Sometimes … we need to take a break. Especially and most importantly, when we’re in a sick thinking mindset.  Taking a short bit of time to breathe and find out what the hell is going on with ya badself … is epically important. Yes I used epic. Yes. It fits. In the fast pace of [...]

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Like most people, I tend to stick with what I know.  What I’ve experienced. What is comfortable.  Even if it doesn’t look comfortable from the outside.  Matter of fact sometimes our lives (my life) can look like one big case study in psychosis based on past history. But it’s SAFE.  To me anyway. Been down [...]

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I’m an avid poet and poetry reader. Really can’t be one without the other.  However sometimes I run across words that chill me to the core.  That delineate … “what it was like” for this drunk/dope fiend (thankfully in recovery today).  This young woman did this for me. And the gods (whomsoever those may be [...]

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We in the recovery world talk an awful lot about the progression of the disease. The fall into sickness. The doom and gloom of “what it was like and what happened”.  More often than not, in the thousands of meetings I’ve been to in my recovery lifetime, most ‘leads’ or speaker meetings focus an awful [...]

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I. Write. It’s what I do. My “thing”. My outlet. My fingers bleed ink. Now and again I write something that expresses the struggle of challenging my addictive mind.  This is called … sanctum. spherical magic swirling profundity perception essence clouded clarifier edification necessity blurred messages internally abound blocking sparkling incandescence. elusive contentment self stimulated [...]

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I’ve been gone for a bit, busy with merrymaking and holidays and all that a sober recovery filled season can bring. You know Santa Claus and ho ho ho and festivities with families and being up at 4 AM christmas morning with excited mini ninjas jumping on the bed yelling “CWISTMAS CWISTMAS!!!” *ahem*  Yes. That [...]

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I went to a meeting last night. I needed a meeting. It’s been a long time since I’ve felt that I “needed” a meeting.  Working hard to not get to that point has been a long time goal of mine. To achieve balance and an even keel mixture of recovery, support, family time, AA time, [...]

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I saw an epic quote the other day. Of course I can’t remember it verbatim but the gist was something like this… We’re always waiting for the next big thing to happen or to ‘get over’ whatever problem we’re having now.  Thinking that when ‘this or that’ happens life will really take off. What we [...]

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I feel like a broken record sometimes. Same stuff. Same or similar things. But damn. We NEED … okay ‘scratch‘ that … I NEED … repetition.  The ovah and ovah and ovah of it all. I don’t inundate this blog too awful much with stepwork stuff, that’s what you have sponsors for and meetings to [...]

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No-Major (whatever that means)-Decisions-In the first year.  Seems like a hundred fingers pointing shouting NO. Spouted wide and far by recovery types, this has been a bone of contention throughout Anonymous history.  Of course the two guys that started this whole show made serious amounts of major decisions. Including writing the big book, moving, taking [...]

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