Happy Wednesday everyone! Although it seems like we're running through the Steps, keep in mind that in this chapter alone we cover steps 5 through 10 -- a mere...
Hello I guess there is an exception to every rule. And I am it. (go figure lolol) Danny, you wrote that when a sponsee has a tough time engaging family...
Mae, I would have to agree with you on this one. I have only been in the program of AA for a little over 9 months. My husband is not interested in Al-anon ...
Hi Mae, Sorry about that. By "support" I meant support of AA activities required to recover. Not just generic "stop drinking" support. I assumed that was...
Despite exceptions, I have observed that hope still abounds for ALL who recover and practice these principals in all their affairs. Entire families (like mine)...
<<I think one would need to see if the spouse has emotionally and/ or physically checked out of the marriage.>> I prefer to think that "The age of miracles is...
<<If we are thorough in our 10th Step there is likely to be no need to repeat any of Steps 4 through 9.>> Personally, if I didn't have a Step 10 for daily use,...
Good Morning! We're at Page 86, paragraph 2: "On awakening let us think about the twenty-four hours ahead. ... we ask God to direct our thinking, especially...
I posted #30 with #29's title. Please excuse my error. The next post will be #29 with the body of #29. Then I'll post #30 early since I'm off. Again, please...
Good Mornin' all! Page 85, Paragraph 1 - While we have recovered from alcoholism: "We are not cured of alcoholism. What we really have is a daily reprieve...
Good Morning! We're at Page 86, paragraph 2: "On awakening let us think about the twenty-four hours ahead. ... we ask God to direct our thinking, especially...
Hello, You are definitely on the right track by saying the prayer, "This is a sick man. How can I be helpful to him. God save me from being angry. Thy will...
Hi Danny, In retrospect, I believe I could have done things differently. And I too see the miracle of AA in my children. My son has been sober now over one...
"This is a sick man. How can I be helpful to him. God save me from being angry. Thy will be done." Thank you for reminding me about this prayer , Jocelyn....
What do you mean "only 9 months?" I would say that is pretty awesome!!! anyway.... My family recovery has been a long long processes - as it should be. That ...
Thank you Mark, When I first came into the program I didn't think 9 days would be possible let alone 9 months. You are right about it taking time for the...
Thank you Mae, I could not do this with out the collective spirit of AA and my Higher Power. It truly does work if you wirk it. Yours In Recovery, Jocelyn ... ...
That's it Jim? A remorseful mumbling that you are sorry is supposed to fit the bill?....after you have so shockingly treated us in this manner? There is a long...
The following is an email I sent to one of our group members who came up to me after closing the meeting. I kind of lef ther hanging so I sent her this email....
Wife really checked in .. My wife engineered my checking in to a treatment center in 1979 because our lives were being destroyed by my drinking alcohol. It...
We're really not alone; in misery alcoholism, nor in miracles of recovery. It goes both ways. I have seen hundreds of families set their feet in the path that ...
Mae, When I was a practicing alcoholic, those who loved me suffered as much, IF NOT MORE. What heart-wrenching, destructive, hopeless situation for them to be...
I don't look at my marriage as something that "survived," like a barricade survives a storm because it's so strong. I look at it as being miraculously healed...
Mae, I don't think you have any reason to "defend" yourself. You did what you had to do to keep yourself and your children safe. Yes, it would be nice if all...
Clancy I. founded the Pacific Group in Los Angeles CA. He is celebrating his 46th birthday this Halloween (2004). He is an internationally known speaker in AA...
Last bit on Clancy. 12 Step Circuit Speaker Clancy I. You've heard all the rumors, now hear the facts as Clancy I. goes one- on-one with William Attebery. If...
My sponsor sobered up in the Pacific Group and knows Clancy well. Here has been here several times in SD and Wyoming and I have heard him speak. I have a lot...
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