Dear Driver,
I agree with Lola about the mocktails. I used this strategy when I was at a Christmas brunch, and got my daughter to make one she had made for me for my birthday. It was a kind of a grapefruit juice slushy with chopped up persimmons, pears, red fresh grapefruit and blueberries, finished with a seltzer, and it was the hit of the…[Read more]

We have had so many different kinds of storms among our people here on this site. Deaths, both of family and of our own members. Hurricanes, floods and mudslides. A record-breaking cold spell. And mixed with this have been all our personalities and conflicts, our prickly natures and hurt feelings. And yet we are still here. May God be…[Read more]

Dear Anonymous,
Please start coming to our chats in the chatroom and I think it will be really helpful, especially when you are alone. You will not feel so alone when you are in the chatroom, and we have meetings four times a day. Keep the faith. Keep the plug in the jug, and keep coming back to AA. It really does work. You are not alone here.
Beth

Grace, I know I have told you this before, and I may well tell you again, but this is one of the best things I have read about forgiveness. If I preach another sermon on forgiveness, which I undoubtedly will, I hope you will allow me to read it and say it is written by my friend Grace. I hope you are still in the state of quiet gratefulness…[Read more]

Thank you Joanne and Lola for your unexpected contributions today! wow. And all three of us sober today and still working a strong program. What a great Christmas-season present. May God bless you both indeed. And love.