Daily Reprieve · July 2021

poor selves and how mummy and daddy didn’t love them! That was a tough pill to swallow. I was apparently affected by my alcoholic abusive father, sexual abuse…

Could I choose the greatest lesson? Maybe it has to be the lesson of humility. This is necessary for me to let go and to change the way…

Invisible wall Imagined division Standing up tall In smug opposition Glib satisfaction Of knowing I’m right Fades to a fraction From morning to night Leaves behind stains Of…

No Need to Overthink This Issue power greater than myself. I was the one in the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12&12) that tried religion and had found…

Here is an example of H.O.P.E. from the brilliant Anthony Hopkins: https://youtu.be/7cKTrH0Utd4 How can one love, help, build relationships, connections with an inner feeling of self-hatred? Not possible.…

My Greatest Lesson in Sobriety “It’s not my fault!”, “Well if you helped me I wouldn’t be in this mess!”, “Of course you are to blame!” “Why else…

My Greatest Lesson in Sobriety My greatest lesson in sobriety… It’s difficult to boil it down to 1 thing. When I came into the rooms nearly 9 months…

The best lesson that AA has taught me My name is Adrian and I am an alcoholic. I had such a distaste for that word because my Dad…

Practical experience shows that nothing will so much ensure immunity from drinking as intensive work with other alcoholics. It works when other activities fail. This is our twelfth…

Announcing my 3 months of Sobriety at that Saturday morning meeting was thrilling. I felt so proud and grateful for AA. When the meeting was closed, I asked…

With these acquaintances, the common denominator was golf or fishing. That is what bound us to each other. I quit playing golf about 15 years ago and when…

So, I sat with my abuser. Him: “Can you forgive me?” Me: a simple nod. Forgiveness is life’s hardest lesson The sweetest exit on life’s tawdry, bumpy road.…