March 9, 2012
Before I came to the rooms of NA I really didn’t know a whole lot about having gratitude for much of anything or anyone. Everything was always everyone elses fault and I never wanted to take responsibility for anything. All I cared about was getting high all of the time and it didn’t matter who [...]
February 18, 2012
I search through the memories of my childhood looking for happy moments. While scanning through them I find there are more bad memories then good ones. Is it that we choose to remember the bad memories over the happy memories, or are we programmed that way? Does our mind store the bad memories in a [...]
December 9, 2011
This week, with the grace of God, I will be receiving a chip (token) for 9 months of sobriety. (I would like to note here that this “tradition” is not part of the Twelve Steps, Twelve Traditions or even the Big Book; if I am wrong someone will correct me in this forum, I’m sure. [...]
November 9, 2011
To wake up and live through another day clean and sober is to see life a with a whole new attitude. I marvel at my new-found freedom, freedom from the bondage of drug abuse that is. My days are so much brighter, my nights so much easier and overall just a beautiful thing to live [...]
October 26, 2011
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August 28, 2011
One of the biggest triggers people in recovery face is this: experiencing our own feelings. Rehab was an immediate eye-opener. A few days in, my hangover gone and settling into my new surroundings, I noticed right away how laughter was different. It’s something most of us ended up remarking on at some point during our [...]
August 4, 2011
“Just wait, things will get better!” August Recently I listened to one of the NA conference tapes featured on the “In The Rooms” web site. The sister sharing her wisdom, strength and hope was not a happy camper. This lady was no tentative beginner. She had 16½ years clean! But recent events were beginning to [...]
August 3, 2011
“She’s really special. She just gave me a lot of hope and she deserved a lot better than what people gave her. And I hope that the world learns a lesson from this. I really hope they do. Because it’s not her lesson to learn – it’s the world’s.” Lady Gaga on Amy Winehouse (Lady [...]
July 25, 2011
Alcoholics Anonymous doesn’t work for everyone. Sometimes, people need rehab. I should know, because initially, AA didn’t get me sober. It took rehab to accomplish this. I suppose this issue is on my mind because I hear some people scoffing at how rehab failed Amy Winehouse—and fails all these other celebrities who are in and [...]
July 23, 2011
“I don’t ever wanna drink again, I just, ooh, I just need a friend I’m not gonna spend ten weeks, Have everyone think I’m on the mend And it’s not just my pride, It’s just ‘til these tears have dried They tried to make me go to rehab, I said, no, no, no.” – Any [...]
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