Hey WA Family!! Well, it has been a long journey for me since joining WA. I am back now from taking care of my father...he was sick for the past 1 year and I was struggling with taking care of him and my 10-year old son, Aiden, as well as myself. This picture is of my father, sisters, my son Aiden & myself.After a long season of declining and eventually going into Hospice, my father passed on June 5th, 2022 at the age of 91-years old. My father's name is Willie Bloom Jr.I am still recoverin

The disease of addiction has a ferocious appetite. It survives on what we feed it. It draws much of its strength from our shortcomings and fears, but it’s the secrets we hold on to that nourish it the most. And the more secrets we keep, the more it has to feed on, and the stronger it gets. Our secrets provide so many other goodies for this disease to gorge itself on: dishonesty, shame, lack of trust, guilt, and isolation. Whatever we cannot talk about gives this disease more fuel. That is

Today I want to post several quotes and inspirations, none of which are mine. But they are inspirations that have touched me at some point in my journey of sobriety, so I want to post them hoping they will do the same for someone else~Timo~Good Evening 🙏☕️🌞 “be renewed in the spirit of your minds” - Ephesians 4:23“I must learn to open my mind as well as my eyes.” - Lincoln, Rhode Island, July 1992“I continue to attend AA meetings becau

We say: that those who are passionate about recovery have “that fire burning and that their passion is not just for their own recovery; they also care deeply about all who suffer from this debilitating and often fatal disease. This ability to feel inspired by a process that has saved so many lives can be a very positive development for us. Those who do feel that flame burning inside need to remember this fact: fires burn only as long as there is a constant source of fuel. Once the fuel ru

In moments of quiet desperation, we’ve all tried to make our deals with God. We often start with: “O God, if you get me out of this mess, I promise I’ll quit...?” It’s understandable that we would pray to stop suffering. But what comes next? Are we ready to change our lives, or are we planning to continue doing the exact same things that created the mess that seems, sometimes, too impossible to get out of? Prayer is not our chance to hustle God into doing what we w