Serenity is Not the Absence of Conflict, But the Ability to Cope With It. How is your Serenity? In the Big Book of Alcoholic’s Anonymous is a story of Acceptance was the Answer. Page 417 is one of the most quoted pages from the BB. It is often a favorite of many Read more…
You’re Always One Decision Away From a Totally Different Life We are all one decision away from a totally different life. This is so clearly stated in step 3 from Alcoholic’s Anonymous; Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him. The steps Read more…
Surrendering is Joining the Winning Side A drop of encouragement for us today. Finding contentment is that simple. Surrender is the key. When surrender happens, a few things begin. First, the fighting stops, second peace breaks out. Then reconstruction can begin. Those active in their addiction or alcoholism need to tap-out or Read more…
The Trinity of Self The word Trinity is often referred to as the three-in-one Person of the God of the Bible. There is another trinity (lower case t) of my self-centered world. There are these three sides to my thinking. I am 1) selfish, 2) self-centered, and 3) live in Read more…
I Love Paradoxes! I love paradoxes— at one level it is a puzzle at another level of wisdom, it may be a truth where I cannot see it, or it may appear to be false. In AA, the Big Book has many paradoxes which if explained proves these to be Read more…
Just For Today Just for Today. A simple graphic quote for encouragement for those in the Fellowship of Alcoholic’s Anonymous and other Fellowships.
“Burn the idea into the consciousness of every man that he can get well regardless of anyone.” (AA pg. 098)