Disclaimer- this blog is for me, take what you like and leave the rest. When Trouble Comes Cheerfully Capitalize God's Omnipotence! I had that title up and I had left out the word Cheerfully LOL! I am sure glad they threw that in at the end. They had no trouble back then in the exuberant … Continue reading Cheerfully
Category: AA Today
How Much Longer Am I Going To Write This Blog?
Disclaimer: I write this blog for myself - so take what you like and leave the rest. But sometimes I wonder - do I have anything else to say? Am I saying the same thing over and over? OFW. Today, I sat alone for an hour at the Principles and Applications Meeting I started, reading … Continue reading How Much Longer Am I Going To Write This Blog?
Just For Today – Pages 2-3 of Chad’s AA Card
Just for today,...I can do something for 12 hours that I would appall me if I thought I had to keep it up for a lifetime. If I can do this, anyone can. I was raised to believe that our family was better than every one else. My father's side of the family came from … Continue reading Just For Today – Pages 2-3 of Chad’s AA Card
Going Forward With Sponsorship
Disclaimer - I am keeping a record of my plans here on the internet, for myself, in case I lose my copy of the file - and for no other reason. Use this if you like or don't. I may do the "Call me everyday for 30 days" thing first. I don't expect to ever … Continue reading Going Forward With Sponsorship
Week 1: AACoA Meeting
Disclaimer: This blog is for me to keep sane and to keep track and to reflect back on what is going on. If you get something out of it great, if not oh well. The names have been changed for the sake of Anonymity. Yesterday was the first official attendance of the AACoA Meeting. https://anonymousalcoholics.home.blog/2024/09/12/i-am-starting-a-new-group/ … Continue reading Week 1: AACoA Meeting
Ship Of Fools
Disclaimer: Once again - take what you like and leave the rest - this blog is for my sanity. The Ship of Fools, by Sebastian Brandt gutenberg.org Yesterday, a guy called me from another country and asked me to do a 12 step call for his sister in law, IF I am still a member … Continue reading Ship Of Fools
Big Book For Dummies
What is amazing is - when I set out to make this image - I found that there is already a 12 steps for Dummies book available: http://sobrietyforwomen.com/the-12-steps-of-aa-for-dummies/and a wiki how!! https://www.wikihow.health/Do-the-12-Steps - Wow Disclaimer: I write this blog for myself, my sanity and my sobriety. "take what you like and leave the rest". The … Continue reading Big Book For Dummies
To Thine Self Be True Is On The Coin – Not In The Big Book
Good Source Material: https://silkworth.net/alcoholics-anonymous/a-a-history-lovers/ The good is the enemy of the best - and this is true in this case. "To thine own self be true" is a quote from Hamlet by William Shakespeare “This above all: to thine own self be trueAnd it must follow, as the night the dayThou canst not then be … Continue reading To Thine Self Be True Is On The Coin – Not In The Big Book
What To Do Now That There’s Nothing To Do In AA?
Delve deeper into a spiritual discipline and go to meetings to help alcoholics. Someone I know who has extreme mental health issues, went back to AA and has 30 days - and was told by the "club" that he is not welcome back to meetings for 30 days. OUR COMMON WELFARE COMES FIRST - the … Continue reading What To Do Now That There’s Nothing To Do In AA?
And YES…They Voted To Change The Big Book…Again
My post from 2020 has gotten the most hits and the most comments of any post on this site - here it is. But what is remarkable about this is that the new set of Delegates voted to continue the dumb-down-the-big-book-project at this latest Shameful Service Conference this year in New York. The Delegates aren't … Continue reading And YES…They Voted To Change The Big Book…Again
Anonymous Alcoholics 