A Song Not Scored For Breathing

North of the 55th parallel the days are getting noticeably darker, earlier. I feel tired more than not. Or at least it seems that way. Up he...

The grace of God is beautiful. I love that one can never predict it's timing. One day you wake up to find something has shifted inside. ...

I've written before about how I don't like to be alone at night. Being alone at night is when I am most tempted to throw my abstinen...

" Vulnerability is disarming. It compels one to go to that level, too. " Heart felt words from a close friend last night. Often I...

" What you see as being back at square one, I see as another layer in the onion. " Wise and comforting words from my spiritual dir...

Things got a little hairy at AA yesterday. I was glad I wasn't chairing the meeting. When things go off the rail anywhere, I instantly t...

" The thing about healing is that I have no control over the twists and turns it takes. Don't know what I'm going to feel until...

I'll be on the road today making a 200 mile round trip to see Fr. Charlie. Some people express surprise when they find out I still see h...

My head's been in addiction land the last few days. Mulling over not only my own story but the story of others. Two books I've been ...

Today is a milestone worth celebrating. One year, 365 days, worth of abstinence from sexual addiction. There have been many tears, slips an...

11 months abstinence from sexual addiction today. That addiction and food bingeing are my default setting when I'd rather not deal with ...

"The more we were forced to lean on God, the more quickly we gave up our illusion of control. Only then could God do something with ou...

This post on resisting sexual temptation is well worth going to read. Here is an excerpt: Lord, thank You for the beauty of this person. T...

It's Saturday night and the house is quiet. Dearest one is working a night shift and youngest son is off with his brother doing stuff I...

Monday night. Lord willing, when I wake up tomorrow, I will have six months abstinence from sexual addiction. That feels like a gift and a...

Bobbie at emerging sideways wrote a meme post a week ago called wonderful, glorious me where she listed 5 things she loved about her body....

This afternoon while I was waiting for my assessment with the Occupational Therapist, I dug out my favourite waiting room book. There are 3...

It's late and I need some sleep. I won't be able to do that unless I unpack my thoughts first, so here I am. I haven't picked up...

Early on in my sobriety I remember sitting at an open AA meeting next to a woman of wisdom. She was nearing 80 years of age and when she spo...

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