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Listen to learn, Not to reply

"Most people do not listen with the intent to understand. Most people listen with...


You've got to be really "with it" to know that you are not "with it."

This morning my brain was playing a tennis match between whether I was justified...


The truth will set you free but first it will anger you.

Nobody wants to hear that they should change. Nobody wants to take an honest self-examination....


"Ain't nobody messin' with you but you." - Robert Hunter

We may think they are the problem, but really we are the problem.  Our rigidity, ...


It doesn't matter who is right, it matters who is - left

"In recovery, it doesn't matter who is right, it matters who is – left." Sometimes...


Just because Daddy and Mommy said so doesn't make it right.

So many alcoholics and addicts come from severely dysfunctional families. Yet, we...


"It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory. "~ W. Edwards Deming

The stages of change have been described as  precontemplation, contemplation, readiness,...


We came, we came to and we came to believe

As we engage in treatment and come to meetings, we see if we can relate to the experiences,...


If you do what you did, you'll get what you got

The person I was will drink again. Therefore, I must change. The first time I heard...


You can't save your ass and your face

Sometimes you have to let all those ego defenses down. You have to stop being afraid...