http://blackbeltalanon.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ LIVE FROM THE MORNING AL-ANON MEETING IN NICE, FRANCE en Vox Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:05:10 +0100 Copyright 2007 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://blackbeltalanon.vox.com/library/post/11-28-07----it-has-to-be-believed-to-be-seen.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(GRATEFUL MEMBERS) http://blackbeltalanon.vox.com/library/post/11-28-07----it-has-to-be-believed-to-be-seen.html?_c=feed-rss http://blackbeltalanon.vox.com/library/post/11-28-07----it-has-to-be-believed-to-be-seen.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:05:10 +0100 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://blackbeltalanon.vox.com/library/video/6a00d09e768152be2b00e398c2078e0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00d09e768152be2b00e398c2078e0005-50si" alt="U2 - Walk On " /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Every Wednesday, we read from One Day at a Time in Al Anon. Today's reading was about how some of us have lost hope before coming into the program. And how important it is to believe something is possible. It reminded me of U2's song, "Walk On.... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://blackbeltalanon.vox.com/library/post/11-28-07----it-has-to-be-believed-to-be-seen.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e768152be2b00e398c1eb810001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://blackbeltalanon.vox.com/library/post/13-11-07----what-are-your-values.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(GRATEFUL MEMBERS) http://blackbeltalanon.vox.com/library/post/13-11-07----what-are-your-values.html?_c=feed-rss http://blackbeltalanon.vox.com/library/post/13-11-07----what-are-your-values.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 13 Nov 2007 20:18:49 +0100 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://blackbeltalanon.vox.com/library/video/6a00d09e768152be2b00e398bd3ede0004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00d09e768152be2b00e398bd3ede0004-50si" alt="Michelle Obama: On Values" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Every Tuesday, we read from the Blueprint for Progress. Today we read from the chapter on Values. "Some of us have spent so much time and energy coping with alcoholism that we aren't sure what we believe. We may have pushed our values aside in o... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://blackbeltalanon.vox.com/library/post/13-11-07----what-are-your-values.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e768152be2b00e398bd44af0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://blackbeltalanon.vox.com/library/post/12-11-07----what-the-tin-man-needed.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(GRATEFUL MEMBERS) http://blackbeltalanon.vox.com/library/post/12-11-07----what-the-tin-man-needed.html?_c=feed-rss http://blackbeltalanon.vox.com/library/post/12-11-07----what-the-tin-man-needed.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 12 Nov 2007 21:23:31 +0100 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://blackbeltalanon.vox.com/library/video/6a00d09e768152be2b00e398bcdac60002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00d09e768152be2b00e398bcdac60002-50si" alt="Tin Man Dancing Remix" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I've been neglecting this blog since I'm back in intensive French language school. I'm on the Learn-French-in-20 Years-or-Less Plan. So sorry for the lack of updates. But we're back. Every Monday, we read from Courage to Change. Today's reading... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://blackbeltalanon.vox.com/library/post/12-11-07----what-the-tin-man-needed.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e768152be2b00e398bcdaca0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://blackbeltalanon.vox.com/library/post/1-29-07-----would-you-rather-be-happy---or-right.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(GRATEFUL MEMBERS) http://blackbeltalanon.vox.com/library/post/1-29-07-----would-you-rather-be-happy---or-right.html?_c=feed-rss http://blackbeltalanon.vox.com/library/post/1-29-07-----would-you-rather-be-happy---or-right.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:37:57 +0100 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://blackbeltalanon.vox.com/library/video/6a00d09e768152be2b00e398b7ff7e0004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00d09e768152be2b00e398b7ff7e0004-50si" alt="ROLLING STONES - Happy (1975)" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Every Monday, we read from Courage to Change. Today's reading was a little weird, I thought. And as readers of this blog know, I usually only have issues with the dreaded One Day at a Time, not Courage to Change. Today's reading began like this:... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://blackbeltalanon.vox.com/library/post/1-29-07-----would-you-rather-be-happy---or-right.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e768152be2b00e398b7e55c0001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://blackbeltalanon.vox.com/library/post/10-26-07----think.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(GRATEFUL MEMBERS) http://blackbeltalanon.vox.com/library/post/10-26-07----think.html?_c=feed-rss http://blackbeltalanon.vox.com/library/post/10-26-07----think.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:48:49 +0200 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://blackbeltalanon.vox.com/library/video/6a00d09e768152be2b00e398b6e3110004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00d09e768152be2b00e398b6e3110004-50si" alt="Aretha Franklin - You better think" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Every Friday, we work the step corresponding to the month in Paths to Recovery. Step Ten is: Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it. One member chose this reading today from the chapter on the 10th Ste... