Pause When Agitated?
As we go through the day we pause when agitated or doubtful, and ask for the right thought or action. Pause. Oh, no. Remember I’m a sprinter? Pauses break my […]
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Step 3 Part 2: ABCs of AA
Bill’s principles of AA… I laughed out loud when I heard this. (Learn what hit the editor’s floor.)
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.
I GOT THIS!
Really?
90 Meetings?
Are we keeping the gate closed?
12 Step Programs Aren’t Therapy
Guess what’s inside this AA meeting!
Step 4: Column 5 Peeling Back False Beliefs
I spent a lot of time with my grandparents absorbing survival skills: some good, some bad.
Step 4: Fearless Moral Inventory Shortcut
Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. That’s Step 4, perhaps the scariest few words Bill W strung together in this 12 Step program. It seems to me […]
Step 3: Gargantua Tarantula
It’s 12 Steps, not 2. The Old Timers I love and respect are those who have serenity gained from taking all 12 and continuing to live in the principles.
Prison Of Self
The above picture is from a recent trip to Scotland. The gate makes me think of how my old thinking has kept me imprisoned. I took this picture during a […]
Alcoholics and Half-baked Relationships Part 4: Mirror, Mirror On The Wall
Lies and deceitful games have nothing to do with the shared reality and richness of intimacy. True intimacy in relationships is reserved for people who are determined to hear and […]
Seeing Life Through the Prism of the AA Experience
A lot of the readers of Good Life know my Dad’s funeral was this week. I posted my tribute a few days before his death. This has made me acutely […]
Why Do I Tell People I’m an Alcoholic?
When I think of alcoholics I think of the ones around the tables. I realize you might not see us like I do. Maybe your mental picture of an alcoholic […]
Ceased Fighting
I can choose to let people say things that I don’t agree with or I don’t like and just let it go.
Step 7: Myth of Control
I am once again focused on self, rather than on those around me.
Steps 2 & 3: Finding My AA Parachute
It’s like someone else has my remote!
The Sensitive Side of an Alcoholic
When I was 4, I wanted to stay home and cook for my Dad when I grew up. I probably only remember that because my mom found it to be […]
Meditation: Part 5 Inspiration, Not Woo Woo
Nevertheless, we find that our thinking will, as time passes, be more and more on the plane of inspiration. We come to rely upon it. Page 87 I am so […]
Meditation: Part 4 You’re Not My Holy Spirit
What used to be the hunch or the occasional inspiration becomes a working part of your mind. Being still inexperienced and having just made conscious contact with God, it is […]
Meditation: Part 3 Wrestling With God?
We’ve looked at the typical alcoholic motives and asking God to remove them even before praying. It’s early in the morning and our thoughts turn to the activities of the […]
Meditation: Part 2 Mysteries
When I wake up I usually hop out of bed. I don’t lounge. That’s because I’m a morning person. If you’re already saying, ‘one of those’ then you may not […]
Meditation: Part 1 Your Tugboat–You Decide
I like this photo I took in Boston. It’s clear that the little *tugboat is tethered to the oil barge. They are color-coordinated, so I assume they belong together. I […]
Dying For Recognition
We’ve looked at self-pity and deception two of the motives Bill warns us about in this excerpt from page 86. On awakening let us think about the twenty-four hours ahead. […]
Beached By Self-Pity
On awakening let us think about the twenty-four hours ahead. We consider our plans for the day. Before we begin, we ask God to direct our thinking, especially asking that […]
Not All Moths Are Drawn to Flame
If you take the moth drawn to a flame analogy, I’m drawn to information. If the information is spiritual truth, it lights my path and helps me change. I’m busy […]
Accident Waiting To Happen
“While I’m in this meeting, my disease is out in the parking lot doing push-ups!”
Step 4: Fishing for Fears
We were both barefooted in a canoe and I could see that Pike had lots of teeth.
Step 8: Resentment Prayer
I wanted to find some wisdom shared with me by an old Hippie with long blond hair and beard who was from Dubuque, Iowa.
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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