Lesson 6 “I am upset because I see something that is not there.” Have you ever been startled by something that you saw out of the corner of your eye, a...
Today's thought from Hazelden is: I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes several days attack me all at once. --Jennifer Unlimited We all need a little...
Daily Reflections LOOKING WITHIN Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 42 Step Four is a vigorous...
The Addict's Dilemna Floyd P. Garrett, M.D. Abstract. Addictive behavior attempts to repair a state of bad feeling but is a Faustian Bargain that perpetuates...
BB Authors, 4th edition -- Wynn Corum Laws, CA. From They Lost Nearly All Freedom From Bondage - Wynn Corum Laws, California (p. 553, 2nd edition, p. 544 3rd...
A New Pair of Shoes When I got sober my sponsor told me that I had to be willing to change everything about my life...everything. I wore blue jeans and...
USA ... Area 01: Alabama/North West Florida Montgomery, AL 36106-6501, USA Site: www.aaarea1.org/ Area 02: Alaska AK , USA Site: www.area02alaska.org Area 03:...
Do you have to be an alcoholic to experience problems? No. Alcoholism is only one type of an alcohol problem. Alcohol abuse can be just as harmful. A person...
Personal Stories From The First Edition THE SEVEN MONTH SLIP AT FOURTEEN years of age, when I should have been at home under the supervision of my parents, I...
SECOND LETTER TO AN INMATE ----- "Barefoot" Bob H W. 6350 Holland Road Post Falls, Id 83854 Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx #XXXXX North Idaho Correctional Institution ...
A 4th. Step - By the Book of "Alcoholics Anonymous" Alcoholics Anonymous - Copyright 1939, 1955, 1976, 2001 by Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. ...
Twelve Traditions Play Page 1 Twelve Traditions Play Unity Service Recovery When anyone, anywhere, reaches out for help, I want the hand of AA always to be...
Big Book Study -- Post 18 Good Morning, everyone! Paragraph 2 on page 60: "Our description of the alcoholic, (found in the Doctor's Opinion and Chapter 3 -...
THE IRISH ECCLESIASTICAL RECORD, Vol. 73: 258-259, March 1950 RE: Alcoholics Anonymous By J. McCarthy Rev. Dear Sir, -- What is to be thought of the Fellowship...
Footsteps In The Sand One night a man had a dream. He dreamed he was walking along the beach with the LORD. Across the sky flashed scenes from his life. For...
It's a Selfish Program April 01, 2009 Story of the Day March 1970 Vol. 26 No. 10 "THIS IS a selfish program." That's what they told me when I first started...
Do something about it Are you frustrated and burned out? What are you going to do about it? Is there something you really want to achieve? What are you going...
Editorial: On the 4th Step. . . "Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves." Self appraisal which attains any real accuracy is unquestionably...
Today is April 1, 2009 A Great Day for Recovery! TIME "I would I could stand on a busy corner, hat in hand, and beg people throw me their wasted hours." ...
"Who Packed Your Parachute?" Sometimes in the daily challenges that life gives us, we miss what is really important. We may fail to say hello, please, or thank...
The Washing Machine By Gord M. 1998 I heard a fellow say the other day that Alcoholics Anonymous had tried to brainwash him, and that he was far too...
God doesn't always protect us from trouble, but cares for us in spite of it. The shortest distance between a problem and a solution is the distance between...
All important decisions within our Fellowship should be reached by discussion, vote, and whenever possible, by substantial unanimity. THE TWELVE STEPS AND THE...
Blessed is the spot, and the house, and the place, and the city, and the heart, and the mountain, and the refuge, and the cave, and the valley, and the land, ...
I'm Different I'm different I'm not like you I'm not the same I found the cry It is apart of the game I think I can do it Without you Now I had no idea What...
BB Authors, 4th edition -- Bob P., CN. From They Lost Nearly All A.A. Taught Him To Handle Sobriety -- Bob P., Connecticut (p. 554 3rd edition, p. 553 4th...
Addiction, Lies and Relationships Floyd P. Garrett, M.D. Addiction means always having to say you are sorry and finally, when being sorry is no longer good...
Are specific groups of people more likely to have problems? Alcohol abuse and alcoholism cut across gender, race, and nationality. In the United States, 17.6...