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		<title>Step 5</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 22:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;We admitted to God, ourselves, and others the exact nature of our wrongs.&#8221; I pretty much don&#8217;t see how trying to admit something to God without admitting it to myself first is possible. If I don&#8217;t see it, then how am I to tell God about it? I told a friend one time, &#8220;I have <a href="http://bipolarjourney.com/2011/06/28/step-5/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bipolarjourney.com&amp;blog=2331657&amp;post=683&amp;subd=izzym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 22:49:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;We made a searching and fearless inventory of ourselves.&#8221; I think the reason why &#8220;fearless&#8221; was including in the inventory is because we are really afraid of ourselves. I know I am. There is always the worry that I will find something I don&#8217;t have the tools to handle. After so many years of therapy, <a href="http://bipolarjourney.com/2011/05/23/step-four/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bipolarjourney.com&amp;blog=2331657&amp;post=641&amp;subd=izzym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 00:47:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Made a decision to turn our lives over to the care of God as we understood him. I can&#8217;t do this alone. Doctors, therapy, medication, and time are just not sufficient to overcome the ravages of being a person with bipolar. A few weeks ago, I was faced with yet another medication change. After awhile <a href="http://bipolarjourney.com/2011/04/06/step-three/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bipolarjourney.com&amp;blog=2331657&amp;post=636&amp;subd=izzym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bipolar Choices</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2011 22:34:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Robert Frost is a connected soul for me. His work has continued to help me with feelings for which I had no words for. &#8220;The Road Not Taken&#8221; spent some time in my thoughts when depression had torn my sanity to pieces. As a person with Bipolar Illness, I have options, choices, and individualism. The <a href="http://bipolarjourney.com/2011/03/20/bipolar-choices/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bipolarjourney.com&amp;blog=2331657&amp;post=553&amp;subd=izzym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Feb 2011 13:09:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Came to believe that a power greater than us could restore us to sanity. My first reaction to this step is &#8220;came to believe.&#8221; I ask myself do I believe? Well, not completely. What about the word came? I think without doing a word search, it must mean something that happens over time. Sanity restoration <a href="http://bipolarjourney.com/2011/02/20/step-two/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bipolarjourney.com&amp;blog=2331657&amp;post=605&amp;subd=izzym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Friendship From the 29th</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 23:20:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just rambling . . . I found this and wanted to share- it is President William G. Harding&#8217;s friendship revelation: &#8220;My God, this is a hell of a job. I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies all right. But my damn friends, my __ __ __damn friends. They&#8217;re <a href="http://bipolarjourney.com/2011/02/09/friendship-from-the-29th/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bipolarjourney.com&amp;blog=2331657&amp;post=574&amp;subd=izzym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Step One</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 22:44:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lizzie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Step One: We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable. The popular music group, &#8220;The Fray&#8221; has a song which became popular in 2006 for reasons best expressed through the fans who were struck by its meaning-for them. The song How to Save a Life was influenced by lead singer, pianist, <a href="http://bipolarjourney.com/2011/01/25/step-one/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bipolarjourney.com&amp;blog=2331657&amp;post=582&amp;subd=izzym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 23:51:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lizzie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Around the first of the year and along with the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, I think about what new goal I would like to make for myself. I maybe finishing up a previous set or lamenting over one never getting close to coming about, my goals are always something I know is necessary <a href="http://bipolarjourney.com/2011/01/18/what-is-a-goal-really/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bipolarjourney.com&amp;blog=2331657&amp;post=598&amp;subd=izzym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 23:24:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE TWELVE STEPS OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS 1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable. 2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. 3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him. <a href="http://bipolarjourney.com/2011/01/13/the-twelve-steps/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bipolarjourney.com&amp;blog=2331657&amp;post=595&amp;subd=izzym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Family, Addiction, and Bipolar</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:33:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lizzie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One year during my dad&#8217;s big reveal of his addiction by way of our local police department, &#8220;Family&#8221; tagged itself with many other words. My uncle, stopped by on his way to the bailout, to remind me we don&#8217;t &#8220;choose family, it chooses us.&#8221; He continued with the bibilical message of &#8220;Those without sin, cast <a href="http://bipolarjourney.com/2011/01/09/family-addiction-and-bipolar/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bipolarjourney.com&amp;blog=2331657&amp;post=572&amp;subd=izzym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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