April 1, 2022
Rebuilding Our Morality – By Rick R. The Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous are placed in numerical order for a reason. Each step is preparatory to […]
March 3, 2022
I think of the first three Steps in AA as: I can’t. (Step One). God can! (Step Two). I have decided to ask Him to help […]
February 1, 2022
Freedom From All Unresolved Mental Issues Chapter 11 of the Big Book (A Vision For You) starts by reminiscing about the early days of an alcoholic’s […]
November 29, 2021
Step Eleven Provides the Answer There exists a demon (Mental Obsession) lurking in my subconscious that wants me drunk! This demon hopes that I will misinterpret […]
November 1, 2021
When I was a taxi driver in Los Angeles during the 1980s, many “adventures” took place that called for immediate use of Step Ten. For instance, […]
October 4, 2021
In the Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous, we are all generally acquainted with the 12 Steps, as they are a necessity to recovery. We come to realize […]
October 4, 2021
We Will Know Peace “We will intuitively know how to handle situations which used to baffle us.” (Big Book p. 84) How many times in your […]
September 13, 2021
How I Leveled the Playing Field When I first surrendered and came to Alcoholics Anonymous, I did not have a clue about the depth I would […]
September 13, 2021
I feared committing to make amends to all those people on my Eighth Step list. But it was pointed out that Step Eight is not Step […]
June 28, 2021
There was true humility and deep surrender by asking God to take all of me—both the “good” and the “bad.” This was an admission that I […]
June 2, 2021
What does that mean? I am a fully recovered alcoholic. This means that, if I throw God and AA under the bus tomorrow morning, I could […]
April 27, 2021
When I asked God to relieve me of the “bondage of self” in Step Three, I had only a vague concept of what that might be. […]