Many OA members describe OA as the last house on the block. I do not know if that is true since I do not know where the block begins or ends. I do know that what I found in OA […]
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Clouds
Fear is a cloud, blocking me from life, from friends, from joy. Resentment hangs heavy, threatening storms of self-pity, of hatred, of rage. Guilt shrouds me, dense as fog, full of gloom, I cringe. I dare Step Four, plow through to […]
Continue reading »Soaking It In
In Your Presence I just want to sit here, share the room with you. Your recovery is awesome, these thousands of days, one by one. Even vacation tales or mistakes at the cleaners reflect a rightness, a righteousness in you […]
Continue reading »I Kept Coming Back
I’d come to meetings a month before I spoke, told my name, another before I could follow name with admission. Six months before I shared in group, tentative steps toward Steps. Thirteen years later, I see that slow works but […]
Continue reading »Implosion Exploded
aaaauuuuggghhh! Life sucks! My family won’t speak or friends, either, except cussing, threats, dirt. I’ve lost my car, my home, my cat even! My life has imploded, all reduced to the lump of coal that’s me. aaahhh!! Letting go feels so […]
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