October 5, 2018
For many years in sobriety, I have heard people voice the same lament: that after a good period of sobriety, they drank again, and now are […]
August 30, 2018
The topic of freedom often comes up at A.A. meetings and for this alcoholic; peace of mind has been my goal from the very beginning. Our […]
May 23, 2018
Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide I haven’t had too many problems with places or things. My problems have always been with the people in those […]
April 24, 2018
Many of us, in Alcoholics Anonymous, have lost our families, our jobs, our friends, and even our health before we were desperate enough to deal with […]
March 28, 2018
We hear so much about emotional sobriety in AA meetings, and I often wonder if the average member really understands where this all fits in. Most […]
November 3, 2017
In the A.A. pamphlet “A Newcomer Asks” it says: In our experience, the people who recover in A.A. are those who: stay away from the first […]
November 3, 2017
Honesty is a Moral Characteristic Honesty is one of the most respected of all moral characteristics. If it becomes known that a respected individual has behaved […]
June 5, 2017
Alcoholics Anonymous has taught me many tools. One of the biggest tools is living in today. Today is all I have and I believe God is […]
May 23, 2017
On a February day, many years ago, I was living in absolute dread of going back to the bar. Just a few weeks previous, I had […]
February 1, 2016
Overcoming a withered mind and becoming an adult Sobriety in one sense is a goal, but in another sense, it is but a door, which permits […]
November 24, 2015
It only takes one shot of whisky to whisk me on an uncontrollable drunken spree. Dr. Silkworth describes this as an abnormal allergy of the body, […]
November 23, 2015
The first part of my life was spent developing a false-ego-self which placed me on shaky ground with the truth. Dr. Silkworth tells us that the […]