hi Lisa Anne

I'm not a morning
: person, so doing breakfast and
: getting myself out the door is
: about the most I can manage at the
: moment.

me neither I had to be literally dragged from my bed in the mornings and took forever to wake up! its a different story now though. I still like my bed ( some things dont change!) but I wake alert and ready for the day. And that starts off with doing breakfast, so 3 cheers for you on that

Are there things I can
: do to increase my beta-endorphins
: while I'm on step one? Or should I
: not be worrying about this at all?
: Am I getting ahead of myself?

Well, I didnt understand BE till round about step 6.
I remember Kathleen saying something like " its a lot more fun chasing BE than doing the step" and for me that was right. I thought alot about it... well it was fascinating. And I'm such a BE puppy I distracted myself with it.

so heres what I found out. Doing the steps, in order, as written - takes care of the BE by itself. Steady BS means my BE isnt haywire. steady steps means I can build gentle BE. It all kind of follows on from itself.

there is a class you can take... BE class, wonderful, I learnt tons from that. but the great news is that by focusing on step one, you are doing SO much for balancing your BE already.

so are there things you can do from step one? Yes, lots of things - all the kind things you'd like to do for yourself,

236 ideas
http://www.radiantrecovery.com/resourcecenter/raisingbe.htm

BE Story
http://www.radiantrecovery.com/resourcecenter/bestory.htm