A Dozen Steps

August 10th, 2008

A “Great” Story?

Tell ya’ what - the very next time you hear a speaker announced as having a “great” story… invite their family, their parole officer, the families of the people they hurt, their employers and the folks they hurt at work. Invite their mental health counselors (if they have one), their Doctor and their attorney. Oh, […]

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July 1st, 2008

Because Alkies Are Big “Cupcakes” [Tribute to George Carlin]

I’ve just received this in my email and will pass it on to all of you. I always enjoyed George Carlin especially his insight. He wrote this shortly after his wife’s death a few years ago. It’s truth ought to be force fed to our “politicians!” (one man’s opinion)
A Wonderful Message by George Carlin
The paradox […]

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April 23rd, 2008

Losing Faith

For today - I don’t want to forget that one day at a time anything and everything can and will happen and it is not required that I develop some lame excuse to give myself permission to pick up a drink…
Therefore, for today, I am feeling not very faithful. It doesn’t help that as I […]

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April 3rd, 2008

Set It To Paper

It had been some time since I last heard someone do this…
A Fourth Step meeting. A newcomer. Not on the Fourth Step yet. “But, I’ve been thinking.”
And this is one of those times when everything after “but” is BS. You simply ought not even attempt to “do” a Fourth Step in your head!
“In dealing with […]

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April 2nd, 2008

No One’s Self-Awareness Is Permanent

Returning to yesterdays’ Daily Reflection… (sarcasm ahead)
Looking Within
Ambivalent feelings: “Simultaneously feeling opposing or contradictory feelings.”
“By discovering what my emotional deformities are, I can move toward their correction. Without a willing and persistent effort to do this, there can be little sobriety or contentment for me.”
Contentment? I’m not sure I know what the word means…
“the neuro-physiological […]

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February 26th, 2008

The Twistings of Acceptance

From The Language of the Heart: Bill W’s Grapevine Writings page 270;
“All of us will encounter failures, some retrievable and some not. We shall often meet with defeat - sometimes by accident, sometimes self-inflicted, and at still other times dealt to us by the injustice and violence of other people. Most of us will meet […]

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February 20th, 2007

T.I.M.E.

TIME is a four-letter word…
TIME - Things I Must Earn
TIME - Things I Must Endure
God’s TIME.
“Sorry I’m late for the meeting.” Don’t be, you’re not that important - we obviously started without you… perhaps we should have waited? Naaah…
Have you ever considered what difference might exist between our concept of time and the way God […]

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May 16th, 2006

Reality

This is a hard one, though it exemplifies reality and there is a need for these type of reports.

This young man’s name is Ron. He is no longer with us. A car, driven by an unfortunate young person who wasn’t drinking, accidentally struck Ron last Saturday less than a half mile from where I sit. […]

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