The Recovered Alcoholic Writer Blog

Life is Short

Yes, life is short. The average lifespan of an American is 78 years for a man and 81 years for a woman. It is just a blip on screen of...

kreeger0803

May 2, 20222 min read

Common Wisdom

kreeger0803

Feb 9, 20220 min read

Life’s Candy

kreeger0803

Jan 26, 20220 min read

LIFE’s DEBIT CARD

We all manage money. Some do it well some do it poorly. Most people work and get paid on payday. Some are retired and get a check at the...

kreeger0803

Aug 25, 20213 min read

Graveyard of Procrastination

When I look at a graveyard, I imagine there is a section for the procrastinators. If the tombstones were honest they might say, "I was...

kreeger0803

Aug 12, 20213 min read

Locked Up, Covered Up, or Sobered Up

One of the many phrases you hear frequently in the rooms of recovery meetings is Locked Up, Covered up, or Sobered up. It is generally...

kreeger0803

Jun 7, 20213 min read

Information Saturation! Bad for your Sobriety and Serenity

Keep it Simple is the watch word in AA! That can be difficult when we are bombarded everyday with information. Information overload comes...

kreeger0803

Apr 30, 20212 min read

THE BUCKET LIST

When I was in the madness (active alcoholism), I watched the movie the "Bucket List" starring Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson. Of...

kreeger0803

Apr 28, 20211 min read

Stay the Course

The brutal truth of living a life of recovery through the 12 steps and a strong fellowship is despite seeing so many amazing success...

kreeger0803

Apr 19, 20211 min read

You might be an alcoholic

kreeger0803

Apr 9, 20210 min read

The Four Buckets

kreeger0803

Apr 7, 20210 min read

Freedom through Humility

What if I proposed this concept? "If you are humble, you can never be humiliated" It took me a good while to come to that realization...

kreeger0803

Apr 2, 20212 min read

SERENITY

kreeger0803

Mar 31, 20210 min read

Pursuit of Happiness

I believe the pursuit of happiness is a fools folly. If you "pursue" happiness, you must seek it from sources outside yourself, seeking...

kreeger0803

Mar 24, 20211 min read

The Truth about Charlie

The two men walked into the room filled with several new people who just arrived yesterday to the clinic. All looked bewildered and...

kreeger0803

Jan 2, 202012 min read

Do we really know ourselves?

Here is a silly question. Are you who you think you are? Do you even know yourself? Most people would say, of course I know who I am, but...

kreeger0803

Sep 25, 20193 min read

A Contrapuntal Life...Living in a constant state of counterpoint

We all take stock of our life at times. Where we are, where we were, and how did we arrive at this point. We wonder if we did it right,...

kreeger0803

Sep 2, 20194 min read

TORTURED FREEDOM A Poem

Tortured Freedom Torturously damned by this splendid freedom, Reborn to a new reality of peace and serenity. Chains broken, cast aside,...

kreeger0803

Jul 25, 20191 min read

Nasty Bikers (A short story)

The middle aged woman with her finely tailored suit and her Prada bag looked up in disgust as the roar of the bikes pierced her ears. She...

kreeger0803

May 31, 20193 min read

Rule 62 - Just For Fun -Adapted from my First Book

kreeger0803

Apr 16, 20190 min read