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Some Helpful Numbers | Some Reminders | Feb. 23, 2006 |
| AA - Alcoholics Anonymous | Dosing hours Monday through |  |
| 214-887-6699 | Friday are 5:30 am to 11:30 am |
| NA - Narcotics Anonymous | |
| 972-699-9306 | Counseling is available |
| www.dallasareana.org | 5:30 am to 12:30 pm | Recovery is a Journey |
| OA - Overeaters Anonymous | | "Having spent the better part of my |
| 512-327-2802 | Clinic hours on Saturday are | life trying either to relive the past |
| Problem Gamblers Help-Line | 6:00 am to 9:00 am | or experience the future before it |
| 800-742-0443 | | arrives, I have come to believe that |
| SA - Sex/Love Addicts Annon. | Closed on Sunday | in between these two extremes is |
| 800-477-8191 | | peace." |
| DA - Debtors Anonymous | Please remember to bring your | |
| 713-797-8441 | lock boxes. | How hard it is to quiet our minds so |
| Shoplifters Anonymous | COME TO GROUP | we can experience the present. We |
| 713-840-1833 | WE ARE MEETING EVERY | know that we're missing God's |
| Recovery Related Stuff | SATURDAY FROM | message when we are obsessive- |
| www.hazelden.org | 8:30 AM TO 9:15 AM | ly caught in thoughts of other times |
| Hepatitis Information |  | and experiences. We allow our |
| www.hepatitisneighborhood.com | regrets of the past and our fear of |
APAA | the future to plague us. |
The Association of Persons | |
Affected by Addiction | We are not failures, alcoholics, or |
| addicts…we are simply human |
The Twelfth Step Ministry | beings who need to be reminded |
214-706-9526 | to be quiet, to walk slowly, to climb |
Lots of support groups of | EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNTIES | high, and to pray often. We are very |
various interests. | CONSULTATON | much like children learning to walk. |
Visit their web site. |
MARCH 14 at 10:00 am | |
| www.llumc.org | Sign up at the front desk and | This recovery thing, for many of us, |
| GROUND RULES FOR | bring your resumé. | is just like learning how to walk all |
| RECOVERY cont. | | over again. Because we didn't learn |
| 6. Don't allow others to define | 8. Don't define yourself by your | how to be quiet, or peaceful, in our |
| who you are or what you | relationships. | earlier years is unimportant. The |
| want to be. | 9. Don't expect family and | opportunity to practice this skill will |
| 7. Don't try to be all things to | friends to quickly change how | present itself several times today. |
| all people. Find out what | they interact with you. It will | |
| makes you special and then | take time for them to trust in | Make an appointment to talk about |
| be your unique self. | your changes. | how to find this kind of serenity. |
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