Twenty-Four Hours a Day A.A. Thought For The Day In A.A., we’re all through with lying, hangovers, remorse and wasted money. When we were drinking, we were only half alive.… Continue reading January 20, 2017
Author: Allison Healan Lawrence
Cars, Conventions, and Camera’s
I drank for the next 15 years. It did not matter where I was or who I was with. I drank when I was driving every day of my life.… Continue reading Cars, Conventions, and Camera’s
And life goes on…
Eric and I lived in a tiny tiny apartment. 3 rooms to be exact. It was a little difficult to get use to living somewhere else with someone different… Continue reading And life goes on…
January 17, 2017
Reflection for the Day I have been told over and over that I must constantly work to give up my old ideas. “That’s easy for you to say,” I’ve sometimes… Continue reading January 17, 2017
Trusting
Finally this day is over. Not every day in recovery is peachy keen. I have so many stressful things going on and sometimes things go your way and sometimes they… Continue reading Trusting
January 15, 2017
Today is a breathtaking life day for me. 16 years ago I put down alcohol for good because it was poisoning and killing my body. It’s harder than it sounds.… Continue reading January 15, 2017
Give It Time
It doesn’t happen overnight. We are not cured from alcoholism. We are recovered from alcoholism. That is why is says in the Big Book, our text – ” we have… Continue reading Give It Time
January 12, 2017
IF IT FEELS GOOD . . .Facing Other Excesses In the drinking and using life, one of the flippant sayings we heard was, “If it feels good, do it!” We… Continue reading January 12, 2017
People, Places, and Things
I’m in Orlando Florida this week with my husband attending a kitchen, bath, builders convention and trade show. I’ve been to a lot of trade shows in my life as… Continue reading People, Places, and Things
Fear: One day at a Time…
Fear can be a very crippling thing. Almost like a disease that has taken over my body. I have feared all kinds of things in my life. Fear of economic… Continue reading Fear: One day at a Time…