August 2008

Anger, Buddha, and gems along the road

August 20, 2008

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. – Buddha How many gifts are we be blessed with in our sobriety? One of the many I enjoy is finding little gems of insight as I trudge the [...]

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Death and No Glory

August 9, 2008

A tale of the past……… When I was first getting sober I was full of fear. So much so that I was afraid of people and hardly ever spoke at meetings. One day someone came up to me after a meeting and asked me if I wanted to go to coffee. This question brought up [...]

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Saturday August 9, 2008

August 9, 2008

In one week I will be getting married. I’m forty-three and so glad I waited this long – first I needed to find God, then find myself, and then find the person that I will spend the rest of my life with. I don’t see anything wrong with having things be different for other people. [...]

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AA 101 – prayer

August 4, 2008

I had a big problem. My uncle has been dying of cancer for awhile. A few weeks ago he was told he could not be treated anymore as there was no use in doing so. My father talked to me the other day and told me I should call him. The unspoken part of the [...]

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Friday August 1, 2008

August 1, 2008

Why not. I think I need to just start writing a bit more freely to allow me to post more regularly. Don’t even waste any mental energy on coming up with some catchy title to the idea I want to expand upon. Just hammer out the date and go from there. A few weeks to [...]

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