I drink to the hope that the friends of youth may be companions in old age. ~ Robert Burns Sixty-five years after Bob’s steady girl moved away, he used the Internet to locate Claire. Today I led them through their […]
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The Gift
Our culture gifts solitude not for meditation, yet our purpose, we choose. Emotions, resentment, chaos flare, ensnare. Retreat! Find sanctuary to regroup, to connect, to redirect. Nobody need know if you flush as you leave.
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Every Day
Every day is a day when we must carry the vision of God’s will into all of our activities. (Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 85) Most days should be enough. When is every single one needed? When is concensus insufficient? Ninety-five is a darned good grade. So […]
Continue reading »Who Wants Recovery?
Perhaps you are not acquainted with any drinkers who want to recover. (Alcoholics Anonymous, page 89) Who wouldn’t want recovery? How could anybody learn of the Steps and turn away, give up the chance offered, remain in insanity, in the […]
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