12 Step Recovery

Tomorrow is a mystery.

Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why it is called the present. Eleanor Roosevelt

If you find a

If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere. Frank A. Clark

I am sick and

I am sick and tired of being sick and tired. Fannie Lou Hamer

What people think of

What people think of you is none of your business. Deepak Chopra

Religion is for people

Religion is for people who fear hell, spirituality is for people who have been there. David Bowie

Faith is not belief

Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation. D. Elton Trueblood

I’m always looking for context in which people tell stories. In Fight Club it’s these support groups for dying people, and then in Choke it’s 12-step recovery groups. In one novel it’s artists’ colonies, in another novel it’s a diary form that submariners’ wives typically keep so that when their husband comes back from serving … Read more

If you find a

If you find a path with no obstacles, it likely leads nowhere. Catherine DeVrye

Non-mainstream people seem to

Non-mainstream people seem to balk at the idea of 12-step. A lot of us think 12-step recovery means sitting in a church basement full of Republicans and Christians who drink to much. Bucky Sinister

We admitted we were

We admitted we were powerless over alcohol-that our lives had become unmanageable. We came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves would restore us to sanity. Bill W.