Looking back , it’s easy to see how our outlook on life morphed to accommodate and justify our choices. Self-delusion had become second nature. It takes effort and practice to embrace honesty instead. Even before, there were clues that honesty might have helped to counter our distorted thinking. At some point, many of us experiencedContinue reading “Honesty and Self-Awareness – A Spiritual Principle A Day September 25th”
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Self-approval – The Language Of Letting Go September 10th By Melodie Beattie
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”
Instructions Before Visiting Earth – Recovery Poem By James McCrae
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”
Grieving in Sobriety – Take The 12 Blog September 2026 By Rick W.
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.”
The Well Of Grief – Recovery Poem By David Whyte
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”
Love, Coffee & Hot Donuts – Grapevine Article October 2026 By Tom L.
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.”
Our Ultimate Refuge Is Accepting Fear – Radical Acceptance Chapter 7 By Tara Brach
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”
Let the Bulldozer In – Take The 12 Blog September 2026 By Rick W
Hidden in Plain Sight I was in a Big Book study tonight, reading “The Family Afterward,” when another member pointed out something I had never really seen. I’ve read this passage a thousand times. Okay, maybe not a thousand. But enough times that I thought I knew what was there. That’s what happens when I study theContinue reading “Let the Bulldozer In – Take The 12 Blog September 2026 By Rick W”
AA Benefits Vary Between Sexes – Harvard Gazette December 2012 By Sue McGreevey
Study finds differences in they how they participate an important factor A new study finds differences in the ways that participation in Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) helps men and women maintain sobriety. Two Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators found that while many factors were helpful to all AA participants, some had stronger effects in men and some in women. ForContinue reading “AA Benefits Vary Between Sexes – Harvard Gazette December 2012 By Sue McGreevey”
Patience and the Process of Healing – A Spiritual Principle A Day September 7th
Some of us came into AA hoping for a speedy recovery, like the way we’d bounced back after that accident and got over the flu right quick. We wanted to put addiction behind us, and then we could get on with life. A mixture of hope and denial convinced us that detoxing would fix us.Continue reading “Patience and the Process of Healing – A Spiritual Principle A Day September 7th”