We are called to be Anonymous. There are plenty of drunken bums out there, happy to be just that - drunken bums. Some of them live under bridges and some of them are white-collar lawyers and stock exchange traders - but what they are is satisfied with being drunken bums. Happy and satisfied with not … Continue reading What is it to be Anonymous?
The Fellowship Outside of Meetings
Today my sponsee called me crying. She is just over a year sober. Someone - an oldtimer - had invited her to a potluck at his house with a bunch of other AAers and she just did not want to go. She had told him she would go, but then her best friend backed out … Continue reading The Fellowship Outside of Meetings
The Chairman’s Job At An AA Meeting
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
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
The Big Book For Dummies…and The 5th Edition
I am sure that that title alone just pissed off a bunch of "woke" people. Don't let the door hit your ass on the way out. Yesterday our "woke" DCM came to our group to "answer questions" for us about the "plain english" big book and the 5th edition. Lie #1 - she told us … Continue reading The Big Book For Dummies…and The 5th Edition
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
Anonymous Alcoholics 