After the AA meeting I went to on Sunday, a young woman (I think she is 29) came up to me to talk about a resentment she developed over...

I have a cartoon on my bulletin board above my computer. It shows a man writing in his diary presumably and he is writing "Dear diary,...

Michael Singer said something like your mind is like a big bully. He explained that our minds tell us we aren't good enough or that we...

I used to be an Eeyore. Not quite so bad, but enough so it felt uncomfortable. At the meeting last weekend, the leader said this:...

I had coffee today with a beautiful young woman who was new to the women's group I attend. She has been coming for several months. She...

A member of AA said at a meeting recently, "Get your pathetic mind off your pathetic self and be of service to someone." I wrote it down...

John (not his real name) said at an AA meeting recently "When I picked up my first beer at age 15, I was no longer stuck with me." ...

My AA sponsor told me that when we give up drinking, most of us just change our seats on the Titanic. We change from one addiction to...

I heard a woman share a few days ago about an incident that shadowed her through most of her life until she began working the twelve...

The topic of today's 7 AM meeting was fear. It was a big meeting and a lot of people wanted to share because all of us there can relate...

So, I am now ready to tell you about some of the miracles that occur when a person works the twelve steps. I like the word "work"...

This is my sixth blog. I haven't written for a few weeks because of family commitments. But I am home now, safe and grateful for all...

My fifth blog. I asked my husband to read this one and correct grammar and/or spelling (Despite my having been an English teacher, his...

After attending the 7AM meeting of alcoholics anonymous for about one year, a long-time member told us that he was offering a workshop on...

Emotional sobriety. What was that? I was hearing a lot about spirituality in AA and now emotional sobriety? I figured it meant more...

I ended my first blog stating that I took my sister's suggestion and attended a different group. A group for men and women. I found a...

This is my first blog. Wow. I'll begin with my journey of recovery from alcoholism. Years and years ago, while driving my friend...