We are convinced that a spiritual mode of living is most powerful restorative. We, who have recovered from serious drinking, are miracles of mental health. But we have seen remarkable transformations in our bodies. Hardly one of our crowd now shows any mark of dissipation. (BB pg 133) #SoberSky

Happy Monday, it's a great day to be sober 😊 You grow up the day you have your first real laugh at yourself. --- Ethel Barrymore #RecoveryPosse #Sobriety #SoberSky

Happy Sunday, it's a great day to be sober 😊 . . . our Society has concluded that it has but one high mission - to carry the A.A. message to those who don't know there's a way out. 12&12, p. 151 #RecoveryPosse #Sobriety #SoberSky

We do not enter into public controversy, because we know that our Society will perish if it does. We conceive the survival and spread of Alcoholics Anonymous to be something of far greater importance than the weight we could collectively throw back of any other cause." 12&12, p 177 #SoberSky

"Life will take on new meaning. To watch people recover, to see them help others, to watch loneliness vanish, to see a fellowship grow up about you, to have a host of friends, this is an experience you must not miss." AA, p. 89 #RecoveryPosse #Sobriety #SoberSky

Happy Saturday, it's a great day to be sober 😊 Attitudes are contagious. Is yours worth catching? #RecoveryPosse #Sobriety #SoberSky

Happy Friday, it's a great day to be sober 😊 "Within our wonderful new world, we have found freedom from our fatal obsession." AA Comes of Age, p. 139 #RecoveryPosse #Sobriety #SoberSky

"Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn whatever state I am in, therein to be content" --Helen Keller #RecoveryPosse #Sobriety #SoberSky

Happy Thursday, it's a great day to be sober 😊 Patience with others is Love, Patience with self is Hope, Patience with God is Faith. #RecoveryPosse #Sobriety #SoberSky

My new Vola OZ. Made in Japan, excellent quality. #guitar #Volaguitar

"On awakening let us think about the twenty-four hours ahead. We consider our plans for the day. Before we begin, we ask God to direct our thinking, especially asking that it be divorced from self-pity, dishonest or self-seeking motives." AA p 86 #RecoveryPosse #Sobriety #SoberSky

Bluejays love peanuts in the shell. I timed how long it would take them to get on the peanuts. The first one arrived in 15 minutes. It gave 3 short chirps. Soon there were almost 10 bluejays on the peanuts. They fly off with one in their beak to an undisclosed location.

"To get over drinking will require a transformation of thought and attitude. We all had to place recovery above everything, for without recovery we would have lost both home and business." Alcoholics Anonymous, To Employers, p. 143 #RecoveryPosse #Sobriety #SoberSky

Happy Tuesday, it's a great day to be sober 😊 Every recovery from alcoholism began with one sober hour. #RecoveryPosse #Sobriety #SoberSky

Happy Monday, it's a great day to be sober 😊 A lot happens in one day, both negative and positive. If we do not take time to appreciate both, perhaps we will miss something that will help us grow. #RecoveryPosse #Sobriety #SoberSky

Happy Sunday, it's a great day to be sober 😊 I have learned what a heart full of gratitude feels like. #RecoveryPosse #Sobriety #SoberSky

Our little garden. Tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers.

"If we are planning to stop drinking, there must be no reservation of any kind, nor any lurking notion that someday we will be immune to alcohol." Alcoholics Anonymous, More About Alcoholism, p. 33 #RecoveryPosse #Sobriety #SoberSky

Happy Saturday, it's a great day to be sober 😊 "My serenity is directly proportional to my level of acceptance." ABC= Acceptance, Belief, Change #RecoveryPosse #Sobriety #SoberSky

Kansas State Capitol in Topeka. #Kansas

"It is easy to let up on the spiritual program of action and rest on our laurels. We are headed for trouble if we do, for alcohol is a subtle foe. We are not cured of alcoholism. What we really have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition."

