Useful. A word I didn't know much about when I first started getting sober, and which was thrown at me in ways I'd never concieved of it once I started to try and get sober. Being the absolutely selfish and self centered alcoholic I was when I walked in, it wasn't something I really had any concept of. Not to say that I can't be selfish and self ( Read more... )

To be of service to those of the fellowship who have been affected by the Hurricane, here's what you can do: spread this message around and make announcements at your meetings ( Read more... )

I'm probably spending way too much time watching the disaster coverage, at the same time though, I think we should all be paying attention to what's going on in the Gulf Coast right now. New Orleans being covered the most is also being commented on the most, not only by the press, but by the people I've run into in the last few days. I'm hearing ( Read more... )

An arrogant bastard I can sure be. If you're not clear on my reason for anouncing this, see my previous post. I've now found myself guilty of one of the things I most disgust in the world of recovery and that people who populate the communities making up that world, spiritual arrogance! Now yes, considering the fact that I've not found it necessary ( Read more... )

I'm wondering if I'm growing more cynical and cold than is good for me. There have been many changes in the homegroup that I've belonged to for the last year. I've been attending this group since I got sober and it was a very small, intimate group when I first started attending. It's grown incredibly in the last year. Part of the reason I joined ( Read more... )

I had the good fortune to meet some new people tonight. All but one seemed like descent folks and given the opportunity, I might hang around them again. But the one, the one, boy what a winner.

I've been involved recently in a few conversations surrounding sexuality in our society. They've all been centered around female sexuality and the may ( Read more... )

Fairly Goth
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You know some stuff. Chances are you're one of those counter-culture hybrids like goth-punk,electro-goth,or nature-goth.You like the gothic counter-culture and you seek out the bits you like most.I bet you love Tim Burton movies.Chances are you've never seen Switchblade Symphony live before they broke up but you may ( Read more... )

Maybe it's the storyteller in me or maybe it's just a basic human desire, but of late, my perspective on my life and the goings on in and around it has changed. What I think has been going on is that I've been looking at the length of my life and looking for my own story and what ever over all moral it can teach me. I do realize that what I see in ( Read more... )

Ah, the community of recovery, what a hornets nest of sickness and the nurturing of it. You know, I love being sober, I love being in recovery, I love what I've been given as a result of this way of life, and even more so that it's given me something that I can give back. At the same time, I am really feeling recently that the contingent of people ( Read more... )

Being in a spiritually based program for the recovery from alcoholism, there's a necessary amount of discussion about things of spiritual nature. Maybe sometimes, more than a necessary amount of discussion. Maybe though, it's just me.

Lately, I seem to be stumbling on conversations that are about spirituality. I've also been re-reading a book ( Read more... )