Author Archives: wpadmin

  November 30, 2024 “I sabotage myself if I attach my sobriety to people, places, or things.” “It’s Always Dark at the Beginning,” Carbondale, Illinois, August 1988, Spiritual Awakenings  … Read More »

  November 29, 2024 “The greatest promise in the program is the one in the Twelfth Step. It tells me I will have a spiritual awakening as the result of… Read More »

  November 28, 2024 “I began to find … a more centered, purposeful life, at least in the sense that my body, mind, emotions, and soul were all more or… Read More »

  November 27, 2024 “Difficult times bring us to new degrees of acceptance and humility because we learn on a deeper level how close we really are to our next… Read More »

  November 26, 2024 “Recovery is giving it away. If you don’t give it away you can’t have it … Be part of the pipeline.” “Oh God, You Again?” Greenwich… Read More »

  November 25, 2024 “To be happily sober, we must be active — and this does not necessarily mean group activity. The Loner is part of a much larger group… Read More »

  November 24, 2024 “I was amazed at the things I was grateful for: those painful situations that served to show me my character defects; the ability to accept and… Read More »

  November 23, 2024 “I ask the newcomer to help me wash the coffeepot, or put chairs away, because service was, and still is, my key to belonging.” “The Key… Read More »

  November 22, 2024  “We sense that here in AA this shared darkness has become a shared light.” “The Sense of Sobriety,” Pleasantville, New York, August 1959, Spiritual Awakenings  … Read More »

  November 21, 2024 “The Twelve Steps are deceptively simple but provide limitless spiritual growth for anyone with the patience to stay the course.” “It Works for Me,” Riverside, Illinois,… Read More »