December 2, 2025
Experience has convinced many of us that there is a moral law which operates with as great precision and inevitability as any of the equations of […]
October 21, 2025
CDO received a call from a Secretary of a meeting stating that a police officer came into their meeting looking for a suspect. He wasn’t sure […]
June 2, 2025
The 12-step program of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is more than a method for achieving sobriety—it’s a way of life that transforms despair into hope, isolation into […]
February 4, 2025
A company that I was associated with was mandated to receive ISO 9000 certification to show that it met the standards of quality demanded by its […]
July 25, 2024
I had dropped by my partner’s workplace to bring her some items she had requested. Her co-worker, Shannon, was there. I’d met Shannon socially a few […]
September 1, 2023
My first AA group met in a clubroom upstairs in an old building. The paint was peeling, the windows were dirty; the chairs and tables were […]
January 4, 2023
A.A. began in 1935 in Akron, Ohio, as the outcome of a meeting between Bill W., a New York stockbroker, and Dr. Bob S., an Akron […]
November 29, 2021
Only a few weeks sober, I marched into my favorite bar in Santa Monica, California, and announced that I was attending AA meetings. I also pointed […]
July 27, 2021
First, what is an Intergroup or a Central Office? A central or intergroup office, (e.g. AA Cleveland District Office) is a service office of Alcoholics Anonymous […]
September 1, 2020
Sponsorship in the Age of Zoom and the Pandemic What is sponsorship? Alcoholics Anonymous began with sponsorship. When Bill W., only a few months sober, was […]
December 19, 2019
An Important 12-Step Opportunity! Bill W. wrote in an AA pamphlet: “Sobriety—freedom from alcohol through the teaching and practice of the Twelve Steps—is the sole purpose […]
October 1, 2019
The Pink Can has been a tradition within A.A. since 1957. Originated in Northern California, its purpose is to raise money to provide Conference Approved reading […]