Earl Hightower

[Earl Hightower @earlhightower]

Just wanted to drop in and tell you about a benefit concert set up to raise funds for the Canyon Club in Laguna Beach, California. They put on 59 AA and numerous ALANON meetings every week and they need help maintaining the level of support that... More: https://t.co/uibvPgdfJ7

[Earl Hightower @earlhightower]

Happy, Happy Birthday
I just got a call from a friend of mine who had not been drinking or using for a long time and relapsed. She has a very legitimate, very real chronic pain issue that makes walking the sober line a very tricky thing. More: https://t.co/uibvPgdfJ7

[Earl Hightower @earlhightower]

A New Beginning

Can it be? Are we really out of 2020 and flying into 2021? I believe if we want this year to be really different we need to take the actions necessary to make it so. All the hokey slogans apply here. Use the ones that fire you up... More: https://t.co/hN882ToS0J

[Earl Hightower @earlhightower]

Last week, I hit another milestone. 40 years not drinking. Now, that probably doesn’t mean much to many but it does to a few and to them, I am eternally grateful. Those who held the lantern high on the road up ahead. Those who allowed me... More: https://t.co/uibvPgdfJ7

[Earl Hightower @earlhightower]

Accept The Things I Cannot Change

It seems that I have no control over the duration of the overall impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic. I can surrender to the fact of that but I will not surrender my ability to re-direct certain aspects of my life. More: https://t.co/emR2xW0lI6

[Earl Hightower @earlhightower]

For Flo’s Family

There’s a link in the comments from my last post to a GoFundMe for Flo’s family. I thought it would be appropriate for me to highlight that link to restate the importance of supporting Flo’s family at this time. More: https://t.co/uibvPgdfJ7

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[Earl Hightower @earlhightower]

Flo
Many years ago I met Flo at a gathering. He just walked up, shook my hand and started talking to me as if we were old friends and I should excuse myself from the group of people I was talking with and go have coffee with him. Now, back in... More: https://t.co/hN882ToS0J

[Earl Hightower @earlhightower]

Changing With The Times
We live in a time where there has been a tremendous shift in how we communicate with each other. For me, I’m isolated on two fronts. I moved to Arizona which took me out of my network of people that... More: https://t.co/emR2xW0lI6

[Earl Hightower @earlhightower]

Professor Rocco
If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. ~Chinese Proverb
I get edgy when I get cooped up. I’ve been cooped up for a few months now. It’s not my wife. We’ve gotten along amazingly well... More: https://t.co/a4NNYknQcI

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Reconnection
Sorry it took so long to get back to the conversation that I started in my last post. I suggested that I was about to embark upon a new chapter in my life and that I wanted to share that journey with you. More: https://t.co/uibvPgdfJ7

[Earl Hightower @earlhightower]

Here’s to Lori Rose. We started talking to each other and haven’t seemed to have finished the conversation yet. That was 22 years ago. We got married 18 years ago today. And as I always say, she has yet to come to her senses. I hope she... More: https://t.co/0GnzH8PGO9

[Earl Hightower @earlhightower]

Personal Evolution

Change always makes me pause. Sometimes for a moment, sometimes for so long that I need a good push from a friend or an ally to get moving again. One of the many values of a great community is that it makes paralysis almost... More: https://t.co/emR2xW0lI6

[Earl Hightower @earlhightower]

New Time/New Plan

I’ve been talking on Facebook for a while now. During that time, I’ve been very careful and conscious of trying to stay between certain lines and not get outside of that lane. I’ve also tried very hard, and I think... More: https://t.co/O2UgNduDKJ

[Earl Hightower @earlhightower]

Not downtime! Valuable time!
I’d love to tell you how long I’ve been under quarantine here in Arizona, but I’ve lost track of time. Not in a bad way, just in ways that doesn't really matter. I made a decision early in this process to... More: https://t.co/hN882ToS0J

[Earl Hightower @earlhightower]

Keeping it Positive

The novelty of quarantine has worn off. I, for one, have tried to listen to those who know better than me how to make it for the long haul, and keep a positive vibe flowing in my life. Here are a few tips. More: https://t.co/uibvPgdfJ7

[Earl Hightower @earlhightower]

We apologize if you were not able to get into the meeting. The host wasn't able to open it up to more participants. We’ll ask the host of the next Zoom meeting to open it up to as many people as possible and let you know as soon as it's scheduled. We’re truly sorry!

[Earl Hightower @earlhightower]

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[Earl Hightower @earlhightower]

It seems impossible but she’s even cuter now.
Well, it’s that time of year again. Where I point out that not all denial is bad. We are celebrating my wife’s birthday again! I think this is the 22nd time in a row and she’s still here. As we travel... More: https://t.co/emR2xW0lI6

[Earl Hightower @earlhightower]

I was talking on the phone with an old friend yesterday and we were hashing over all sorts of things. It was one of those catching up calls where you talk and laugh about your shared history and why you are, in fact, such good friends.

What I... More: https://t.co/NmEK3npVqy

[Earl Hightower @earlhightower]

We Begin Again

We come to the end of a year and the end of a decade. It is at this time that I pause and take stock. I use a formula that is simple and I’m sure familiar to most of you; a plus column and a negative column. More: https://t.co/emR2xW0lI6