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 […]
July 17, 2019
“Every sponsor is necessarily a leader,” wrote Bill W. in The Language of the Heart (p. 292). “The stakes are huge,” he continued. “A human life, […]
February 27, 2019
You’re not alone and you’re not the first. Many of us were sent to our first A.A. meeting by judges as a result of being arrested […]
February 5, 2019
From the Corrections Committee: Pink Cans are found at some meetings, but what are they? Pink Cans are the beginning of a twelfth step journey that […]
May 11, 2018
The West Park Rehabilitation Center has a new wing that houses critically ill patients with alcohol and other substance abuse problems and wants AAs to come […]