January 28, 2020
All You Need is an Open Mind When we are born, we come into the world untainted and perfectly innocent. From that time on, we are […]
January 28, 2020
Leads to Release From the Mental Obsession “Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.” The Big Book infers that […]
July 24, 2019
Bill W, July 30, 1950 speaking to 3,000 at the first International Convention, Cleveland, OH. Bill said this and then waffled, suggesting that maybe we could […]
February 27, 2019
God as We Understand Him Alcoholics Anonymous came into existence in 1935 at a time when much of our society was centered around the churches in […]
July 25, 2018
Very few of today’s two-million-plus AA members claim to possess a satisfying scientific definition of God. However, there exists undeniable evidence that God’s power has released […]
March 28, 2018
Lord, I am far too much influenced by what people think of me. Which means that I am always pretending to be either richer or smarter […]
August 23, 2017
Tackling the alcohol problem, the wreckage of the past and trying to be spiritual at the same time is a large order in the beginning. Most […]
August 23, 2017
Let there be no misunderstanding that our primary purpose is to stay sober and to help other alcoholics to achieve sobriety. The degree that the individual […]
July 12, 2016
One of the most common misconceptions about Alcoholics Anonymous is that it is a religious organization. New members especially, confronted with A.A.’s emphasis on recovery from […]
December 1, 2015
Did you know, before the Big Book was published, the early members of AA studied the Bible? In fact, one of the possible names for AA […]
November 24, 2015
It only takes one shot of whisky to whisk me on an uncontrollable drunken spree. Dr. Silkworth describes this as an abnormal allergy of the body, […]
August 31, 2015
During early months of recovery, the obsession to drink whiskey became increasingly more powerful and tempting; although I prayed to God with desperation many times every […]