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Serenity Is Not Avoiding the Storm
When it comes to lasting sobriety, simply enjoying sober life is not enough. We must learn how to weather the ...
My Christmas Recovery Message
Alcoholics in recovery have an advantage in that they can experience the feelings and thoughts of Christmas every day through ...
Anger and booze are an instant fix
Feeling overwhelmed by anger and alcohol? You're not alone. Both can be a short-term fix, but the consequences of both ...
Think, Think, Think???
Feeling overwhelmed by the Program? Don't trust your own judgement? Learn how to balance thinking and action in sobriety with ...
Meditation and driving?
Meditation isn't about emptying your mind, but intentionally choosing what to focus on ...
Victim to Asshole in Four Easy Columns
Years ago, a friend showed me the difference between a change and an unveiling. It was a humorous story and ...
Cowboy Share: Stay in the Herd
It was an early morning AA meeting on the West Coast. A stranger walked in, a genuine cowboy. He was ...
Meetings Are Like Fertilizer for the Soul
At a recent meeting, a fellow shared, starting from an interesting point of departure. He had a piece of paper ...
Autonomous Sponsorship
Sponsorship works, even when the sponsor does nothing. As a sponsor, I have listened to voicemails like this. “Andy, damn, ...
Grass Isn’t Greener: Cultivating Virtue
Superficially fescues resemble grass, but the differences outweigh the similarities. Grasses make great lawns, a seamless expanse of green. In ...
Like a Flame Thrower
I watched a movie about the Marines on a Pacific Island in World War II on Monday night. In the ...
Taking time to save time
Time alone will cure many defects: With time, we eventually see the problems. But removing defects takes time if all ...
Character Replacement Therapy
A great insight at a recent AA meeting, “when I applied the Program in all my affairs, what was out ...
The Missing Self-problem
In AA we have many self-problems: In our Program there is a list of self-problems that we have to guard ...
Half the Effort
The topic of the AA meeting was the continuous work and effort required for our AA Program. ...
Making Amends Pays a Karmic Debt
The question over coffee with a group of AAs was: Why are amends so important in the AA Program? ...
