Restless, irritable, and discontent AKA uneasy, annoyed, never satisfied ~ Jennifer R. R. The Doctor’s Opinion in the Big Book gave us a now-familiar phrase, “To them, their alcoholic life seems the only normal one. They are restless, irritable and […]
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My Home Meeting, Ten Years Later
The first meeting I went to was in the basement of one of the largest churches in town posters I recall fondly. We moved to an old grocery store converted to a non-denominational Bible church in a room used for storage, […]
Continue reading »Taking a Meeting
To take a meeting snuck into the language under my radar, but the web implies an origin with “Hollywood types.” I believe perhaps it fits better with Recovery types. A meeting is a necessary tool for recovery, best with other […]
Continue reading »It Makes No Sense
Misery is optional. You can’t think your way into a new way of living… you have to live your way into a new way of thinking. It’s a simple program for complicated people. The newcomer is the most important person […]
Continue reading »We Failed Her
She came in angry, roaring for a fight. We greeted her, asked about her, heard her recitation of grievances. Most of us tried to calm her, to accept her, to make her feel among friends. One or two called BS […]
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