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
Category: alcoholism
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
Beware The Women Hierarchy in AA – What the HELL is it and where did it come from???
There is this article in the Grapevine. https://silkworth.net/alcoholics-anonymous/tradition-three/Where Bill lays out that there are no conditions to being a member of AA. I wish that were really true. First let me start off by saying that I am a female. I am common-law married to my partner who is a male - and he is … Continue reading Beware The Women Hierarchy in AA – What the HELL is it and where did it come from???
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
The Fat Book Cult of AA
https://www.fatbook.org My best friend of 17 years has joined a cult of Christianity. He has left AA for the Church. Well, I think he is still going to meetings, but he is on a Christian Missionary trip to Mexico right now and he doesn’t really talk to me the same way we used to talk. … Continue reading The Fat Book Cult of AA
The Effects of Alcohol by Rudolf Steiner (1923)
https://youtu.be/6ij8wsbHSpk?si=uilDEXjRnV6gh1ap Very interesting observations - as well as the effects on children born of drinkers, and because it was made in 1923.
Working With Others p. 89-98 – An Analysis
Practical experience shows that nothing will so much insure immunity from drinking as intensive work with other alcoholics. What is intensive work? Sitting down face to face and going through the Big Book and doing what it says to do – as well as helping them move, and all the other things you can do … Continue reading Working With Others p. 89-98 – An Analysis
Zero point Zero (0.0) Alcohol Beer & Wine
Who do you think this is for? It's for US. What normal drinker would drink 0.0 alcohol beer? Who really likes the taste of BEER???? If it did not have alcohol? This is for alcoholics - to get us to start drinking again. I remember when I lived in the place where I first got … Continue reading Zero point Zero (0.0) Alcohol Beer & Wine
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
The Materialism Subtext
Did you ever notice that when people speak from the podium about how when the got sober, suddenly their financial situation radically changes? And then they attribute their new success to God - which it is, obviously - He provided what we needed IF we kept close to Him and performed His work well... But … Continue reading The Materialism Subtext
Anonymous Alcoholics 