Repost: Prayer and Meditation. Why Bother?
Sometimes people talk a lot about prayer and meditation as a means of changing one’s sensory or emotional state, feeling close to God, getting to know God, feeling God’s loving […]
By The Grace of Something Out There
Four years ago today I woke up with a head about the size of Texas. My room was covered with cheese and crackers that I have no recollection of […]
A Sober Pandemic
I wanted to get sober but I didn’t want to stop drinking alcohol. That was pretty much my life for all the 10 years that I drank. Drunken parties where […]
Practicing FROG in Milan
In a time of uncertainty, I pray for serenity. However, this hasn’t always been my first reaction. When I felt confused or out of control, I used to head straight […]
Step Twelve: Reflections on the Three Parts of the Step
Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs. “Working with […]
HP = GOD?
When I came into AA to finally try to get sober, the God word was mentioned . . . a lot! When I was first 12 stepped three years earlier, […]