Estimated read time: 13 min (Sigh) Yes… I was black listed by the Red Cross. For the reader who is a recovering addict or alcoholic like myself, it should come as no surprise that in active addiction we can do…. some pretty outrageous things. Now, to the non-alcoholic who may be reading this: first of […]
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Estimated read time: 12 min One of the most obvious things about living in South Georgia is the inundation of churches. There is literarily a church on every corner. I mean good god, (pun intended) there are big churches in even the smallest towns. There are churches in strip malls. There are cathedrals in larger
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Estimated read time: 12 min In A.A. there is a common saying, a quote from the Big Book actually, that states, “love and tolerance [of others] is our code” (p. 84); however, on page 417 of that very same book, it asserts that “… acceptance is the answer to all [our] problems…”. So, which principle
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Estimated read time: 11 min While I was sitting in a treatment center, three days out of medical detox, I first began to formulate an idea of what my life in sobriety could be like. I knew it would be boring. No more hanging out with friends while having a drink. No more rock concerts
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Estimated read time: 7 min In my early days, hanging out around fellow addicts and alcoholics, I was told that long-term sobriety really boils down to three simple things: Honesty. Open-Minded. And Willing. In other words, that’s H.O.W. it works. Focusing on willingness, there are some pretty amazing stories on this principle as well. I
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Estimate read time: 8 min “You get drunk, yet?” Every phone call I made to my sponsor started off with that question. He never said hello, just picked up and said, “You get drunk, yet?” I often wondered if he answered all of his calls that way and how many doctors’ offices, business associates and
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We had the amazing opportunity to be interviewed by the gracious staff at Voyage Jacksonville Magazine in Jacksonville, Florida. We are so grateful for this opportunity and honored to carry the message of recovery by recovering outloud and sharing our story with the readers of Voyage Jacksonville Magazine. Just a few short months after we
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Estimated read time: 9 min It’s dangerous to be different… I was a 20-year-old, white, female, college student when I first found the rooms of my 12-step program. (I should add that I am still white and female). Anyhow, I had no drug or DUI charges, I came of my volition, and was not at
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Estimated read time: 9 min After being medically detoxed so that I could safely live without needing to drink, spending more than 40 days in a treatment center learning about my disease, and spending more than three months attending two AA meetings per day, I suddenly had a thought that crept to the back of
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