A Dozen Steps

June 30th, 2008

Discouraged, Depressed, Sad, Lonely and Still Sober

My first thoughts subsequent to deciding on a title for this are…
For those profundity pushers who offer newcomers this phrase “do the right thing and the right thing will happen,” I want to say - for who? Because it is my experience that it is a matter of perspective whether this will hold true for […]

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May 12th, 2008

Tormenting Ghosts

“The need to quit living by ourselves with those tormenting ghosts of yesterday gets more urgent than ever.”
Thank God Rick T. taught me one of life’s simple realities I had not learned, for whatever reason. He made the simple statement that each one of us has our own perception of reality. That your perception of […]

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November 25th, 2007

You’re Eligible Too

YET = You’re Eligible Too
From page 91 in The Language of the Heart, written by Bill W. in October, 1948, about “Tradition Eleven”;
“Providence has been looking after the public relations of Alcoholics Anonymous. It can scarcely have been otherwise. Though we are more than a dozen years old, hardly a syllable of criticism or ridicule […]

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November 6th, 2007

Tradition Eleven Checklist

As usual, always worthy of consideration, any day, any time, imho.
From Silkworth.net;
Tradition Eleven: Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio, and films.

Do I sometimes promote AA so fanatically that I make it seem unattractive?
Am I always careful to keep […]

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August 20th, 2007

Attraction Rather Than Promotion

The Eleventh Tradition of Alcoholics Anonymous
Certainly we can all agree that there is no controversy surrounding this Tradition just like there is no controversy about “Conference Approved Literature” right?
Well, I thought it would be interesting to hear what the moderator at the AA History Lovers Group at Yahoo! has to say regarding “Attraction Rather Than […]

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August 3rd, 2007

The Calm After The Storm

From “Language Of The Heart,” written in August, 1946,
“Who Is A Member Of Alcoholics Anonymous?”
How did they/do we, handle someone who is drunk at a meeting?
“If a member persists in coming to meetings drunk he may be led outside; we may ask someone to take him away. But in most groups he can come back […]

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May 10th, 2007

Become Less Fearful And Rigid

From the AA pamphlet “How AA Members Cooperate With Professionals”

Page 10 - #7; “As we mature in A.A., we generally become less fearful and rigid.”
I think this is a fine example of the debunking of a general, societal attitude that AA “thinks” it is the end all, be all to recovery. It says:

Tags: 11th-Tradition, alcoholics-anonymous, […]

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