Mental & Emotional

When I was out there drinking, over the years, I began to drift further and further away from reality as my alcoholism progressed. This tore apart […]

More Than A Taste of Alcohol Janet Roloff reports on the annual meeting of the American Dietetic Association in Kansas City, MO. Recipes frequently call for […]

Step Two: “Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.” I came into AA after a long, nonstop toot with […]

Sincerity Is a Great Healer Recovery in Alcoholics Anonymous affects people in many ways. The first and most obvious is their ability to abstain from the […]

An All-Encompassing Spiritual Roadmap As I navigate my way through the program of Alcoholics Anonymous, with only a limited education but a desire to learn all […]

Here is a description of the evolution of our ego, followed by Sigmund’s Freud’s disclosure of its purpose. From an evolutionary perspective, ego is surmised to […]

The Control Rooms in My Brainbox There are many proven, practical suggestions in Alcoholics Anonymous literature that, if followed, would lead to a life of serenity […]

Correcting My Neglectful Mental Shortcomings Directionless and defeated, bankrupt in every department, and ashamed of all my many failures, I drank myself into oblivion every day […]

95% is OK with Me Most of the Alcoholics Anonymous meetings that I attend close with the Serenity Prayer. “God grant me the serenity to accept […]

The Big Book tells us that God wants us to be happy, joyous, and free (p. 133). At first reading I thought this statement was a […]