Recovery Advice — Be willing.
Be Willing, my sponsor kept saying Willingness is the key; but, I balked at the twelfth step for many years: STEP TWELVE: Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to
Keeping Recovery in the Present Tense
What’s Today’s Verb Tense? Rereading Step Ten at a recent 12 &12 meeting, I see how reminders of what I hear at meetings take on fresh usefulness —like Keep recovery in the present tense — written in red ink.
Recovery in a Pandemic
Recovery from addictions in a pandemic might not be what Bill W and Dr. Bob imagined, but AA’s principles work, and their Higher Power is not social distancing! The cover of the April Grapevine is “Glad You Made It –
A Christian’s Path through Recovery
The church can offer a safe path through recovery from all kinds of idolatry, including substance abuse. We can do better. I have had a battle with alcohol – and a few more battles with people, places, and things I
Recovery Programs Other than Alcoholics Anonymous
Alcoholics Anonymous is just one way to quit drinking. It’s not foolproof. AA depends on what we do. Or, what we don’t do. I bet other plans do, too. I also bet, no program or plan can do for us
Psalms and the Help They Are in Recovery
Psalms were not always a place I’d go for understanding and healing in recovery. The Psalms can overwhelm me with declarations of personal righteousness, clean hands, and so many imprecatory pronouncements. But, the Psalms show me a God who listens –
A New Year’s Proverb for Readers and Us In Recovery
A Proverb for the New Year “You can’t start the next chapter of your life if you keep rereading the last one.” I can’t remake my past, no matter how many times I rehearse certain scenes. However, I can learn
A Reality of Recovery, The Surprise of Change
With the help of a friend, we changed the design of this blog, hopefully making it easier to navigate. Change that recovery brings is not always easy to navigate. Some problems that were a good excuse to drink do not
Recovery: How To Do Something About the Addict You Love
How to do something about the addict we love is our personal choice for our personal recovery — no matter if the addict is interested. So, Learn about the Disease Take Care of Your Symptoms and Offer the Hope that