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Opposite Action = The Art of Creating Change

by Aton Center | Jan 11, 2018 | courage, recovery, sober living

Sometimes in recovery we have to do things we don’t want to do and not do the things we want to do to get positive results and evoke change in our lives. This concept can be challenging to say the least and many struggle in recovery to get to a point to be...

Learning Something New

by Aton Center | Nov 11, 2017 | acceptance, courage, reflection, sober lifestyle

Many times people in their addiction stay stuck in the cycle of believing, despite ample evidence to the contrary, that things are going well or at least aren’t going that bad. Staying stuck in original or pre-programmed thinking can further exasperate...

Is The Serenity Prayer Useful?

by Aton Center | Jun 18, 2017 | AA, AToN Center, courage, God, recovery, serenity, serenity prayer, spirituality

On the walls of thousands of AA meeting rooms, in any of a variety of languages, this invocation can be seen: God grant us the serenity to accept the things we cannot change, The courage to change the things we can, And the wisdom to know the difference. These few...