Functional Alcoholic Signs
It’s so tricky to diagnose that I had friends telling me I couldn’t be alcoholic, even though I knew I was.
Category Archives: Step 1 Tips
Step 1: Raising The White Flag
When I first quit drinking, I had a friend in AA that would wish ‘pitiful and incomprehensible demoralization’ on his drinking buddies.
What Do They Mean…Do The Next Right Thing?
Some people just naturally know what their NRT is. Do you?
WORKSHEET STEP 1
How do you define ‘unmanageable’?
Relief or Release?
What do you want?
Welcome To Recovery of Action
WHICH WAY?
What’s This Spiritual Malady?
Sick of the sprees (alcohol, drugs, food, sex, spending, gambling, etc) and wanting something other than defeating obsessions and thoughts of suicide…
Can I Weep With Those Who Weep?
I’m not loving you if I try to brush aside your tears
What Am I Living For?
If you want to identify me, ask me not where I live…
If You’re Doing Fine, Why Try The 12 Steps?
There are many ways to lose yourself, many different paths promising a sense of euphoria, comfort or peace. They’re usually some form of spree…
Step 1: Dangerous Lesson Learned In Kindergarten
A five-year-old’s birthday party set me on the path of spiritual destruction…
Step 1: How Do I Start?
You don’t have to be an addict or even know one to take the 12 Steps
Quiet Space in Bright Sunshine
In fact, my lack of emotional sobriety happened long before the first taste of alcohol.
What Is God’s Will?
I no longer feel I have to ‘prove’ anything to you or to me
Not in My Wheelhouse
After cleaning out my wheelhouse I find I’m a little lonely…
Dear Me,
December 31, 2012 Dear Me, I probably know less about you than some people and more than the casual observer, but I do know a few things: You love to […]
Step 1: Shadow Me
The visible me was a lie. The shadow me was reality.
Anxiety: Part 2 Hey There! Hold On A Sec!
There’s a lot of ‘holding’ going on during the last three points.
Anxiety: Part 1 Pull on the Nail
Can you find something that weighs on your mind?
What’s Your Struggle?
How do you feel about being an addict, co-dependent or having cancer? I’ve been asking this question and my favorite answer so far is below. Even though this dear friend […]
Hemma! Hemma!
Hemma! Hemma! That’s what my brother and I used to yell when we wanted folks to hurry up. We used it with our friends at a time when other people […]
Al-Anon vs Nike ‘Just Do It’
When I was drinking I drank to feel better. The trouble with that is: I could never just take one drink and be happy. Normal social drinkers can do that. […]
This Alcoholic Named Herself
When I first got sober, and was recognizing my character defects of Step 4, one of the other women told me, You don’t have to put on a sandwich board […]
Is There Anything Unique About Your Drinking?
This is in response to the Normie question from my Saturday post. Most alcoholics have a desire to be unique. I thought I was unique because I was suicidal or […]
