June 29, 2025

“As devastatingly difficult as they have been, the last two years have been a giant Seventh Tradition workshop. Never in my married life or in any time before it had I truly understood what being self-supporting meant. I had relied on others to take care of me, not just financially, but emotionally and spiritually, too, and I let my life go to hell if they didn’t.”

“Self-Support,” Los Angeles, California, July 2007, No Matter What: Dealing with Adversity in Sobriety