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“Resentment is the “number one’’ offender. It destroys more alcoholics than anything else. From it stem all forms of spiritual disease, for we have been not only mentally and physically ill, we have been spiritually sick. When the spiritual malady is overcome, we straighten out mentally and physically.” (p.64, of The Big Book) So, what… Continue reading Spirituality and Resentments and Forgiving

We have talked before about obtaining an attitude of gratitude. If all seems like there is nothing left in your tank, check your pulse or breathe into a mirror. These are two ways to show us that we are alive. All things start from here. If I am alive, so what? So what is that… Continue reading Spirituality and how to show Gratitude and Appreciation

Since another name for Higher Power, God, Allah, Buddha, or whatever this Power is called, is love, I very much appreciated a line that Reverend Stephanie Sorensen used lately when beginning her talk. It went “When we love not, we judge. When we judge not, we love.” Wow! The last few weeks I have been… Continue reading Spirituality and What to call your Higher Power, God?

Just as we are not responsible for our first thought, only what we do about it, we are not responsible for the initial feeling of the blues that sometimes come over us. In the mentioned scenarios, we are responsible for our reaction to the first thought that came to us and we are responsible for… Continue reading Spirituality and How do I oust these blues?

Since I had the blessing to have been shot and thus experienced a small taste of the Spiritual Universe, I am very willingly using these two affirmations daily, sometimes more than once a day, and it is amazing how stress-free my life is becoming. Do I still have stress? Of course, I do. Living in… Continue reading Spirituality and Affirmations – How can they help me to be even more Happy, Joyous, and Free?

The great thing about choices is that they are many in life. Even greater is that we now are able to make these choices, many of us for the very first time in our lives. Something that I noticed when new to the AA Program was that it seemed like I suddenly had even more… Continue reading Spirituality and how to use Choices in life

When I first came into AA and heard about God’s will and my will, I didn’t have a clue as to what it really meant. I had been taught and thought that I knew all about willpower and guts being the way to get anything done. I probably had heard about God’s will for me… Continue reading Spirituality and How do I know if it is God’s will or my will?

I am approaching the 45th anniversary of my last drink. In Earth years, this is a long time. In the Eternity of our Spiritual Life, this is a drop in the bucket. In my life, this is over half without a drink. What got me to this point? Embracing the AA Program! This amazing program… Continue reading Spirituality and Now, without drinking, what’s to do?

In the Big Book of AA, is listed character defects and after each one, in parentheses, is the word Fear. Fear is the common denominator of all of our shortcomings. Anxiety – fear of getting something or something happening; Depression – fear of what MAY happen; Anger – not knowing what to do about a… Continue reading Spirituality and How To oust Fear or Depression

I Am! Think about it. What your response to what follows I Am may well be a forecaster for your entire life. I AM SOMEBODY. I am sober. To me, this means that I am Happy, Joyous, and Free. What does it mean to you? Words are very strong items They can make you ecstatic… Continue reading Spirituality and I AM SOMEBODY

“I don’t see how I can have any fun if I can’t drink and play golf, play cards, ride motorcycles, dance, go fishing, or just enjoying living” or you name it. Spirituality, as we have been discussing it, is not something that deters enjoyment in playful and utile activities but actually enhances it. I not… Continue reading Spirituality and how to gladly apply to everyday living

I can not tell anyone how to work their program. All that I can do is tell you how I work mine and then it is up to you to take what you want from that and get rid of the rest. I am truly Happy, Joyous, and Free, and hope and pray that you… Continue reading Spirituality and How to work my program to be Happy, Joyous, and Free

Everyone has a story and everyone wants to be heard. I believe that we are only as sick as our secrets and, after working the 4th and 5th steps, many of my secrets disappeared and immediately my load was lightened. In my experiences, I have discovered that most people, whether an alcoholic, addict, one with… Continue reading Spirituality and how to shed fear and misery

When I came into Alcoholics Anonymous, I was spiritually bankrupt. I had had no prior religious training or real experience. My only prayers were foxhole prayers and He would get me out of a situation and I would chump Him. He would not get me out of a situation and I figured He had chumped… Continue reading Spirituality and The Alcoholics Anonymous Program

Recently before one of our meetings here, I heard a short discussion on tolerance and acceptance which got me thinking. Then, two days ago the daily reading in one of my Spiritual readings, the Guide for Spiritual Living, discussed the same thing. The mention of this topic twice in a day or so reminds me… Continue reading Spirituality and Acceptance vs Tolerance

