I've been stalling trying to think what I could say about the recent changes in my life that would fit in a paragraph. I still don't...

... I finally realized that surrender does not mean submission - it means I'm willing to stop fighting reality, to stop trying to do God...

I grew up in a household where nothing was put away, nothing was cleaned, dishes were not washed, and there was a coating of black Cocker S...

The 70s were a time of great upheaval and a time of great interest in self-improvement and being happier. I read tons of books but wasn...

The trip to the doctor was a pretty good one. Xrays look good but since we don't believe them, I will go for a ct scan and then we'...

I'm always nervous before the doctor appointments. I love/hate them. I always hope we'll look at the xrays and see a solid bone in...

I was lonely because I kept myself separate from people. I saw them as being different from myself, and so I remained the lonely and iso...

I read the above phrase in Stephen Levine's book, Unattended Sorrow. I am reminded of it because I'm reading the Alanon book on gr...

This time the article I read was in Psychology Today, and it was about communicating with someone who likes to explode when asked to change...

I hate criticism. It hate to give it. I hate even worse to get it. I want nothing but positive feedback, thank you very much! I actually...

Last weekend was Heart to Heart weekend and it was the 12 th year I've gone to it. It's a retreat for 100 women in 12 Step program...

Having forgiven ourselves and others, and having made amends, we need no punishment. We will work to succeed in all of our activities, with ...

I'm throwing a whole bunch of stuff at this healing thing - a new massage therapy that I'm doing once a week, some type of yoga and ...

It's been two or three weeks now since I was released to get around on crutches. Since my back has been painful, I haven't done a l...

May I be aware always that God's power and peace are a bottomless well within me. I can draw bucket after bucket from it to refresh and...

"Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore, we are saved by love." Reinhold Niebuhr I was loved befor...

What if you knew you'd be the last to touch someone? If you were taking tickets, for example, at the theater, tearing them, giving back ...

"Be slow to take offense if indeed you ever take offense at all. For being offended gains you nothing and can cost you much. Have pat...

In the dream I'm a man who is preparing for a job interview. In an effort to look calm and relaxed, I am trimming my eyebrows so that t...

"The moment a thing seems wrong to you or a person's actions to be not what you think they should be, at that moment begins your ob...