A Sober Life

Fantasy The more I drank, the more I fantasized everything. I imagined getting even for hurts and rejections. In my mind’s eye I played and replayed scenes in which I was plucked magically from the bar where I stood nursing a drink and was instantly exalted to some position of power and prestige. I lived [...]

Dear friend of Bill W., Through A.A., we can experience freedom from self. After all, it was self (you, me) that stood in our own way, that ran the show and ran ourselves into bankruptcy, that hurt the ones we loved. All Twelve Steps of A.A. are designed to kill the old self (deflate the [...]

Fellowship is what we crave, To be joined with our friends, Today we mourn one to the grave, & at this time on God do we depend… So long Dick T. ———————————————————– This is a poem from one of my other blogs  In Memory of Dick T A good friend from my home group in [...]

People make mistakes, but seldom on purpose. Lord, may my patience with others grow and may I replace my frowns with smiles. If you want peace and goodness in your life you must be kind and loving. Lord, may I avoid creating misery so that my life will reflect my love for You. —————————————————————————————————— Now [...]