I am so upset from what happened today that I am up at 4 am and can't sleep. So when I wrote my nightly review I decided that I am going to be ready to say this in a calm voice the next time something like what happened today happens again. I am not going … Continue reading The Blue Card
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
The Annihilation Of All The Things Worth While In Life
The only thing worthwhile in my life right now is Alcoholics Anonymous. Without AA I would have NO THING. And when I hear what I am about to tell you - it just kills me that this shit is going on. We started up the workshop again. We read More About Alcoholism this week. There … Continue reading The Annihilation Of All The Things Worth While In Life
Get On Your Knees & Ask God To Remove The Obsession
God told me to go late to a meeting the other day. I was annoyed. The addict-alcoholics were jibber jabbering about something unknown to me yadda yadda - why am I here God? I asked. How can I leave without making it too obvious since I just got here? There's no way out. The last … Continue reading Get On Your Knees & Ask God To Remove The Obsession
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
Week 6: There Is A Solution Lays Out All The Traditions
THERE IS A SOLUTION It is a bold statement for me to make that There Is A Solution lays out all the Traditions, but there they are! This means that the Traditions, which were published about 15 years after the book Alcoholics Anonymous, have been a part of AA since it's inception - which a … Continue reading Week 6: There Is A Solution Lays Out All The Traditions
Anonymous Alcoholics 