He went to a meeting; his brother went to a bar What is that saying–when God closes a door, he opens a window? I have found this to be true in my life since getting sober. I have been sober since May 1996. With the help of a sponsor who told me what to do,Continue reading “A Death In The Family – Grapevine Article February 2004 By Nick K”
Category Archives: Pain
Our Basic Trouble (Step 3) – Big Book pages 60 – 63
Consider reading ‘Placing Yourself Into the Big Book Pages 60 thru 62’ in addition to this post to personalize Step 3 to you *********** Being convinced , we were at Step Three , which is that we decided to turn our will and our life over to God as we understood Him . Just whatContinue reading “Our Basic Trouble (Step 3) – Big Book pages 60 – 63”
Living Sober – Chapter 25 Getting Out Of The If Trap
Emotional entanglements with people are not the only way we can get our sobriety dangerously hooked to something extraneous . Some of us have a tendency to put other conditions on our sobriety , without intending to . One A.A . member says , “ We drunks * are very ‘ iffy ’ people .Continue reading “Living Sober – Chapter 25 Getting Out Of The If Trap”
Reflection – Each Day A New Beginning For November 14th
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. —Kathleen Casey Theisen How awesome is our power, personally, to choose our attitudes and our responses to any situation, to every situation. We will feel only how we choose to feel, no matter the circumstance. Happiness is as free an option as sorrow. Perceiving our challenges as opportunities forContinue reading “Reflection – Each Day A New Beginning For November 14th”
Room In My Heart – Grapevine Article November 2020 By Candace T
Today I decided to write out my thoughts and share them with someone I have learned to trust. That’s how we build bridges of trust and understanding I’ve heard it said that there’s no loneliness like that of alcoholic isolation. I believe it. The shadow of this disease has been with me as long asContinue reading “Room In My Heart – Grapevine Article November 2020 By Candace T”
Daily Inventory Shows Up Assets – Grapevine Article October 1947 By LJR
If I kept a diary–and I do not–there might be an entry in it something like this: April 2, 1942: For the first time, I admit I am powerless over alcohol. I know now I can’t safely ever take another drink. I have decided to turn my will and my life over to God, withoutContinue reading “Daily Inventory Shows Up Assets – Grapevine Article October 1947 By LJR”
Reflection – Each Day A New Beginning Saturday October 24th
The universal human yearning (is) for something permanent, enduring, without shadow of change —Willa Cather The specter of change builds dread in most of us. We fear the effects on our personal lives. We lack faith that the impending change will benefit us. Only time can assure us of that. And it will, justContinue reading “Reflection – Each Day A New Beginning Saturday October 24th”
Daily Reflection – September 19th “Each Day A New Beginning”
…concern should drive us into action and not into depression. —Karen Horney The role of victim is all too familiar to many of us. Life did us injustices – we thought. And we passively waited for circumstances to change. With the bottle we waited, or maybe the little white pills. Nothing was our fault. ThatContinue reading “Daily Reflection – September 19th “Each Day A New Beginning””
Daily Reflection September 12th – Each Day A New Beginning
No person is your enemy, no person is your friend, and every person is your teacher.—Florence Scovel Shinn We can open ourselves to opportunities today. They abound in our lives. No circumstance we find ourselves in is detrimental to our progress. No relationship with someone at work or at home is superfluous to our development.Continue reading “Daily Reflection September 12th – Each Day A New Beginning”
Pain-Killer or Pain-Healer – As Bill Sees It Meditation #291
“I believe that when we were active alcoholics we drank mostly to kill pain of one kind or another—physical or emotional or psychic. Of course, everybody has a cracking point, and I suppose you reached yours—hence, the resort once more to the bottle. “If I were you, I wouldn’t heap devastating blame on myself forContinue reading “Pain-Killer or Pain-Healer – As Bill Sees It Meditation #291”