“A.A. and acceptance have taught me that there is a bit of good in the worst of us and a bit of bad in the best of us; that we are all children of God and we each have a right to be here. When I complain about me or about you, I am complaining […]
It never fails.Every year around the time of my anniversary, people shake their head and say, “Boy, are you lucky to have sobered up at such a young age!”Well, yes and no.Yes, because I am truly blessed to have found AA so soon.No, because it just means I ruined my health and burned life to
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My old sponsor, Ross Porter used to say, “I’m powerless over people, places, things and situations.” I’d always thought I could control those things, but that kind of control is an illusion. The only meaningful and substantial thing I can really control is my attitude. It’s all about attitude. When faced with adversity, my knee
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I was always after some undefinable thing, and all I ever wanted was to be comfortable in my own skin. My drinking and drugging spiraled out out control in my quest for that. After joining AA, it was clear I needed to unlearn so many of the things that had always been waterboarded into me.I
SHOWING UP I came to my first meeting because I had to. There was no choice. You know how they say you can’t scare an alcoholic? Forget about that because I was plenty scared. Anyway,I came back because I wanted to. Now I show up because I love to. This is where I belong. Meetings
“Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path”…. I have broken down my life into two distinct eras: BR and AR (Before Recovery & After recovery). Up until the time I made it into AA, I utterly lacked direction, like a rudderless ship. Rather than committing myself and following through.
My opinion only, but I believe Alcoholism is a genetic disease. If you looked honestly and objectively at your lineage, there’s probably a good chance someone in there had a wee touch of the Irish Virus. I’ve always maintained that I was born an alcoholic. I didn’t catch this off a toilet seat in a
