“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.”— Helen Keller It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out something is greatly wrong with our culture…not that rocket scientists are solely privy to such insights; maybe I should … Read More
“Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.” – AA Step 3 There it is. We’ve tried to avoid it but now it’s in our face. In the previous steps we pontificated concepts and ideas, but now, we are asked to tailor our life … Read More
“Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.” Step 2 AA Step Two has a specific target in its crosshairs: the mind. On page 23 of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, this is abundantly clear. It states, “Therefore, the main problem of the alcoholic centers in his mind, rather … Read More
The fact that life seems dull without drugs and alcohol is a testament to the idiocracy of our culture. That line of reasoning takes the cake in terms of sober myths. It’s no accident that the Marlboro man was cool. It’s certainly no coincidence that beer commercials always consist of people having the time of … Read More
Alcoholics Anonymous, more casually known as A.A., is built upon a simple set of 12 steps in order to achieve daily sobriety. “Daily” is a keyword in the system because it sets out to construct a new lifestyle in the individual. A lifestyle that is not compatible with addiction. The admission of powerlessness is the … Read More
Emotional Fortitude & A Total Cluster*ck. Emotionally disconnected.Depressively unattached. Yet, somehow inspired. Odd how that works. I turn on the news and the sensationalism is worse than Shaq’s jump shot, which fosters a general distrust of the media. Maybe it’s the uncertainty of it all that is driving me up the wall. Human beings suck with … Read More