Tag: Alcoholics Anonymous

Accepting Reality Is Not Giving Up

“It is what it is” was a favorite expression of a woman I once knew. If it was pouring rain the day she’d planned on weeding her flower beds, that phrase would be the first on her lips. If a friend canceled dinner plans because of an unexpected obligation, “It is what it is” popped…


Stepping Stones to Sobriety: The Legacy of Bill W. and Dr. Bob

Bill Wilson. Bob Smith. Some readers may recognize those names, but I suspect they are unfamiliar to many others. They are common names, unremarkable as a pair of old shoes. And yet those two men, though unknown to so many people, launched a program that has saved millions of lives over the last 85 years….