While I may often feel it during my morning Eleventh Step work, how do I stay aware of God’s presence within me all through the day? Similarly, how do I stay in […]

I did my usual Step Eleven work this morning over approximately 60 minutes. Before trying to connect with God in the mornings I write down my food plan for the day, my […]

As part of my morning disciplines (plan, read, write, pray, meditate, affirmations) I do a gratitude list. This daily work is critical to having a useful and productive day and staying in […]

I spoke recently at an OA meeting on the subject of emotional and spiritual sobriety. Much of today’s posting follows what I said there in 30 minutes. Feelings of fear, negativity, inferiority, […]

I have been doing a 45-minute Eleventh Step every morning for many years. In the pocket of the journal in which I’m writing is a multiple page worksheet with prayers and affirmations […]

In two days, it will be 41 years since I found my way into my first OA meeting in Durham, North Carolina – 10 women and me. January 26, 1982. I had […]

Last week in anticipation of Gratitude Day (aka Thanksgiving), I posted an article entitled Gratitude and Acceptance. I talked at length about gratitude, but never got to acceptance. It’s easy for me […]

In the U.S. next Thursday, November 24, is a national holiday called Thanksgiving. The beginning of what would ultimately become a National Day of Thanksgiving in the United States began in 1621 when […]