As soon as a man can say that he does believe, or is willing to believe, we emphatically assure him that he is on his way. If you decided that you now believe or are even willing to believe - you are on your way... It has been repeatedly proven among us that upon this … Continue reading We Agnostics…A Portal Chapter, Part 5
Questions To Make You Think About the 3 Legacies
A friend in AA, just turned me on to this book which is Alanon based which asks great questions about the Traditions and Concepts to bring them home to your own life... I am sharing this here - for those of us who have to use ALL the principles of the program. Reaching for Personal … Continue reading Questions To Make You Think About the 3 Legacies
Lack of Power…
For all the alcoholic Adult Children out there with long-term sobriety who are still powerless over taking care of themselves - the bottom line that I have finally discovered is that we have to do the ACoA work and we have to make friends with our inner children and our critical parent and then - … Continue reading Lack of Power…
We Agnostics, As A Portal Chapter…Part 4
At the start, this was all we needed to commence spiritual growth, to effect our first conscious relation with God as we understood Him. Afterward, we found ourselves accepting many things which then seemed entirely out of reach. That was growth, but if we wished to grow we had to begin somewhere. So we used … Continue reading We Agnostics, As A Portal Chapter…Part 4
We Agnostics, A Portal Chapter, Part 3…
As soon as we admitted the possible existence of a Creative Intelligence, a Spirit of the Universe underlying the totality of things, we began to be possessed of a new sense of power and direction, provided we took other simple steps. We found that God does not make too hard terms with those who seek … Continue reading We Agnostics, A Portal Chapter, Part 3…
Quote Which Describes The Fellowship Now
"Have you ever wondered how criminals who know they can't trust one another are still able to conduct business?" "They replace trust with fear and the threat of violence." I would say this is how the powder keg of the fellowship is right now. I found out today that a guy I know who goes … Continue reading Quote Which Describes The Fellowship Now
It’s None Of My Business…
Disclaimer: As I have said in the past, this blog is mine - take what you like and leave the rest. I am using it to stay sane through these "end times". It's None Of My Business…what happens to this Entity which calls itself AA - because this thing is NOT AA. AA is an … Continue reading It’s None Of My Business…
We …
Disclaimer: This is my blog and I will write whatever I like here - read it or don't, like it or don't. I do this for my own sanity as I observe AA die. There is no We. There is only a bunch of “I”s now. "We are a fellowship of ... people" ?? Whatever. … Continue reading We …
We Agnostics, A Portal Chapter, Part 2
Some of us have been violently anti-religious. To others, the word "God" brought up a particular idea of Him with which someone had tried to impress them during childhood. Perhaps we rejected this particular conception because it seemed inadequate. With that rejection we imagined we had abandoned the God idea entirely. We were bothered with … Continue reading We Agnostics, A Portal Chapter, Part 2
We Agnostics…A Portal Chapter, Part 1
This chapter is written in such a way that it can, in itself, take you into a spiritual experience. I will be presenting each part once a week for the next 6-8 weeks. You can follow along and have a renewed spiritual experience. In the preceding chapters you have learned something of alcoholism. We hope … Continue reading We Agnostics…A Portal Chapter, Part 1
Anonymous Alcoholics 