This all started on January 26th when the addictAlcoholics turned the group into an NA meeting and I left and then Craig left after me and Genna stayed. Today was a snow day. Apparently Minnie asked Craig to open the meeting for her because she wasn't going out. I drove in piles of snow for … Continue reading The Continuing Saga of How To Bring A Group Back to AA Principles, continues…
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God Is My Spinach
I am having trouble sleeping while I go through this incredibly difficult time - soon I am going to have to face the 2 oldtime Addict Alcoholics who started this whole thing 3 weeks ago by pushing the boundaries of the meeting to where it was an addict meeting - it could be tomorrow - … Continue reading God Is My Spinach
You Can’t Teach A Hog About Sunday
Today, I went back to the group. I called my "friends" to make sure they were there - strength in numbers. At 1130 I drove to the group. I talked to my old sponsor and he told me that I have strong ground to stand on. Ugh. Please tell me I can just leave the … Continue reading You Can’t Teach A Hog About Sunday
The Star Sponsee is Drinking…
I wrote this post...about this "star" sponsee - and I was looking through past posts recently - and I realized - this chick did the steps too fast. She didn't like the fellowship in her area and so she left AA and started doing Amway in the midwest which was super Bible oriented. Then she … Continue reading The Star Sponsee is Drinking…
The Potato
A friend of mine told me that when he was newly sober he had to play a gig in a bar and grill and he was afraid that he might drink. He went to his sponsor, Guy B. and told him his dilemma. Guy gave him a dollar and told him to go over to … Continue reading The Potato
Bobbi Jo & The 3rd Tradition
Today, I met a woman named Bobbi Jo. I met her on Signal. She is a member of a group I belong to outside of AA. Since this is my blog, I can talk about things outside of AA if I want to. Bobbi Jo is in a freedom group that I belong to, but … Continue reading Bobbi Jo & The 3rd Tradition
Week 10: Big Book Workshop
We are in There is A Solution. Last week we went into detail of examples of drinking against our will... Here's an exercise for you, which will synopsize what happened in Week 9 - come up with 3 examples of when you intended not to drink at all and ended up drunk, overshooting the mark … Continue reading Week 10: Big Book Workshop
Week 8: Big Book Workshop
We are still in almost the same place as we were last week in There Is A Solution because we had a guy under 30 days who has been coming around for over 30 years. This means that the guy does not understand the strange mental blank spot. Most folks in AA don't. In fact, … Continue reading Week 8: Big Book Workshop
Week 7: Big Book Workshop
We are on p. 21 of the First Edition which is in There Is A Solution. Today we had a homeless kid show up at our group. Someone probably told him that there would be food - I don't know how he found our workshop - but he acted like he had been "trying to … Continue reading Week 7: Big Book Workshop
An Addendum To Last Week’s Post
I made a document for the group. I decided that the group is not ready to really see how the Traditions are laid out because it will take away from the simple experience of going through the book itself, but I made a document for them to study on their own and I am going … Continue reading An Addendum To Last Week’s Post
Anonymous Alcoholics 