She learned the dance of anger, frustration and denial from her father, but replaced it with the sweeter music of AA It wasn’t till my father threw my mother’s mother across the kitchen and broke her arm that he was forced to stop drinking. He had grown up with a very drunk and abusive fatherContinue reading “The Dry Drunk Waltz – Grapevine Article by Julie H”
Category Archives: Choice
Mastering Resentments – As Bill Sees It #286
We began to see that the world and its people had really dominated us. Under that unhappy condition, the wrongdoing of others, fancied or real, had power to actually kill us, because we could be driven back to drink through resentment. We saw that these resentments must be mastered, but how? We could not wishContinue reading “Mastering Resentments – As Bill Sees It #286”
Accepting Powerlessness – A Wall Becomes A Gate – Henri Nouwen Meditation September 19th
Recovery Transforms Our Walls Of Powerlessness and Unmanageability Into Our Gates To Freedom And A Joy Of Living “What seemed to be the end proved to be the beginning; what seemed to be a cause for fear proved to be a cause for courage; what seemed to be defeat proved to be victory; and whatContinue reading “Accepting Powerlessness – A Wall Becomes A Gate – Henri Nouwen Meditation September 19th”
Trust – Am I Willing To Get Into The Wheelbarrow Today Right Now ? Transcript Of Talk By Bob D.
“Perhaps there is a better way – we think so. For we are now on a different basis; the basis of trusting and relying upon God. We trust infinite God rather than our finite selves. We are in the world to play the role He assigns. Just to the extent that we do as weContinue reading “Trust – Am I Willing To Get Into The Wheelbarrow Today Right Now ? Transcript Of Talk By Bob D.”
Choice Regained – Grapevine Article July 1961 By V.W.
One of the greatest benefits of sobriety. . . AA HAS brought me numerous gifts in addition to sobriety, but all of them pivot about that one central necessity for the alcoholic: to gain and maintain sobriety. Without that I would again lose my direction and my identity and revert to a weary wanderer inContinue reading “Choice Regained – Grapevine Article July 1961 By V.W.”