Since July 2019

I came to you with the same old hopes I’ve always had. Rescue me. Give me what I want. Know what I want before I do, then hand it over. Instead you gave me pain, tears, suffering. Like I’ve always had. I’m that splat on your windshield. I learned that "going to the hardware store …

The effect of Covid-19 on my relationship with HP

“It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.” (Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities) Isn’t that one of the best lines to ever start a book?! It sums up how I feel about the effects Covid-19 has had in my personal life and in my relationship with my Higher Power. …

Something is being born…during Corona virus

Thank You, Lord God. I sit here in new canvas sneakers. I sit here wearing a Forget-Me-Not necklace on the VERY DAY that You brought another miracle into my life. Today I learned about a part of myself that has been hidden for years. Her name is W___. She is a warrior. Warrior W___. She …

STEP SEVEN

STEP SEVEN: HUMBLY ASKED HIM TO REMOVE OUR SHORTCOMINGS When I first came into the rooms in 2012, I had misunderstood. Because I had connected the word ‘humility’ with ‘humiliated.’ I was angry back then and defiant. I was no longer willing to live in ways where I felt ‘less than’ or ‘weak.’ My role …

STEP SIX

STEP SIX:  WERE ENTIRELY READY TO HAVE GOD REMOVE ALL DEFECTS OF CHARACTER. Willingness. I felt that in my O.A. fellowship and with my sponsor, Step 6 and 7 were almost rushed. It wasn’t until I heard Herb K. speak on Step 6 and Step 7 that I started to get  more information about these steps. …

“What is it like to work two 12 step programs?”

I have been a member of  Al-Anon since 10/2012. And in 2017 I became a member of Overeaters Anonymous I was a casual attender of meetings in O.A. since 2014. I used to think of O.A. as a sort of "diet club" where I could talk about my food issues with others. That was my …

STEP FIVE

STEP FIVE:  ADMITTED TO GOD, TO OURSELVES AND TO ANOTHER HUMAN BEING THE EXACT NATURE OF OUR WRONGS. One might spend their whole lives running from the truth. That impious ego, edging God out, one day at a time, until the unfortunate person is in pitch darkness. There is the Solution/recovery OR there is the …

STEP FOUR

STEP FOUR: MADE A SEARCHING AND FEARLESS MORAL INVENTORY OF OURSELVES. How I worked Step Four in Al-Anon: I worked the Step Four questions from "Reaching for Personal Freedom." When I was done with that, I went on to work the questions in “Blueprints for Progress.” I worked about a third of that book and then …

Al-Anon Slogans

Since 10/2012 I have been collecting slogans I have heard in the rooms of Al-Anon. I love slogans because they are short, easy to remember, and to the point. Here are some of my favorites, not in any particular order. Let go and let God. Progress, not perfection. One Day at a Time. Keep it …

STEP THREE

STEP THREE: MADE A DECISION TO TURN OUR WILL AND OUR LIVES OVER TO THE CARE OF GOD AS WE UNDERSTOOD HIM.   This is a powerful sentence. Whenever I read it, and hear it being read, the things that spring to my mind are: *Trust. *A relationship with a Power greater than myself *How I …