December 23, 2024
The Willingness to Move Forward When I attended my first AA meeting, I had no idea what the 12 steps entailed, but at that meeting I […]
October 31, 2024
What Brought Us Into AA? It was the realization that we had no power to help ourselves. We had relied entirely upon ourselves because we liked […]
August 26, 2024
Central Bulletin May, 1969 For a long time, in many areas, we hear the plaint “AA has changed. It isn’t like it used to be.” Further […]
August 26, 2024
I view the first nine steps as primarily a short-lived event that teaches how to begin the lifelong process of the living last three steps. The […]
July 1, 2024
For some years, I assumed the decision of turning my will and life over to “God as I understood Him” took place when I prayed the […]
July 1, 2024
Step Two: The Journey to Sobriety We took our most important step when we recognized that we were powerless over alcohol and that our lives had […]
June 4, 2024
Understanding Steps Six and Seven Since the day I entered the AA program, I have had an insatiable appetite for learning all I could about the […]
March 4, 2024
Examine My Motives for All That I Do If someone were to ask me what brought me to the doors of Alcoholics Anonymous, my answer would […]
January 22, 2024
No One Can Be Turned Away The only requirement for AA membership is a desire to stop drinking (Tradition Three 12&12). After many years of sobriety […]
September 25, 2023
“As far as anonymity was concerned we knew who we were. It wasn’t only AA, but our social life. All of our lives seemed to be […]
September 25, 2023
The Big Book infers that we are to take stock honestly (p 64). My sponsor took this direction seriously with me because I had almost slipped […]
September 1, 2023
What Principles? When I first heard the term “practice these principles in all our affairs”, in Step Twelve, I was waiting for someone to hand me […]