Releasing what was never mine to control; Embracing what is mine to enjoy.
Keeping it simple in these complicated times is key to unlocking anxiety. But, that is sometimes easier said than done these days. This year’s current events continue to unfold like Twilight Zone episodes that Outer Limit writers crafted. (Musings on
I could have said, “I’m fine.” But when my friend called me back and asked how I was doing going into the 29th week of the COVID-19 pandemic, I said “Well, I’m sober.” “I am too,” she said. We both
How are you maintaining sobriety and serenity in this pandemic? Sorting through information about the pandemic . . . some days, I don’t know what is real, reliable, or well-intentioned misinformation. I rely on News from Johns Hopkins University, the
I heard it in a meeting: I may look like a grandma, but I didn’t party like a grandma – in fact I partied with YOUR grandma, and I sure hope she made it into recovery. Everybody laughed because newcomers
I never found a bottle of “Sobriety Pills”; probably because for most of my drinking, I wasn’t interested in sobriety. What I did want was to drink safely . . . so I could keep drinking. Had there been a
A question worth asking, when you have completed the THIRD Step, is when do I take the Fourth Step. It’s also worth asking this question if you are stumbling through the maintenance Steps. When is it time to take another
Color Me . . . Some mornings the gray outside my home and inside my heart overwhelms and threatens. My get up and go hasn’t arrived, so anxiety sings so loudly, I can’t hear much except a few refrains of
Are you ready for Step 4? Made a Searching and Fearless Moral Inventory of Ourselves. Few of us may think we are . . . but working it honestly can be better than a miracle cure. Taking Steps 1,
In my mailbox came a forward from an AA friend that began with a quote from Nietzsche – which summed up the cause of anxiety and depression that can blanket my soul: And if your friend does evil to you, say