A Song Not Scored For Breathing

That about sums up my day yesterday. I went to my home group meeting for the first time in six weeks. Drain tube free. Pain free. Good...

I'm grateful to be done work for the week. This week has been a journey of accepting what is in front of me instead of railing against w...

I attended the funeral today of a man with decades upon decades of sobriety. As I listened to his eulogy I was left with the impression that...

There is a strip of sunshine running across my fingertips as I type. It makes me smile. A year ago tomorrow I stepped away from blogging, un...

This week I was given multiple opportunities to once again acknowledge that I am not God and don't know what's best for anyone else....

I was in bed by 8:30 last night. I was ready to drift off to sleep when dearest one came in to get his work clothes ready for today. I watch...

Despite it being between minus 30C and minus 40C for days on end, plus snowing (over a foot and counting), well, I'll take that over flo...

At an AA birthday celebration this morning we got to listen to a man play Amazing Grace on the bagpipes. Right there in the meeting room. Co...

My previous post was number 1300. I'm thinking of making a commitment to daily posting in 2011. It was much easier to write posts when m...

Today was a one foot in front of the other kind of day although I took a sick day because whatever is kicking my butt is still kicking. Didn...

All the posts around the blog sphere today about voting in the US makes me think they take voting much more serious south of the border than...

"Most of us don't seek God during happy times. We seek God when we're in distress." As the priest said this tears sprang ...

Once in a very long while I feel like I get a nudge from the Holy Spirit. Most of the time I doubt those nudges, unable to differentiate bet...

Today I sat in the parking lot before my AA meeting and just about put the car in reverse and left. I've never had such a strong resista...

"I never believed you when you said alcoholics don't sip their drinks." Only daughter and I had just come from my home group A...

"Today's gonna be a good day." That was the lyric going through my head this morning as I woke up. I'd made my way to the...

"You know, Hope, just live in this moment. After all, you could be dead before tomorrow." "Hey, that's right! I could be...

"I wish I could go home and have a drink to relax." That's the thought that went through my head on the way home every night t...

" How about I forget to send it in the courier and by the time it eventually gets there all will be good? " I'd gone into her ...

I didn't feel like going to my meeting today. I wanted to stay home. A place I have yet to be for more than a night's sleep, and som...