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Almost Forgotten

January 2, 2009 in Gratitude, Service | 12 comments

I started writing to save my life.  Even today, but most especially in the earliest days of my recovery the act of writing helped me maintain perspective and focus.  I wrote in a medium that was publicly accessible because I was so profoundly alone. The feedback I got really encouraged me and helped motivate me. All [...]

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I don’t want to make this about religion . . .

May 5, 2008 in Uncategorized | 12 comments

Tommy: Have you accepted Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Saviour? Hedwig: No, but I… I love his work. John Cameron Mitchell, Hedwig and the Angry Inch I don’t want to make this about religion because it isn’t about religion. It’s about the same thing everything else here is about. Me. It’s what it [...]

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Shoulder to Shoulder

February 1, 2008 in Uncategorized | 4 comments

“You will be bound to them with new and wonderful ties, for you will escape disaster together and you will commence shoulder to shoulder your common journey. Then you will know what it means to give of yourself that others may survive and rediscover life.” Alcoholics Anonymous, page 152-3 It is very strange to suddenly have [...]

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There’s a Light in the Darkness

January 3, 2008 in Uncategorized | 6 comments

We should learn just to stick our hand out and whoever it touches that is alone, engage them, in whatever way is helpful. There is joy to be had, in that. - Anonymous It’s not surprising that with the new year there are an unusual number of ‘newcomers’ in the rooms of AA and other [...]

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