Dear God, As I write these words it is almost dawn and I am thinking about the day before me. There are meetings to attend, plans to make and errands to run. I...
The Original Six Steps of AA In Bill Wilson's own hand-writing. Step 1: Admitted hopeless Step 2: Got honest with self Step 3: Got honest with another ...
Pain and Progress Years ago I used to commiserate with all people who suffered. Now I commiserate only with those who suffer in ignorance, who do not...
Is Our Group Aligned With The Twelve Traditions? From the pamphlet "The AA Group." "Some groups take inventory by examining our Twelve Traditions, one at a...
Pain and Progress Someone once remarked that pain is the touchstone of spiritual progress. How heartily we A.A.'s can agree with him, for we know that the...
Inspiration for January 4th. 2007 Pain and Progress Believe more deeply. Hold your fce up to the Light, even though for the moment you do not see. Letter 1950...
The process of personal growth isn't always easy. We must face our own ugliness. We often must become painfully aware of the unworkability of a pattern before...
THE TEACHING IS NEVER OVER Abandon yourself to God as you understand God. Admit your faults to Him and to your fellows. Clear away the wreckage of your past....
The Career Officer...Page 518 Hello Everyone, It is time I think to go on. I am ready to start reading again and sharing what ever experience, strength and...
Can We Choose ? We must never be blinded by the futile philosophy hat we are just the hapless victim of our inheritance, of our life experience, and of our...
Chains of Attachment A Sufi teaching story tells of the man who visited a great mystic to find out how to let go of his chains of attachment and his...
A WORLD OF THE SPIRIT We have entered the world of the Spirit. Our next function is to grow in understanding and effectiveness. This is not an overnight...
The Career Officer...Page 519 Hello Everyone, I can relate to working in a place where I could hide out, being left alone and no one really knowing what was...
THE KEYSTONE He is the Father, and we are His children. Most good ideas are simple, and this concept was the keystone of the new and triumphant arch through ...
I thought it would be an interesting experiment to try some computer translation of a very familiar piece of AA text, our Preamble. I went from English into...
Can We Choose ? As active alcoholics, we lot our ability to choose whher we would drink. We were the victims of a compulsion which seemed to decree that we...