A Sober Life

“When I want to understand what is happening today or try to decide what will happen tomorrow, I look back.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. The writing is on the wall! My writing is on my wall and it is to be found in my life. My history of my life teaches me about my [...]

Keep It Simple  A man is too apt to forget that in this world he cannot have everything. A choice is all that is left him.—H. Mathews. Sobriety is about choice. Each day we choose to stay sober, we teach ourselves howto make better choices. Life is about choice. To be spiritual people, we must make [...]

A baby is God’s opinion that the world should go on. –Carl Sandburg ————————————————————————————————————— The old friends who dropped us. Personal relations. As our drinking progressed, most of us lost old friends. Sometimes it was our behavior that drove them away; at other times, it was because they didn’t want to associate with “losers.” In [...]

Make it a point to do something every day that you don’t want to do—Mark Twain Self-discipline is a key part of living sober life. We need it t get to our meetings regularly. We need it to understand the Steps. We need it to work the Steps. And we get much in return. With [...]

No Respecter of People Carrying the message As human beings, we have to realize that some people are more attractive to us than others.  Even in AA, we will likely be more interested in a person who has qualities we admire than one who annoys and repels us. This is a snobbish attitude that we [...]

MONEY “Money doesn’t always bring happiness. People with ten million dollars are no happier than people with nine million dollars.” – Hobart Brown Today I understand that there is nothing intrinsically wrong with money. Wealth is not good or bad in itself it is what we do with it. As a famous comedian once said, [...]

Recently my husband & I moved to a different city within the state we live in. My husband has attended alcoholics meetings intermittently for quite a few years. The alcoholics meetings not only provide great support but it is essential to find the one that will meet your particular needs. If you attend the meetings [...]