When I came in, we used to introduce ourselves with our first and last name, and our sobriety date. Why? We are not anonymous within our own fellowship and we want people to be able to get in touch with us. We stated our sobriety date because Alcoholism lives in the gray area of whenever … Continue reading Week 5: The Significance of The Sobriety Date
Week 4 of the Big Book Workshop
We started out with each person sharing their name, sobriety date and the set -aside prayer. The set- aside prayer was coined by Joe H. of Santa Monica, CA as a result of work he did with Don P. of Aurora, CO. It's a good prayer to do when going through the Big Book again … Continue reading Week 4 of the Big Book Workshop
Day 3: The Law of Investment
I have been trying to figure out what is going on in AA lately. Today, being the 4th week of the workshop, 6 of the 13 people who normally have been showing up decided not to show up this week. One of them "sent me a text". What if I decided not to show up? … Continue reading Day 3: The Law of Investment
The Chairman’s Job…
from page 5 - 25 of this AA Literature from 1965. Wow. Things sure are different nowadays. This is something to aspire to do. I am sorry about the darn "outdated printing stamp" but if you are desperate you can still read this. I just got it from the Archives the other day. the-a.a.-group-first-printing-8-65Download
Day 2 of Our Big Book Workshop
We started off on Roman Numeral 17 - xvii of the 2nd Edition Forward. The first thing that was remarked upon, since I was reading out of a 2nd Edition and the rest of the group were using the 4th Edition to read the 2nd Edition Forward, is that someone changed the 2nd Edition Forward, … Continue reading Day 2 of Our Big Book Workshop
Day 1 of our Big Book Workshop
First of all, the difference between a study and a workshop is that in a workshop the group actually goes through all the steps together as a group. The history is described here; https://bigbookrecovered.org/golden-slippers-history/ because where I learned to do this came from a recovered alcoholic who was in this workshop. Of that group of … Continue reading Day 1 of our Big Book Workshop
Alcoholics, Addicts, Addict Alcoholics, And Alcoholic Addicts
Treatment is going to tell you that these are all the same. This all changed in 1996 when Social Security Disability decided that Alcoholism was no longer considered a "disability" .Suddenly, my crackhead alcoholic boyfriend, Dave, was not able to get Medicaid to pay for his 7th Treatment Center...until... Medicaid came up with the terms … Continue reading Alcoholics, Addicts, Addict Alcoholics, And Alcoholic Addicts
Take Back Group Service!
I don't know about your service structure, but where I live, it has grown top-heavy. Back in the day, the groups were in charge and they created the District to serve the group's service efforts. It can be that way again! Once we get this thing going, we are going to need an outlet for … Continue reading Take Back Group Service!
Incrementally Easing God Out
This is from the Daily Reflections today... This may seem nit picky to some of you newcomers to the honey fuggling mess that is GSO - but I assure you it is not! The footnote of this statement "Continued to take personal inventory" is from p. 59 of the book, Alcoholics Anonymous, which is our … Continue reading Incrementally Easing God Out
What Is It To Be Anonymous… Part 2
I have been talking to God about Anonymity - and what it truly is - why is it the Spiritual Foundation of all of our Traditions? My sponsor says it is about HUMILITY...and he says most people are about "I'm fine, screw you" and going to meetings to talk about how fine they are now … Continue reading What Is It To Be Anonymous… Part 2
Anonymous Alcoholics 