Lately, I have been having a conversation with a woman who just started going to Alanon. I met this woman through an outside interest. She had something I wanted, so I thought, and we have been talking on social media, Signal - where we leave each other messages - she is in Italy, from Scotland, … Continue reading Bodily and Mentally Different…
Category: 12 Steps
Terrifying…
As I posted, the city said we had to wear masks as we come through the door and then we can take them off. "We" voted to do that. Nobody is doing it, including me - I am not doing it because I don't believe in it. We should have not said we would do … Continue reading Terrifying…
Boy Meets Girl On AA Campus…Notes
I am going to share my experience with relationships in AA because I see this over and over in my sponsees and myself and most women in AA do not admit this - so I know it's out there and prevalent. I grew up with a drunk dad. I was sexually abused in my childhood. … Continue reading Boy Meets Girl On AA Campus…Notes
Southern Discomfort
The strange mental blank spot. Last week I was moving a bed in the bedroom to the other side of the room. I had a feeling there might be alcohol under the bed because an active alcoholic had been staying in that room a year ago, had been caught drinking and had been kicked out … Continue reading Southern Discomfort
Anonymity Means So Much More…
http://www.strawmanstory.info I was reading this book and found a lot of information on Anonymity which I think is relevant to us in AA. The author discusses so much about Anonymity, that I think it can be helpful that anonymity has an immense spiritual significance means so much more than we thought...even more than Bill Wilson … Continue reading Anonymity Means So Much More…
Real AA Is Ready To Be Created…We did it this weekend…Part 3
Saturday was more bizarre than Friday. We came together once again and said we were going to a group conscience regarding what we were going to do for the entire day today. We through out a few ideas - again - Traditions? Step Workshops? Step and Traditions workshops? It was decided that we go through … Continue reading Real AA Is Ready To Be Created…We did it this weekend…Part 3
Real AA Is Ready To Be Created…We did it this weekend…Part 2
My buddy and I arrived a few days before the others. The 3 of us sat around and talked about what we would like to do - have an askit basket traditions... have some speakers on the steps...have a first step workshop - but then we concluded that we should just have a group conscience … Continue reading Real AA Is Ready To Be Created…We did it this weekend…Part 2
Real AA Is Ready To Be Created…We did it this weekend…Part 1
I posted that I was going to do a face-to-face Big Book Gathering, the last full weekend of July of 2020. It has been amazing. I am still here. First of all, we are on an Indian Reservation, and we will do it again here next year, in hopes that we might eventually get some … Continue reading Real AA Is Ready To Be Created…We did it this weekend…Part 1
I Do Not Get It, Part 2
After 10th stepping this with others today, I decided to discuss this with my BFF. I just said to him - "our ways of doing the 12 steps and sponsoring others is just so vastly different that I don't think we can compare the two ways at all, in any form or fashion, but I … Continue reading I Do Not Get It, Part 2
I Do Not Get It, Part 1
My BFF is an alcoholic. He is a "member" of a club that does not have a group conscience. His sponsor, is the treasurer, provides all the refreshments, and makes all the decisions for the group. He holds 2 meetings a day there, and it is listed as a "group" in the directory. The meetings … Continue reading I Do Not Get It, Part 1
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