Category Archives: Monday Night Take-Away
Coming into Agreement with these Ideas
I’m trying out a new look for the site and it may take me a bit to figure out the tech stuff. The bumps in my spiritual path are smoothing out as my life settles down after several months of … Continue reading
Ordinary Attributes
The Monday night Emotional Sobriety men’s group is deep into Step 2 now, having dug into the paragraphs about the roadblocks of indifference, fancied self-sufficiency, prejudice and defiance and taken a look at where I can become the bewildered one … Continue reading
Widening the Hoop
Today I’m bouncing back to Step 2 and looking at a paragraph that the Emotional Sobriety men’s group discussed several weeks ago, but one that I feel needs another look. This paragraph comes on the heels of my Savage State … Continue reading
Confronted With A Dilemma
Recently, The Emotional Sobriety men’s group moved into to Step 2 as we took a good look at the first paragraph on page 25 of the “12&12″: “Step Two. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore … Continue reading
Under The Lash of Alcoholism
The Monday night Emotional Sobriety men’s group is going to finish our review of Step 1 tomorrow night and 2 weeks ago we dug into the last paragraph on page 24 of the “12&12″: “Under the lash of alcoholism, we … Continue reading
Ah, ah, ah, ah Staying Alive, Staying Alive
The Monday night Emotional Sobriety Men’s Step study group is in the midst of an overview of Step 1. Each time we reach the end of a Step, the format calls for an overview where we can talk about any … Continue reading
The True Nature Of My Malady
The Monday night Emotional Sobriety Men’s Step study meeting just reached the end of Step 1 in the “12&12″, but I have a few paragraphs to write about before I catch up to them. So I’m going to back up … Continue reading
Recognizing My Alcoholism
One of my favorite definitions of the word recognize is: to see something and realize what it is. The Monday Emotional Sobriety group has been on a new journey through Step 1 over the past 7 weeks and that journey … Continue reading
The Less Desperate Alcoholic
Last Monday, the Emotional Sobriety Men’s Meeting talked about bringing fervor into our recovery with the last paragraph on page 22 of Step 1 of the “12&12″: “In A.A.’s pioneering time, none but the most desperate cases could swallow and … Continue reading
Sound Relationships
I am traveling for business so I was unable to attend last night’s Emotional Sobriety Men’s Step Study Meeting, but I want to write about the paragraph we discussed in the meeting the previous Monday. Last week we looked at … Continue reading