THE KEY IS WILLINGNESS: Once we have placed the key of willingness in the lock and have the door ever so slightly open, we find that we can always open…
THE IDEA OF FAITH: Do not let any prejudice you may have against spiritual terms deter you from honestly asking yourself what they mean to you. – ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, page…
A LIFELONG TASK: “But just how, in these circumstances, does a fellow ‘take it easy?’ That’s what I want to know.” – Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, page 26 –…
WEEDING THE GARDEN: The essence of all growth is a willingness to make a change for the better and then an unremitting willingness to shoulder whatever responsibility this entails. –…
OVERCOMING SELF-WILL: So our troubles, we think, are basically of our own making. They arise out of ourselves, and the alcoholic is an extreme example of self-will run riot, though…