choice

Secrets of the New Happiness

May 4, 2012

Success in living. Most of us know whether other people are truly happy. What’s odd, however, is that we don’t often try to practice the things that bring happiness to others. Often, the happiness we’re striving for is really a form of excitement trying to be continuously stimulated so as not to be bored or [...]

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Two paths – choices

March 25, 2012

Hi, Ryan here, a grateful recovering alcoholic. There are always two choices — two paths to take. (IMO) One is usually easier, but its only reward is that it’s easy. I came around AA at age 26 and now, nearing 60, I am preparing to celebrate a year of sobriety after ‘stepping in.’ I spent [...]

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Step Two- easy or not?

February 11, 2012

“Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.” Wow! What a combination that is and it is the beginning of the solution to our problems. This was the good news step for me but depending on how you feel about a power greater than yourself, this step may not [...]

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Choice

January 31, 2012

A sponsee is drunk. I just got off the phone with him, and he wanted to come meet me for a previously-scheduled dinner. I asked him not to drive if he’d been drinking… and then there was this long pause on the other end of the phone and he simply said “ok Tom.” I was [...]

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