Over the years, I have had different ideas of what it means to be born again. I have learned that being born again was not

When I first got sober, I had experienced such a moving spiritual wakening that I believed I was able to live sober without others. As

As I was growing up, I created a belief system based on what I experienced. Some of the beliefs were healthy and balanced, others were

I am reminded that my motivation entering each experience dictates my reaction to life. When I am motivated through my ego, I will respond out

It’s not what you think. I remember being told that I needed to be born again in order to be saved from hell. I was

I used to maintain the belief that helping people successfully meant they would come around to my beliefs and thoughts and begin to participate in

I learned very early in my recovery journey that I needed to give away any good and helpful lessons I had learned during my healing

This has been one of the more difficult beliefs to accept. I have always struggled with the idea of focusing only on doing God’s will

I am reminded how this thought process can kill an individual’s motivation, self-confidence, and happiness. When we choose to live in victimhood, we are choosing

I have sometimes thought that my faith would bring me all that I wanted. I have sat in my home waiting for the millions to