Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs. Carrying the message and not the mess! Let’s get to know basic definitions used in our step work and in the Big Book. Struggle versus Suffering: An …
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Confronting Isolation: The Power of Step Five
This image kinda shocks me, but it also makes me laugh. Am I hiding around the finger-of-fate-in-fear, or just the clear point of the finger-of-fuck-you? Leave me alone. Question mark with exclamatory defiance. This is how I try to reconcile the beating around the bush of looking at myself (personal inventory of the Fourth Step) …
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Finding God in Unexpected Places: AA Insights
If you’ve never heard about AA–like me in when I was 39 years old, God showed up and brought me to meetings and the AA literature to find a new way of life. If you’d have asked me in my twenties or thirties if I would ever hold a book in divine reverence like a …
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Godspeed, Mr. President
Thirty-four felony counts against him for falsifying business account records to cover-up an extramarital affair–and the last thing that prosecuting Judge Merchan said to Donald Trump today was: “Sir, I wish you Godspeed as you assume your second term in office.” Wow. That’s Confidence. He never gave up. I can’t cast a single stone here …
