My Alcoholism & Recovery

I went to an AA meeting last night in my hometown. I visit my family and home town only once per year and normally only go to one meeting when I am here - generally to remind me how much I disliked AA here.
I tried to get sober here and I didn’t. I […]

For a long time I did not feel like I belonged in AA. I felt like others who had been there before me had more rights in meetings than me. I thought that decision making within the group was not something I had a right to take part in.
This was part of my […]

This always gave me a problem. I might be powerless over you, but was I really powerless over asking for a drink and then drinking it?
Powerless over alcohol? No, I don’t think so - perhaps once I had a few drinks, but powerless is the wrong word. It was my power, my […]

Well first and foremost I could not stop drinking on my own. I tried for many years to stop on my own as I hated the though of being in something like AA. That part goes away after a while.
But why still go many years later?
I have only one answer that really helps […]

One of the most difficult times of the year for those recovering from alcoholism is the Christmas holidays. If you find yourself struggling during the Christmas season, please remember that you are not alone. Help is only a phone call or a meeting away! Here are some helpful and practical tips to keep you from […]

Welcome to an AA meeting, please check your natural common sense at the door.
Someone told me a long time ago regarding talking or sharing, at AA meeting - Talk about yourself to yourself.  I really try to do this as much as possible, as my mouth has had the ability to get me into trouble, […]

Yesterday was my sober anniversary. It did not feel like just
another day. When I was first getting sober I found it imposable to
imagine that I would ever be this long without a drink. And on the
occasions that I could I imagined it, I thought of someone whose life
would be more. More of what I am […]

It took me a while to stop drinking. I went to alcoholics anonymous
meetings for a while and kept drinking, eventually I stopped and it has
been a few years now, thank God.
However during the time of slipping and sliding I remember someone
talking about relationships at a meeting. They said something about
being able to look after a […]

Alcoholic: Just go straight to hell and make a u-turn.
Being a part of something is more important that being the center of attention.
AA is the only place where you can walk into a room full of strangers and reminisce.
AA romance…. the odds are good… but the goods are odd.
Look for a way in; not […]

Discipline a word that I always hated. Really it just meant doing things that I did not want to do. When I look back at my life I avoided as much as I could anything I did not want to do. A bit childish I now think. Not being prepared to trade off those boring […]