April 2023

You are an absolute darling, love and honey For all the love and support you’ve given me Through the shitty struggles I had to face You’re always there, with your steady embrace When I was face down, you lifted me up When I doubted myself, your belief in me would never stop You held my […]

victim of circumstances and misunderstanding. It gave me the key back to my happiness. I was suddenly attracting peace and stability. I wasn’t struggling against the stream of life , i was floating while watching the stars and clouds above me. When I joined AA, I had no intention of staying in the program. I

My fourth step was like a bundle of tangled up yarn, confusing and disorganised. In doing the fifth step over many months with my sponsor, we began to unravel it. Through his clear thinking and experience in the program, he was able to pinpoint areas I wasn’t able to see. Quite often I was encouraged

I wanted to offer Jenny the gift of my commitment to accompany her on her journey away from me, even if to do so simply meant dedicating my heartbeat and my breath to her and paying attention. This reversal of roles caught me off guard. Wouldn’tI be the one getting the chance? Debbie’s reframing of

Circumstances at the time benefited us both and in a very short period we were sharing a small house together (as friends, please note). When I came into the fellowship in the year dot (1987), after many failed attempts I finally realised the program actually had a working format and I could not pick and

What I thank my sponsor most for is how she guided my alcoholic mind towards the steps. Whenever I am stuck in a situation she would encourage me to get it out on voice clips that I had to send to her. Unsensored, all of it, raw. Monday morning in an MRT station. Three months,