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Thanks For The Direction Frank D.! Coincidence? I think not…
From Barefoot’s World;
Personal Gains Of Being A Sponsor
No one reaps full benefit from any fellowship he is connected with unless he wholeheartedly engages in its important activities. The expansion of Alcoholics Anonymous to wider fields of greater benefit to more people results directly from the addition […]
This is from yesterday’s Daily Reflection…
“Never talk down to an alcoholic from any moral or spiritual hilltop; simply lay out the kit of spiritual tools for his inspection. Show him how they worked with you.”
I was taught never to look down on another alcoholic unless I was willing to pick them up. After all, how […]
I’m Not Here Tonight To Help You!
My best friend, who has a deep passion for recovery, went to his treatment facility commitment this past week and heard these words spew from the “chairperson’s” mouth. Lonnie raised his a** up off his chair, felt tempted to spew back, didn’t, then found something else to do elsewhere […]
I swear! I heard it at a meeting! Out of the mouth of - - a teenager! No, not a young person, someone with 17 years “sober.”
“I do the first three steps every day. The other nine? Well, they’ve become, well, they’ve almost become optional.”
Damnation!
There was a brand spanking new newcomer sitting there in his […]
Immediately I’m in trouble, lol. You see, left alone, with myself, by myself, there is a fool talking to an idiot about an a**hole. I debate with myself. I come up with some pretty inane stuff left to my own devices. There is a strange “twist” in my mind called alcoholism which leads me to […]
Early A.A. in Akron, Ohio had developed their own manual with which to help prospective new members. I think we’ve all seen these but I didn’t know their origin - now I do and so might you… Once again, thanks to Glenn C. at AA History Lovers at Yahoo!
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THE PROSPECTIVE MEMBER of A.A. may […]
What they’re like and the fact that everyone has one. Each of us is allowed to have them - it’s the way we’re all made. If/when I feel I’d like to disagree, I am able to and right now, I will…
Sorry Jason, with all due respect to your length of sober time I think your […]
Thanks Namenlosen - I love the words especially “quibbling.”
Soooo - “Real” Alcoholic? What is a “Real” Alcoholic? I am a Real Alcoholic. Why? Because I say so, not because Danny S. says so, because I say so. There is a reason I say so. That reason is because experienced people in Alcoholics Anonymous were able […]
The mention of a name I hadn’t heard until now, Richard Peabody.
These two sayings;
Take what you need and leave the rest…
Half measures avail us nothing…
Then, a Google search and the discovery of a page about the book Peabody had written in 1931 “The Common Sense of Drinking.”
The revelation, to me, of the fact that;
As Fate […]
Sure don’t…
Show up late to a meeting (not unheard of and everything is exactly the way it is supposed to be), sit down and ask your neighbor what the topic is (didn’t hear the first couple of folks share). When given the answer you offer some type of “wave” with your hand like “Oh, I […]
Here are the steps we took, which are suggested as a program of recovery.
A Dozen Steps
A Hearty Life
Alzheimer's Notes
Astronomy Buff
Autism Vox
Baldiness
Breaking the Mirror
Breastfeeding 1-2-3
Cancer Commentary
Daily Tomorrow
Diabetes Notes
Eating Fabulous
Fertility Notes
Genetics & Health
Grounded Fitness
Health and Men
Healthbolt
Help My Hurt
Kids Health Notes
Lively Women
Mental Health Notes
Pink Ribbon Review
Veggie Chic
Weighting Line
Womb Within
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