“Faith without works is dead”
On awakening let us think about the twenty-four hours ahead. We consider our plans for the day. Before we begin, we ask God to direct our thinking, especially asking that it be divorced from self-pity,…
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Hope
My Mother is Dying and I can’t stop eating Cake
My mother was born in Alabama in 1940. She dropped out of high school at 17 when she married my dad, who soon left her for a man, but not before they had three daughters…
Hope
Why is Alcoholism Now Called Alcohol Use Disorder?
Drinking alcohol is romanticized and poked fun at on television and the big screen, but anyone who has been around a problem drinker knows there is nothing sexy or funny about it. Alcohol addiction, alcohol…
Hope
The Pandemic
I have been trying to think about something to say since the beginning of the pandemic. Pandemic, that’s a big fat scary word! I usually have a lot to say, but I have been silent,…
Hope
To thine own self be true…
This was NOT my finest moment, but it was also NOT the moment that would define my life.
Hope
Me, strung out on Meth finally arrested for 10 Felonies
This was NOT my finest moment, but it was also NOT the moment that would define my life.
Hope
Ms Hyde
When I sobered up, my normal state had become irritable, restless and discontented for so long, that it was difficult for me to let myself be anything else. I would catch myself being angry for no reason at all. I began to keep a funny looking doll with me that made very amusing noises when I squeezed it to remind me that it was ok to laugh and be happy.
Hope
God told me to Collect Your Stores of Addiction, Alcoholism, and Recovery
God just talked to me or maybe I’m delusional… He asked me to collect and share your stories of addiction, alcoholism, and recovery so that you can heal and spread hope in the world. I…
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Four Years Sober, again…
So, what’s going on with me at four years sober and eighteen months out of prison? I have so much to be grateful for and yet that fades as time goes by. I do attempt…
Experience Hope Strength
De Colores
the realization that we are being loved by God in a way that is unparalleled and unconditional, creates in our inner self, a feeling which is like an incredible rainbow.