Why I Put Expectations on People, and Why It Crushes Me

I’ve been going through a short phase were all of a sudden I am putting expectations on people.  Expectations that of course, fail, and it sends me in a bit of a tailspin.  Why would I set myself up like bowling pins and throws a lead beachball down the lane?  A lead beachball spray painted…

Overheard #4

Heard on a speaker tape: (on the sentence on pg. 30 of the big book: The idea that somehow, someday he will control and enjoy his drinking is the great obsession of every abnormal drinker) “When I controlled my drinking, I wasn’t enjoying it.  When I was enjoying it, I wasn’t controlling it”    

Finally…

I am back on the amends trail. While I don’t have many left (less than 10, methinks), I have been procrastinating.  Not sure why – the midway meltdown I guess.  I have heard that it’s common for many of us to get halfway and start to slow down.  I can identify.  I know I started…