Hope for the future… Underlying human lives right now, I put forth, is that we have lost hope for the future. We in AA are fortunate in this regard. We live ONE DAY AT A TIME – but underlying that – we have no hope for the future. Our whole society has turned upside down. … Continue reading Hope for the Future…One Day At A Time
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If You Don’t Stand For Anything, You Fall For Everything
The principles of AA - recap! I stand for AA, the principles of AA, and that's what this blog is about. I try to live in alignment with these principles one day at a time. Every day poses a different experience with these principles. I am an alcoholic, which means that I have a daily … Continue reading If You Don’t Stand For Anything, You Fall For Everything
Check in with the latest
s Hello everyone! I have not posted in a while. Things are pretty much the same as they have been for the last several years. A woman with 25 years asked me to sponsor her and we have been working together for several weeks. She was sponsored by this guy who is a "guru" around … Continue reading Check in with the latest
3 More Years
I talked to my sponsor today... he is 91 years old - 53 years of sobriety - past Trustee during my first years of sobriety - in 1991. He predicts AA will not be around for more than 3 more years. Of course, GSO will still be printing books and selling them - but it's … Continue reading 3 More Years
Check-In
There will be a renewal, in my lifetime? I don't know. Maybe there will not be a renewal if the earth becomes A Wrinkle In Time. Until then, what I am presently living through is not for the faint of heart and definitely a test of my experience and my program. I have one "sponsee" … Continue reading Check-In
Why We Need Principles To Unify Our Groups
I wrote this post for a group outside of AA but thought some of the points might be relevant. At first, we all feel good and love each other in our new group... united by personality – the actor we trot out for a new group – we may do this completely unknowingly, right? It … Continue reading Why We Need Principles To Unify Our Groups
Week 28 of the Big Book Workshop
We are on Working With Others - and oddly, this chick who I had as "12 step" call from the Central Office showed up. She is on methadone, hence "not done" in my book. it was really weird to be reading WWO to the group and have her there - in her unsurrendered state. We … Continue reading Week 28 of the Big Book Workshop
I Found An AA Group!
On Wednesdays at noon, they meet in a church, about 40 min from my home-office. They are all old-timers with a few newbies, and their only tradition-violation is that the church requires you to sign in on an Ipad - so I signed in "Marty M." That will be my weekly humor - what my … Continue reading I Found An AA Group!
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