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Nothing or Everything
Without sobriety, we have nothing. We believe the statement above with all that is in us. Our hearts and minds align with this unshakable...
Mike and Glenn
May 8, 20243 min read


Tossed at Sea
Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale a tale of a fateful trip, that started from this tropic port, aboard this tiny ship. We...
Mike and Glenn
May 5, 20243 min read


Lessons from Lizards
SPOILER ALERT: Most people think chameleons change their color as a form of camouflage—this is not true. It is actually temperature,...
Mike and Glenn
May 1, 20243 min read


Full Measures
The National Safety Council reported 4.53 million work-related injuries in 2022, while the Bureau of Labor Statistics recorded 5,486...
Mike and Glenn
Apr 28, 20243 min read


Dance
Watching a well-thought-out and well-executed dance performance is a thing of beauty. The rhythm and grace, the creative and expressive,...
Mike and Glenn
Apr 24, 20245 min read


Plan in hand
News of a relapse in our tight-knit community is always hard to swallow. Too often, it is a tragic story of a battle lost that sometimes...
Mike and Glenn
Apr 21, 20243 min read


Functioning
Everybody's story is different. Unique from the next, no two life stories are exactly the same. Where facts are similar, perceptions...
Mike and Glenn
Apr 17, 20243 min read


A Mere Suggestion
“Our book is meant to be suggestive only.” From the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, Page 164 We don't like being told what to do,...
Mike and Glenn
Apr 14, 20243 min read


Tending to Curiosity
cu·ri·os·i·ty/ˌkyo͝orēˈäsədē/ noun: a strong desire to know or learn something.(oxford) It is incredible and inspirational when we stop...
Mike and Glenn
Apr 10, 20243 min read


Here We Lie
Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path. Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not...
Mike and Glenn
Apr 7, 20244 min read


Baby Steps
"We have an ‘instinct to walk’ from the moment we are born: if about 70-80% of our weight is supported, we can instinctively ‘walk’ as...
Mike and Glenn
Apr 3, 20243 min read


War-Ready
Warriors in the early centuries fashioned suits of armor made from bronze, iron, or steel plates. This full-suit Gothic-style plate...
Mike and Glenn
Mar 31, 20243 min read


We got a guy.
Our turning point came when we figured out that we didn’t have it figured out. Some say humans utilize only ten percent of their brain...
Mike and Glenn
Mar 27, 20243 min read


The Guiding Light
“Lighthouses are not just stone, brick, metal, and glass. There's a human story at every lighthouse; that's the story I want to tell.”...
Mike and Glenn
Mar 24, 20244 min read


Basic Needs
Fire is a funny thing; controlled, it will efficiently warm a house on a cold winter night. Uncontrolled, that same fire will burn the...
Mike and Glenn
Mar 20, 20243 min read


Are we alcoholics?
We knew we were Alcoholics. Not early on, but as time went on, we started identifying as ones with Alcohol Abuse Disorder (AUD), a fancy...
Mike and Glenn
Mar 17, 20245 min read


“Not today, Satan.”
Do we believe there is a power greater than ourselves? That is an easy yes for us. Much and many are more powerful than us. Some men...
Mike and Glenn
Mar 13, 20244 min read


Sober Enthusiast
Oxford defines an enthusiast as a person interested in a particular activity or subject. The topic of sobriety intrigues us. To say we...
Mike and Glenn
Mar 10, 20243 min read


Sobriety is real because we are real.
We send thousands of messages to our brains daily. Most of the time, they are accurately processed. Sometimes, things get...
Mike and Glenn
Mar 6, 20243 min read


On mission
Apple Inc.'s current mission statement frames its purpose as “bringing the best user experience to customers through innovative hardware,...
Mike and Glenn
Mar 3, 20243 min read
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