I have a guy who is 30 years sober, who stopped going to meetings for 13 years and is back 1 year coming consistantly to the AA Comes of Age Meeting I started, which I am going to switch to a Traditions Meeting AND a woman with 31 years who is on the Board of … Continue reading 2 People Are Interested In Traditions?
Author: Anonymous Alcoholic
I have been sober following all the principles of AA as of 2/18/91. I am watching the deterioration of AA and I am determined to make available to others, how I have found to keep the principles alive.
The New Way We Do Things – Goin Along To Get Along
Disclaimer: This is MY blog and I can say whatever I want and if I don't like your comments - I don't have to post them. Take what you like and leave the rest. Writing this blog helps to keep me sane in these incredibly CRAZY times. The Big Book for Dummies was purchased by … Continue reading The New Way We Do Things – Goin Along To Get Along
Bob O., RIP
Steel on Steel… Maybe It’s Time…
Disclaimer - take what you like and leave the rest. I am praying about starting a Steel on Steel group here. You can watch this video: if you like, about it. In 1999, when I started working with Don P., he warned me NOT to get involved with a Steel on Steel group because Step … Continue reading Steel on Steel… Maybe It’s Time…
An Inside-Outside Issue That Effects Alcoholics, ACOAs, & Everybody Else
Disclaimer: This is MY blog -which I write to keep my sanity, this is not AA. Take what you like and leave the rest. Every year, around my anniversary, since 20, I have received a message from God about what the challenge of the year will be about. Last year, at 33, it was about … Continue reading An Inside-Outside Issue That Effects Alcoholics, ACOAs, & Everybody Else
Distorted Cliches Which Make Disaster Seem More Palatable
Why am I writing this? WORDS AND LANGUAGE are what WE use to communicate. In the old days - and for me that's just 34 years ago - we talked using words that were close to what was in the Big Book,(not the plain english version) but in today's language - the language that human … Continue reading Distorted Cliches Which Make Disaster Seem More Palatable
My Will & Surrender
Disclaimer - I write this blog for myself since I have no fellowship of equals anymore who do what I do. I write this blog to help me figure things out that I can't figure out that I need to figure out. Take what you like and leave the rest. This post is for people … Continue reading My Will & Surrender
In Loving Memory…
William A. Brewer IV 2/28/52 - 2/13/25 This guy asked me to help him with the 12 steps in November of 2013 at the Berkeley Fellowship, in Berkeley, CA. He had been chronically homeless for many years prior to this, had had 9 years of sobriety at one point, but had a complicated mental illness … Continue reading In Loving Memory…
All Past Trustees Are Untrusted & Uninvited
Disclaimer: This is my blog that I write for myself, to keep track of what's going on in AA for my sanity- take what you like and leave the rest. This just in! Usually the Past-Trustees are invited to attend the dinner given by GSO before the opening of the General Service Conference, so that … Continue reading All Past Trustees Are Untrusted & Uninvited
God Used Me Today…Wow!
Disclaimer - I write this blog for my sanity - take what you like and leave the rest. Remember, I said that my goal for this year is to be more optimistic? So, i will share a positive story of God's Grace and making me useful. Today I went to the hospital to see my … Continue reading God Used Me Today…Wow!
Anonymous Alcoholics 