Winter is coming... where are all these park meetings going to go? 6 feet apart? Wear your muzzle... Come ON people! Look deeper than this - where is GOD in all this? Do you really believe that YOU decide when and how you are going to die? Did you really take that 3rd Step? Or … Continue reading Are You Wearing Your Muzzle? That’s A Requirement To Go to AA Now…
How Many AAer’s Are Out Drinking Now?
I was talking to a friend tonight - we used to say "There are 1500 meetings a week in the Metro Area, so if you don't like this meeting, surely there is one you will like..." Now there are maybe 400 f2f, in an area that covers aproximately 200 square miles or more. There are … Continue reading How Many AAer’s Are Out Drinking Now?
More on Anonymity
Anonymity. Think about this...I go in the back yard and what I see are a mass of "weeds". That's what I see. These are anonymous plants of different varieties, and I don't know what they are - so they are just "weeds". I have to pull them, because the HOA says I have to pull … Continue reading More on Anonymity
Anonymity Means So Much More…
http://www.strawmanstory.info I was reading this book and found a lot of information on Anonymity which I think is relevant to us in AA. The author discusses so much about Anonymity, that I think it can be helpful that anonymity has an immense spiritual significance means so much more than we thought...even more than Bill Wilson … Continue reading Anonymity Means So Much More…
Help The Person That’s In Front Of You
I mentioned this woman, Patty. She has schizoaffective disorder, maybe. She's been a lot of medications for many years as a result of that diagnosis. She seems to really want to get sober. She was recently kicked out of the the sober living house because her med-count was off - and these are not drugs … Continue reading Help The Person That’s In Front Of You
Courage Is Fear That’s Said It’s Prayers…
It has taken me many years to get where I am to day. I grew up in a violent alcoholic family and as a result, and because of my own personality and inclinations toward the Creative, being polarized into "right brain" thinking, I have always feared confrontation, people not liking me, having to stand up … Continue reading Courage Is Fear That’s Said It’s Prayers…
The 8th Tradition vs. The Certified Peer Support Specialist
OH MY GOD!!!! I must have been living under a rock to just now be hearing of this position: Certified Peer Support Specialist. I see it's at least 4 years old in my state. Wow. Yes, I am living under a rock. The Rock of Alcoholics Anonymous 3 Legacies = God. Alcoholics Anonymous should remain … Continue reading The 8th Tradition vs. The Certified Peer Support Specialist
A Real AA Day…
I met with a sponsee this morning from 10-1230 and we read More About Alcoholism. I asked her if she had come up with examples and she said "No. but I know there are a ton" but then, when I reminded her of the 3 she had come up with last week, she came up … Continue reading A Real AA Day…
Sponsorship…Update
Low and Behold, the ultimatum is working. Sponsee finished 4th column and got fear instructions today - I gave her 3 days to make her list and only let her talk a little bit about her multitude of problems, one of which is Premenstrual Syndrome. This is an issue for alcoholic women - I too … Continue reading Sponsorship…Update
Sponsorship…
Today I had to give a sponsee an ultimatum. I never like to do this but she has given me no choice. She must finish her 4th col by next week or we are done. It must become objectionable enough to her that she is abusing a child by constantly yelling at him, that she … Continue reading Sponsorship…
Anonymous Alcoholics 