July 28, 2017
In the meetings that I attend on a regular basis the topic of God comes up quite often and that’s not surprising since there is such […]
June 30, 2017
Many groups periodically hold an AA group inventory meeting to evaluate how well they are fulfilling their primary purpose: to help alcoholics recover through A.A.’s suggested […]
June 30, 2017
Each of our steps take a certain amount of thoroughness but for most of the steps, it seems we will be working on them for the […]
March 31, 2017
Recently, I have attended several meetings where things have gotten out of hand: I’ve heard rants about child services, rants about the government, and strained to […]
March 30, 2017
A.A. has often been referred to as a “Benign anarchy” – a world in which autonomy from group to group can seem like an invitation to […]
November 2, 2016
George E. Vaillant, M. D. Class A (nonalcoholic) trustee A.A. General Service Board “Singleness of purpose” is essential to the effective treatment of alcoholism. The reason […]
November 1, 2016
I started drinking at the age of 14 and never once was I considered being a normal drinker. I drank for oblivion every day from the […]
August 30, 2016
Immersion in the AA fellowship via daily meetings, telephone/clubhouse conversations, etc., kept my persistent obsession to drink at bay for my first six months of sobriety—albeit […]
August 30, 2016
Most of us were born perfect and the slate was clean. From the very first day of our lives we started to experience different emotions (for […]
May 31, 2016
The Third Step Prayer on my remains on my refrigerator year after year—not that I haven’t long ago memorized it, but it evokes a different meaning […]
May 31, 2016
Why the program of Alcoholics Anonymous works so well, on the disease of alcoholism, is hard to fathom when we first come into AA. Most of […]
February 29, 2016
Getting rid of guilty pain through corrective measures It seemed as though my Fourth Step had enough guilty substance to last several lifetimes. I have been […]