“We are building an arch through which we shall walk a free person at last.”
Freedom. Free from what? Free from drinking? Yeah, of course. Go to meetings, apply some of these AA techniques, and the drink problem generally shrinks. That alone is a miracle.
But what about this freedom business? What exactly are we being freed from? Freedom from the bondage of self.
And what was that bondage anyway? Self-centered resentment. Replaying old hurts like a greatest hits album nobody asked for. Anger. Fear. Trying to control people, outcomes, and future conversations that haven’t even happened yet. Building expectations, then getting furious when life doesn’t follow our script. Exhausting stuff.
Doing this work starts cutting those chains. That’s the real promise here. Not just putting the bottle down, but getting free from the thinking that kept dragging us back to it in the first place.
Sure, relief from drinking was a wonderful thing. But if we’re honest, most of us came here wanting something bigger than just not drinking. We wanted peace. We wanted relief. We wanted freedom. Step by step, we build the arch, and when the time comes, we simply walk through it.
What baggage are you still carrying that doesn’t fit through the arch?
“We are building an arch through which we shall walk a free person at last.”
Freedom. Free from what? Free from drinking? Yeah, of course. Go to meetings, apply some of these AA techniques, and the drink problem generally shrinks. That alone is a miracle.
But what about this freedom business? What exactly are we being freed from? Freedom from the bondage of self.
And what was that bondage anyway? Self-centered resentment. Replaying old hurts like a greatest hits album nobody asked for. Anger. Fear. Trying to control people, outcomes, and future conversations that haven’t even happened yet. Building expectations, then getting furious when life doesn’t follow our script. Exhausting stuff.
Doing this work starts cutting those chains. That’s the real promise here. Not just putting the bottle down, but getting free from the thinking that kept dragging us back to it in the first place.
Sure, relief from drinking was a wonderful thing. But if we’re honest, most of us came here wanting something bigger than just not drinking. We wanted peace. We wanted relief. We wanted freedom. Step by step, we build the arch, and when the time comes, we simply walk through it.
What baggage are you still carrying that doesn’t fit through the arch?
“We are building an arch through which we shall walk a free person at last.”
Freedom. Free from what? Free from drinking? Yeah, of course. Go to meetings, apply some of these AA techniques, and the drink problem generally shrinks. That alone is a miracle.
But what about this freedom business? What exactly are we being freed from? Freedom from the bondage of self.
And what was that bondage anyway? Self-centered resentment. Replaying old hurts like a greatest hits album nobody asked for. Anger. Fear. Trying to control people, outcomes, and future conversations that haven’t even happened yet. Building expectations, then getting furious when life doesn’t follow our script. Exhausting stuff.
Doing this work starts cutting those chains. That’s the real promise here. Not just putting the bottle down, but getting free from the thinking that kept dragging us back to it in the first place.
Sure, relief from drinking was a wonderful thing. But if we’re honest, most of us came here wanting something bigger than just not drinking. We wanted peace. We wanted relief. We wanted freedom. Step by step, we build the arch, and when the time comes, we simply walk through it.
What baggage are you still carrying that doesn’t fit through the arch?
“We are building an arch through which we shall walk a free person at last.”
Freedom. Free from what? Free from drinking? Yeah, of course. Go to meetings, apply some of these AA techniques, and the drink problem generally shrinks. That alone is a miracle.
But what about this freedom business? What exactly are we being freed from? Freedom from the bondage of self.
And what was that bondage anyway? Self-centered resentment. Replaying old hurts like a greatest hits album nobody asked for. Anger. Fear. Trying to control people, outcomes, and future conversations that haven’t even happened yet. Building expectations, then getting furious when life doesn’t follow our script. Exhausting stuff.
Doing this work starts cutting those chains. That’s the real promise here. Not just putting the bottle down, but getting free from the thinking that kept dragging us back to it in the first place.
Sure, relief from drinking was a wonderful thing. But if we’re honest, most of us came here wanting something bigger than just not drinking. We wanted peace. We wanted relief. We wanted freedom. Step by step, we build the arch, and when the time comes, we simply walk through it.
What baggage are you still carrying that doesn’t fit through the arch?
“We are building an arch through which we shall walk a free person at last.”
Freedom. Free from what? Free from drinking? Yeah, of course. Go to meetings, apply some of these AA techniques, and the drink problem generally shrinks. That alone is a miracle.
But what about this freedom business? What exactly are we being freed from? Freedom from the bondage of self.
And what was that bondage anyway? Self-centered resentment. Replaying old hurts like a greatest hits album nobody asked for. Anger. Fear. Trying to control people, outcomes, and future conversations that haven’t even happened yet. Building expectations, then getting furious when life doesn’t follow our script. Exhausting stuff.
Doing this work starts cutting those chains. That’s the real promise here. Not just putting the bottle down, but getting free from the thinking that kept dragging us back to it in the first place.
Sure, relief from drinking was a wonderful thing. But if we’re honest, most of us came here wanting something bigger than just not drinking. We wanted peace. We wanted relief. We wanted freedom. Step by step, we build the arch, and when the time comes, we simply walk through it.
What baggage are you still carrying that doesn’t fit through the arch?
