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Monthly Archives: September 2012
Community
Community is far more valuable… no, make that essential, than I ever gave it credit for. We are raising a couple of teens right now… my step kids. One is becoming very challenging in her behaviour. Very demanding and seemingly … Continue reading
Challenging my AA: Anonymity … or lack thereof
Is anonymity a fading principle? Social media is a volountary thing… nobody forces us. Linking to other AA members is to me, a buyer-beware decision. But even before social media, is the second A in AA losing ground? Our 12th … Continue reading
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Challenging my AA: All of our affairs
” …. and to practice these principles in all of our affairs”. (The oft-overlooked second half of step 12). I am going to discuss two issues in this post: Hooking up in AA Living our program beyond sobriety Invariably most will … Continue reading
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Challenging my AA: Ego
I’m going to set out on a bit of a series. I am going to challenge “my” AA. By “my” I simply mean my experiences in the AA community in which I participate. This is not intended to discredit AA … Continue reading
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Tagged 12 steps, aa, addiction, alcoholics anonymous, alcoholism, narcotics anonymous, recovery, relapse, twelve steps
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Maybe I don’t need to know the “why”…
A friend with many years sober ended his own life recently. I just found out last week and it shook me up. I knew him somewhat, but since we were both recovering from drugs and alcohol, we did have a … Continue reading
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Strongholds revisited
I read this article recently from a great site, dysfunky.org It is amazingly bang-on to my experiences and outlooks. It even uses one of my frequently-used phrases, “strongholds”. Yet verbalizes ideas in quite a different way. Less verbose too! The title … Continue reading
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Tagged acoa, alanon, alcoholics anonymous, celebrate recovery, fathers, marriage, over 40, positive thinking, twelve steps
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