January 5, 2012
So here it is death and life, life and death, my life, my death, your life, your death, everybody’s life, everybody’s death. One is limited, one is not. Both are determined not by man, not by woman, but by our higher power, and the higher power I choose is God. You must choose yours, I’ve [...]
December 31, 2011
New year. New beginnings. New chances to be me. Explore things I never thought possible. Love, life, and everything in between. I have a love story in me that has allowed me to love another. Greatest story ever told? Hell to the yes it is! Embracing myself regardless of what’s going on? Cranky? Yeah who [...]
December 31, 2011
I learned something today, had an epiphany of sorts. It came to me as most things do these days, in a conversation with a friend. My friend’s plight (it’s been my plight too many times) sparked something in one of the few brain cells I have left. A simple comment, made me remember something I’d [...]
December 26, 2011
When we come to the rooms of AA/NA, most of us have hit our bottom. We are completely broken down and have lost just about everything and everyone in our lives. Most, possibly all, of our family members had completely lost hope that we would ever find our way. That we was lost to the [...]
December 24, 2011
“To use fear as the friend it is, we must retrain and reprogram ourselves…We must persistently and convincingly tell ourselves that the fear is here–with its gift of energy and heightened awareness–so we can do our best and learn the most in the new situation”. Peter McWilliams, Life 101 (1995) In my last months [...]
December 21, 2011
The newcomer is the most important person in the room. Where did that come from? It goes back to AA member #3, Bill D. “The Man on the Bed” is an oil painting created by Robert M. for the A.A. Grapevine; it was reproduced as the center-spread in the December 1955 issue. In the artist’s [...]
December 20, 2011
In sobriety, we begin to interact with the world around us again. We stop isolating ourselves and start living an actual life. When we was using we felt it necessary to stay away from anyone and everyone unless they were somehow involved in our addiction. We kept around people like us or those who hadn’t [...]
December 7, 2011
The holidays can be a particularly tough time for recovering alcoholics because temptations abound. People unknowingly may give you a fine bottle of wine as a gift, or you’re invited to half a dozen parties (including office parties) where the booze will be flowing. Your “devil addict” will be perched on your shoulder, hissing into [...]
December 7, 2011
One day at a time, what a difficult scenario to wrap my head around. How do I focus on today and not worry about whats coming tomorrow, or what has happened in the past? It can be a complicating task learning to let go of yesterday and not worry about tomorrow. I find myself falling [...]
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