2. For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority- a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern. Here are some questions: What is a group? The AA Group pamphlet delineates the difference between a group, a club, and a … Continue reading How To Think About The Traditions, 2
Acceptance…
p. 417, 4th edition / p. 449, 3rd edition:"And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. When I am disturbed,It is because I find some person, place, thing, situation --some fact of my life -- unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing, or situation … Continue reading Acceptance…
How To Go Through The Book Alcoholics Anonymous With A Sponsor Or A Friend
There are a gazillion guides out there already so I am not going to make another one. Pray and God will direct you. I am just going to give you some tips. First of all, I would use a first, second, or third edition. Forget the 4th edition because in the Preface of the 4th … Continue reading How To Go Through The Book Alcoholics Anonymous With A Sponsor Or A Friend
How To Think About The Traditions, 1
My sponsor taught me that all the traditions are linked together like a birds nest and that all the traditions rest on the 1st Tradition. We first have to really study the traditions thoroughly before we can use them. One way to do this is to read AA Comes of Age, the Three Legacies Section … Continue reading How To Think About The Traditions, 1
Tradition 5: Our Primary Purpose
Marijuana is legal where I live. For some reason, I have noticed, that members of AA lump the use of marijuana into what we consider "sobriety". Why is this? Our 5th Tradition states: Each group has but one primary purpose‚ to carry its message to the alcoholic who still suffers. I have heard people at … Continue reading Tradition 5: Our Primary Purpose
Traditions Inventory
Here's How to do a Personal Traditions Inventory: Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon A.A. unity.Am I putting the common welfare of the whole fellowship and of my homegroup before my personal gain? Do I think of myself as a small part of a great whole? Do I see how every … Continue reading Traditions Inventory
What I Heard Today At An AA Meeting …
"I suffer from drug and alcohol addiction" In the book, Alcoholics Anonymous, drug addiction and alcoholism are 2 separate things. There are programs out there for drug addiction. We, as Anonymous Alcoholics are only interested in people who have a desire to stop drinking. If you mention your blue eyes, blond hair or drug addiction … Continue reading What I Heard Today At An AA Meeting …
The Upside Down Triangle in The Circle
A picture is worth a thousand words. It's true. Why am I using an Upside Down Triangle in A Circle for the symbol of the Anonymous Alcoholics? Because that's what we said we were doing in the service manual, and yet we used a right-side up triangle as the symbol for AA. Sadly, our ignorance … Continue reading The Upside Down Triangle in The Circle
How to Think About The Traditions
Why is it How to Think About The Traditions? - In the 12x12 and in AA Comes of Age, all they do is talk about what they did as examples of the Traditions, and we still don't know how to use them. That's because the Traditions are kind of like Living Water - or they … Continue reading How to Think About The Traditions
Anonymous Alcoholics
Sigil for Anonymous Alcoholics, 12 steps, 12 Traditions, 12 Concepts for World Service It's time to turn this thing on it's head. This is my new name for the movement. I think perhaps we misunderstood the drunk guy in the corner who gave us the title for our book. He was repeating over and over … Continue reading Anonymous Alcoholics
Anonymous Alcoholics 