Courage to Change

Courage to Change: Before Al-Anon, forgiveness meant power to me. I could judge the offender — the person who wasn’t doing what I wanted — and then exercise my power…

Courage to Change: One beautiful day, a man sat down under a tree, not noticing it was full of pigeons. Shortly, the pigeons did what pigeons do best. The man…

Courage to Change: I’m apt to think of Step Seven — “Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings” — as a Step I take tearfully and on my knees. I’ve…

Courage to Change: What does another person’s mood, tone of voice, or state of inebriation have to do with my course of action? Nothing, unless I decide otherwise. For example,…