A Dozen Steps

May 3rd, 2008

Significant May Dates in A.A. History

Significant May Dates in A.A. History
from AA History Lovers at Yahoo! Groups;
May 1919 - Bill returns home from service.
(Dec 1934 to) May 1935 - Bill works with alcoholics, but fails to sober any of them. Lois reminds him HE is still sober.
March-May 1938 - Bill begins writing the book Alcoholics Anonymous.
May 1939 - Lois W […]

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May 1st, 2008

Trippin’ Over Your Tongue?

Simply a short collection of tongue twisters heard at meetings… :)
“If we are panic-stricken about this phase of our development..” (BB, Ch 6)
“Rarely have we seen a person in jail who has thoroughly followed our path” (BB, Ch 5)
“Thoroughly have we seen a person fail who has rarely followed our path” (Big Book, Ch 5)
“What! […]

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April 26th, 2008

Now - Just Hold On One Minute Here…

(”Listen” for the rationalizations…)
It says: “Happiness Is Not The Point”
And I can somewhat agree.
“I don’t think happiness or unhappiness is the point. How do we learn from the problems we face?”
Which makes sense unless my negative mind works it into “Everything I face is a problem” therefore I’m “learning 24/7 and I’m sick of it!”
Moving […]

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April 7th, 2008

Thanks To A Good Friend

Thanks to a good friend I’m now having a gratitude attack…
My day didn’t start out that way. In the course of the day, my friend Mike called and offered me many, many reasons to be grateful - for him and for me!
Mike has about a hundred different projects on his “plate.” I have substantially fewer.
One […]

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April 1st, 2008

Significant April Dates in A.A. History

Significant April Dates in A.A. History
from AA History Lovers at Yahoo! Groups;
April 1935 - Dr. Silkworth told Bill to quit preaching at drunks & tell them of obsession & allergy.
April 1950 - Saturday Evening Post article “The Drunkard’s Best Friend” by Jack Alexander.
April 1958 - The word “honest” dropped from AA Preamble, “an honest desire […]

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March 3rd, 2008

Significant March Dates in A.A. History

Significant March Dates in A.A. History
from AA History Lovers at Yahoo! Groups;
March 1936 - AA had 10 members staying sober. At end of 1936 A.A. had 15 members.
March-May 1938 - Bill begins writing the book Alcoholics Anonymous. Works Publishing Inc established to support writing and printing of the book.
March 1940 - Mort J. came to […]

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February 12th, 2008

What A.A. Does Not Do

Reprinted from “The AA Group: Where It All Begins”
What A.A. Does Not Do
Tradition Ten: Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the A.A. name ought never be drawn into public controversy.
1. Recruit members or furnish initial motivation for alcoholics to recover.
2. Keep membership records or case histories.
3. Follow up or try to control […]

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February 9th, 2008

Imagine Alcoholics Anonymous Without The Twelve Traditions?

It isn’t so hard to do…
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS
Post Office Box 607
Hollywood Station
Hollywood, California
December Fifth 1941
Irma Livoni
939 S. Gramercy Place
Los Angeles, California
Dear Mrs. Livoni:
At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Los Angeles Group of Alcoholics Anonymous, held Dec. 4th, 1941, it was decided that your attendance at group meetings was no longer desired until certain […]

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February 8th, 2008

Significant February Dates in A.A. History

Significant February Dates in A.A. History
from AA History Lovers at Yahoo! Groups;
FEB 1:
1918 - Original date set for Bill Wilson’s marriage to Lois Burnham. The date was moved up because of the war.
FEB. 2:
1942 - Bill Wilson paid tribute to Ruth Hock, AA’s first paid secretary, who resigned to get married. She had […]

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January 17th, 2008

A Simple Step By Step Spiritual Guide

Offered to all by Hindsfoot…
“By following the Ten Commandments and Twelve Steps to the letter we automatically lead a spiritual life, whether or not we recognize it.
Here, however, is a set of suggestions, couched in the simplest of language:

Elimination of sin from our lives.
Develop humility.
Constantly pray to God for guidance.
Practice charity.
Meditate frequently on our newly […]

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