“We are building an arch through which we shall walk a free person at last.”
Freedom. Free from what? Free from drinking? Yeah, of course. Go to meetings, apply some of these AA techniques, and the drink problem generally shrinks. That alone is a miracle.
But what about this freedom business? What exactly are we being freed from? Freedom from the bondage of self.
And what was that bondage anyway? Self-centered resentment. Replaying old hurts like a greatest hits album nobody asked for. Anger. Fear. Trying to control people, outcomes, and future conversations that haven’t even happened yet. Building expectations, then getting furious when life doesn’t follow our script. Exhausting stuff.
Doing this work starts cutting those chains. That’s the real promise here. Not just putting the bottle down, but getting free from the thinking that kept dragging us back to it in the first place.
Sure, relief from drinking was a wonderful thing. But if we’re honest, most of us came here wanting something bigger than just not drinking. We wanted peace. We wanted relief. We wanted freedom. Step by step, we build the arch, and when the time comes, we simply walk through it.
What baggage are you still carrying that doesn’t fit through the arch?
“We are building an arch through which we shall walk a free person at last.”
Freedom. Free from what? Free from drinking? Yeah, of course. Go to meetings, apply some of these AA techniques, and the drink problem generally shrinks. That alone is a miracle.
But what about this freedom business? What exactly are we being freed from? Freedom from the bondage of self.
And what was that bondage anyway? Self-centered resentment. Replaying old hurts like a greatest hits album nobody asked for. Anger. Fear. Trying to control people, outcomes, and future conversations that haven’t even happened yet. Building expectations, then getting furious when life doesn’t follow our script. Exhausting stuff.
Doing this work starts cutting those chains. That’s the real promise here. Not just putting the bottle down, but getting free from the thinking that kept dragging us back to it in the first place.
Sure, relief from drinking was a wonderful thing. But if we’re honest, most of us came here wanting something bigger than just not drinking. We wanted peace. We wanted relief. We wanted freedom. Step by step, we build the arch, and when the time comes, we simply walk through it.
What baggage are you still carrying that doesn’t fit through the arch?
“We are building an arch through which we shall walk a free person at last.”
Freedom. Free from what? Free from drinking? Yeah, of course. Go to meetings, apply some of these AA techniques, and the drink problem generally shrinks. That alone is a miracle.
But what about this freedom business? What exactly are we being freed from? Freedom from the bondage of self.
And what was that bondage anyway? Self-centered resentment. Replaying old hurts like a greatest hits album nobody asked for. Anger. Fear. Trying to control people, outcomes, and future conversations that haven’t even happened yet. Building expectations, then getting furious when life doesn’t follow our script. Exhausting stuff.
Doing this work starts cutting those chains. That’s the real promise here. Not just putting the bottle down, but getting free from the thinking that kept dragging us back to it in the first place.
Sure, relief from drinking was a wonderful thing. But if we’re honest, most of us came here wanting something bigger than just not drinking. We wanted peace. We wanted relief. We wanted freedom. Step by step, we build the arch, and when the time comes, we simply walk through it.
What baggage are you still carrying that doesn’t fit through the arch?
“We are building an arch through which we shall walk a free person at last.”
Freedom. Free from what? Free from drinking? Yeah, of course. Go to meetings, apply some of these AA techniques, and the drink problem generally shrinks. That alone is a miracle.
But what about this freedom business? What exactly are we being freed from? Freedom from the bondage of self.
And what was that bondage anyway? Self-centered resentment. Replaying old hurts like a greatest hits album nobody asked for. Anger. Fear. Trying to control people, outcomes, and future conversations that haven’t even happened yet. Building expectations, then getting furious when life doesn’t follow our script. Exhausting stuff.
Doing this work starts cutting those chains. That’s the real promise here. Not just putting the bottle down, but getting free from the thinking that kept dragging us back to it in the first place.
Sure, relief from drinking was a wonderful thing. But if we’re honest, most of us came here wanting something bigger than just not drinking. We wanted peace. We wanted relief. We wanted freedom. Step by step, we build the arch, and when the time comes, we simply walk through it.
What baggage are you still carrying that doesn’t fit through the arch?
“We are building an arch through which we shall walk a free person at last.”
Freedom. Free from what? Free from drinking? Yeah, of course. Go to meetings, apply some of these AA techniques, and the drink problem generally shrinks. That alone is a miracle.
But what about this freedom business? What exactly are we being freed from? Freedom from the bondage of self.
And what was that bondage anyway? Self-centered resentment. Replaying old hurts like a greatest hits album nobody asked for. Anger. Fear. Trying to control people, outcomes, and future conversations that haven’t even happened yet. Building expectations, then getting furious when life doesn’t follow our script. Exhausting stuff.
Doing this work starts cutting those chains. That’s the real promise here. Not just putting the bottle down, but getting free from the thinking that kept dragging us back to it in the first place.
Sure, relief from drinking was a wonderful thing. But if we’re honest, most of us came here wanting something bigger than just not drinking. We wanted peace. We wanted relief. We wanted freedom. Step by step, we build the arch, and when the time comes, we simply walk through it.
What baggage are you still carrying that doesn’t fit through the arch?
