"Prayer and meditation are our principal means of conscious contact with God. We AA's are active folk, enjoying the satisfactions of dealing with the realities...
Chapter 5 HOW IT WORKS Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path. Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not...
A 25 Day Big Book Study Guide - 4th Edition Referenced. One way to study the Big Book is to do it in small portions at a time following the suggestions below...
Bill has been posting the 3rd Step prayer this week. It goes like this: “God, I offer myself to Thee – to build with me and do as Thou wilt. Relieve me of...
"We are people who normally would not mix. But there exists among us a fellowship, a friendliness, and an understanding which is indescribably wonderful." ...
On the Home Page of this group, you will find our primary purpose: "we simply want to share with anyone suffering from alcoholism how the program of Alcoholics...
The 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous 1.) We admitted we were powerless over alcohol--that our lives had become unmanageable. 2.) Came to believe that a Power...
"God, I offer myself to Thee -- to build with me and to do with me as Thou wilt. Relieve me of the bondage of self, that I may better do Thy will. Take away my...
The search is yours and mine. Each finds his or her way with help, but yet alone. Serenity is the goal. It comes to those who learn to wait and grow; for each...
What a powerful message if you will take the time to read it. Much like Bills story of the woman who will not follow the doctors advise and dies My advise to...
Somewhere in early recovery I noticed it says "to build with me.." and the idea came that before you can build where there already is something(our old self's)...
This statement always makes me smile. My first home group was a room full of cross addicted alcoholic bikers. Hard core, leather wearing, bikers. They loved...
Most A.A. members are pretty competent people; we are not bums or losers or creeps, our problem is that we can't handle booze. A tipsy driver was in a hurry....
~*~A.A. Thoughts For The Day~*~ ^*^*^*^*^ (\ ~~~ /) ( \(AA)/ ) (_ /AA\ _) /AA\ ^*^*^*^*^ Prayer "In AA we have found that the actual good results of...
Love those kinds of groups Beth. My home group has a large amount of elderly people (assisted living nearby)others too. Saturday I went to the harbor in Dana...
Beth, glad you brought this story(A JOURNEY, A WAITING ROOM, AND A TERMINAL) to my attention. I had put it aside to read later. I read it at once. Excellent! ...
From the book " My mind is out to get Me" #312 - " Come to meetings to see what happens to people WHO DONT COME to meetings " I cant relapse EVER . Period > or...
There is no such thing as being too young to be an alcoholic, or too old, or too different, or too special. A drunk stated that she had read so much about the...
The Beauty of Shyness There is something beautiful about shyness, even though in our culture shyness is not considered a virtue. On the contrary, we are...
Hi Beth... some of the best people in AA I've met are bikers that I NEVER would have given the time of day to before. As for God having a sense of humour......
Small world !! I am also the Mom that was scared of my own shadow that also landed in a room full of bikers. Bill T can attest to that. He has met my kick...
Actually alcohol won and I won too. Because of my alcoholism, and being absolutely defeated by alcohol, and the solution found in the Big Book, which led to my...
Linda, I actually have rose colored glasses for real. The world looks "pretty in pink". Yet again it still looks rosy without them on ( a lot of the time)!!!!...
Description (of this group) If you can't stop drinking no matter how hard you try, if you need to stop drinking for good, if you're new to sobriety, or if you...
Hey Rick! I havent posted here in some time. I still struggle with wanting to drink, its what I have done for years,it is how I deal with good things and...
Wendy great to hear from you. That is a fantastic post from Rick. I have printed it out and also saved it. Maybe i will steal it. Maybe you should too and...
LOL I love it. We are more alike then not. Beth ... that also landed in a room full of bikers. Bill T can attest to that. He has met my kick ass Harley...
Dave wrote re third step prayer"It is not something we are taking lightly; with passivity or endurance. It is not something that we say resignedly, as in it...
What is detachment? Detachment is the: Ability to allow people, places, or things the freedom to be themselves. Holding back from the need to rescue, save, or...
On the Home Page of this group, you will find our primary purpose: "we simply want to share with anyone suffering from alcoholism how the program of Alcoholics...
