Deprived because I had to do everything.........

I do everything

What is my priority; my lifestyle, physical condition and how everyone looks at me, or have I learned that my Spiritual condition means so much more.

Spiritually connected and up to date, sensing the Lord is with me throughout the day, makes all OK and results don’t leave me feeling deprived or left out. The number of items I take care of loses its power over me!

When I feel obedient to the higher calling all the rest works out!

Busyism may cause us to miss the experience of God! Check out Mary and Martha’s story in scripture, Luke 10: 38-42

 

Meetings available Tues Wed and Thurs evenings. Call Scott for details 647 222 0515

 

Deprived because I had to do everything.........

Sharing The Burden Talks Truth 102.7 FM

Sharing

102.7 FM Whistle Radio Stouffville tomorrow Aug 27 at 730 AM with Don and the Diva.

Scott will tell the 12 step story behind Sharing The Burden. Please listen on the internet if you are not near Stouffville. Help us help more people!

For those who are looking into making amends, James teaches us in scripture to not overlook anything. He says “It is a sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it.”

Sharing The Burden Talks Truth 102.7 FM

...nothing...will ever be able to separate us from God's love...

Romans 8: 39 is a great reminder that no matter how badly we may see ourselves, we are loved by the Creator of the universe and everyone and everything in it! No one else’s love can be greater!

We are also told that two people are better than one because they can help each other succeed. The healthy life requires God and people.

These relationships that now come under scrutiny as we make our list of persons whose presence or thoughts of,

I,m so sorry!

create emotional unrest inside us, may well be the people who will free us to move on in life as we become willing to make amends and clean up the past. Who may have been wounded by your behaviors in the past regardless whether you feel you were right or not?

...nothing...will ever be able to separate us from God's love...

If you've lost someone.....

Registration Package for Butterfly Release updated (2) will be meaningful to those, like myself who have lost someone special. In my case I refer to my son who is the real author of Sharing The Burden in that he fought the hard fight against addiction, depression, emotional pain and whatever else underlies this devastating disease. It was his fight and the fight of those who loved him that lead us to what we call CO-RECOVERY, where family members learn the language of recovery by using the same system their loved ones have used. Taking the same steps to alleviate the pain of watching a loved one suffer so, offers many forms of intimacy and understanding that few ever see. Sean’s mom is very involved and I, for one, support and will take part in this release and walk. (Scott Duncan-author)

This process of releasing butterflies on behalf of those lost ones as well as the walk planned seem like small contributions compared to the lives of our loved ones.

If you've lost someone.....

New meeting

Please consider joining us this evening at 10165 Yonge St unit 3, Richmond Hill just a little North of Major Mackenzie and new home of Mind Body and Soul. Your support greatly appreciated at this brand new meeting of Sharing The Burden.

Also hope you will listen to a live interview we are doing on Stouffville’s Whistle Radio’s CIWS FM 102.7 on Aug 27 at 730 AM. We hope to interest people in our unique sharing program. Pick it up live on your radio if you are in the Stouffville area or from the internet on your cells or other devices. Tune-in is a great app for grabbing any station in a hurry.

New meeting

STOP.....even before you speak act or plan!

We use many slogans in recovery work to slow down or stop reacting as opposed to responding e.g.

one day at a time

easy does it

if nothing changes, nothing changes

live and let live

how important is it

but for the grace of God

let go and let God

 

 

 

 

As these and many others become ingrained, we can often draw on one or more before we get into trouble and the emotions take over. For many of us though, certain triggers often over rule all our wisdom and ability to draw on our knowledge exactly when we need it. Once certain buttons are pushed the emotional escalation zooms and there is little time to protect us and those to whom we may react. Our newest and very quickly becoming a favorite slogan is the word STOP symbolized by the big red stop sign that we see on so many corners. With STOP, we can pull ourselves away long enough to draw on the other slogans and to return without having opened our mouths. For me personally, this means I usually excuse myself suddenly, take flight and return more balanced and having applied wisdom to the situation. Maybe then I can ask as slogans suggest “how important is it” or remind myself to “Let go and let God” or “live and let live”. But first I must STOP as the HAND IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS SIGN INDICATES, GO NO FURTHER AT THIS TIME SCOTT!

The inmates we have taken this simple knowledge to, have quickly found a place to start change and recovery!

This slogan now sits at the top of our slogan boards in meetings!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STOP.....even before you speak act or plan!

Plant good seeds

If we have asked God to fill us with His Spirit, our tendency will be to sow good seeds that are less selfish and the harvest will improve accordingly. The law of reaping and sowing improves life as we reach out to give (sowing the good seeds/habits) rather than to take so much!

August is a great time for reflection as we search for those we may owe amends to. We create a list of  persons we will consider approaching in the near future to help clear any wreckage from the past. This is an action step that calls for pondering and discussion as to whom and how to approach these people!

Please join us now in any or all of the following meetings anytime:

Tuesday evening at The Olive Branch in Markham

Wednesday at Wexford Heights in Scarborough

Thursday at Mind Body and Soul (10165 Yonge St #3 Richmond Hill)

All meetings at 730PM

Scott for details 647 222 0515

 

Please listen when you have time to the interview with Stephen Arterburn (co-author of  the Life Recovery Bible and Devotional that we use in our meetings) and me about recovery, spirituality and the bible. Copy and paste the following to hear the episode from Voice America:      http://www.voiceamerica.com/episode/79173/life-reovery-the-bible-and-spiritualityc

 

Plant good seeds

New Meeting at Mind Body and Soul..........

 

 

 

 

 

Help us launch our 4th support meeting this Thurs Aug 7 at 730 PM at Mind Body and Soul Self-Help Support Centre 10165 Yonge St Unit 3 Richmond Hill, parking at rear of building off Church St.

All welcome!
Call Scott 647 222 0515 for info.

New Meeting at Mind Body and Soul..........

Restitution or cleaning up the past...

Well, at Sharing The Burden, the focus for the 8th month (August) is Step 8 which says simply “We made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all”.

There is no instruction here that says to consider the “how to” or the “who to”, we are simply making a list. What I do is, on a sheet of paper I list every name I can think of and when that list is complete I go through the names one by one, bringing each person fully into view (in my mind). Any person whose image or thoughts of that person that cause me any kind of emotion, are circled. There is obviously something in that relationship that requires attention which may or may not require an amend on my part. That is all that’s required for now along with a willingness to make restitution wherever required. THE STEP IS ABOUT MAKING THE LIST AND WILLINGNESS, nothing more! If you have done an inventory lately you will have much of the list available to you before you begin……

 

MEETINGS TUESDAY IN MARKHAM (OLIVE BRANCH COMMUNITY CHURCH)

WEDNESDAY IN SCARBOROUGH (WEXFORD HEIGHTS UNITED CHURCH)

THURSDAY IN RICHMOND HILL (MIND BODY AND SOUL SELF-SUPPORT CENTRE)

ALL MEETINGS AT 730PM AND ALL ARE WELCOME

CALL SCOTT FOR INFO 647 222 0515

 

“Sharing decreases the weight of the burden or secret instantly and gives permission to others to share theirs”

Restitution or cleaning up the past...