The chairman's job is to keep the meeting on track, to uphold the Traditions and the group's mission statement. In the old days, the Chairman was a trusted servant's elected position about which a detailed pamphlet was written and is in the archives at GSO. Sorry, I don't seem to have a copy of it … Continue reading The Chairman’s Job At An AA Meeting
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Why Are We All So Dumb Right Now?
This is my blog, so I can talk about whatever I want right now -even issues outside of AA that I feel like talking about - this is the for the AA Blog Police that send me nasty comments - this post is going to be one such post. For the last few nights, I … Continue reading Why Are We All So Dumb Right Now?
The 2nd Draft Our Group’s Agenda Item
We will meet today to discuss this an make any changes - I propose that we make it the first 200 or so pages to include the Dr.'s Opinionand Dr. Bob's Nightmare - which they have fucked with already.
Big Book For Dummies & The 5th Edition… Part 2
I had a very disturbing comment on my blog this evening, regarding my post about the Big Book For Dummies...and the 5th Edition, So I want to go back over the facts as I see them.GSO is using money sent in by the groups to "translate" the 4th Edition into "plain language". There are a … Continue reading Big Book For Dummies & The 5th Edition… Part 2
Our Group Is Creating 2 Agenda Items
The first one is to scrap the plain English "translation" altogether, siting Tradition 1 - mainly - because our COMMON welfare must come first not the individual welfare of a small cluster of folks that the people in their area could help them with. In addition, it's not a "translation" - that is just slight … Continue reading Our Group Is Creating 2 Agenda Items
Who AA is for
Today, I Talked To A Newcomer...She got her 3rd DUI, she is an alcoholic, NOT an addict, She is a straight female. She has 3 grown kids and just divorced her husband last year. She is not on medication and she did not go to treatment recently. This person is a REAL ALCOHOLIC, not an … Continue reading Who AA is for
Anonymous Press
Due to the fact that "we" lost the copyright to the first edition (by the Grace of God) Anonymous Press was born. To quote from their website " About The Anonymous Press What we do is sell books and software containing the basic text of Alcoholics Anonymous. We also print study editions of the text … Continue reading Anonymous Press
The Difference between Big-S and Little-s
To Thine Own Self Be True - this is referring to Big-S elf. If I was true to my little-s elf, I would get drunk. Put your name on the top of the list of your amends - Well put your Higher Self at the top of the list then this will work because the … Continue reading The Difference between Big-S and Little-s
My Friend Nick From The Ukraine
Back in 2007 this kid, Nick contacted the conference chair of an annual conference groups from our state put on. This conference is not a part of the AA service structure, but it's been going on for many years. This kid had got a hold of tapes of Joe H. and Mark H., 2 Big … Continue reading My Friend Nick From The Ukraine
Live and Let Live and Tradition Four
Referring back to the post I made earlier, "My sponsor told me that his sponsor told him that he could swing is arm as far out as he wanted to until it actually connected with another person’s face. At that point, his autonomy ended." He was talking about Autonomy. Live and Let Live is about … Continue reading Live and Let Live and Tradition Four
Anonymous Alcoholics 