Not everyone in Alcoholics Anonymous is a “One Chip Wonder”. Your sobriety isn’t any less valid because you’ve had a slip. A major contributing factor to my being a “One chip wonder” are those folks who went out, came back, and told us about it. They spoke about what they did or failed to do, […]
Let it go We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. Promise #3, Alcoholics Anonymous p83-84 One of the first things that attracted me to Alcoholics Anonymous was the level playing field. No matter how old or cultured or educated or successful anyone there was, they all made unfortunate
NEVER GIVE UP During my sixth year of sobriety I slid into a depression that could best be characterized as, “Not of the garden variety.” I knew people who committed suicide because of depression, and I could never understand the rationale. My attitude had always been, “What’s the matter with you? Walk it off!” After
“Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.”Step 2. (Pages 25 – 33 The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous) Here’s the caveat: Being restored assumes you already had it. Not that I’m harshly judging anybody, but Alcoholics Anonymous isn’t exactly a hotbed of mental health. I should know, because
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