Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path. ~ Alcoholics Anonymous, page 58 It’s right there, the Big Book dare. You doubt it? Fine! Prove it wrong. Thoroughly follow our path! How, you ask? Admit you’re […]
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Bankrupt
No other kind of bankruptcy is like this one. Alcohol, now become the rapacious creditor, bleeds us of all self-sufficiency and all will to resist its demands. Once this stark fact is accepted, our bankruptcy as going human concerns is […]
Continue reading »When It’s a Planet
I’m learning to let go when the need to judge someone else looms large — to let them be foolish or wise, right or wrong. It’s not as easy to let go when I’m doing as told, showing up, reporting […]
Continue reading »Dragon Odds
He’s not the dragon closest to my boat, yet in the water, daring, waiting, pulling me to gamble, buy the ticket, play the odds. He’s in my blood, breathing fire, intoxicating, pulling, singing siren songs. He’s who I am, all […]
Continue reading »My Story
You want to know about how miserable I was at 300 pounds, how I hated me? You want to know how I returned to a fast-food place until a cashier knew what I would order? You want to know how […]
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