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://blackbeltalanon.vox.com/library/post/10-26-07----think.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e768152be2b00e398b6d0360002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://blackbeltalanon.vox.com/library/post/10-25-07----wow----mt-fraser-wasnt-made-by-me.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(GRATEFUL MEMBERS) http://blackbeltalanon.vox.com/library/post/10-25-07----wow----mt-fraser-wasnt-made-by-me.html?_c=feed-rss http://blackbeltalanon.vox.com/library/post/10-25-07----wow----mt-fraser-wasnt-made-by-me.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:44:56 +0200 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://blackbeltalanon.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e768152be2b00e398b675f90001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00d09e768152be2b00e398b675f90001-50si" alt="Near Mt. Fraser, New Zealand" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> On Thursdays, we read from Hope for Today. Today's reading began with one word, "Wow." It was about realizing that something as simple as a beautiful day is not of our doing. We have no control over how stunning the waves look as we gaze out a... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://blackbeltalanon.vox.com/library/post/10-25-07----wow----mt-fraser-wasnt-made-by-me.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e768152be2b00e398b676660001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://blackbeltalanon.vox.com/library/post/site-of-the-week-wwwphoenixcentrecom.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(GRATEFUL MEMBERS) http://blackbeltalanon.vox.com/library/post/site-of-the-week-wwwphoenixcentrecom.html?_c=feed-rss http://blackbeltalanon.vox.com/library/post/site-of-the-week-wwwphoenixcentrecom.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 25 Oct 2007 09:50:01 +0200 This is the site (also includes a blog) where we got the Yogi Berra wit and wisdom for yesterday's post. The Phoenix Centre for Life and Living is based on zen principles. Worth reading and subscribing to. www.phoenixcentre.com <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://blackbeltalanon.vox.com/library/post/site-of-the-week-wwwphoenixcentrecom.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e768152be2b00e398b66fe40002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://blackbeltalanon.vox.com/library/post/todays-off-topic-zen-buddhist-yogi-berras-wisdom.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(GRATEFUL MEMBERS) http://blackbeltalanon.vox.com/library/post/todays-off-topic-zen-buddhist-yogi-berras-wisdom.html?_c=feed-rss http://blackbeltalanon.vox.com/library/post/todays-off-topic-zen-buddhist-yogi-berras-wisdom.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:24:35 +0200 The following quotes are from one of the most Zen guys of the 20th century-Yogi Berra -- courtesy of WAYNE C. ALLEN and the PHOENIX CENTRE BLOG: 10. "It ain’t over till it’s over." You’re not done until a) you give up, or b) you die. Most ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://blackbeltalanon.vox.com/library/post/todays-off-topic-zen-buddhist-yogi-berras-wisdom.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e768152be2b00e398b62eb30004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://blackbeltalanon.vox.com/library/post/10-24-07----the-bitter-with-the-better.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(GRATEFUL MEMBERS) http://blackbeltalanon.vox.com/library/post/10-24-07----the-bitter-with-the-better.html?_c=feed-rss http://blackbeltalanon.vox.com/library/post/10-24-07----the-bitter-with-the-better.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:06:24 +0200 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://blackbeltalanon.vox.com/library/video/6a00d09e768152be2b00e398b619d30002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00d09e768152be2b00e398b619d30002-50si" alt="BITTER OR BETTER" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> On Wednesdays, we read from One Day at a Time. Check today's reading out: "One evening at a meeting there seemed to be an unusual number of complaints from members -- about not having what they felt entitled to, or about the alcoholic's behavior... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://blackbeltalanon.vox.com/library/post/10-24-07----the-bitter-with-the-better.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e768152be2b00e398b62f030003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://blackbeltalanon.vox.com/library/post/10-23-07----intimacy-shmintimacy.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(GRATEFUL MEMBERS) http://blackbeltalanon.vox.com/library/post/10-23-07----intimacy-shmintimacy.html?_c=feed-rss http://blackbeltalanon.vox.com/library/post/10-23-07----intimacy-shmintimacy.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 24 Oct 2007 07:12:46 +0200 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://blackbeltalanon.vox.com/library/video/6a00d09e768152be2b00e398b606560001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00d09e768152be2b00e398b606560001-50si" alt="Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground 1995 BBC" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> On Tuesdays, we read from Blueprint for Progress. We are on the "Intimacy" chapter. "It came to me slowly but surely that I did have this relationship in my life - with Al-Anon friends. My spiritual journey was being taken with my Sponsor; anot... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://blackbeltalanon.vox.com/library/post/10-23-07----intimacy-shmintimacy.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e768152be2b00e398b6258d0005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p>