Darrel Sparkman 1963 – 2012 Cousin, I hardly knew you but I love your parents and you loved mine. A sanctuary suffused with flowers, over-filled with folks, balcony full, overflowing to Fellowship Hall, you led a solemn parade stretching miles. […]
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If you’re going through hell, keep going. ~ Winston Churchill Why would you tarry in hell? Who would not want out? But how often do we loose sight, lose focus, when the poor-me’s set in. Long after addiction becomes hell […]
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If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn’t part of ourselves doesn’t disturb us. ~ Hermann Hesse Irritation at behavior rankles, aggravates, unhinges. Why something others think innocuous should propel me […]
Continue reading »Who’s in Charge?
On arising, we think of the day, the calendar, the challenges, the hopes. We leave behind self-pity, ulterior motives, temptation to hide in lies, in fear, in procrastination. Thankful to face a day of recovery, the addiction and insanity no […]
Continue reading »Those Who Wrong
This was our course: We realized that the people who wronged us were perhaps spiritually sick. ~ Alcoholics Anonymous, page 66. A mile in another’s moccasins leads a mile along a compass course or deep into two souls – the […]
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