Category: Recovery

  • Fear not

    I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will…

  • Set Aside Prayer

    God, please set aside everything I think I know about myself, everything I think I know about recovery, and everything I think I know about you.  Please help me to have an open mind so I may have a new experience and discover the truth.Walker Area Men’s Retreat, September 14-16, 2018

  • Chekhov

    In “The Seagull” he wrote, “After… a glass of vodka you are no longer Peter Sorin, but Peter Sorin plus somebody else,” a Jeopardy! clue on 2019-01-04 reminded me of the quote from Edward Rowland Sill, “First the man takes a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes the man.”  Chekhov…

  • Good mentorship

    Even though I can’t solve your problems, I will be there as your sounding board whenever you need me.Sandra K. Lamberson

  • The opaque Ninth Step

    There’s some bad sponsorship in here somewhere: Anonymous letter offers cash, asks for forgiveness for 30-year-old crime.

  • Crazy

    Crazy don’t take no holidayMarti R., 2017-11-18

  • Rehab

    Margo: “Oh, honey.  We both know that rehab is about more than nachos and backgammon.”Eliot: “Is it?  Is it, Margo?”The Magicians, Season 2, Episode 10