Writings

We have grown to appreciate wall art.  Painted pieces, mosaics, and embroidered creations interest us, as does the symbolism behind...

Redeemed   “to extricate from or help to overcome something detrimental.: to release from blame or debt : clear: to be free from the...

The game of chess has been played since the 6th century. Originally called chaturanga, the pieces represented the four divisions of the...

The commercials promised glamor, confidence, and good times.  The actors sold attraction, appeal, and style.  We saw friends drink with...

Every drinking story started with a first sip.  For a small number, that is where it ended as their body revolted, and the decision was...

We are not meant to do life alone. We went it on our own for a long stretch, and the result was a near-death experience. We fought for...

“We tried to carry this message to other alcoholics…” The 12th and final step of 12-step recovery is jam-packed with recognition and...

“disentangle”:  free (something or someone) from an entanglement ; extricate. (Oxford) Every story is different while being the same....

According to the Harvard Business Review, humans make tens of thousands of decisions daily. Big and small choices are contemplated...

Mood rings fascinated us in the early 1970s.  The fad surrounded us as a generation sought to reflect their inward feelings outwardly....

Most of us know that all living things, including every cell and tissue in the human body, need oxygen to survive. Oxygen helps organisms...

“The grass always appears greener on the other side of the fence.” The phrase above dates back to a first-century BC Greek poet named...

In the end, we are alone.  It is how we start and how we end.  We spent most of our lives building a fortress of protection for our lies...

Before Artificial Intelligence, people wrote original content, and some, including us, still do. This brings us to our title for today,...

“Make a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.” -- The 4th step of AA Fear shoots through us when we hear of an Internal...

Well documented in the records of humanity, repression and enslavement of individuals and classes happened and still happen today, and...

We celebrate sobriety anniversaries for two reasons: 1) we acknowledge the miracle in our own lives, and 2) we publicly declare to the...

Sobriety is, among other things, the gift of self-awareness. However, there were times when we looked to return it.  Uncovering who we...

Many say that Joseph Nicéphore Niépce invented the modern-day camera in 1816 and, after tinkering for a decade, used his prototype to...

“Nobody ever fakes depression – they fake that they are ok.” Social media meme, author unknown We are not lost in the importance of...