For some of us, being a member of an AA group gives us our first taste of what it feels like to be reliable. When we are new, members urge us to come to the next meeting and come back clean. Group members remember us, seem happy to see us, ask us to share orContinue reading “Reliability Matters – A Spiritual Principle A Day February 28th”
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Perfection—Only the Objective – As Bill Sees It #236
There can be no absolute humility for us humans. At best, we can merely glimpse the meaning and splendor of such a perfect ideal. Only God himself can manifest in the absolute; we human beings must needs live and grow in the domain of the relative. So we seek progress in humility for today. ********************Continue reading “Perfection—Only the Objective – As Bill Sees It #236”
Mindful Self Compassion – Buddhism And The Twelve Steps February 10th Reflection By Kevin G
One of the great diseases of our culture is self-loathing. Many of us internalize an “inner critic” who is never satisfied with our behavior, our accomplishments, or even our thoughts and feelings. This negative self-belief is behind the crippling depression and anxiety that permeate Western society. Mindful self-compassion is an antidote to this disease. MindfulContinue reading “Mindful Self Compassion – Buddhism And The Twelve Steps February 10th Reflection By Kevin G”
Convey Not Convince – Emotional Sobriety Podcast – Dr. Allen Berger
In our February 2026 Emotional Sobriety Series, we’ve discussed how the power of pause can help us discover how ‘the best in me can lead the rest in me’. We discussed how this ‘best in me’ discloses itself when I find a ‘position of neutrality’ which has no agenda to produce some desired outcome. WeContinue reading “Convey Not Convince – Emotional Sobriety Podcast – Dr. Allen Berger”
You Are Who You Are For A Reason – Recovery Poem By Russell Keller
Jacque C. closed out our meeting yesterday pwith this beautiful poem. As it says in ‘How It Works’ (BBp.59)… “there is One who has all power – that One is God. May you find Him now! Half measures availed us nothing. We stood at the turning point. We asked His protection and care with completeContinue reading “You Are Who You Are For A Reason – Recovery Poem By Russell Keller”
God Speaks to Us in Silence – Grapevine Article April 2025 By M.B.
With AA’s help and prayer, a mother puts down the bottle, lets go of the past and reconnects with her family in a new way Most of my life I was a weekend drinker. I had a successful career teaching college and high school. When I retired in 2017, lacking the daily routine and purpose that had filledContinue reading “God Speaks to Us in Silence – Grapevine Article April 2025 By M.B.”
The Gift Of Tolerance – Each Day A New Beginning February 22nd Reflection
Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind. —Helen Keller Facing conditions we would like to change, letting go of people we wish were different, takes growth, patience, tolerance. We’re so easily enticed into thinking we’d be happier, “If only my partner change,” or “If I had a better job,” or “If the kids wouldContinue reading “The Gift Of Tolerance – Each Day A New Beginning February 22nd Reflection”
The Threat of the Twelve Steps – Grapevine Article October 1965 By Anonymous
We went to extremes in drinking, why not in working the program? THE other day I happened to be leafing through some old Grapevines and came on an article by Gerald Heard, “The Search for Ecstasy,” in the May, 1958, issue. It’s only three pages long, but it manages to say a lot–to me atContinue reading “The Threat of the Twelve Steps – Grapevine Article October 1965 By Anonymous”
The Search for Ecstasy – Grapevine Article May 1958 By Gerald Heard
A note from Bill W. The Grapevine is trying out the idea of inviting an occasional article from its friends in the world around us. Gerald Heard, one of our most ardent well wishers, has sent in the “think piece” printed below. The views he here sets forth are sure to be stimulating to manyContinue reading “The Search for Ecstasy – Grapevine Article May 1958 By Gerald Heard”
Two-Way Tolerance – As Bill Sees It #73
Your point of view was once mine. Fortunately, A.A. is constructed so that we need not debate the existence of God; but for best results, most of us must depend upon a Higher Power. You say the group is your Higher Power, and no right-minded A.A. would challenge your privilege to believe precisely that way.Continue reading “Two-Way Tolerance – As Bill Sees It #73”