Writings

When we were young, and Hallmark was beyond our budget, we would craft art in a card and proudly present the imperfect product to our...

A 4.75-pound tub of Pillsbury Cookie Dough makes up to 76 cookies, according to multiple web sources. Our own delicious research proved...

We are not scientists. Heck, we are not even good sobers some days. Recently, however, we became sober scientists, as the topic of our...

We hold the key to freedom, though sometimes we don't realize we are the key keeper. 12-step recovery, the program that has changed our...

“Being sorry doesn’t help” – Winnefred Tack. When we were but months into our current recovery journey, we were perplexed by the actions...

If one sets aside an initial $100 and then contributes $100 monthly to the fund, accruing a 4% compounded interest rate, the account's...

According to AAagnostica.org, “The word “God,” or another version of “Him,” is found 281 times in the first 164 pages of the book...

The evocative story of the boiling frog took root in 1872 when German physiologist Friedrich Goltz performed a series of experiments with...

Alcohol addiction is a complex disorder, as is depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder. There is much that science has...

des·per·a·tion /ˌdespəˈrāSH(ə)n/ noun “a state of despair, typically one which results in rash or extreme behavior.” Something...

“We shouldn't be shy on this matter of prayer” -- page 85 of the big book of Alcoholics Anonymous. Prayer is mentioned over 40 times in...

Our drug and alcohol abuse was a progressive trip, where the unimaginable became imagined, self-destruction escalated, ultimately...

sub·mis·sion (noun) : The action or fact of accepting or yielding to a superior force or the will or authority of another person....

Many try to make sobriety an intellectual expedition, which is where it absolutely needs to start. But real transformation takes a change...

The Tale of the Drowning Man: A fellow was stuck on his rooftop in a flood. He was praying to God for help. Soon a man in a rowboat came...

Kintsugi is the Japanese art of putting broken pottery pieces back together, increasing their beauty and value by sealing imperfections...

In the fall of 1982, the band U2 found themselves under the gun to create a song on the spot to complete the recording of “War,” their...

On a recent episode of sober.coffee, the podcast, we reminisced about going to a concert and being so focused on capturing the moment on...

“Baby steps are the royal road to skill.” – Daniel Coyle When we first came into the program of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), we were...

Sometimes it takes a couple of times to hear the same thing for such to sink in. We are on the slow bus. In our minds, we are “unique”...