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Third Step
I've been studying Chapter 5 in The Big Book. It talks about how to take a Third Step. It suggests taking it with an understanding person. Certainly most anyone in my group could help me. My sponsor would have been w… -
Thoughts on The Big Book story Safe Haven
Man, if the first paragraph doesn't make you grateful to be sober and free I don't know what will. The author didn't let anything get in the way of his drinking. Having had that experience, I no how powerful the obsess… -
Understanding the alcholic mental obsession
I have returned home this evening after my weekly meeting filled with awe and gratitude. Meetings are a spiritual experience for me. Tonight was especially good. This was a surprise. As I greeted everyone, shaking han… -
Faith rather than Evidence
Boy was I surprised when I went to my first AA meeting. They took me up to the Serenity Room to interview me to see if I was in the right place then give me a little introduction to the program. When they were finishe… -
Responsibility
What are we responsible for? We are responsible for our own sobriety. No one can get us sober; no one can make us drink. We are responsible to practice these principals in all our affairs. "When anyone, anywhere, reac… -
My Bottle, My Resentments, And Me
I was thinking as I read, “Boy, this guy is a good writer for a hobo.” Then he mentioned the help he got on the magazine article. I wonder if he got help writing this story too. I doesn’t change anything, it’s still h… -
We Agnostics
This is one of my favorite readings. In a simple way it helps the reader decide if they are a good candidate for AA and it offers a spiritual solution without forcing the reader to accept a pre-ordained dogma. It se… -
Free to enjoy life today.
With sobriety I have considerably more freedom and happiness. While drinking I locked myself in a virtual prison. I turned away from society. I was at war with the world. Through working the steps I have achieved a l… -
Introduction
My home group is the Hartford Group in southwestern Michigan. We usually have six to nine people in attendance at our weekly meeting. In the last few weeks our attendance has been in the neighborhood of twelve to fift… -
Window of Opportunity
This is a great story. I went to college as the author did. I wasn’t as successful though. My drinking really took me down hill during those years. I am ashamed of myself for wasting that great opportunity. I was comp… -
More About Alcoholism
“But the actual or potential alcoholic, with hardly an exception, will be unable to stop drinking on the basis of self-knowledge.” The Big Book, page 39. (Reprinted with permission from AA World Services.) I am gr… -
Tradition Three as it relates to Tradition Two and Four
When disagreement arises from the practice of Tradition Three, I think AAs have to look also to Tradition Two and Tradition Four. The ultimate authority in AA is God as he expresses Himself in the group conscience. E… -
One—Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon A.A. unity.
"Pride and fear and anger-these are the prime enemies of our common welfare. True brotherhood, harmony, and love, fortified by clear insights and right practices, are the only answers. And the purpose of A.A.'s tradit… -
Would someone like to read How It Works? Again! Ahhhhhhh....
I got so sick of the tiresome practice of reading How It Works before every meeting at every group, I started bitching about it at my home group. I wouldn't be so bold to suggest to other groups how to run their meeti… -
Step 1
Success or failure to achieve sobriety and eventual membership in our fellowship is determined by the individual. My personal experience is that the key to success in AA program is the honesty and willingness to work …
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