i reckon i can remember all the regret, shame, remorse, and guilt of the self-pity i felt back in the days of doin my dirt. the memory of those feelins and how they drove me deeper into fear, anger, worry, and foolish decisions, is still with me today. it is no wonder a healthy sense...

this is where God allows me to use my natural humanness. He doesnt stop me from makin decisions based on self, nor does He stop me from sufferin the consequences and repercussions of the behaviors, actions, or words i choose to live out my self-will. am i to remain passive, swimmin in the mire of...

i cannot even try to story tell ya’ll today, even after i came into the rooms, determined to NEVER drink again, i still wondered if recovery could, or would, work fer me, or if i could make it stayin sober. sho nuff in my early recovery there was some romancin the drink i contemplated. what...

the further away from my last drink i grew, the less i had the delusional thoughts that used to crowd my head creatin irrational behavior and psychological upheaval. not actin on those uneven emotions helped to allow me to see how my alcoholism had always steered me toward a drink. surely i was still a...

i cannot say that overall fear of economic insecurity has left me. what i can say is that when this specific fear or insecurity appears in my emotions, makin me anxious or frustrated, i get to use the spiritual principles recovery has taught me to lessen em. and as ive learned, it is a practice,...

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i can remember bitchin to my sponsor one time early in recovery about how i was pissed at someone and givin him the list of justifications fer the anger. i was brimmin over with selfishness, resentment, and fear. he turned to me and simply said, “we have ceased fightin anythin or anyone, love and tolerance...

learnin how to pray and meditate took me a lil time. as with much of my early recovery i had to throw out lil bits and watch fer results. it did not suit me to hear others tell me it worked, nor did it suit me when others said, just have faith. but as i...

freedom! somethin i always thought i had before my recovery began, and to a certain respect i thought i did. i reckon i can say that coz through personal inventory i learned how my priorities and goals were different than the ones i reshaped or changed in my recovery. as unhealthy as those priorities and...

recovery has taught me many lessons. some have been very bitter and hard to swallow, others have been very pleasant to live with. each have given me tools with which to grow behaviorally, emotionally, psychologically, and spiritually. it has been my experience when i practice gratitude on a daily basis, im able to live through...