A Dozen Steps

June 13th, 2008

This Would Not Work For Me

I’m about to head off to “work.” Bleccchhh! :)
Yet, its at work now that I have been given the opportunity to watch someone who is keeping it green for me. He simply cannot, will not, whatever - stop drinking. All day, every day, through the night into the morning and so on and so on. […]

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June 11th, 2008

Let’s Try Again - What Is “The Message?”

Last year we made an attempt to determine what is the message that we carry in Alcoholics Anonymous and received a couple of excellent responses;
Joe said: “The message that I carry is AA’s message. 12 steps which guarantee a spiritual awakening to be the result. My obligation is to try to share my experience with […]

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May 19th, 2008

Pass It On!

If you sit in a meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous and you hear anyone - ANYONE - share that they CHOSE not to drink alcohol in any way, shape or form,
PASS THIS ON!
Page 24;

“The fact is that most alcoholics, for reasons yet obscure, have lost the power of choice in drink.”
It doesn’t matter if they have […]

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March 8th, 2008

Sobriety Is The Launching Pad For Our Recovery

From the beginning of the book “Living Sober,” we’re told of practical methods for not drinking, starting with;
Keep an open mind.
It is suggested that, instead of dismissing thoughts which don’t appeal to you that you keep an open mind to be able to go back to something later on which you might not have liked […]

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March 4th, 2008

Twelve Questions Only You Can Answer

I’m going to direct you to a page at the Alcoholics Anonymous web site where there are Twelve questions only you can answer relating to whether you may have a problem with booze… first though, from Alcoholics Anonymous;
IS A.A. FOR YOU?
Only you can decide whether you want to give A.A. a try — whether you […]

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February 29th, 2008

The Tablemate IV - What To Do About Our Drinking?

As a reminder;
The Tablemate was an early A.A. set of beginners lessons entitled ‘Alcoholics Anonymous: An Interpretation of the Twelve Steps,’ put out in the form of a little pamphlet. It was (and still is) the most successful set of A.A. beginners lessons ever devised.
And I’m drawing content from the Hindsfoot site, laboriously prepared by […]

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February 21st, 2008

The Tablemate III - Why Does An Alcoholic Drink?

As a reminder;
The Tablemate was an early A.A. set of beginners lessons entitled ‘Alcoholics Anonymous: An Interpretation of the Twelve Steps,’ put out in the form of a little pamphlet. It was (and still is) the most successful set of A.A. beginners lessons ever devised.
And I’m drawing content from the Hindsfoot site, laboriously prepared by […]

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February 6th, 2008

The Tablemate - Part II

Part I spoke of;
“In order to determine whether or not a person had drifted from “social drinking” into pathological drinking it is well to check over a list of test questions, which each member may ask himself and answer for himself.”
These are the suggested 10 20 35 questions;
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February 2nd, 2008

The Tablemate - Part I

I’m always a advocate of anything that will help another alkie get sober - therefore…
Discovered at the archives from Hindsfoot (perhaps you’ve already found them) and thanks to Glenn C.;
The Tablemate
The Tablemate was an early A.A. set of beginners lessons entitled ‘Alcoholics Anonymous: An Interpretation of the Twelve Steps,’ put out in the form […]

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January 27th, 2008

Freedom From Guilt

Today’s Daily Reflection;
“Where other people were concerned, we had to drop the word “blame” from our speech and thought”
This reading points out a level of self-deception that I am grateful I understand today…
“When I became willing to accept my own powerlessness, I began to realize that blaming myself for all the troubles in my life […]

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