A little bit of 11    My name is …...and I'm an alcoholic  Whilst each step is no more important than any other, step 11 holds a strong and important part in our growth, as well as in our spiritual journey.  Bill W said many years ago that ...  ‘The other steps can somehow keep [...]

You're not really sober ….    My name is …........And I'm an alcoholic  Something wasn’t happening for me in recovery. I didn’t know what. But I did know it wasn’t happening. I was missing out on something. I was not doing something.   In my first year of sobriety, I went to meetings every day. Sometimes [...]

The Titanic My names …...... and I'm an alcoholic. Cruising today is a leisurely and comfortable way to see the world. It's laid back. As busy or as relaxing as you make it. It's a lazy traveller's way to see some amazing places. And I love it. Weve done all the hiking holidays I think [...]

To re feel in AA     My name is ………and I'm an alcoholic.  There is nothing worse than going somewhere special, maybe on a day trip or on holiday, to find its a dump. Or to go for a meal and not enjoy it.  Life is full of little surprises.   We all react and see [...]

Resentments and Fear My names ... and I'm an alcoholic A recovery from alcoholism is never going to be perfect. Mine hasn’t been.  Getting sober just doesn’t work like that. Making mistakes didn’t get any one drunk. Otherwise, we’d all be drunk. But we will get drunk by defending and pointing the finger. Recovery is about [...]

Yes, I do have an opinion.   My names …... and I’m an alcoholic.   Grief, deep seated guilt and long-standing resentments are the reason for many a sleepless night for an alcoholic. They kind of rubber stamp our past actions. They generate hours of self-loathing. And they colour an already painful life with more doubt, self-examination [...]

100%. My names.............and I'm an alcoholic. When I was growing up, I just loved the smell of old classic cars. We call them classics today. Back then, they were just called cars. We didn't have a car at home for years. And when we did, it was a black, sit up and beg, Ford Popular. [...]

Yes or no My names …...and I'm an alcoholic. Decisions are made a thousand times a day in my head. Shall I, shan't I. Will I or won't I. Coming into the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous, I can now see that many of the decisions I made in my drinking were driven by Alcohol. They [...]

Yesterday.    Hi, my name is …...And I'm an alcoholic  Today is another day and yesterday was another day also.   We, in AA, try as best we can to live in the day, hence our AA sayings of ‘Keep it in the day ‘or ‘One day at a time’ or ‘Just for today ‘.   Very [...]

Yesterday, all my troubles.... My names  and I'm an alcoholic. In the 1960s, I went from a four year old to a teenager. None of us at the time realised the amazing change the world was going through. It was a time of protest. Of hippies. Of Jimi Hendrix. Of flower power. And of the [...]