They are restless, irritable and discontented, unless they can again experience the sense of ease and comfort which comes at once by taking a few drinks – drinks which they see others taking with impunity. (Alcoholics Anonymous, “The Doctor’s Opinion”) […]
Continue reading »About Recovery (A Sestina)
She’d hit bottom and recoveringmust come. In the clinic detox sectionshe fought back demons and faced the dilemma —telling the kids. Maybe fascinatingstories of a handsome baron or aboutTurks needing services she could volunteer? No! Lies were out. But should […]
Continue reading »Camaraderie, Joyousness and Democracy Pervade
We are average Americans. All sections of this country and many of its occupations are represented, as well as many political, economic, social, and religious backgrounds. We are people who normally would not mix. But there exists among us a […]
Continue reading »In Loving Arms
God’s child. That’s me.I know God loves me —the Bible tells me thateven if you can’t finda verse to show a childjust where the Bibletells us so, that Jesus does.What does it meanto be loved by God?I understand better today,holding […]
Continue reading »Spiritual Awakening
“Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of working these Steps…” (Step 12) Ask an outsider about the Steps,they’ll talk of sobriety, abstinence,cessation of addiction.Ask an insider – someone who stayed —that’s peripheral, a benefit. “The result”is a daily […]
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