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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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