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When I returned to AA with desperation by staying close to my sponsor and fellowship, I was grappling with a crazy number of searching questions of my being…

AGAINST THE FIRST DRINK: 1. GO TO THE MEETING 2. DON’T’ KEEP SECRETS (TALK TO SPONSOR OR ANY AA MEMBER 3. WATCH FOR A RESENTMENT (WRITE IT DOWN,…

I am no longer alone, lost, afraid or run by my self destructive will when I’m connected to you. Fear can be diminished by my faith as I…

I was 8 years old the first time I had a taste of stout Pap was often away in the army, and he would say to Mom ”Better…

He lay down with both the knees close to his face. It appears he doesn’t want to see anyone but in reality he doesnl’t want anyone to see…

Brighter Than Any Light and Safer Than It was early days, about three months in, and I had to travel for work. My record for staying sober when…

AGAINST THE FIRST DRINK: Before I came to AA, I had no defence against the first drink. Mine was the classic ”rubber arm”, although to be honest, the…

Before AA I had no defence against the first drink, I sought to drink as a priority. It was the thought underpinning al other thoughts and actions. I…

I’ve found this one of the hardest areas to understand. One of my earlier learnings in AA was the idea of ‘the next right thing’, trying to feel…

I always tell myself that it doesn’t matter how far I am from my last drink – it’s how close am I to my next one? (And to…

AGAINST THE FIRST DRINK: I remember being told in my first A.A. meeting that ”the bomb is in the first drink.” It had to be explained to me…

Henceforth, more things have begun to make sense—how actually being of service is the best and most immediate antidote to my feelings of resentment, self-pity, lust, obsession, less…

I started to feel my life begin change after my third year in recovery thru relentlessly working the 12 steps program with the help of my Sponsor and…

With few exceptions our Book has so far spoken mostly about humans. But what we have said applies quite as much to pets. For every man or woman…

I wrote that poem back in 2001. A full 14 years before finding AA. These days I am super grateful to have the Fellowship and to be able…

So 3 days and three nights later I woke up on the floor. It was noon on the fourth day. There were wine bottles strewn everywhere. The Four…

The places where Jean hid the secrets that everyone knew… Hidden from sight but ready to hand. On the bookshelf behind holiday albums that no one picked up.…

I was walking the streets of a numb town Spring never followed winter’s gown and nothing was real, not the days, not the years only memories of you,…

Two AA’s are talking about what is going to happen to them after they die. One believes in heaven, the other isn’t so sure so they agree a…

You may be wondering: “What are these people talking about? Why am I here? Who do these people think they are? How can they stand to listen to…

As I write this I am now 100 days sober, my longest length of sobriety ever in Singapore. It’s been exciting, scary at times, yet a deeply fulfilling…

I had no solution for my alcoholic malady before coming to AA, because I didn’t understand the nature of my problem.  I had always considered that my problem was the…

From my journal entry, a few days after my first AA meeting. My anxiety is off the charts, I still don’t know what I did during my last…

Forgiveness of Myself. Forgiveness of myself, for my past deeds, once seemed impossible. The guilt and shame seemed right, a kind of Old Testament justice. Forgiving myself, through…

I have alcoholism whether I am drinking or not You don’t have to like something to accept it I have no business in the cockpit where God is…

“THE GREAT LIMERICK CHALLENGE”. There was a young artist from Glasgow He drank red biddies with gusto One night on the lash He ran out of cash And…

I got sober in Phuket, Thailand, where I used to live, six weeks before my belly button birthday. My birthday is the day before my younger daughter’s birthday.…

In the early stages of my sobriety, my capability to stay on soda water, instead of booze, was tested several times at various functions. At the time, I…

I saw the message on our WhatsApp group chat from one of our friends who now lives in North Asia, that a certain rock star was coming to…