Plenty of disinformation exists in AA today. I am forever grateful that I was told from the beginning that if it ain't in the Big Book it ain't AA. Here are a...
how about..if you hang around the barbershop long enuf youre gonna get a haircut...or i will always be sick I will never get better... the hits keep coming. ...
I'm a little late on the subject but that won't stop me. It is up to each individual group as to whether or not to allow crosstalk during its meetings. I don't...
Every single one of these are 180 degrees opposite to what we learn in AA. Yet we hear them every signle day. If anyone reading this is sayign ANY of this...
Thanks for the reminder Dan... I always wondered about folks who would claim to be "still sick" or "sober but crazy", etc. I always thought the idea behind...
How about this one.... I'll pray for you Danny, because you are sick :) I love that one. Something completely taken out of text. Some of my favorites are: - I...
"JUST CLAIMING MY SEAT!!!!!!!" How about: "I paid a lot to sit in this sear" or I earned the right to sit in this seat." or Many have died so that I can sit in...
Jim, You'll have to forgive my confusion. This group says some fairly radical things. At-least, radical to what I have heard. I am three years sober. I still...
Tammy- In general it looks like Stephanie and I see eye to eye. But I think people do a real disservice when they hide behind the "I'm still sick" smokescreen...
Tammy, I absolutely believe in the disease concept of alcoholism! I think the important distinction to bear in mind is between 'recovered' and 'cured'. I...
gee havent been called a radical in awhile...lol. the thing is that many in aa unfortunatly hide behind the disease so they can stay sick..thats not the...
OUCH. Paul, I give up! Stop, you're killing me.?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? :) I never heard that absurd statement prior to living full time on Cape Cod. God ALMIGHTY I...
<<I once heard an old-timer, whom I still have a great deal of respect for, say in a meeting that he didn't understand the reasons for relapse any better now...
Bob, if you don't mind I'll use YOUR metaphor to make the same point, put another way. A woman is diagnosed with cancer. The doctor informs her that it is ...
<<"if im a asshole today its becasue im a asshole not because im a alcoholic"..>. Sam Very good Sam. :) I ask newcomers the old, well used AA question "What...
A woman is diagnosed with cancer. The doctor informs her that it is serious, and that if left untreated, it will eventually kill her. The doctor gives her...
Trina, I'll quote your favorite AA speaker for you. I think it's apropos: "WHERE DOES THIS SH&T COME FROM"??!! Peace, Danny S ... gonna ... better... ... den...
More of the same from the great MB: "Bullshit sponsorship - that's where! Lip-flapping, party-line bullshit. We wouldn't want to hurt anyone's FEELINGS, now...
MIckey bush is real funny and has a powerful message..i heard him at a youngs people conference about 5 years ago...i used to have the tape but it got lost.. ...
Hi one of your favourites...."i need to forgive myself first before i make amends"....that one....argggggghhhh we get...i need to put myself on top of my...
Hi I was looking online for a tape of mickey bush...no luck....so was just searching and i thought i would look at aa original manuscript and look what came...
One of my favorites. "There are no musts in this program." If this is true, how do we explain to newcomers that the word "must" appears 67 times in the basic...
Hi Mae, Go to http://www.xa-speakers.org/pafiledb.php And type Mickey into the search box. Jim ... From: mae [mailto:mae56lindacan@...] Sent: Thursday,...
Danny, Thankyou so much. Clarity is sweet! I printed it up and stuck it in my Big Book for future reference for the next time I hear it. Tammy Danny S...
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