February 2012

Be in the moment

February 29, 2012

“When we yield to discouragement it is usually because we give too much thought to the past and to the future.” (St. Therese of Lisieux) Staying in the present moment helps keep me sober. When I was new, I couldn’t imagine in my wildest dreams that I could stay sober for years to come. It [...]

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Well I never

February 28, 2012

I think I’m a weird type of alcoholic. I never drank to fit in. I never drank to “numb my feelings”. I never even made up excuses to drink. I drank because I liked being drunk. What else is weird, I wasn’t “born an alcoholic” and I wasn’t ‘an alcoholic from the first drink.” I [...]

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Personal Relations

February 27, 2012

Selling oneself … Thoughtful people tell us that every person has to “sell” himself or herself in daily work. As alcoholics, we can find that threatening. Uncertainty and the fear of rejection or failure put us under stress. We can avoid this stress and tension by putting all responsibility for results in God’s hands. While [...]

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Recovery

February 26, 2012

The “Fix” that never was- In all of the despair and defeat that went along with drinking, most of us held to the ideal of a “fantastic fix” a drinking experience so fulfilling and complete that it would solve our problems and leave us searching no more. Compulsive disorders, like alcoholism, seem to include this [...]

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Gossip

February 25, 2012

This submission could not have come at a better time:… my HP works in mysterious ways. Malicious Gossip — Honest Motives? Without really knowing what was happening, I said something bad today about a person I secretly resented. When it occurred to me that my remark could come back to hurt me, I had a [...]

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Gratitude

February 24, 2012

I just recently celebrated 16 years of not taking a drink. As I get, further and further away from that last drink, it gets easier and easier to not drink alcohol. Even though I haven’t had a drink in more that 5853 days and counting, that doesn’t mean I can rest on my laurels. I [...]

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