AA has but one message to carry to the alcoholic - of whatever variety he or she me be - and that is recovery through a spiritual awakening brought about by...
The job market is improving. I work as a head-hunter / recruiter and I haven't had this many open job orders on my desk since I started here one year ago! Know...
Jim, Thanks for the reminder, I'd forgotten I belonged to this group. You are oh so right, there is only one program: a spiritual awakening as a result of...
Thanks Jim In fact, this problem is universal. I just wrote about the same thing here in our local (Finnish) net group. It´s much about the (IMO) small...
Every night before bed my wife and I have "vespers" together, which means the last nightly prayer. I share my journal with her, which I write each evening...
jonathan, thanks, i like that little reading. cindi from philly In a message dated 5/29/2008 10:41:52 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, WooDYFM@... writes: Every...
The Daily Reflection today speaks of A.A.'s Primary Purpose - "to stay sober and to help another alcoholic to achieve sobriety". However, so many young people...
maybe you should change your view point and stop playing the humility game. is alcohol your drug of choice or no choice. because if you gotta...
hi jonathan, you will surely get some heated debate on this question. i know (at least i believe) terry is pretty much a stickler about only talking about...
Jhnwoodall, "maybe you should change your view point and stop playing the humility game. is alcohol your drug of choice or no choice. because if you gotta...
I have no choice over taking the drug (alcohol or otherwise) - I am powerless - I took that life-changing and life-saving first step into the awesome world of...
FYI: The quote in the reading from "A.A. Comes of Age" in Daily Reflections conflicts my viewpoint: this was what i was saying maybe needed to...
Cindi, Drug abuse has not changed over the years; there have always been addicts and they have always been able to get drugs. What has changed is that more...
Elsie, yes i am aware of what you wrote in terms of the addicts and the cocaine in coca cola but the large scale usage and addiction did not exist then. i...
Cindi, Nevertheless, I do agree that the 12 Steps of Recovery can be used to recover from many maladies. I wish everyone were so fortunate as we are to be...
elsie, i understand what you are saying and maybe you are correct about the lower class and upper class being more into drugs in the past. i was born in 56...
Let's be certain on an important point as it relates to Alcoholics Anonymous and the multitude of human ills - they have no standing within AA. We have one...
This daily check-in is part of my Higher Power, as I understand Him. The Fellowship here online allows me to interact with many of God's instruments (you folks...
AA has really become the "parrot society". Anything that sounds good is repeated enough to become gospel and is somehow misconstrued to be a part of the AA...
jim, i like it. i like it. i used to cringe when i would hear these so-called AA slogans in the rooms. now i just share what the book says without trying ...
The Daily Reflection today speaks about moving "Toward Peace and Serenity". The reading suggests that by asking God to remove our character defects (Step 7,...
Relapse Prevention" at my Beginners meeting / Homegroup on Monday. Â How does a person who is powerless over alcohol prevent their next relapse? Â Â ... ...
Keep coming and acquiring tools to avoid that next fatal drink. ... From: John Woodall <jhnwoodall@...> To: We_Have_Recovered@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thu,...
I think that is what is called a "conundrum" - a riddle or a complicated problem! since, in fact, the definition of an alcoholic is someone who cannot stop...
djsimonk, i am not the monitor but hopefully he/she will take care of this for you. accept my apologies. cindi In a message dated 7/12/2008 7:56:01 A.M....
Most of us labor under the false idea that we remove things from ourselves to recover from alcoholism. But in the spiritual economy it works as subtraction by...
The next cycle begins on Tuesday September 16th! The details: There are several Big Book Studies that I have been running for several years now. Here are the...
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