How bad was it?

How bad was it? Back in 1999, I was arrested in Athens, Georgia.  The crime I was so rightfully charged with was Public Intoxication.  In a city built around the University of Georgia, this was quite a feat.  On regular days you could purchase a beer from a bar and...

I’m afraid I’ve got some bad news

You’re not going to like this. You’re not supposed to. You’re not booking a cruise.  You’re not picking options for your new car.   You’re not even downloading a mildly entertaining brain-rot of an app. You are rewiring your brain and spirit.  You are developing new...

Suggestions for the Holidaze

Sober Holidays? You don’t jump into a pool of piranhas if you’re bleeding. And there you have it.  How to get through the holidays.  Your birthdays, the Tuesdays, the paydays, all the other days and especially days when you’re visiting an aquarium because no one wants...

GRATITUDE

Sometimes you might only have the breath in your lungs.  But as long as you have that, you have something to be grateful for. “Gratitude” is lip sneer inducing for many.  It can be a condescending idea at times.  “Be thankful” . . .”be appreciative”. . . “don’t take...

Not Afraid

new year, new me…new miracle Miracles happen all the time, all around us. Living a life of recovery is not only one itself, but having a clearer mind, a cleaner spirit and a cooperative will allows you to see and appreciate the daily magic that surrounds us. At times,...