By Fran Dancing Feather We were committed. The fire had been lit at sunset that would burn throughout the deepest, coldest and longest night of the year. It was the Solstice time when we would honor the frozen earth. We were committed to stand barefoot on the icy ground around the fire and pray. These [...]
Continue Reading...by Geneen Roth She wrote the outstanding book, Women, Food and God which was featured on Oprah. One of Geneen’s articles was featured on Soulseeds’ Seed Exchange. This article was first published in Good Housekeeping. There are some things in life you take for granted: Your children will outlive you. No matter how tough it [...]
Continue Reading...We are pleased to invite anyone, with a problem with alcohol and currently in recovery for at least one year, to send us something you have written about recovery. We are all story tellers and that innate ability has helped many of us share about ourselves and uncover truths, as well as assist others find [...]
Continue Reading...This is from my friend Heidi @ http://goodlifenoalcohol.wordpress.com/ Please check out her blog and support her. The functional alcoholic (not in recovery) is still attempting to control his own life and manage his secret addiction. He is a willing subject of King Alcohol. Therefore he hasn’t hit “bottom.” He is not ready to consider getting [...]
Continue Reading...Question: I’m not sure about this God thing in meetings. All the meetings I go to seem to be based on believing in God and that’s all they talk about. I’m not sure AA is for me. What are some other choices? Answer: Go to the meetings anyway. If the meeting you attend is God-centric, [...]
Continue Reading...by Rabbi Kalman Packouz The Almighty commands us to use our free will: “See, I have put before you, life and good, death and evil … choose life so that you may live…” (Deuteronomy 30:19). Why choose life so that you may live rather than choose good? To choose life is to choose to live [...]
Continue Reading...This vintage tale expresses much about my life as an active alcoholic. God was there many times with a message to trust him and let go, but either I wasn’t listening or I wanted a second opinion. The story goes that Brian was leaning against a fence enjoying a magnificent view of the Grand Canyon, [...]
Continue Reading...Many people feel strange when going to their first A.A. meeting. Some people think they are too young to be in alcoholics anonymous. Others feel embarrassed or haven’t been drinking for very long. There are even members of Alcoholics Anonymous who never really drank “hard” liquor. At Alcoholics Anonymous, you soon learn that it really [...]
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