Author Archives: Bruce McPherson

“Healing may give you a new life, but it’s gonna cost you your old one. Are you ready?” There’s a catch to recovery that nobody really wants to talk about. We want the new life. We’re just not always sure we want to give up the old one. We want peace without surrendering control. We want freedomContinue reading “Are You Ready To Heal – Take The 12 Blog September 2026 By Rick W”

Most of us want to be liked. We want other people to think of us as nice, friendly, kind, and loving. Most of us want the approval of others.  Since childhood, some of us have been trying to get approval, trying to get people to like us and think highly of us. We may beContinue reading “Self-approval – The Language Of Letting Go September 10th By Melodie Beattie”

I love this poem and decided to share it. I think it puts a lot of substance on the possibility you may hear in the rooms of being spiritual beings having a physical experience. It may also help us keep in check those ‘out of proportion’ responses we often have to whatever is in frontContinue reading “Instructions Before Visiting Earth – Recovery Poem By James McCrae”

AA teaches us how to live without drinking. It doesn’t prevent our hearts from breaking. This has been a hard year. In December 2016, I left NYC after living there for 14 years and moved back home to Texas to be here for my aging parents. They didn’t physically need me at that point andContinue reading “Grieving in Sobriety – Take The 12 Blog September 2026 By Rick W.”

This poem has also been added to the Recovery Poem section of the website. Those who will not slip beneaththe still surface on the well of grief, turning down through its black waterto the place we cannot breathe, will never know the source from which we drink,the secret water, cold and clear, nor find inContinue reading “The Well Of Grief – Recovery Poem By David Whyte”

Becoming his wife’s caretaker left this longtimer alone and without meetings. Good thing his sponsor had a plan Four years ago, I came home one evening from my usual AA meeting to find my wife in an irrational rage. She was completely out of control, yelling at me, “Get out of my house,” among otherContinue reading “Love, Coffee & Hot Donuts – Grapevine Article October 2026 By Tom L.”

As long as we are alive, we feel fear. It is an intrinsic part of our makeup, as natural as a bitter cold winter day or the winds that rip branches off trees. If we resist it or push it aside, we miss a powerful opportunity for awakening. Rilke writes: You nights of anguish. WhyContinue reading “Our Ultimate Refuge Is Accepting Fear – Radical Acceptance Chapter 7 By Tara Brach”