A Sober Life

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 [...]

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 [...]

Am I humble…If I think so I probably am not…So goes the way with humility…The moment you think you have it you’ve lost it…I don’t lessen myself to be humble…It is said to be humble “I don’t think less of myself”…”I think of myself  less”When we place the needs of others before ourselves we start [...]