Oneness is part and parcel of AA which is a “We” program. Physical laws, such as gravity, friction, etc, are known to us all as real and true. Spiritual Laws are also as real and serious as a heart attack. The Law of Divine Oneness is the foundational law from which absolutely everything in our… Continue reading Spirituality and the Law of Divine Oneness

What do you really want from this Program? What do you really desire in your heart of hearts to get here? Do you really crave to say “I’m right and you are wrong in your thinking” or do want to say with meaning “I am so blessed in my life” and no more? When my… Continue reading Becoming Happy, Joyous, and Free Using Spirituality and not Alcohol ALL THE TIME

Everyone wants to be happy, joyous, and free right now and this is why some love to complain. Living in the now is the only cash we have. Yesterday is a canceled check and tomorrow is a promissory note. Not long ago, I heard people complaining about the cold weather and how much they disliked… Continue reading Spirituality and Living in the now!

Can I ever be truly happy? This is a question that I hear from people both new to the program and some who have been around for decades. Newcomers have been struggling for various amounts of time to just feel somewhat good, not even truly happy. Feeling that all is lost and that I will… Continue reading Spirituality and can I ever be truly happy, joyous, and free using it?

Recently before one of our meetings here, I heard a short discussion on tolerance and acceptance which got me thinking. Then, two days ago the daily reading in one of my Spiritual readings, the Guide for Spiritual Living, discussed the same thing. The mention of this topic twice in a day or so reminds me… Continue reading Spirituality and what’s it got to do with Acceptance and Tolerance

One of the first slogans that I heard when coming into the AA Program was “One day at a time.” This was sometimes broken down into one hour, or one minute, at a time, or even less. I  have heard ever since to live in the moment because the past is gone and the future… Continue reading Spirituality And How Is Life Treating You. More Importantly, How Are You Treating Life?

“God get me out of this and I will never do it again!” “God, I prayed to you every Sunday, Christmas, and Easter so why do bad things keep happening to me?” “God, I joined a church and became an usher and everything and problems still haunt me!” Just what makes me think that an… Continue reading Spirituality and How often do I use it on a day-to-day basis?

Simple answer, EVERYTHING! A more explanatory answer is the ONLY step of this 12 Step Program that mentions alcohol is the 1st Step. The other 11 all have to do with dealing with our thinking. Since we were all – Catholics, Protestants, Islamists, Buddhists, non-believers – created by the same Higher Power (called by different… Continue reading Spirituality and What does it have to do with working the AA Program?

Being grateful brings me immediate release from any stresses that may be starting in my life. I say starting because that is as far as they get anymore. Gratitude has made me literally too blessed to be stressed. Once in a while, something will surprise me and I momentarily start to fret but very quickly,… Continue reading Spirituality and Gratitude, How I became Too Blessed To Be Stressed

“What’s in it for me?” is a question we have been asking since birth. When we first leave our earth mothers and someone smacks our bottom to help kickstart our breathing for the first time, we let out a cry and, since we have not learned to communicate with language yet, this is our first… Continue reading Spirituality and What’s in it for me?

When something happens that feels uncomfortable to many, they call it getting a lemon. I imagine that this is because lemons, although looking beautiful with their dimpled yellow skin, are sour and tart. If one buys lemons or picks them, each one will be sour and tart. Why would anyone ever buy something that tasted… Continue reading Spirituality and I don’t like lemons so what can I do with this load of lemons that I got from Life?

First of all, let’s get the obvious out of the way right away! Every day is not full of laughing and chuckling. Life does keep on coming at us. The way that I remain Happy, Joyous, and Free every day, even when there may be tragedy around me or physical problems within me, is to… Continue reading Spirituality and how to be Happy, Joyous, and Free every day?

If you were anything like me, with everything that I did when in the madness, there was alcohol involved somehow. I was either drinking, coming off a drunk, planning my next drink, or wishing that I could never drink again, even telling God “Get me out of this and I will never do it again.”… Continue reading Without alcohol How can I ever have fun again if I temper everything with Spirituality? The answer leaves me Blessed Not Stressed!

Being grateful brings me immediate release from any stresses that may be starting in my life. It makes me Too Blessed To Be Stressed. I say starting because that is as far as they get anymore. Gratitude has made me literally too blessed to be stressed. Once in a while, something will surprise me and… Continue reading Spirituality and Gratitude make me Blessed

When I first came into this amazing Program of AA, I had zero hope and knew of no way out of my problems. Not only that, but I also did not even know what was wrong. I only knew that I didn’t like the me that I had become and this led quickly to hating… Continue reading Spirituality and How do I repay the good that has been my blessing to receive since finally discovering Spirituality?