07 May 2026 15:48:21 -0500 0 d06f548d017f53e91b54dfcffa03cff2 lary-l likes tiffany-cprs's activity https://findingmyrecovery.org/community/activity/p/64571/ Thu, 07 May 2026 15:48:20 -0500 0 ca0d4f610b5dfd6cdebf437703ba0c65 lary-l likes tiffany-cprs's activity https://findingmyrecovery.org/community/activity/p/64570/ Thu, 07 May 2026 15:48:16 -0500 0 71fdf86171ce026cdd6da3785dea2d24 lary-l likes tiffany-cprs's activity https://findingmyrecovery.org/community/activity/p/64568/ Thu, 07 May 2026 15:46:48 -0500 0 4cf18047fbaf5514b530a5fb80075c2b lary-l posted an update in the group 12 Steps to Freedom: RESPECT FOR OTHERS May 07 Such parts of our story we tell to […] https://findingmyrecovery.org/community/activity/p/64567/ Thu, 07 May 2026 15:45:46 -0500 RESPECT FOR OTHERS
May 07
Such parts of our story we tell to someone who will understand, yet be unaffected. The rule is we must be hard on ourself, but always considerate of others.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 74

Respect for others is the lesson that I take out of this passage. I must go to any lengths to free myself if I wish to find that peace…[Read more]

]]> 0 aaf184a21792c986d597db78b96cdd1c tiffany-cprs posted an update: The real tests of the situation are your own willingness to […] https://findingmyrecovery.org/community/activity/p/64566/ Thu, 07 May 2026 04:14:50 -0500 The real tests of the situation are your own willingness to confide and your full confidence in the one with whom you share your first accurate self-survey. . . .Provided you hold back nothing, your sense of relief will mount from minute to minute. The dammed-up emotions of years break out of their confinement, and miraculously vanish as soon as…[Read more]

]]> 2 8024ca674f5117e121573ad29e6de7f8 tiffany-cprs posted an update in the group Name That Song!: Million Little Miracles https://findingmyrecovery.org/community/activity/p/64565/ Thu, 07 May 2026 04:04:00 -0500 Million Little Miracles

]]> 0 a54b06589bf11d03b8ad7d77da9d6de9 tiffany-cprs joined the group Name That Song! https://findingmyrecovery.org/community/activity/p/64564/ Thu, 07 May 2026 04:03:30 -0500 0 a6cbcf128af8214089a236274aad9cdb tiffany-cprs joined the group Milestones in Recovery https://findingmyrecovery.org/community/activity/p/64563/ Thu, 07 May 2026 04:03:07 -0500 0 48a3568f408ec2bb1901a377631c854c tiffany-cprs joined the group Moms in Recovery https://findingmyrecovery.org/community/activity/p/64562/ Thu, 07 May 2026 04:02:56 -0500 0 49a73ea0289d1d804e1f8e0e46ca83ce tiffany-cprs posted an update in the group Chronic Illnesses and Relapse Prevention: I have battled breast cancer since 2022, and undergone […] https://findingmyrecovery.org/community/activity/p/64561/ Thu, 07 May 2026 03:31:36 -0500 I have battled breast cancer since 2022, and undergone chemotherapy, surgery, you name it, I’ve done it. So how does a person cope with a chronic illness and not relapse? For me, it is wanting to watch my kids grow into adults and have a family of their own. Also people who are struggling with addiction are often pushed away due to societal…[Read more]

]]> 1 ea6b93a2f30f069fbc1102bec12a25c0 lary-l likes miranda-e's activity https://findingmyrecovery.org/community/activity/p/64560/ Mon, 04 May 2026 14:15:42 -0500 0 7fd8ccd65a784606707600c0a5d5da1f lary-l posted an update in the group 12 Steps to Freedom: "ENTIRELY HONEST" May 04 We must be entirely honest with […] https://findingmyrecovery.org/community/activity/p/64559/ Mon, 04 May 2026 14:15:14 -0500 “ENTIRELY HONEST”
May 04
We must be entirely honest with somebody if we expect to live long or happily in this world.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, pp. 73-74

Honesty, like all virtues, is to be shared. It began after I shared “. . . [my] whole life’s story with someone . . .” in order to find my place in the Fellowship. Later I shared my life in order…[Read more]

]]> 0 57711c1eb66f5bff719eac61d7ec2b6d miranda-e posted an update: This past Friday my nephew (my sister-in-law's son) came […] https://findingmyrecovery.org/community/activity/p/64558/ Mon, 04 May 2026 00:04:47 -0500 This past Friday my nephew (my sister-in-law’s son) came home from prison after 5 almost 6 years of being locked up. Tonight he chose to go ahead and stay the night with us, and I truly am so happy he is home with us. He is going to live with me & my husband & our three kids! I really am hoping he does right and will listen to me and his uncle on…[Read more]

]]> 0 6d2192cefb77e829a87ff27e23a80dd8 lary-l likes their own activity https://findingmyrecovery.org/community/activity/p/64556/ Fri, 01 May 2026 20:44:53 -0500 0 bad796f4d4811d5c6993468b037602e6 lary-l created the site Mitzi's Recovery https://findingmyrecovery.org/community/activity/p/64555/ Fri, 01 May 2026 20:22:22 -0500 0 51665b2d2e9a44226b8f7124cfeda98d lary-l posted an update in the group 12 Steps to Freedom: HEALING HEART AND MIND May 01 Admitted to God, to ourselves, […] https://findingmyrecovery.org/community/activity/p/64554/ Fri, 01 May 2026 20:20:22 -0500 HEALING HEART AND MIND
May 01
Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.

TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 55

Since it is true that God comes to me through people, I can see that by keeping people at a distance I also keep God at a distance. God is nearer to me than I think and I can experience…[Read more]

]]> 0 419989b414f5d12e5703e4cb0e05764d lary-l likes their own activity https://findingmyrecovery.org/community/activity/p/64553/ Thu, 30 Apr 2026 20:12:17 -0500 0 d51711ef9f2bffe969ef0e9e455f6886 lary-l likes their own activity https://findingmyrecovery.org/community/activity/p/64552/ Thu, 30 Apr 2026 20:12:16 -0500 0 9965a077798e59ff1f9754965fa391e3 lary-l posted an update in the group 12 Steps to Freedom: April 30, 2026 God does for us Page 124 "Ongoing recovery […] https://findingmyrecovery.org/community/activity/p/64551/ Thu, 30 Apr 2026 20:08:11 -0500 April 30, 2026
God does for us
Page 124

“Ongoing recovery is dependent on our relationship with a loving God who cares for us and will do for us what we find impossible to do for ourselves.”

Basic Text, p. 99

How often have we heard it said in meetings that “God does for us what we cannot do for ourselves”? At times we may get stuck in our…[Read more]

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