fer me anger causes resentment, and it most generally has a fear involved at its base. when i am feelin it i need to fall back upon the teachins i have learned from this thing we do. as the readin suggests, anger is a dubious luxury fer most men, but fer me, it is poison....

i have been fortunate enough to have gotten to sit around the tables, as my sponsor suggested, with clarity of thought, and watch what people do when certain occasions arise in their lives. i have watched anger, in some, totally annihilate their recovery. i have also been witness to people who have used recovery to...

as i have sat around the rooms, watched, and listened to people, i have to believe this is true. i know it was fer me, as i look back. i let resentment control my emotions and actions. today, with help from God, my sponsor, and the 12 spiritual principles, i have been taught ways to...

i love how this is explained. maudlin: self-pityingly or tearfully sentimental, often through drunkenness. martyrdom: a display of feigned or exaggerated sufferin. to think, i can still, today, go right into this form of comfort through self-pity; is not a far-fetched idea; it is somethin i know how to do all too well. i have...

EVERYTHIN i did while drinkin and livin life while doin my dirt was INSANE!!! there was no middle of the road no matter how much i thought there was. im grateful today that i no longer have to live that way. before i came into this thing we do i thought givin up insanity meant...

i understand and know who is to blame fer many, if not all, of the misfortunes in my life. i always thought it was em pickin on me, but learned through livin the steps, i played a vital part in much of the dismay in my life. i didnt only do it to myself, i...

i always knew there were things in life i wasnt doin. i didnt do em because i didnt want the responsibility they entailed. i always tried to pawn it off on someone else or just not do it. i thought this gave me freedom. i remember when i was young i seen a sign at...

i am fortunate enough to be sober today, its by Gods grace that i am. as i watch people come and go in my life i get to see either their successes in life or demise. the ones that have been successful have given up alcohol and the ones who havent go on to the...

today, i get to say without remorse, guilt, or shame, i no longer have to hide from the person i once was. today, i can look at myself fer who and what i really am. i have found surrender, hope, acceptance, forgiveness, and love. God has given me a new lease on life and i...

i must always remember that i am not solely attributable fer my recovery. there have been many people involved in it. it is my responsibility to recognize em as often as i can, bein grateful fer their time, generosity, and love. it was taught to me early on that gratitude is action, thankful action towards...