A Dozen Steps

May 27th, 2008

The Serenity Prayer - Long Version - Repeated

The Serenity Prayer
GOD, grant me the serenity
to accept the things
I cannot change,
Courage to change the
things I can, and the
wisdom to know the difference.
Living ONE DAY AT A TIME;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardship as the
pathway to peace.
Taking, as He did, this
sinful world as it is,
not as I would have it.
Trusting that He will […]

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May 27th, 2008

We Practice Total Abstinence

For those who may not know…
This is the Primary Purpose of Alcoholics Anonymous, i.e. what AA is;
“Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism.
The only requirement for membership is a […]

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May 26th, 2008

Don’t Try To Get Too Damned Good By Thursday!

An old AA saying coined by early AA’s because some began to grow spiritually prideful.
From Bill W.’s writing published in The Language of the Heart in June, 1961 under the title;
Humility for Today
“There can be no absolute humility for us humans. At best we can only glimpse the meaning and splendor of such a perfect […]

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May 23rd, 2008

Acting In Good Spiritual Health

Notice that it doesn’t say “In Good Religious Health.”
“When the spiritual malady is overcome, we straighten out mentally and spiritually.”
First things first - “Intelligence is not incompatible with humility, provided I place humility first… To be fashionable and to seem better than I really am is a spiritual illness.”
In my drinking life I could not […]

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May 7th, 2008

Dry Drunk - A Favored Phrase But What Does It Mean?

Direct from the upper reaches of the US of A, Minnesota;
Dry Drunk Syndrome
I’ll give ya’ a small portion…
Conditions;

grandiosity
judgmentalism
intolerance
impulsivity
indecisiveness

Leading to the following:
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April 30th, 2008

Oldtimers! Listen Up!

This is not for those of you who keep/kept coming like Jack R., John DeL., Jimmy DeL., Don H., Desi, heck, even Clyde F. This is for those of you who have disappeared from the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous even though you’d still tell us you’re “sober.”
“The Great Paradox”
Which is today’s Daily Reflection;
“These legacies of […]

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April 28th, 2008

Your Group Treasury

When I hear things said along the lines of “my group’s treasurer is paying our AA group’s expenses out of his own personal bank account” I want to kick some serious a**! But that’s simply my ego :)
Directly from the pamphlet “The AA Group, Where It All Begins” page 19, comes these wise words;
“Treasurers generally […]

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March 17th, 2008

“Your Third Legacy”

Bill W’s thoughts, which were later published in “The Language of the Heart: Bill W’s Grapevine Writings” about AA’s Third Legacy.
Feels important enough to continue to pass on with the hope that the passing on will continue… :)
“We, who are the older members of A.A., bequeath to you who are younger, these three Legacies - […]

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