All posts by: Allison Healan Lawrence

Tonight I had the pleasure of going out with some AA friends from my home group for dinner and a play. The play was entitled “Alky”. It was about a......
Are you In A Funk? Where can you be of service today? Who can you call to brighten their day? Get into action and see what happens....
I remember having a lot of “firsts” in my first year of not drinking. I learned during that year that as long as I was spiritually fit I could do......
I’ve been so stressed lately. Years in fact. It comes and goes. It seems much worse lately. My muscles are tied up in knots. It’s painful. I turned everything I......
It is imperative that we seek to enlarge our spiritual life on a daily basis. The answers to ALL our problems comes from God. When I have a problem it......
Before I came to surrender to the fact that I was an alcoholic I had to surrender to the basic fact that my life was unmanageable. Nothing in my life......
It was July of 2000. I stayed in touch with the motivational speaker. I had attended some AA meetings. I didn’t get a lot out of them partly because I......
The last few years of my drinking I knew without a doubt I had a problem. I promised myself every day that tomorrow would be different. I would not drink......
I am what and who I think I am. Negative thoughts bring a negative self image. Positive thoughts bring a positive self image. One I my favorite quotes is “You......
Literally, I understand exactly what Joanne is talking about when she says “hitting rock bottom “. I’ve hit an alcoholic bottom, and financial bottoms. It wears on you and grinds......