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Why don’t I win the lottery?
I‘ve been playing the lottery for better than twenty years now and have only won the lowest prize, a free ticket, a half dozen times. I did win $40 once. The rest of the time I’ve been supporting the Florida … Continue reading
“Control is the key to happiness.”
If you read this statement and don’t feel rebellious, you may be in trouble and don’t know it. When I first heard an actor on a TV series say this statement, it truly brought the hair on the back of … Continue reading
What about “restore us to sanity?”
This statement was one of the many that I could not wrap my head around in early sobriety. Step Two says, “Came to believe a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.” Sanity is defined as “The ability … Continue reading
The door is closed!
Early in my sobriety, when something didn’t happen the way I thought it should, I would sulk and pout, saying, “How can this be happening to me?” It would go on for days while I focused on myself and how … Continue reading
The Day I Got It
Published in the May issue of the AA Magazine, The Grapevine Though trust was a huge issue, he finally went to “any length.” He picked up the phone and dialed For years, AA members have shared catchy phrases that help … Continue reading
ROW, ROW, ROW, YOUR BOAT
Concentrate on your boat We all memorized this little song when we were kids. Well, most of us, anyway, are a little older. “Row, row, row, your boat, gently down the stream. Merrily, Merrily, Merrily, life is but a dream.” Do … Continue reading
Nothing Lasts Forever
Once again, the morning meeting led me to write about what we discussed. It started with “resentment” and moved into other subjects. We were in the book on the 4th Step. I was thinking about how the immense fear of … Continue reading
The Ripple Effect
When I first heard the saying “The Ripple Effect,” my first thought was rippling wine, which was one of my favorites as it was cheap. It left me with terrible hangovers, as there was a price to pay. I found … Continue reading
Finding a Spiritual Path
During early sobriety, because I had no idea, I would do anything to define who I was. Others had molded my identity since childhood. The molding started when I was twelve. My father died in a car accident one Friday … Continue reading
AAs and Etiquette
Relationships are something we can’t avoid. You must be in contact with people at some point in the day or week to survive. In AA, we believe everyone needs help to make it. In thirty years of attending meetings regularly, … Continue reading
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