I attended zillions of meetings, adopted the language and worked the 12 Steps, did service work (make coffee, set up/clean up), participated in the “meeting before the meetings” and hung out afterwards. Never developed that wonderful “Fellowship” that is discussed so glowingly in the ...
To make things more murky, StrongerTogether leadership claims ST was formed AFTER the feasibility study was published. This claim was made again at a cottage meeting recently. But this is a provable lie. Why? Well, they probably didn’t expect a GRAMA request to be filed allowing others to ...
If you miss a meeting, they put you in jail for 48 hours. Which happened to me—I had to go to jail a couple of times. This is the greatest thing that has ever happened to me. Isbell: After you start the first steps, and you start working your way towards being a more ...
There is no charge to attend a 12-step meeting, and participation is confidential. For those seeking more secular programs, alternatives like Smart Recovery are available. Many community mental health centers offer additional groups and classes for individuals seeking a support system after rehab. ...
Shortly after this beer drops, we will see folks on Untappd, Twitter, and various Facebook groups say: “This beer was better last year” and “I wish they would make it like they used to make it.” Somehow these folks think they are the arbiter of both what it “used to be” and...
I don’t believe that it’s by chance that I was led to these people, and them to me. I realized that by trusting, by being open, and by focusing on meeting the kind of people who I want to be meeting, I put myself in situations where it’s more likely to happen, and the ch...
And in the last year I've finally started to get into a dating groove that feels comfortable. I've been meeting better men these days, partially because I'm more receptive to guys I might have dismissed in the past, and partially because I don't feel the fevered rush to pin someone ...