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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...

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?

Dropping the roles

Soup

Profit and the CODB

Detachment

Wait and receive

Spiritually fit

Exploration

Crooked thinking

Power source

Turnaround

The purified soul

Service as God's will

The excessive desire of knowing

Abyss

Professionals

Part of something much bigger

Hopeless

Love

But, but, but ...

Vestibule

Getting rid of resentment