Another situation that we had this weekend was with a woman who had maybe 2 weeks of drytime. Let's call her Kally. She is a Native American from Arizona. She moved to New York City and met up with one of my sponsees, Candice. Candice has about 6 years now. She is an alcoholic and … Continue reading How To Weed Out The Dead-Wood
Nina and John: The Psycopaths
Nina and John live by cash completely. They own a few buildings and property and sock cash away in their house. They do kitchen and bath remodeling. They pay in cash and they leave no paper trail. They not only don't pay taxes - (which is fine) but they also play poor and rape the … Continue reading Nina and John: The Psycopaths
How To Deal With Spiritual Thieves And Drama Queens
I attended an AA event this weekend in which we planned to use the group conscience to determine what we were going to do this weekend. We had no set itinerary and this worked very well last year, so we were going to do it again. Basically what it required is a handful of recovered … Continue reading How To Deal With Spiritual Thieves And Drama Queens
“Qui tacet consentit” (Silence Implies Consent)
I will speak for myself. I, as an Adult Child of Alcoholics, hence a victim of Trauma and an Alcoholic myself have paralyzing terror of speaking up. Speaking up makes me feel that I am dying, suffocating. Speaking up triggers in me the terror of childhood, for which my solution is Alcohol, starting with a … Continue reading “Qui tacet consentit” (Silence Implies Consent)
How The A.C.A.’s Highjacked A.A.
I am an A.C.A or A.C.O.A. if you will. I grew up in a violent Alcoholic family. I witnessed and endured beatings, screaming/yelling, the cops being called, drunk driving, heinous crimes that were never found out - for 15 years...AND I am an alcoholic myself. As strange as it may seem, the trauma did not … Continue reading How The A.C.A.’s Highjacked A.A.
And Yes…They Voted To CHANGE THE BIG BOOK!!!
Unbelieveable. They will take out "To The Wives", "The Family Afterward" and "To The Employers", and they will change the pronouns to they and them and develop new stories. (These chapters contain some of the most profound principles about how we live with our fellows, by the way - You should take a look at … Continue reading And Yes…They Voted To CHANGE THE BIG BOOK!!!
An Example of Principles Inventory with An Extended 3rd Column
The purpose of the "extended third column" is to help find more principles and to get down to the Causes and the Conditions. This should only be done by people who have a few years of sobriety and are practiced at the simple method. The extended third column was developed by Joe H. and Dan … Continue reading An Example of Principles Inventory with An Extended 3rd Column
A Simple Way To Use The Traditions
p. 53 "Logic is great stuff. We liked it. We still like it. It is not by chance we were given the power to reason, to examine the evidence of our senses, and to draw conclusions. That is one of man's magnificent attributes." This infers that the people who wrote this book were taught the … Continue reading A Simple Way To Use The Traditions
Principles Inventory – The Advanced Inventory for Long Term Emotional Sobriety During Current Events
We listed people, institutions or principles with whom we were angry. I have done all of deepest my work using principles inventory. I was raised in a violent alcoholic family. I have a lot of trauma - ptsd, some might say, even. From the point of view of Principles Inventory, as a result of the … Continue reading Principles Inventory – The Advanced Inventory for Long Term Emotional Sobriety During Current Events
How To Deal With AAWS Changing The Big Book?
Report them to the Attorney General of the State of NY for violating our bi-laws. Yes, that's right. It is now time to take action. We have been violating our bi-laws for years by not following the Traditions. We have violated our bi-laws recently by changing the service manual in which we changed our bi-laws, … Continue reading How To Deal With AAWS Changing The Big Book?
Anonymous Alcoholics 