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    Waiting

    By Phillip | December 25, 2022 | | 0 Comments

    One of the most challenging things for an alcoholic/addict to do is to wait for something.  We want things immediately and in the moment.  This can be waiting for something to happen, waiting for something to change or just plain waiting for anything.  Most of us have poor impulse control and we expect things to

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    Resentment

    By Phillip | December 23, 2022 | | 0 Comments

    According to the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous (pg.66) resentment is the number one offender for the alcoholic.  Resentment comes from a Latin word “resentire” which means to “re-feel.”  Surely resentment is an act of re-feeling past hurts and slights.  For the alcoholic these resentments can be “fancied or real.”  We can resent something that

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    Step 10

    By Phillip | December 20, 2022 | | 0 Comments

    Step 10 directs us to continue to take personal inventory and when wrong to properly admit it. The goal here is to rid ourselves of negativity quickly which could turn into resentment. We don’t want to end up with a long list again of persons we need to make amends to. Step 10 could be

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    Step 11

    By Phillip | December 15, 2022 | | 0 Comments

      Step 11 goes as follows: Sought through prayer and meditation to improve out conscious contact with God as we understood him, praying only for the knowledge of his will for us and the power to carry that out.  Let’s break this step down.  First of all, it assumes that we have incorporated a period

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    Step 12

    By Phillip | December 10, 2022 | | 0 Comments

    Step 12 reads as follows: Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all of our affairs.  This step assumes that we have taken steps 1-11 already. The result of these first 11 steps is a spiritual awakening. 

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    Creative Minds

    By Phillip | December 5, 2022 | | 0 Comments

    There is a story in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous where a man thought he could have a drink of whiskey and milk!  Surely this would be a sensible combination.  Another woman who was pregnant thought that she could drink Kalua and vodka.  We come up with all sorts of creative ideas when it

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    Mental Defense

    By Phillip | December 1, 2022 | | 0 Comments

      The Big Book states that we have no mental defense against the first drink (pg,41).  That defense must come from a Higher Power. I know for myself that I would do anything to keep the supply of drinks coming to me.  Actually, I never really tried to control and enjoy my drinking.  I tried

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    Upon Awakening

    By Phillip | November 28, 2022 | | 0 Comments

    Step 11 in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous pages 86-87 gives us some direction as how we are to begin our day.  We are to begin it with a period of prayer and meditation.  This is probably something we have never done before.  We may need to get up earlier than we are used

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    When We Retire at Night

    By Phillip | November 25, 2022 | | 0 Comments

    The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous on page 86 also gives us “going to sleep” suggestions.  It states that we are to constructively review our day.  It also states that we are not to venture off into morbid reflection.  We ask ourselves “were we resentful, selfish, dishonest or afraid?”  “Were we kind and loving toward

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    Fit Spiritual Condition

    By Phillip | November 22, 2022 | | 0 Comments

    Once again, the holiday season is upon us.  It’s time for a lot of people to gather and share food and drink.  The Big Book of Alcoholics anonymous (page 102) states that we can go anywhere we choose as long as our motives for going are good.  We must also be in fit spiritual condition. 

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