Understanding the Fourth Step in AA: A Guide

We all are driven by our instincts. But sometimes we don’t watch where we’re going and we trip up. We take our God given instincts, so necessary for our survival, beyond what Mother Nature intended. We drink when the stock market goes up. We drink when the stock market goes down. We take the f-i-g-h-t …

AA Insights: The Three Facets of Alcoholism

In the movie ‘Young Frankenstein’ Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (who insists his name is pronounced “Fronkensteen”) played by Gene Wilder, becomes curious of his grandfather’s study of reanimating a dead human body, and has a task for his odd hunchback assistant, Igor, to break into the town’s morgue and steal a brain for his experimental subject. …

Life-Changing Tips from AA: Principles Before Personalities

This title is the last phrase in the Twelfth Tradition of Alcoholics Anonymous: “Principles before Personalities.” The last step in Twelve step recovery also rings true with; “Practice these Principles in all our Affairs.” These are coined with another oft-used phrase, “moral compass.” These phrases, are my embodiment of being given a tip to a …

Space-X or Space-Q?

Would we like an IPO that pays dividends and has a long-term outlook on earning per share that will never enter bubble territory or collapse earning per share? Wouldn’t this make us happy? Welcome to Space Q. Our quantum creative reality that isn’t on the Nasdaq or ever become listed on the S&P. Just like …

Growing into Your True Self: A Year of Change

We are not returning to a previous version of ourselves; we are arriving at a new level that requires all previous experiences to be accessed. The masks we wear in public, by our ego or exterior surface–is finally breaking. Our dream state or creative self–not a part of our daily do list–what our executive function …