It takes courage to recover. Recovery means facing your fears. Fear has an acronym. “Face evrything and recover” or “forget everything and run” since I have recovered from a hopeless state of mind and body my fears are much easier to face now. I have faith that my higher power will help me overcome whatever fear I may have. Hope this reading…[Read more]

Parenting isn’t always easy but I remember a time I used 2 get messed up and use the excuse, ” it’s because I don’t get 2 see my kids” when I stopped making excuses and started putting in the work God gave me the the opportunity 2 be a father again. Thank God for AA.

Mike told me.

Never give up

This has rang true in my life on the more crippling things in my inventory. However some of my smaller defects of character that I still get some joy out of I still cling 2. End the end they cause me stress. When the pain gets great enough my willingness 2 let go of those defects and turn them over 2 God increases. I’m still pretty new in AA but…[Read more]

Two of the most common problems I’ve face being a sponsee and as a sponsor are religion and relationships. When I asked my sponsor for relationship advice he told me he wasn’t qualified 2 counsel me in that he told me talk 2 God. However he gave me the suggestion that I work the steps before I worry about these things and it’s the same advice I…[Read more]

Change is inevitable and may not introduce itself in the kindest of ways. The idea is to find hope in something. Anything. Never lose hope in yourself. Never lose hope in family.

Alcoholism/Addiction

One of the biggest parts of my sobriety I learned early on in a treatment center when they would wake us up with a gratitude meeting and before bed at night another gratitude meeting. It was the rewiring of my mind 2 focus on positive things instead of the negative that played a big part of why I recovered. Even now I can slack on my program of…[Read more]

It has been this simple. I’m far from perfect but my sobriety date is 8/8/18 and since that day the only thing I’ve done right every single day is ask God 2 keep me sober and he hasn’t failed me yet. The days that I’m active in my recovery seem 2 be better than the days I rest on my laurels. So…basically Gods kept me sober and my happiness…[Read more]

For those of you that use music 2 get you through here is a hope shot from someone famous that rings true in my life today. After all the grimy stuff I done and all the hurt I caused it no longer holds power over me because I took a few simple suggestions worked the 12 steps of AA and continue 2 do so life is way better than what I even expected…[Read more]