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My name is Carmel and I am a member of a twelve step program. I stopped drinking in April 1985 at the age of 28 and began the journey of recovery that will continue on a daily basis. |
It was critical in recovery to look at generational attitudes and inherited ways of
behaving in my family.
Twelve Step programs assisted me to consider what was happening in my family in
early childhood. This was extremely painful and bewildering in early recovery.
I was supported in this by a group of women from similar backgrounds.
In 1985 Fr Bede Griffiths came to speak at St. Francis Church. This was also the
venue for twelve step meetings in Melbourne at this time. I heard Fr Bede speak
and joined a meditation group.
At a similar time, the Dalai Lama had come to speak in Melbourne. The message I
took from hearing him speak was to choose a meditation practice from my own
tradition.
My current spiritual path is to practice Christian meditation twice a day and to
attend regular twelve step meetings. I have been meditating since 1985 and on a
regular daily basis since 1989.
Meditation has been an important link in my recovery one day at a time.
In my own experience, the profound damage that occurs in families affected by
addiction can be transformed with the daily practice of the 11th step.
I am interested in recovery that allows me to operate effectively in the world as a
worker, mother and partner. Step 11 is assisting me with major events in my life
as they occur.
I take great solace from a strong belief that the daily practice of meditation forges
new pathways in the brain and over time changes the reactions and responses that
I have in life.
It is truly a pearl of great price.
I meditate in the morning and in the evening, and lead a weekly meditation group.
I think that this is possibly how people prayed together in the time of Christ.
The practice of meditation is emotionally and politically very important to me. To
meet in silence, to have an absence of hierarchy and rules and to celebrate
profound and subtle changes in my own life and in the lives of others is truly life
changing.
behaving in my family.
Twelve Step programs assisted me to consider what was happening in my family in
early childhood. This was extremely painful and bewildering in early recovery.
I was supported in this by a group of women from similar backgrounds.
In 1985 Fr Bede Griffiths came to speak at St. Francis Church. This was also the
venue for twelve step meetings in Melbourne at this time. I heard Fr Bede speak
and joined a meditation group.
At a similar time, the Dalai Lama had come to speak in Melbourne. The message I
took from hearing him speak was to choose a meditation practice from my own
tradition.
My current spiritual path is to practice Christian meditation twice a day and to
attend regular twelve step meetings. I have been meditating since 1985 and on a
regular daily basis since 1989.
Meditation has been an important link in my recovery one day at a time.
In my own experience, the profound damage that occurs in families affected by
addiction can be transformed with the daily practice of the 11th step.
I am interested in recovery that allows me to operate effectively in the world as a
worker, mother and partner. Step 11 is assisting me with major events in my life
as they occur.
I take great solace from a strong belief that the daily practice of meditation forges
new pathways in the brain and over time changes the reactions and responses that
I have in life.
It is truly a pearl of great price.
I meditate in the morning and in the evening, and lead a weekly meditation group.
I think that this is possibly how people prayed together in the time of Christ.
The practice of meditation is emotionally and politically very important to me. To
meet in silence, to have an absence of hierarchy and rules and to celebrate
profound and subtle changes in my own life and in the lives of others is truly life
changing.
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