Not Feeling the Holiday Spirit Yet?
Reasons may abound for our not feeling the Holiday spirit yet. I am often the author of the HUMBUG that wafts through my brain by letting a few expectations morph into . . . demands. And I know better! (Falling
“Rarely have we seen a person fail who had thoroughly followed our path . . . Half measures availed us nothing. We stood at the turning point. . . . (AA Big, pp 58-59)
This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, . . .” (Jeremiah 6:16)
Setting Better Boundaries
Better Boundaries Setting boundaries is a [recommended] way of minimizing conflict with most people, some things and most places. I love the idea of have a zone of peace that’s based on a healthy respect for what I perceive others
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.
Why [I think]I Drank
When I think back about why I think I drank, details fuzz over. Mainly I started to drink because that was what everybody was doing. My friends and I were sneaking around, getting “tight,’” and partying. It was the early
A Common Denominator —
Program Math “So, when I finally took that moral inventory,” an AA said, “I found a common denominator in everything that was wrong— it was me.” Whoa. Wait. What? I am a common denominator in all my troubles? What about
STEP Four Musings in COVID
Every time I read through Step Four in the 12 &12 at a meeting, I kinda wind up thinking: “Oh, I could have done the last inventory better.” Deciphering the sidebar notes I scribble on the side — the counsel
Asking Better Questions
In my white-knuckling phase, I kept asking, Am I an alcoholic? I couldn’t be; I just wasn’t that bad — not like other problem drinkers I knew! Reading in Step by Step: Real AAs, Real Recovery, I gleaned a bit
Links to Chapters in The Big Book
So, a friend and I are reading the Big Book out loud, alternating pages. Reading aloud, albeit over the phone, has been refreshing — a reminder how grateful I am for those who thought this book out and put it
The Timeliness of Tradition Ten
The Timeliness of Tradition Ten In the craziness of the fall out from COVID and politics, the timeliness of Tradition Ten smacked me upside the head! Understanding the traditions upon which AA rests may not seem to be the best