Hi David; For some reason I just signed into my home email account and found 4 past post from you in the spam folder. I wonder why they were posted so late....
I agree with Greg, and Ed. There is something missing in AA today and I think it is God. Just this morning we had the same discussion about oldtimers wanting...
Hi, Â Tradition 5:Each Alcoholics Anonymous group ought to be a spiritual entity having but one primary purpose-that of carrying its message to the alcoholic ...
tmd wrote:  "no one is elected, appointed or in anyway place in a position unless they are at the meeting and agree to do it. It a voluntary effort on all...
"The offense was that my wife suggested this sponsee could do a service position that was on the floor for election at our group conscience where this sponsee...
All- This could not hit closer to my heart. Our book says that a price has to be paid to recovery from alcholism, and that is 'destruction of self'. That ...
All: A few days ago (in another thread, on a poorly labeled subject line), I posed the question: what IS our message? I guess I was pushing some buttons and...
Mary, for a good many years it was me but no one was carrying the message to women in those days. We just drank a little too much once in awhile but the men...
Maryann wrote: I have solved the problem for me by starting a meeting in the local county jail and running it the way things were run when I got sober  ...
Dennis- Amen. In our new meeting here in SoCal, whenever someobody introduces themselves as a 'and a'..' they are invited to delare themselves alcholic. If...
( Maybe we should be Twelfth-Stepping these people as much or more than we Twelfth-Step the newcomer.) After 34 years of sobriety I understand why you said...
Dennis said: "In my opinion it would be beneficial for AA to return to more closed meetings in ... I agree. I have been to meetings where I felt like I was one...
Hi Ed; ... can absolutely agree, and upon which we can join in brotherly and harmonious action..."< For real alcoholics of the hopeless variety this still...
Marie - If you really want to give yourself a good scare type your social into a search engine. Be wary though- every search engine out there keeps a list of ...
Hi Folks - I typed my name "Marie Brownlees" into Google. I really didn't think I would find anything. To my surprise the following appeared. Any idea how this...
I take them through the steps as outlined in the book. I don't add to it and I don't take away from it. My group is in agreement that that is how we do it....
Some thoughts... ... OK - so why is it that, when we say: "... We have a way out on which we can absolutely agree, and upon which we can join in brotherly and ...
1. To show precisely how e have recovered is our primary purpose. 2. I can't believe that they would even ask that. How else but the proven, time-worn methods....
Great to hear your voice. When I go up to Maine next summer I will look. Jude had some serious good Boomerang issues on Mexico and Mathias. I will look. ...
Hi G. Extremely good to hear from you. Peace, Dennis M. ... From: Gary Becktell To: GSOwatch@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 9:40 AM Subject:...
... "Well, that's exactly what this book is about. Its main object is to enable you to find a Power greater than yourself which will solve your problem." (Page...
Hi all- Not to spuriously be self aggrandizing, but my sponsor has 'sentenced' me to a 'don't drink and go to meetings (or we'll kick you a**) type of place...
Garry, Bill: Interesting side conversation at the forum after the Workshops Saturday that included Bill N., Phyllis H., Pat ? (sobered up in ~64 or 66 - past...
but some of the latter want us to be more like there old Home Groups, lazy, meetings only folks that want us to open our doors to all. They have the "Look like...
It sounds like the same old sh*t to me. It is AAWS vs. the Fellowship, rather than them being 'trusted servant's. They pull back into their web and plan the...
Ed, It sounded like these folks you were talking to were being a bit too accomodating . I would hesitate to suggest that they were "patronizing" but from many...
Hi all, I was at the SWRF as well and although I heard some encouraging things, I also heard things that seriously bothered me. Of even greater importance was...
You are correct sir! As I said, there's no problem with questions from the floor on some of the issues without any reference to the actual letter. These...
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