Trust God? During these times?
Those practicing a 12-step lifestyle often summarize the program as “Trust God, Clean House and Serve Others.” Even in the best of times, there are…
Recovery Rule #1 – Surrender to Love
When my world flips upside down, I want to bolt. Where? Anywhere. Just not here. I was a runner when I was out there. Running…
Me, My Psych Meds and My 12-step Recovery
As I sat in my jail cell I had to question the admonition I got from an old-timer at AA meeting I frequented. “If you…
Recovery Rules
Just a kid on her bike and her dad jogging alongside. “I want to learn how to shoot the basketball better,” she said. “We play…
Hey Dr. Phil! We are not “Idiots.”
Mentally ill? For most of recorded history the treatment was barbaric. Labeled as witches, we were burned at the stake or weighted down and thrown…
god, meds and recovery
So 12-step recovery suggests I find a God (or god) of my own understanding. That’s a hard enough task for your average alcoholic or addict….
And it begins like this…
I’m taking a whiz in an inappropriate place again. Apparently five plus years of sobriety have done little to suppress “the world is my toilet”…
Hey 13th Steppers! Give it a Rest.
Celia never seemed to put more than a few months together clean. A complete failure at recovery. Not worth the 24-hour, 30-day and occasional 60-day…
Justifiable Anger???
Yes, I know better. But sometimes I make the mistake of watching the news. Though I swore off drinking 11+ years ago, each time I…
Failures into Lessons
My last bipolar manic episode was what my 94-year-old mother would call a “doozey.” (Sure, my Facebook analytics tell me my followers skew Millennial. Perhaps…