Seeking Serenity

Bipolar, anxiety disorder, avoidant, INFP, recovering alcoholic...Singer, actor, writer, woman of faith. Sharing what I'm learning on my journey towards happiness, health, and inner peace.

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I close my eyes and try to pray,

But God seems very far away.

Yet still He balances my life,

Keeps me in peace and far from strife.

And when attempts at prayer fall flat,

God carries me through all of that.

Perhaps my chattering should cease,

So that, in stillness, I'll find peace.

(c) E. Mager, 2026

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"To thine own self be true "

William Shakespeare

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A LIFETIME PROCESS

April 06

We were having trouble with personal relationships, we couldn't control our emotional natures, we were a prey to misery and depression, we couldn't make a living, we had a feeling of uselessness, we were full of fear, we were unhappy, we couldn't seem to be of real help to other people. . . .

—ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 52

These words remind me that I have more problems than alcohol, that alcohol is only a symptom of a more pervasive disease. When I stopped drinking I began a lifetime process of recovery from unruly emotions, painful relationships, and unmanageable situations. This process is too much for most of us without help from a Higher Power and our friends in the Fellowship. When I began working the Steps of the A.A. program, many of these tangled threads unraveled but, little by little, the most broken places of my life straightened out. One day at a time, almost imperceptibly, I healed. Like a thermostat being turned down, my fears diminished. I began to experience moments of contentment. My emotions became less volatile. I am now once again a part of the human family.

—AA DAILY REFLECTIONS