I visualize addiction like a spider web. Sticky and alluring. For me, drugs and alcohol sit squarely in the center. Picture a spider web...

Step 11: “Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God.” Let's start with the hard part. "Sought...

I met Alan at one of my first A.A. meetings in New York City. Alan is an actor but was surviving by waiting tables and driving a NYC cab....

Desperation brought me into A.A., but it was mixed with a healthy dose of cynicism. I was looking for flaws, for ways to NOT become a...

"Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack in everything That's how the light gets in" - Leonard...

A stumbling block, or more accurately a gigantic Mount Everest-sized obstacle for many people entering the program of Alcoholics...