b5media.com

Advertise with us

Enjoying this blog? Check out the rest of the Health & Wellness Channel Subscribe to this Feed

A Dozen Steps

August 2nd, 2007

“A.A. Sponsorship . . . Its Opportunities and Its Responsibilities.”

“A.A. Sponsorship . . . Its Opportunities and Its Responsibilities.”
This is from the first pamphlet ever written concerning sponsorship. Written in 1944 by Clarence Snyder. Here are an excerpt or two then please, click through and read it all…
“Each member of Alcoholics Anonymous is a potential sponsor of a new member and should clearly recognize […]

By Mark -- 2 comments

July 20th, 2007

Morning Musings [I Was Debating With Myself]

I love it when I sit in a meeting and I hear someone say “I was debating with myself.” I know it happens “out there” yet it always seems so appropriate when it relates to an alcoholic.
Do you ever have this one? This one could be life or death…
I’m a real alcoholic. No, I’m not. […]

By Mark -- 4 comments

June 26th, 2007

What A Bunch Of Alkies You All Are!

Jeez… I ask y’all for a thought or an opinion or your experience and what do we get? Almost nothing? What’s up with that? (poke, poke)
Have we, the members of AA, digressed to such a point that the only person who can offer a thought on her own comment is the original commenter?
Well then, perhaps […]

By Mark -- 4 comments

June 24th, 2007

What Is “The Message?”

Jo made a pertinent comment with which I agree. Yet, she said something I believe has many “interpretations,” unfortunately. What she said was “our only primary purpose is to carry the message to the alcoholic who still suffers.” Well, the first part is to stay sober and help other alcoholics to achieve sobriety, but I […]

By Mark -- 9 comments