IndieMinded Sobriety – retaining dignity, self control, common sense and level headedness in our recovery.

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaeqnYsKslANtLzP8ea3NQfye63o0ggAMiuVxIbUDmyEeqC4rolqLdPdxykCODmlwDTnQtjuB4lLUf05onQWSv1lcJ7EHhfse6k88iDI5-TXSAatFT3xxuoSkUOK9eGrFgrHVFu2JWgjyc/s1600/Fotor011895338.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaeqnYsKslANtLzP8ea3NQfye63o0ggAMiuVxIbUDmyEeqC4rolqLdPdxykCODmlwDTnQtjuB4lLUf05onQWSv1lcJ7EHhfse6k88iDI5-TXSAatFT3xxuoSkUOK9eGrFgrHVFu2JWgjyc/s320/Fotor011895338.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /><br />Living in the moment – escaping unnecessary thoughts of the past and future.<br /><br />Simplicity – putting the greatest attention into the few things that are most important to you.<br /><br />Emptiness – leaving the space for new things to come into your life.<br /><br />Sobriety – retaining dignity, self control, common sense and level headedness.<br /><br />Intuition – to be able to understand without analytical or logic reasoning.<br /><br />Transient beauty – an appreciation of beauty that comes and goes.<br /><br />Nothing is complete – understanding that life is a process without clear beginnings and ends.<br /><br />Acceptance – to adapt to changing circumstances and make the best of any situation.<br /><br />Imperfection – embracing and loving people, things, nature as they are.<br /><br />Asymmetry – to be free from trying to make objects and layout symmetrical or in regimented patterns.<br /><br />Appreciation – to cultivate an attitude of endless appreciation for ourselves and the world we live in. Seeing the best in everything.<br /><br />Tranquillity – to free ourselves from all the unnecessary noise, clutter and distractions that distract us from finding that inner peace.<br /><br />Naturalness – living close to nature, using natural materials.<br /><br />Nothing contrived – to express yourself freely without trying to satisfy superficial trends or fashions.<br /><br />Non attachment – freedom from doctrines, concepts and beliefs.<br /><br />Humbleness – being yourself without projecting your ego. Leading an unassuming, unpretentious, unostentatious life.<br /><br />Modesty – to live a life that is varied without indulging in excesses or extremes.<br /><br />Austerity – to be free from pandering to luxuries and making the most of very little.<br /><br />Embracing change – enjoying the idea that everyday is new and different, that our world is full of variables and that nothing is static.</span><br /> <br /> The Ten Stages is a studied recovery course. It is a source of reconnection a method of unlearning and a reintroduction to our child within which leads us back to our one true intuitive voice.We start to learn and come out of our protective dysfunctional shell and reclaim our lives. #childwithin#10stages<br /> <div class="zemanta-related" style="clear: both; margin-top: 20px; overflow: hidden;"> <h4 class="zemanta-related-title"> Related articles</h4> <ul class="zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image" style="margin: 0; overflow: hidden; padding: 0;"> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li" style="background: none; display: block; float: left; font-size: 11px; list-style: none; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px; padding: 0; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 84px;"><a href="http://frasertrevor.blogspot.com/2015/06/every-30-years-or-so-in-recovery-we.html" style="border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; display: block; padding: 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img src="//i.zemanta.com/346249287_80_80.jpg" style="border: 0; 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