This weekend I am attending the Brothers In Spirit men's retreat in Alfred, Maine. Flyers and details are available at the NA Maine website under "Events." The theme is Guilt & Shame and what to do with them. Both are prime setups to go back to using ("If you'd done what I did, you'd use, too.")
Even if you do not attend the retreat, the program is published below mainly because it's fairly self-explanatory and make excellent topics for meetings, sponsorship discussions, or just plain writing.
Friday's Program:
about
brothers IN SPIRIT
Welcome, a little about
Brothers in Spirit, about our theme, and a time to meet and share.
Saturday's Program:
Guilt,
shame, & the payoff
What is guilt? What is shame? How
does the disease of addiction use these to encourage relapse.
letting
go of shame
To let it go we have to pick it up.
Using sharing, sponsors, friends, and Steps Six and Seven as parts of letting go of
shame.
RESOLVING
GUILT
Clearing past wreckage using Steps Eight and Nine
FOCUS
ON FORGIVENESS
Forgiving the guilt and shame we put
on others, and forgiving ourselves: Resolving resentments.
Sunday's Program:
HAPPY,
JOYOUS, AND FREE
Without resentment, shame, and guilt what's left is a future
as a human dealing with problems instead of medicating them, keeping the way
clear for happiness, serenity, and fulfillment. Step Ten, hope, and keeping
growth in recovery
Regarding the question, "What Price Sanity?" the answer is, "Whatever it takes."
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