Olive drab is basic pain, endless hikes in drizzling rain. Blue is Christmas TDY, raucous joy so I won’t cry. Red courage stains on desert sands, youth drained out in cruel lands, white-knuckled fear, all fossilize this PFC with gaping […]
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Regrets
I don’t want to project. But man it’s so hard. Regrets don’t get us far. Changing who you are does… Wow. This is like a shitty 4th and 5th step. ~ M.G. Hindsight is convincing. The paradox is that the […]
Continue reading »Dumb Folk Welcome
I’ve seen lots of people too smart to get this program but I’ve never met anybody that was too stupid.” ~ Program saying Intelligence is not a prerequisite for recovery…in fact it can be, often is an impediment. Analytical thinking and logic have […]
Continue reading »To Tell the Truth
I’m what has come to be known as codependent. I offer to help all the time, act willing when you control me, aim to please. Inside, though, I’m yelling, “So, do it yourself, Lazy! And when you come back could […]
Continue reading »Rock Bottom Required?
Why all this insistence that every A.A. must hit bottom first? The answer is that few people will sincerely try to practice the A.A. program unless they have hit bottom. ~ AA World Services Inc. Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (p. […]
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