Has anyone read this (besides you Danny :). There is some really good stuff in there. The title of the conference was Singleness of Purpose. There is a write...
Strange as it may seem :) I've seen it, read parts of it, and for some reason I don't own copy of it. Hey it took me almost a whole year to read the 53rd Final...
Hi Honey, Bill never really got back into the market. He switched prfessions and became a writer. He authored The Big Book, the Twelve and twelve, AA Comes of...
We often hear how the recovery rates for A.A. today run well below those cited in the Forward to the Second Edition. Sampling methods aside, recovery rates...
I think many people fail in AA because of poor sponsorship. Rather than getting their information from our basic text, newcomers heed advice given in meetings...
I believe that and I also believe we let anyone do anything they like in our groups. If we are true to the Book and the founders they gave us a path to follow....
Karen wrote: <<I think many people fail in AA because of poor sponsorship. Rather than getting their information from our basic text, newcomers heed advice...
I think Karen hit it on the head - sponsorship is not what it once was nor is it all it can be. Not that I'm this guru sponsor - because I surely am not. But I...
Danny hit on an important topic in the Big Book Study club the other day. How often have we heard someone who demonstrated some knowledge of our program of...
My answer to the those who say 'you know everything don't you' is a simple reply made up by my buddy Jim D. "It is easy to know it all, when you realize how...
Karen, sponsoring others is so important to me, it is more important than my real job. It IS THE WORK; my new job, the very reason God has taken me through...
Jim, it is so ridiculous, as to be almost humorous. If we had the cure for cancer, and walked into a cancer ward offering it, would they all yell RUN! Hell no....
well you hear alot of people say that alcoholism is the only "disease" that is self diagnosed and of course you are a alcoholic if you say are...you dont...
hi I read posts by Karen and Jim and I agree. I have a great sponcer. I don't meke use of her like I should but she is there and she always is ready to halp a...
cck, This is what Grand-Sponsors are for! My sponsor gave something to me and because of what she taught me, I have something to give to other women. I consult...
Sam, you said it beautifully. The first three Chapters of our Big book attempt to make clear to us the difference between the alcoholic and the non-alcoholic,...
hi sam I understand. I'm just getting to be more of a traditionalist...and book thumper and I was an avante guard aa... cck ... Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved...
dear Danny thanks so much for the encouraging words on sponcership. I'[m experiencing some challenges in this area and your post sure helped me cck ... Do you...
hi Danny your last post made me laugh... re who is an alcoholic. i know I'm one but man there are some odd afflictions coming in the door these days. cck ... ...
hi tammy thanks for the time you took to really help me. you are right. this isn't actually a sponcee. I help this girl a little and she has a sponcer. but she...
cck, I see. Then the best thing that you can do for her is to be a great role model in your own program and give her a good example. By keeping in touch...
oh really?!? <raises eyebrow>lol because when i have not aligned my will with Gods', sometimes i get tapped on the shoulder, i ignore the tap, i receive...
I hear you Mae! My own results of acting on my own will apart from God's will feels exactly like a 2x4 up-side the head! I believe that tap on the shoulder is...
Several times in the past month at different meetings someone has offered that a sponsor needs X number of years before he/she may sponsor someone. Yesterday...
My opinion is that in order to be an effective sponsor, one only has to have recovered from alcoholism through the taking and practice of the 12 steps as...
I encourage my sponsees to begin the 12th step as soon as they have completed steps 1 through 11. I had two sponsees take all 12-steps this past year and were...
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