A Sober Life

All animals, except man, know that the ultimate of life is to enjoy it. – Samuel Butler Today I choose to enjoy my life. Regardless of the problem and difficulties that this day will bring, I have an inner joy that comes with my recovery from addiction. With a clear head and body free from [...]

Every year the holidays come & we start worrying…Family, friends, work, even what girts to give & where are we gonna get the money…I found a great quote this morning from an unknown author about how to address the gift giving season or anytime for that matter The best gifts to give: To your friend [...]

The ultimate lesson all of us have is unconditional love, which includes not only others but ourselves as well. –Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Back in the days of my active disease I couldn’t even look at myself in the mirror…Oh sure I could comb my hair & stuff like that…But I mean really look at myself…Look into [...]

And to practice these principles in all our affairs. Third part of Step Twelve. This is a statement about us. We are now people of values. These values reflect our spiritual growth. We know how to help others. We know how to admit our wrongs. We know how to look at ourselves and change our [...]

Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss wants, small minds discuss people. – Laurence J. Peter Gossip is ultimately a form of malicious cowardice. It is a “blasphemy” because it seeks to denigrate the human being that God has made in His image. As a practicing alcoholic I was a gossip. I exaggerated and manipulated [...]

One is happy as the result of one’s own efforts.— George Sand Happiness is not an accident. It comes from following the spiritual voice found in each of us. This isn’t always easy. Sometimes, the voice tells us to do things we’re afraid of. For Example, if we’re lonely and the voice tells us to [...]

Those adolescent urges that so many of us have for complete approval, utter security, and perfect romance–urges quite appropriate to age seventeen–prove to be an impossible way of life at forty-seven or fifty-seven. Since A.A. began, I’ve taken huge wallops in all these areas because of my failure to grow up, emotionally and spiritually. << [...]

I am reflecting back on today…Good friends…Good food…It’s great to be alive…

“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 [...]

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 [...]