Early life experiences with religion I grew up in the severe atmosphere of a Catholic household. This was the 1950s, when the Church had yet to make an attempt to make Catholicism more attractive to its faithful. These more positive changes only came about as a result of the Second Vatican Council held in the […]
The ties that bind us together I can’t, of course, speak for anyone else in AA. I only have my own experience of alcoholism and the recovery journey. After many years of struggling with many of the ideas presented in AA, I am now entirely convinced of one thing. Alcoholism is an illness. I have […]
Loneliness and aloneness: What’s the difference? As a newcomer, I kept hearing about the differences between loneliness and aloneness. In AA, drunk or sober, a pervasive and consuming loneliness is considered one of the many negative symptoms of untreated alcoholism. “Almost without exception, alcoholics are tortured by loneliness.” (12 &12 p. 57) On the other […]
