“I have to take a look at my part.” Cobwebs. This reminds me of cobwebs. What are cobwebs? Cobwebs were once a beautiful, purposeful creation by a God through a spider – an example of sacred geometry in action, which have been abandoned by the spider and left hanging there to attract anything that will … Continue reading “My Part”
For Members in Northern California
Members in NoCal are hobbled by what is called the "H & I Committee". No other Area has an H&I Committee like the one in Northern California. The Northern California H&I Committee was started in 1946 as a result of a brawl between the Richmond, CA AA Group and the San Francisco AA Group. They … Continue reading For Members in Northern California
What Is A Sex Ideal?
Alcoholics Anonymous, p 69-70"We reviewed our own conduct over the years past. Where had we been selfish, dishonest, or inconsiderate? Whom had we hurt? Did we unjustifiably arouse jealousy, suspicion or bitterness? Where were we at fault, what should we have done instead? We got this all down on paper and looked at it. In … Continue reading What Is A Sex Ideal?
Principles Inventory
Problems that arise after the first set of steps for alcoholic women- they start to have hideous relationships with unavailable men.What do we do about this? Principles inventory Those of us women who come from alcoholic families often have to go through a period of time where we trot out our sex ideal and see if we … Continue reading Principles Inventory
I Went To A Group Conscience Tonight…
I have been considering changing home groups because my "group" is really a meeting. It grew out of a Traditions Workshop that my sponsor was doing. He moved home to an Assisted Living last year and now the meeting, which we tried to form as a group, is resting on the shoulders of this guru. … Continue reading I Went To A Group Conscience Tonight…
How We Do 10th Steps…
I am just sharing this because I have heard so much confusion about this, and I am just going to share what we do, in case it can be helpful. p. 84 "This thought brings us to Step Ten, which suggests we continue to take personal inventory and continue to set right any new mistakes … Continue reading How We Do 10th Steps…
Using Spiritual Principles and the Trivium To Solve Problems
** This post is from a different blog, reposted here. I translated the Traditions for non-alcoholics. It may seem like a 10th Tradition violation, however these are ancient principles of Natural Law which lie behind our 12 Steps, 12 Traditions, 12 Concepts, and other principles which are in our basic text. Also, the Trivium method … Continue reading Using Spiritual Principles and the Trivium To Solve Problems
Willing To Go To Any Lengths?
Willing to go to any lengths…? When anyone anywhere reaches out for help, are you willing to be the hand of AA? Are you willing to drive 2.5 hours one way to go to a meeting with a stronger message? What if someone asks you for help who has a wheelchair or is deaf or … Continue reading Willing To Go To Any Lengths?
How To Use The Traditions to Start a Group
After you have prayed a long while, and read through all the instructions on this website, including How To Think... How To think About the Traditions, The Traditions Sieve, How to think about Traditions one by one as I have posted, etc Gather some people who want to start a group using the Traditions. How … Continue reading How To Use The Traditions to Start a Group
Bernard Smiths Talk, AA Comes Of Age, P. 276
THE INDIVIDUAL, AA., AND SOCIETY BY BERNARD B. SMITH Chairman, General Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymousr95r-r956 (Based on talks by Mr. Smith at the first six General Service Conferences) As the time approached when I would cease to serve as Chairman, I found myself thinking of many things of those exciting, early struggling days when … Continue reading Bernard Smiths Talk, AA Comes Of Age, P. 276
Anonymous Alcoholics 