Blog archives for April, 2009

If I sat in a group of women in sobriety and point blank said, “I smoked crack, I sold my body for it, and now I’m living with the consequences,” they’d all probably relate. THAT right there, is the beauty of alcoholics anonymous as well as narcotics anonymous.

I believe the grief process is something that all of us go to not only when we lose people, but when we lose something. For me, I lost my drug and alcohol abuse – my main escape into oblivion.

It’s nice to be free and to grow and make my own decisions, which is definitely not something I was able to do a year ago.

I want to teach music again. When I started high school, I was still in contact with my middle school orchestera director, and I’d have her refer incoming students to me for private lessons. I had about two or three clients I worked with once a week each and it was amazing.

Saturday I went to a play called Wallflower by Deborah Stein. I really liked it. Ultimately, I percieved it to be about a girl, Milena, and her social media-based life. Throughout the play, Milena associates herself with a boy, Damon. I saw a lot of her in me because basically, the boy was BAD NEWS. [...]

Apocalyptica, Finnish metal cello quartet, was formed in the early 90’s and is most commonly known for the Metallica cello covers. Being a fan of any string tribute, symphonic metal, or cello rock, I’d have to say Apocalyptica is definitely up there with my favorite bands.
Current band member cellists, Antero Manninen, Eicca Toppinen, Paavo [...]

I have a lot of old resentments coming up recently, and I’ve been working my hardest to deal with them along with God. I do, however, know that resentments are the number one offender and they lead only to a life a unhappiness and futility (page 64 of the Big Book).