Happy Friday, it's a great day to be sober 😊 The road to recovery is always under construction. #RecoveryPosse #Sobriety #SoberSky

"More than most people, the alcoholic leads a double life. He is very much the actor. To the outer world he presents his stage character. This is the one he likes his fellows to see. He wants to enjoy a certain reputation, but knows in his heart he doesn't deserve it." AA p 73 #SoberSky

While it isn't always easy, if I keep it simple, it works. Have a great Thursday 😂 #RecoveryPosse #SoberSky

Happy Wednesday, it's a great day to be sober 😊 Above all, take it one day at a time. AS BILL SEES IT, p.11 #RecoveryPosse #Sobriety #SoberSky

"The moral inventory is a cool examination of the damages that occurred to us during life and a sincere effort to look at them in a true perspective. This has the effect of taking the ground glass out of us, the emotional substance that still cuts and inhibits." Letter 1957 #SoberSky

Happy Tuesday, it's a great day to be sober 😊 I have learned that my actions are far more important than my thoughts. #RecoveryPosse #SoberSky

The storms are here. 70mph wind. Severe thunderstorm warning. Tornado Warning just to the southwest.

We're watching the severe storm / tornado coverage to the west of us. Slowly tracking to the east. Heading our way.

C A R D S Call your Sponsor Ask for help from your Higher Power Read the Big Book Do the Twelve Steps Stay active in your Home Group #RecoveryPosse #SoberSky

Happy rainy Monday, it's a great day to be sober 😊 If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through. We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 83 #RecoveryPosse #SoberSky

Happy Sunday, it's a great day to be sober 😊 Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength. #RecoveryPosse #SoberSky

"The problem of resolving fear has two aspects. We shall have to try for all the freedom from fear that is possible for us to attain. Then we shall need to find both the courage and the grace to deal constructively with whatever fears remain." GRAPEVINE, JANUARY 1962 #RecoveryPosse #SoberSky

Up early on Saturday morning? Yes, I have an 0730 meeting to attend. What a great way to start a weekend. Plus, the hummingbirds are back. Have a great day. #RecoveryPosse #SoberSky

"Self-pity is one of the most unhappy and consuming defects that we know. It is a bar to all spiritual progress and can cut off all effective communication with our fellows because of its inordinate demands for attention and sympathy. It is a maudlin form of martyrdom, which we can ill afford."

Happy Saturday, it's a great day to be sober 😊 I can't have a better tomorrow if I am thinking about yesterday all the time. #RecoveryPosse #Sobriety #SoberSky

But, there exists among us a fellowship, a friendliness, and an understanding which is indescribably wonderful. (pg 16) #RecoveryPosse #Sobriety #SoberSky

Happy Friday, it's a great day to be sober 😊 Simply asking for help seems to be a help in itself. #RecoveryPosse #Sobriety #SoberSky

"Everybody knows that those in bad health, and those who seldom play, do not laugh much. So let each family play together or separately as much as their circumstances warrant. We are sure God wants us to be happy, joyous, and free." AA, p. 132 #RecoveryPosse #Sobriety #SoberSky

Happy Thursday, it's a great day to be sober 😊 "When the spiritual malady is overcome, we straighten out mentally and physically." Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 64 #RecoveryPosse #Sobriety #SoberSky

We get another beautiful day for baseball ⚾️

If you stop drinking but remain nasty, scared, and resentful—you’re just dry & miserable. What’s the point? Instead, choose recovery! #RecoveryPosse #Sobriety #SoberSky

We can't have full knowledge all at once. We must start by believing; then afterwards we may be led on to master the evidence for ourselves. - Saint Thomas Aquinas

Happy Wednesday, it's a great day to be sober 😊 The road to recovery is always under construction. #RecoveryPosse #Sobriety #SoberSky

Ready for an evening of baseball. The Omaha Storm Chasers vs. the Toledo Mud Hens. #minorleaguebaseball

"Our first objective will be the development of self-restraint. This carries a top-priority rating. When we speak or act hastily or rashly, the ability to be fair-minded and tolerant evaporates on the spot." 12&12 p 91 #RecoveryPosse #Sobriety #SoberSky

Happy Tuesday, it's a great day to be sober 😊 We are prisoners of our own resentments. Forgiveness unlocks the door and sets us free. #RecoveryPosse #Sobriety #SoberSky