October 2006

Over and over

October 22, 2006

My sobriety seems to be dependant on me doing simple things over, and over, and over again. Sometimes this might mean every day, or it might mean on a regular basis, or it could even be that over the years I have had to consistently fall back on the same set of crutches when the [...]

Read the full article →

Shoe Polish

October 15, 2006

I was listening to a radio show (Bob Dylan’s theme time radio hour) and heard this awful tale of crazy alcoholic behavior. I am paraphrasing but essentially….. Delta Blues legend Tommy Johnson was not only a great musician but was also a bad drunk. He was known to drink “sterno and also shoe polish strained [...]

Read the full article →

10th step

October 11, 2006

It was read out of the Big Book and discussed in the meeting I went to this evening. It is always nice for me to hear: Continue to watch for selfishness, dishonesty, resentment and fear. When these crop up we ask God to at once to remove them. When I read things like this I [...]

Read the full article →