Tag Archives: Alcoholics
Bumps In My Spiritual Path
I’m back again. My job is finished and I am looking forward to some writing time over the coming weeks as I rejoin my friends at the Emotional Sobriety Meetings. I have also just come through the end of a … Continue reading
A Lifetime Practice
I am enjoying this life I get to live in recovery, my second chance to discover who I am and really live my new life to the fullest. I returned recently from a business trip to Buenos Aires, Argentina, a … 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
Applied Faith
It’s been a busy month and I haven’t written anything since we started Step 3, so I’m going to pick up where the Thursday night meeting is currently in the print and back track to the beginning of the … Continue reading
Soundness of Mind
Last Thursday night, our Emotional Sobriety Step Study group talked about the last paragraph on page 32 in Step 2 of the “12 and 12″: “Few indeed are the practicing alcoholics who have any idea how irrational they are, or … Continue reading
Defiance: My Outstanding Characteristic
Last Thursday night’s step study meeting was a great one as a full room of alcoholics and addicts came face to face with our old friend defiance. We took a look at page 31 in Step 2 of the … Continue reading