Sobriety Didn’t Just Change What I Said, It Changed How I Communicate. How Recovery Rewired the Way I Speak, Listen, and Think One of the most overlooked miracles of recovery has very little to do with alcohol. Most of us came to Alcoholics Anonymous because drinking had become unmanageable. We stayed because we discovered somethingContinue reading “Rewiring the Way We Speak, Listen, and Think – Take The 12 Blog June, 2026 By Rick W.”
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From Awareness To Willingness – Step 6/Chapter 4 Of ‘The Prep Steps: Setting Up Action In A.A.’ By Rick W.
Click here to read more from Rick W and see articles about Step 1 and Step 2 . I find Rick’s short articles about what he calls the preparation steps from his excellent book ‘The Prep Steps:Setting Up Action In A.A. full of insights and extremely helpful – Bruce M. Step 6: The Preparation forContinue reading “From Awareness To Willingness – Step 6/Chapter 4 Of ‘The Prep Steps: Setting Up Action In A.A.’ By Rick W.”
Money – Before And After – As Bill Sees It #177
In our drinking time, we acted as if the money supply were inexhaustible, though between binges we’d sometimes go to the other extreme and become miserly. Without realizing it, we were just accumulating funds for the next spree. Money was the symbol of pleasure and self-importance. As our drinking became worse, money was only anContinue reading “Money – Before And After – As Bill Sees It #177”
Remembering a Girl–Defeated Except Once – Grapevine Article March 1947 By C.F.MCD.
TODAY I am remembering. Remembering a girl of 25 who was buried not so long ago. This remembering is a form of insurance for me, insurance for more days like today. I don’t want to forget the conflict, the frightening struggle she and I had. I don’t want to forget how often she won. IContinue reading “Remembering a Girl–Defeated Except Once – Grapevine Article March 1947 By C.F.MCD.”
Now I Am Enough – Recovery Poem By Damon E December 2008
I love this short poem my friend Damon shared with me yesterday. I also love the Big Book’s variety in describing a Higher Power … unsuspected inner resource’ ( BBp.567/568) , ‘a position of neutrality’ (BB p.85)… even as ‘a new found Friend (BB p.13). Allen Berger in his writing and talks has shared theContinue reading “Now I Am Enough – Recovery Poem By Damon E December 2008”
The Gift Of Joy Within – Each Day A New Beginning June 28th
Joy fixes us to eternity and pain fixes us to time. But desire and fear hold us in bondage to time, and detachment breaks the bond. —Simone Weil We live both in the material realm and the spiritual. In our material dimension we seek material pleasures, inherent in which is pain. Our human emotions areContinue reading “The Gift Of Joy Within – Each Day A New Beginning June 28th”
Letting Go Of Old Beliefs – The Language Of Letting Go June 23rd By Melody Beattie
Try harder. Do better. Be perfect. These messages are tricks that people have played on us. No matter how hard we try, we think we have to do better. Perfection always eludes us. Messages of perfectionism are tricks because we can never achieve that goal. We cannot feel good about ourselves or what we haveContinue reading “Letting Go Of Old Beliefs – The Language Of Letting Go June 23rd By Melody Beattie”
Step 2 From Desperation To Decision – Chapter 2 Of ‘The Prep Steps: Setting Up Action In A.A.’ By Rick W.
Rick W has written a short, outstanding book about the linkage between preparation and taking the actions suggested in the Twelve Steps. He explains the challenge he addresses with his book this way: Bill W. and the early members of A.A. learned this the hard way. The Steps were shaped not by theory, but byContinue reading “Step 2 From Desperation To Decision – Chapter 2 Of ‘The Prep Steps: Setting Up Action In A.A.’ By Rick W.”
Step 1: From Illusion To Surrender – Chapter 1 Of ‘The Prep Steps: Setting Up Action In A.A.’ By Rick W.
Rick W has written a short, outstanding book about the linkage between preparation and taking the actions suggested in the Twelve Steps. He explains the challenge he addresses with his book this way: I began to notice that the Steps didn’t just ask me to act, they taught me how to become ready to act.Continue reading “Step 1: From Illusion To Surrender – Chapter 1 Of ‘The Prep Steps: Setting Up Action In A.A.’ By Rick W.”
How To Move From Head To Heart – 2nd Step Proposition Exercise By David A
2nd Step Proposition Exercise The 2nd Step Proposition Exercise is a specific Spiritual exercise for members of Alcoholics Anonymous interested in attaining a new level in the 4th Dimension of existence. The whole purpose of this exercise is to have a new experience and to discover that which has been blocking us off from God.Continue reading “How To Move From Head To Heart – 2nd Step Proposition Exercise By David A”