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 [...]
November 17, 2011
I celebrate 35 years with an asterisk this month: 35 years ago I hit my false bottom. Brown-nosers are complicit in the fraud of education promulgated by schoolteachers, addiction counselors, and fellow 12 & 12 Members. It doesn’t matter to me if it’s a Grade 3 classroom, a treatment center, or an AA meeting; I [...]
October 30, 2011
Like a lot of businessmen in their mid-forties, my sporting days were behind me. In my day I’d been a very active triathlete, cyclist and rugby player. But having achieved a good standard at these sports, the mix of age and frustration at not being able to reach previous benchmarks led me away from them [...]
August 4, 2011
“You’re only as sick as your secrets.” When I first heard this saying in AA, I thought it had to do with lying about our drinking and that is certainly true. If I was drinking moderately, like a normal person, I didn’t have to lie about it. However, whenever I lied about how many drinks [...]
July 17, 2011
On 16 July 2011, I celebrated my third year of sobriety. To be honest, I didn’t really celebrate. Staying away from drugs and alcohol hasn’t been my focus since my first year or so. I came to realize early on that staying abstinent, for me, wasn’t the point. In my case and, I believe, in [...]
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