Yesterday, today and tomorrow are very big days for me here. Yesterday evening I graduated from the Progress Valley program, a halfway house here in Minneapolis. I have been in the house for 85 days–some of the best days of my life.
I arrived at Progress Valley angry, deeply resentful and pessimistic and now I leave [...]
Archive for February, 2008
Life on Life’s Terms
Posted in NA, tagged 12 Steps of AA, AA 12 Steps, Accept the Things I Cannot Change, Affirming, Denial, Guilt and shame, Halfway House, Life on Life's Terms, Progress Valley, Self Acceptance, Serenity Prayer, Unmanageability on February 27, 2008 | 3 Comments »
90 Days
Posted in NA, tagged 2218, 90 days, AA, gay, generosity, homophobia, homosexuals, intolerance, lesbian, medallion, NA, Sobriety on February 19, 2008 | 7 Comments »
As of this past Tuesday February 12th, I have 90 days of sobriety. The time has passed very quickly and these months have been the best of my life.
On Wednesday evening I went with a peer of mine from Progress Valley over to “2218″, an AA club located in South Minneapolis. Wayne and I took [...]
Divine Mystery
Posted in AA, Addiction, NA, Spiritual, drug addiction, tagged AA, Acceptance, Addiction, Beauty, Divine Mystery, God's presence, Higher Power, NA on February 16, 2008 | 9 Comments »
My sponsor has asked me to describe what my Higher Power looks like. I understand that this is for me–in order to develop a sense and understanding for my Higher Power.
As I have grown older and not necessarily wiser, I have come to see God, my Higher Power, in many things. I sense God in [...]
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