Stick with it


I went to a great meeting yesterday  that really got my thoughts going round and round. The topic was about loss. Most people shared about lost relationships. And how they lost themselves in dealing with alcoholism.

As people were sharing, I thought about how I really didn’t realize how much I had lost, until I found myself in this program. I was determined never to be the quitter. I stuck with my wife through some bad times, I stuck with my mother during her depressions and last years, I stuck with my job during many periods of disillusionment, and I stuck…

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Tab dump


Accurate Native history is critical to sobriety and recovery, program finds

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Responsibility and Choice in Addiction

Technology improves treatment options for drug users

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Sponsoring


“Being a sponsor has been an important part of my recovery from growing up with alcoholism. In fact, as a sponsor I never give as much as I get…When I have the privilege of hearing the secret of a sponsee expected to carry in silence for a lifetime, I am reminded of how relieved I was to finally lay down the burden of my secrets with my sponsor…In becoming a sponsor, I cultivate a listening heart for others as well as for myself.”..Hope for Today – August 23.

There are no musts in Al-Anon, except the purpose states that you are…

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Obama Boy


The Shrink has been out for several hours today in the rain, canvassing the poorer neighborhoods and getting people to register, reminding them to vote, getting address changes made, and generally making a pest of herself.

We’ve found that I don’t do too well in those sorts of situations, and we think it’s because I simply look too intimidating.  Poor folks look at me, and even though it’s been 18 years and I’m in my 60’s now, they still see a cop.  Not much I can do about it.  I looked like one even before I was one.  When I walk up…

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