| NEWSLETTER |
Some Helpful Numbers | Some Reminders | June 22, 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 |
| OA - Overeaters Anonymous | | Recovery is a Journey |
| 512-327-2802 | Clinic hours on Saturday are | |
| Problem Gamblers Help-Line | 6:00 am to 9:00 am | What do you like about recovery? |
| 800-742-0443 | | If you're stumped right now, it's |
| SA - Sex/Love Addicts Annon. | Closed on Sunday | only a matter of when, not if you |
| 800-477-8191 | | relapse. Yes, there are certainly |
| DA - Debtors Anonymous | Please remember to bring your | many challenges to recovery. And, |
| 713-797-8441 | lock boxes. | at the same time there can be joy |
| Shoplifters Anonymous | COME TO GROUP | in the middle of those opportunities |
| 713-840-1833 | WE ARE MEETING EVERY | to grow. How can we find that joy? |
| Recovery Related Stuff | SATURDAY FROM | Identify what it is you like about |
| www.hazelden.org | 8:30 AM TO 9:15 AM | being clean. |
| Hepatitis Information | | |
| www.hepatitisneighborhood.com | Recovery is a Journey cont. | Here's what I like: |
APAA | 4. It feels good to make those | 1. I get to start over. Recovery is a |
The Association of Persons | those changes that have terror- | new beginning, a second chance. |
Affected by Addiction | ized me and those around me | Through the process of the twelve |
| for years. When I admit my | steps I get a clean slate and |
The Twelfth Step Ministry | shortcomings to my Higher | start over. In some ways, it is as if |
214-706-9526 | Power and those around me | nothing horrible ever happened. |
Lots of support groups of | there is a surge of spiritual | |
various interests. | energy and support that lifts me | 2. I get to be open and honest. Not |
Visit their web site. | from the burdens of guilt and | only do I belong to a fellowship of |
| www.llumc.org | shame. It is called serenity. | folks that I can tell the truth to, I can |
| by Rick B. | share my struggles, my past, and |
PERFECTION IS… | | my fears without having stones |
DOUBT |  | thrown at me. It's a thing called |
EXCELLENCE IS… | acceptance. |
CONFIDENCE | |
| HERE NOW | 3. It feels good to be free and |
PERFECTION IS… | The procedure is called | forgiven. Others will most often |
BONDAGE & PRESSURE | auricular acupuncture. | forgive me before I forgive myself. |
EXCELLENCE IS… | It is helpful for a variety of issues | The freedom comes when I allow |
EASE AND FLOWING | that affect those with | myself to accept the gift of freedom, |
| addictions. | whether I forget my mistakes or not. |
| Please see your counselor. | continued in column 2 |
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