A Dozen Steps

January 30th, 2007

Held In Contempt

With a desire to stay open, teachable and approachable, I’m going to give consideration to the events of yesterday afternoon’s meeting. I have run this past a best friend for his thoughts.
The topic began as “life on life’s terms.” It was raised as a topic because of “stress” and how to deal with that stress. […]

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January 28th, 2007

A Pink Cloud?

Another of those rarely used thoughts anymore… A Pink Cloud. What is a pink cloud?
I think Glenn C. from the AA History Lovers Group at Yahoo! has explained it extremely well and I’d like to relate his words to you.
Tags: alcoholics-anonymous, Gods-Grace, Pink-Cloud, Recovery

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January 26th, 2007

A Long Way To Go…

Before I’m anywhere close to being an oldtimer lol…

And the “trick” remains the same (I know - its not really a trick);
Don’t die, don’t drink and keep on keepin’ on.
From Ralph -
“Dear Mark,
“Congrats on your anniversary. If a knucklehead like you can get sober and stay sober, well, there’s still hope for a knucklehead like […]

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January 23rd, 2007

Why Go To Meetings?

For those who’ve been around for a few 24 hours and who’s skin has thickened a bit…
WHY GO TO MEETINGS
Shortly before his death in 1950, Dr. Bob was asked why he still went to meetings.
His three reasons should give every A.A. member pause to reflect deeply as they are the very essence of A.A. service. […]

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January 22nd, 2007

Adult Children Of Alcoholics - Characteristics

Once again, from Buddy T. at About.com’s Alcohol and Substance Abuse
A list of common characteristics which many people who grew up in dysfunctional homes seem to share, developed by Dr. Janet Woititz.
How many can you relate to?
…guess at what normal is.
…have difficulty in following a project through from beginning to end.
…lie when it would be […]

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January 21st, 2007

Hilarious - Foster Brooks

Did you know Foster was a sober member of AA?
From Mrs. Dean Martin at YouTube

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January 20th, 2007

AA Has Changed!

Don H. died a few years back with, I believe, 55+ years sober. I can’t remember whether he was a member of the Mather memorial Sat. morning group or not, but he’d come to the Mt. Sinai morning meetings a lot. Don was a big, hulking man with a deep, gruff tone to his voice. […]

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January 17th, 2007

Share It Until It Goes Away

Do you concern yourself with the “appropriateness” or the “intelligence” or the worth of something you might want to share in a meeting?
I continue to subscribe to the principle the oldtimers taught me - that is that there is nothing you can share in an AA meeting that is truly wrong. Even if you are […]

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January 16th, 2007

My Program - Your Program - The Program

This one has been with me all night…
A piece of “wisdom” I heard last night related to a defense against the first drink (yeah, right).
“I interpret the Big Book the way I interpret it and I work my program, you work your program and I don’t care what anyone else thinks about that.”
Well, I don’t […]

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January 15th, 2007

Interesting Concept - What Does It Mean?

Okay… we’ve had two consecutive meetings where we’ve discussed choice and defense against the first drink.
To begin the first meeting, we quoted from page 24 in the Big Book;
“The fact is that most alcoholics, for reasons yet obscure, have lost the power of choice in drink. Our so-called will power becomes practically nonexistent. We are […]

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