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A Dozen Steps

Archive for the ‘Opinion’ Category

July 25th, 2008

White-Knuckled Sobriety

If you don’t know please ask your sponsor…
From today’s Daily Reflection: “Those Who Still Suffer”
“For us, if we neglect those who are still sick, there is unremitting danger to our own lives and sanity.”
It is my personal opinion (fwiw) that this is a piece of writing that undoes the profundity expressed in meetings that the […]

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July 5th, 2008

Knowing God’s Will

Interesting…
How many of us have the audacity to think that we might know God’s will? Think about it… to approach making the statement that I know what God’s will is for me, or you, imho (lol), I believe that I would have a level of arrogance higher than that I’d had before.
Place my thought plane […]

By Mark -- 10 comments

April 30th, 2008

Oldtimers! Listen Up!

This is not for those of you who keep/kept coming like Jack R., John DeL., Jimmy DeL., Don H., Desi, heck, even Clyde F. This is for those of you who have disappeared from the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous even though you’d still tell us you’re “sober.”
“The Great Paradox”
Which is today’s Daily Reflection;
“These legacies of […]

By Mark -- 2 comments

April 26th, 2008

Now - Just Hold On One Minute Here…

(”Listen” for the rationalizations…)
It says: “Happiness Is Not The Point”
And I can somewhat agree.
“I don’t think happiness or unhappiness is the point. How do we learn from the problems we face?”
Which makes sense unless my negative mind works it into “Everything I face is a problem” therefore I’m “learning 24/7 and I’m sick of it!”
Moving […]

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April 15th, 2008

The Worst Best Kept Secret In AA [And Any Other 12 Step Program]

“Oldtimers” that don’t go to meetings!
When we arrived at the clubhouse yesterday there was an old “friend” sitting outside. We hadn’t seen him in quite some time and the first thought I had was “I’m glad you’re back.”
We shook hands, said our hellos, got our coffees, sat down and asked “Where have you been?” The […]

By Mark -- 3 comments

April 14th, 2008

Something Has Changed [Its Not An Improvement]

And I don’t understand why its changed…
When I walked into my first meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous the folks who were already members didn’t adapt AA to me or for me. They went about their business as they had been doing all along before I arrived. They also didn’t tell me I was the most important […]

By Mark -- 5 comments

April 11th, 2008

Recovered? Recovering? The Argument Is Assinine!

At least in the “humble” (as much as it can be) opinion of my sponsor and myself, that is… :)
Why? First Things First - if it is a fact that you are sitting in meetings, dining out with “us,” hanging out with “us,” working with “us,” and admitting to “our faces” that you have admitted […]

By Mark -- 8 comments

April 7th, 2008

Thanks To A Good Friend

Thanks to a good friend I’m now having a gratitude attack…
My day didn’t start out that way. In the course of the day, my friend Mike called and offered me many, many reasons to be grateful - for him and for me!
Mike has about a hundred different projects on his “plate.” I have substantially fewer.
One […]

By Mark -- 2 comments

March 22nd, 2008

Things That Nurture My Soul

Love is always Number 1… and the greatest challenge.
Bill Wilson was very fond of one particular passage that I’m going to repeat now. By its nature, I imagine most will perceive it “religious.” Please be forewarned.
I am an alcoholic and this is the area of my life that has suffered the most. I’m not alone […]

By Mark -- 3 comments

March 14th, 2008

Of Course It’s Not October 9th!

But the Daily Reflection for October 9th holds true today as it does each day…
A Spiritual Axiom
“It is a spiritual axiom that every time we are disturbed, no matter what the cause, there is something wrong with us.”
In the body of the person’s response in the Daily Reflection they say this;
“Feelings come from inside, not […]

By Mark -- 2 comments

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