Sometimes the results of our efforts to make amends take years. Sometimes they come after a lot of painful rejection. God’s timing is often mysterious, but it’s perfect. My dad and I had a rocky relationship while I was drinking. He kicked me out and had very little to do with me near the end.Continue reading “What Matters Most – Grapevine Article September 2021 By Kristin S.”
Category Archives: Hope
Happiness Is Not The Point – Daily Reflection April 26th
I don’t think happiness or unhappiness is the point. How do we meet the problems we face? How do we best learn from them and transmit what we have learned to others, if they would receive the knowledge?AS BILL SEES IT, p. 306 In my search “to be happy,” I changed jobs, married and divorced,Continue reading “Happiness Is Not The Point – Daily Reflection April 26th”
How Finding FRED And Responding Differently To Him Keeps Us Sober – Grapevine Article March 2022 By Carol K
Bruce M (italics) – This article uses an acronym I had never heard before FRED for fear, resentment, ego, and dishonesty. Like weeds in the garden of my life, I need discernment to see FRED clearly and the courage with God’s help to respond completely differently to my FRED. So much of my life hasContinue reading “How Finding FRED And Responding Differently To Him Keeps Us Sober – Grapevine Article March 2022 By Carol K”
Reframing Awareness – Days Of Healing April 6th By Earnie Larson
“I’m a lot less hard on myself these days. I’ve realized that my demons are really angels that have gone astray.—Manny J. “Oh no! Not something else to work on!” How often we feel discouraged when we become aware of yet another self-defeating pattern in our lives. “Who needs this much awareness?” we may wonder.Continue reading “Reframing Awareness – Days Of Healing April 6th By Earnie Larson”
Receiving The Gift That Surrounds Us – Touchstone April 2nd
The universe is the primary revelation of the divine, the primary scripture, the primary focus of divine human communion. –Thomas Berry In this program we learn about being receptive. A person in search of conscious contact with a Higher Power can simply stand still and open his eyes and ears to creation. Forcing a spiritualContinue reading “Receiving The Gift That Surrounds Us – Touchstone April 2nd”
Love Everybody? As Bill Sees It #230
Not many people can truthfully assert that they love everybody. Most of us must admit that we have loved but a few; that we have been quite indifferent to the many. As for the remainder — well, we have really disliked or hated them. We A.A.’s find we need something much better than this inContinue reading “Love Everybody? As Bill Sees It #230”
We Are Greater Than Anything That Can Happen To Us Grapevine Article April 1962 By Rev Mounir R.
An AA message from a New England Minister WHAT I wish to say this Easter can best be told in a story about a man who was building a stone wall. A neighbor came by and asked the old farmer why he was building an odd-shaped wall, wider than it was high. Without looking upContinue reading “We Are Greater Than Anything That Can Happen To Us Grapevine Article April 1962 By Rev Mounir R.”
Valentine’s Day – Language Of Letting Go February 14th
For children, Valentine’s Day means candy hearts, silly cards, and excitement in the air.How different Valentine’s Day can be for us as adults. The Love Day can be a symbol that we have not yet gotten love to work for us as we would like. Or it can be a symbol of something different, somethingContinue reading “Valentine’s Day – Language Of Letting Go February 14th”
Feeling Good Isn’t The Point – Just For Today – February 4th
“For us, recovery is more than just pleasure.” Basic Text, p. 43 ❖ In our active addiction, most of us knew exactly how we were going to feel from one day to the next. All we had to do was read the label on the bottle or know what was in the bag. We plannedContinue reading “Feeling Good Isn’t The Point – Just For Today – February 4th”
Getting Beyond The Dry Drunk Syndrome – Stage II Recovery By Earnie Larson
The Dry-Drunk Syndrome As hateful as this label is to so many people, it names a real condition that occurs when a person breaks a primary addiction (gets sober) but doesn’t deal with the underlying living problems. “Dry drunks” can afflict people who have broken a primary addiction (Stage I) but have not gotten furtherContinue reading “Getting Beyond The Dry Drunk Syndrome – Stage II Recovery By Earnie Larson”