Program Theory

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

I faced Step Four with some trepidation, but my sponsor did not allow time for irrational fear to take over. He had me begin “spontaneous writing” […]

My amends list story start at just after finishing the Third Step Prayer, my sponsor had me ask God for help with my Fourth Step information. […]

One Issue at a Time Alcoholism is an incurable disease contracted by, you might say, 10% of the population, without respect to age, gender, intelligence, religion […]

Yeas ago, I heard that Step Six timing is everything This reminds me of a story of when I was newly sober and almost went out […]

Understanding the Disease of Alcoholism Takes Time After being in the program for a while, it occurred to me that initially, there was no way I […]