Page 60 of the Big Book suggests we "be convinced that any life run on self will can hardly be a success." Self will is "what I want". So I have paraphrased the statement thus, "...be convinced that any life run...
An alcoholic with 30+ years of recovery gently and laughingly informed me, that "why questions" don't help. This is because all why questions are management questions and, in recovery, I am no longer "in...
Since I'm a sexaholic, lust fantasies have been a huge part of my past lusting behavior. Surrendering those to God is what works for me.
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I'd like to share how God has been helping me. I surrender to Him every day and surrendered again before writing this - may He express Himself through me.
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The crazy thing about unconditional surrender is that I don't get to specify the terms. When I finally admitted at age 51 that I was 100% hopeless (Alcoholics Anonymous page 43) I began to surrender. There was...
None of the women in the town where I am vacationing appear to have read the memo announcing the arrival of my sexaholic self and requesting them to dress appropriately!
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I once believed that I must fight my lust weakness. This was an "old idea" which I needed to dismiss before I could find any freedom from lust. First, lust is not merely my "weakness"; I am "powerless" over lust (...
