before the fact.

My biggest fear?  That everything will go the way I want, that I’ll get everything I desire, that I’ll be Continue reading →

showing, not telling.

That’s the living amends in a nutshell, right?  Show, don’t tell.  Everyone has grown extremely tired of the telling; now Continue reading →

idle hands.

Keeping myself busy early on in the program was one of the best ways I knew to keep sober.  I Continue reading →

it doesn’t need to be this big thing.

This step has always felt like I needed to get dressed up all fancy-like; that this was an official request, Continue reading →

PGTM

It works if you believe it works.  I came to believe fairly quickly.  Then I came to understand that I Continue reading →

in my head.

Note: this is how my brain thinks when it’s left unattended. Horrible to be around: that’s me in a nutshell.  Continue reading →

is pepsi okay?

Chemicals. That’s why bowls of lollipops and candy bars litter my meetings. Add to that gallons of coffee, and I Continue reading →

drowning in humility.

I don’t like being humble.  Because even when I try to be humble, I tend to wrap it up in Continue reading →