Laugh Like a Kid. Life Is Short
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Step 3: Remodel Me
My most traumatic experience with remodeling isn’t filed in a picture database anywhere …
Baby Stepping Fourth: Sexual Harms Part 2
We asked God to mold our ideals and help us to live up to them.
5 Tips for Choosing a Recovery Sponsor
A guide, a mentor, a friend, a BB Nazi… so many choices!
Grandmas and Sponsors
People who are spiritual are helping others and leading interesting lives. They radiate a life-verve that is attractive.
Get Your Feet Off the Wheel, Buddy!
Who’s in the drivers’ seat?
Finding Someone to Sponsor
Jot these questions in your cell so you’re prepared.
Do You Have the Necessary Tools For Sponsorship?
Should you be a sponsor?
This, Bud, isn’t Weiser
What do you say to the complainer in the group
Here’s My Bootstraps
What to say to that person who thinks you should just ‘try harder
Coffee and AA
What to say to your buddy whose contribution in 12 Step meetings sound like a rehearsal for the Loudest
WORKSHEET STEP 1
How do you define ‘unmanageable’?
Take The Steps for Your Emotional Health
The 12 Steps are for all of us
Hanging on Step 11: Hook 2, Experience God’s Love
I have been liberated from some of the bonds of self that kept me telling God what to do!
Heidi HO
Like a compass needle slamming from South to North …
Hanging on Step 11: Hook 1, Prayer and Meditation
methods named are specifically prayer and meditation
Hanging on Step 11
There’s a mirror above the hat in this picture. Take a moment to reflect
To Quote My Favorite Philosopher, “NIP IT!”
She said, “Heidi, I don’t know why anyone calls you when they’re having problems.”
Google Me Alcoholic
What do you mean, alcoholic?
I GOT THIS!
Really?
Help Me VS Gratitude
What is implied by the ‘help me’?
90 Meetings?
Are we keeping the gate closed?
12 Step Programs Aren’t Therapy
Guess what’s inside this AA meeting!
Relief or Release?
What do you want?
Welcome To Recovery of Action
WHICH WAY?
A Brain Reboot for the Venomous Virus
I’ve got several phrases that help me.
Step 10 and the Not So Scary Worksheet Part 1: Anger is Just the Wrapping
Nearly any day contains prime resentment opportunities.
Clean Sweep
Pick up a broom and give it a whirl!
What Is God’s Will?
I no longer feel I have to ‘prove’ anything to you or to me
Double Overtime
It IS whether you win or lose!
The 12 Step Workout: Use It or Lose It
We are sure God wants us to be happy, joyous and free.
Cupcakes and Sweet Security
A month into Al-Anon I find that I am losing my job.
Not in My Wheelhouse
After cleaning out my wheelhouse I find I’m a little lonely…
Hashtag Sandy
Just between you and me, I’ve always been a little crazy during and around a full moon….
Step 2: Digging From the Quarry of the Past
When I’m digging into the quarry of the past, I’m entering the insanity of mining my history…
Step 1: Shadow Me
The visible me was a lie. The shadow me was reality.
Step 4: Part 8 Talkin’ Trash and Sex
I grew up in the 50s–a time when sex education had not yet been invented.
Anxiety: Part 2 Hey There! Hold On A Sec!
There’s a lot of ‘holding’ going on during the last three points.
Pay No Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain
My life would make a better movie than it does a life.
AA Meeting # 3: Poker Chip
I didn’t make any eye-contact with the smokers outside and tried to sneak by …
Not About
As a little kid once said, “This is brand and new!” So this journaling blog about my alcoholism struggle and recovery process is going to change as it grows. Even […]
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