What are we doing about our sobriety?

As a sober alcoholic I need to live my life in the present. I need to always ask myself "what are you doing"? Living consciously is an important step to maintaining a sober life. My motives need to be assessed. I need to understand that my addiction previously drove my…

Forgiveness

Steps 8 and 9 are concerned with personal relations. First, we take a look backward and try to discover where we have been at fault; next we make a vigorous attempt to repair the damage we have done; and third, having thus cleaned away the debris of the past, we…

Don’t drink

It’s easier said than done but as an alcoholic, there is no excuse picking up a drink. There is nothing in your life that drinking again will make better. The first drink ignites the obsession, and it won't quit until you experience more pain and misery, and even then it…

A Doctors Opinion

The Doctor’s Opinion (found in the forward, page XXV of the book, Alcoholics Anonymous) is a very important part of the book. It usually is the first thing an alcoholic reads (or should read) as part of the introduction to the AA program. Alcohol presents itself to an alcoholic like…