one of the best tools ive learned in my recovery, the ability to shut my mouth and keep it shut! it truly is a practice in humility and an effort to live what recovery has taught me. though i may want to run my mouth or react to a stimulus i feel, or perceive, is...

any change to improve my nature requires action on my behalf. it says in the big book, faith without works is dead. havin faith in my HP has been an evolution in my recovery. when i can allow my humanness to set aside, i get the opportunity to use the strength my HP provides. and...

it is my understandin today, long before i realized my drinkin had become out of control, it had become no mere habit, i could see where, maybe not clearly when, but the fatal progression of my alcoholism had begun. its really an easy to see progression if i honestly look into it. and today, its...

over the years ive grown into a person ive never been before my recovery began. i can recall the times of unhappiness and not knowin how to remove myself from them. the thought that there was always somethin wrong with me was a feelin i wont ever forget. always searchin fer happiness outside of me...

i do not think i would be here, or where i am today hadnt i come to a sufficient enough “bottom”. i needed to feel the pain of emotional trauma, guilt, shame, remorse, loneliness, and be out of personal options, so i could become willin enough, before i could admit complete defeat. lookin back, i...

i cannot say it was me alone that had me admittin powerlessness and unmanageability. i can say i was sure feelin the effects of both when i walked into the rooms this last time. and though i may still feel my humanness of both today, i have a clear understandin of what that inner resource...

i cant even try to story tell ya here mannn, there are times my humanness has me tryina regret shit, and morbid reflection comes to me. these are the times i must remember i have forgiven myself, forgiven others, and have been forgiven. they are times, if i am honest with myself, i get to...

my alcoholism shows its ass every day. its up to me to let it shine through with either poor behavior or speak it through words that have the potential to harm others. the key to not havin this happen, ive found, is the daily reprieve found through the maintenance of my spiritual condition. when i...

so essential is it fer me to accept my present circumstances as they are today. just coz i got a lil time in this thing we do, it doesnt mean my humanness has been lifted. this also applies to the acceptance of self and of others. its been my strength, ive been able to use...

the understandin that i am powerless over alcohol is still somethin i practice today. i get to understand, from gainin the wisdom from the process of the steps, lookin at my history before comin into this thing we do, i cannot romance the idea of 1 drink. i understand today 1 drink is all it...