Acknowledge Your Reality
By David Bohl The stoic philosophers predated the Serenity Prayer by hundreds of years with what has been adapted in English as the IDEA method. This is a method that employs wisdom and decision-making...
Category: Experience, Strength & Hope
What’s Gender Got To Do With It?
About one-third of alcoholics in the United States are women. But despite having differences in the causes and symptoms of alcoholism, men and women receive the same treatment. Why? By Regina Walker Originally published...
Yes, I’ll be Your Sponsor
By Pat N. Today, after the meeting, you asked me to be your sponsor, and I said “yes”. You deserve to know what I meant by that, and you need to know what I’ll...
A Goodbye Letter to Alcohol
By Dan S You have become the unwelcome guest. You are the piece of meat in the refrigerator that has turned green; the rancid butter; the sour milk; in all, that which I find...
Must one attend meetings forever?
By Zarina Macha When we come into AA, we are broken; emotionally, physically, spiritually. Suddenly, these doors open, filled with possibilities, and people welcome you with open arms. Things you once suspected about yourself...
A Long Time Love Affair
By Georgina The first time I met you, you had me crawl into the rotting trunk of an old tree at Rattlesnake Point. We had gone there with other teens who long left our...
Six Amazing Benefits of Giving Up Alcohol and Joining a Sober Community
We no longer look for short-lived highs followed by compounded messes and erratic emotions. In our willingness to be present, to be aware of our inner lives, step by step we create the lives...
Three Expert Tips for Stress Management
By Jeffrey Munn The author of Staying Sober Without God Originally published on his website Practically Sane Thousands of people search for “stress management” or “stress relief” on Google every single day. Why are...
Living on the Same Planet but from Different Worlds
By Harry C. We all live on the same planet but we all come from different worlds! No doubt someone said this before but it truly is my conclusion today. We’re all different. Immense...
I’ve Been Sober a Long Time – Now What?
By Jeanine Bassett In January of 1986 I entered a treatment program for my alcohol and methamphetamine addictions. I did what was suggested and jumped into the rooms of recovery, and haven’t had a...
If You’re Going Through Hell, Find the Safest Exit
By David Bohl Posted on July 16, 2019 on the David B. Bohl website There’s a misconception that with sobriety your life becomes amazing as you bask in the happiness of clean living and...
Recovery is Relative to the Individual
By Zarina Macha Alcoholics Anonymous is one of the most incredible things I’ve done. It has given me much joy, love, peace, clarity and goodness and I am in great awe to the original...
Higher Powers
By life-j Let me start by saying that the only higher powers I believe in are judges and cops. They’re tangible. And further, let me add that anyone who wants to believe in a...
Refuge Recovery – Reflections on Recovery
Refuge Recovery Part Two Reflections on Recovery “The following is a personal recovery story from a member of our Refuge Recovery Community. We have included these stories for those new to recovery to get...
