Releasing what was never mine to control; Embracing what is mine to enjoy.
Every time I come to it, Step Seven reminds me to practice what I say I believe. Humbly asked God to remove these defects of character. Because I believe what people told me about alcoholism — it is a three-fold
COVID-19 has changed so much, revealing how weak, wobbly, and wandering my faith in a power greater than me. (Step Two) Cut off from so much that is familiar in recovery, will that Power do more for me than restore
Daily Troubles and My Choices Today’s troubles are bizarre and wild. Yet, they aren’t unfamiliar. Today’s troubles are like a flashback to 1968. Back then, in 1968, the day’s troubles engulfed me, giving me ample excuses to drink and experiment
Keeping on in the New Year is an antidote worth considering: While I’m working to stay sober, I’m celebrating albeit with tears. It’s been a mixed emotional bag for me, this holiday season; perhaps for you, too. A friend chose
Helen Keller said, “Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.” Well, yes and no. I read her autobiography and saw the play and movie
Writing Questions Can Help Recovery A favorite blogger, and college writing professor asks her students to wrestle with three questions as they “. . . tap into the rhetorical theory.” (See A little Writing Lesson) Why this? Why now? Why
Balance in Recovery The AA Program and living sober is a balance of being willing, being wise and working. Drawing closer to God – the God of our understanding – is the fulcrum of well-balanced sobriety. I’ve come to know,
An Antidote The Third Step AA recommends we take is a powerful, life-saving antidote to the poison self-centeredness that injects into our thoughts. The link I include, Man Bitten By Severed Rattlesnake Head, helped me understand how potent my old
When I came into the rooms of AA, I knew playing a victim was not an award winning role. I came as a new Christian, full of relief that Christ promised forgiveness for all my sins – the stuff I