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
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
Using The Computer To Write Your Inventory
I have one sponsee that has come out of this workshop. She is a 73 year old woman with 20 years of sobriety. She has only done inventories out of the 12x12. She is the type of person who when she talks, I don't understand what she is saying. I do remember that I had … Continue reading Using The Computer To Write Your Inventory
Week 28 of the Big Book Workshop
We are on Working With Others - and oddly, this chick who I had as "12 step" call from the Central Office showed up. She is on methadone, hence "not done" in my book. it was really weird to be reading WWO to the group and have her there - in her unsurrendered state. We … Continue reading Week 28 of the Big Book Workshop
The Slogans
Someone was talking today in the meeting about the slogan Think Think Think and how her sponsor told her that slogan is not for her... it made me think that we have no idea what they mean any more because we no longer have COMMON SENSE with the old timers of AA. So I discussed … Continue reading The Slogans
What Happened At The Generally Shameful Conference?
Clown World AA The Inside Scoop - of poop you won't hear from your Delegate: Sorry, I dropped the F-Bomb too many times Time to edit - wordpress won't let me search for the whole word oddly - only "Fuc" My sponsor, past Trustee from a long-darn-time-ago - told me all about it. First a … Continue reading What Happened At The Generally Shameful Conference?
Bill W’s Swedish Ivy Plant
Have you heard about Bill Wilson's Swedish Ivy plant? You can read about it here. My partner got a clipping from someone at a meeting a few months ago and it was almost dead. He has a green thumb and has been growing it under lights in his office and today he went out and … Continue reading Bill W’s Swedish Ivy Plant
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!
Meetings Are Just A Small Part of The Fellowship
I went back to the group after being away for a month - and I attended the 730am meeting. Fewer people know me there so I had a chance of being Anonymous after the Group Conscience debacle of a month ago. I came with the attitude that although it says it's a "closed meeting" - … Continue reading Meetings Are Just A Small Part of The Fellowship
I Stand at the Door
By Sam Shoemaker (from the Oxford Group) (The reason I am posting this today is several. First, I stand by the door means that I am going to continue to say "I am an alcoholic" even if it means that I am perpetuating my disease, as the New Agers want me to believe, because I … Continue reading I Stand at the Door
Anonymous Alcoholics 