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Seriously disturbing dream

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

Someone commented on my blog that a famous psychologist believes that there’s only ONE person in our dreams but many CHARACTERS. And that ONE person is me. Keep that in mind when I tell you my dream.
I was somewhere that was like a public park because there was a park but there were also buildings [...]

Follow the yellow brick road (part 2)

Saturday, July 25th, 2009

I attended a meeting Saturday night at The Magdalen House aka Maggie’s House, free non-medical detox center that offers women a safe place to withdraw from alcohol abuse in Dallas, Texas. I had spent Friday night and most of Saturday feeling sorry for myself. I didn’t attend a meeting on Friday. I slept until 3:00pm [...]

Step 12: the final destination or the beginning of the journey

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

I read this post and the comments on Mike L’s recovery blog:
http://mikelrecovery.blogspot.com/2009/06/steps-hidden-principles.html.
I think it’s always worth looking at both the denotative and connotative meanings of words, especially when those words are at the heart of a discussion. In this case, I was inspired by Mike L’s post to first look up the denotations (literal dictionary [...]

Follow the yellow brick road (part 1)

Saturday, July 4th, 2009

When I first read a few pages in The Big Book (actually before attending an AA meeting), I thought it sounded like some crazy Wizard of Oz story. That initial impression has stuck with me. My initial attachment of skepticism to this comparison has transformed into faith. It’s a comforting comparison now. I shared this [...]