1. Any 2 or 3 alcoholics, gathered for sobriety, may call themselves an AA Group. First, find 2 or 3 alcoholics who want to gather for sobriety. Recently I was approached by someone who is telling me he is an alcoholic-addict and I just don’t understand blah blah blah – and he wants to start … Continue reading How To Start An AA Group, Part 1
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For The “Such Unfortunates”
Upon therapy for the alcoholic himself, we surely have no monopoly. This means that if our program does not work for you, find something which does. Please don't change our program though - because it is working for us. How selfish and self-centered you are to think about changing something that is helping such a … Continue reading For The “Such Unfortunates”
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
Dissecting “To Wives” Part 2
I missed a week, but I am going to dive into what we discussed this week now. The first principle of success is that you should never be angry. Although the Alanons usually have more power than we do, we can strive to do what they do. I have - and I can now do … Continue reading Dissecting “To Wives” Part 2
Tradition 10: We Have No Opinion
I am going to revisit this post I made a while back about changing Men and Women to People, because recently someone commented on my post"Yes they voted to change the Big Book" which was posted May 20, 2021 and people are still commenting on it, for some reason. So recently someone posted that they … Continue reading Tradition 10: We Have No Opinion
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!
Meeting Makers Go Insane…Why?
Because it's BB. What's BB? We don't know, but it's not AA. I talked to my sponsor today about how much better I feel not attending those silly-ass meetings that call themselves AA, but when push comes to shove and you actually make them get out their traditions, you discover - hey it's NOT AA … Continue reading Meeting Makers Go Insane…Why?
Addendum to yesterday…
We have decided that I am going to go to the cops tomorrow and make a report against El Priko, just to put it on record that there is a history. Then Craig and my BFF will go talk to El Priko together. El Priko has gotten "talked" out of many groups already - nothing … Continue reading Addendum to yesterday…
I Am A Lion
My "home" group is a closed group. I don't really think of it as my "home" group except that it is where I go. There are so many "messages" there that are not my message that I do not consider it my home - but I can consider it my home-away -from-home group - since … Continue reading I Am A Lion
Anonymous Alcoholics 