I got the most slovenly disgusting comments from some dude today and I thought - "hmmmmm....." Isn't Love and Tolerance of Others, OUR CODE????? I am going to practice it and not publish this trash - and I will pray for this guy. How do these people stay sober who do not follow our principles? … Continue reading Love and Tolerance of Others is Our Code…
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”
My Story, reposted
I got sober in a place where the joke is that if you want to hide something from an alcoholic, put it in their Big Book. I stayed dry for 9 years before I became suicidal and started planning how I could off myself. I learned many important lessons - like God will provide the … Continue reading My Story, reposted
The Dr’s Opinion Was Moved From P.1
I am growing weary of receiving comments from people who say that I am just being a pot-stirrer because they claim that none of the changes I say that are being made to the big book are being made. https://anonymousalcoholics.home.blog/2021/05/20/and-yes-they-voted-to-change-the-big-book/ AAWS has been making changes to the big book since the 2nd printing of the … Continue reading The Dr’s Opinion Was Moved From P.1
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
Check-In
There will be a renewal, in my lifetime? I don't know. Maybe there will not be a renewal if the earth becomes A Wrinkle In Time. Until then, what I am presently living through is not for the faint of heart and definitely a test of my experience and my program. I have one "sponsee" … Continue reading Check-In
Leadership In AA; Ever A Vital Need
Bill W.'s article on how Leadership in a group is being a servant of the whole rather than a tyrant. This article is in the 9th Concept of the AA service Manual, which talks about Rotation of Leadership to preserve AA as an organism rather than an organization. https://anonymousalcoholics.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/leadership-in-aa.pdf
Why We Need Principles To Unify Our Groups
I wrote this post for a group outside of AA but thought some of the points might be relevant. At first, we all feel good and love each other in our new group... united by personality – the actor we trot out for a new group – we may do this completely unknowingly, right? It … Continue reading Why We Need Principles To Unify Our Groups
A Fascinating Minority Report
A friend of this blog submitted this minority report, written by a group of AA members in the UK. https://aaminority.blogspot.com/ I also watched Part 1 and Part 2 of this short video doc on Synanon and Charles Deidrich who was the dry drunk who started it. https://youtu.be/TASgLLn1dpc I do believe, however, from reading this document … Continue reading A Fascinating Minority Report
Anonymous Alcoholics 