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How to get out of hell

What is hell? Hell is one's own mind when it's under the control of the ego. Here's an actual picture of the inside of my brain before recovery: How can you tell it's under the control of the ego? Desire, excitement, tension, fear, anxiety, grievance, resentment, guilt, shame, etc. None of what follows is novel or new, and I've written about these matters many times before, but it does no harm to periodically update the list and ensure it is furnished with my latest experiences and tips. What is set out below is basically everything I have tried that has worked plus a few things that really do not help. Have a good daily programme Pages 84 to 88 of the Big Book  cover comprehensively how to structure and manage the day, from the moment one gets up in the morning until one goes to sleep at night. I will not rehash those four pages here, save to say the content falls under the headings of Steps Ten and Eleven, which can be read about comprehensively here and here . P...

God’s will

Invalidation

Victim

Shh

Detachment

Fabrication

Shrink

The real cause of complaint

Draught

Distortion

Loss of power, loss of control

Dignity

Compulsion

Unanimity

Motes and beams again

Life questions

God and servant

Divine Principle

Explaining

Motes and beams

A talk on the Traditions in life ...

Sweep

Propagation

Dwelling

Craving and cookies

Talks from 2025 MANCYPAA ...

Hi ho, hi ho!

Best foot forward

Co-signature

Vanity and humility

Expectation

Group level public information: boundaries

A talk on the Traditions ...

(Self-)love and marriage (horse and carriage)

We're better than that

A talk ...

Turntable

The willing victim

Simple amends

None of my business!

Observer and observed

Easy does it

Housecleaning

Incomparable

Eyes Down!

Sandcastle

A talk ...

Infamy

I find that very offensive

Detachment

Nearness

Step One: one idea

Playpen

Principles, Steps, Programme

The only true entitlement!

The fourth dimension

Talk, talk, talk

The Al-Anon Steps

One thought at a time

Eels

Tantrum

Fearlessness

Own

Emphasise, urge, beg, smash

Facing life

Half and half

If it's happening, there's a payoff

Setting standards

Feast

I'm the circus-master!

Jigsaw

First things last

Elastic

Shh

Ill

Lift

Alpha and omega

Human shield

Ready

Unsafe safety

Complacency

Gift

The responsibility is ours

Willing to believe

Too much, too specifically

Came to believe

Selfish programme?

The inverse of the death threats

No one but myself

Involvement

Steamroller

Rear-view mirror

The one thing I can change

As I am

God's will

Particular

An ordered mind

Semi-permeable membrane

Nil

Benefit

Toxic

Adjustment

Cards. Flies. Thoughts. Defects.

Troubles

Bigger and better?