AT ONE OF our recent closed meetings here in Toledo, the moderator touched off a lively discussion by introducing “anger” as the evening’s topic. We heard almost as many viewpoints and opinions as there were members present. We also received some valuable information for future program-working. At the outset, there was some confusion about theContinue reading “Anger! … A Symptom of Wrong Thinking – January 1974 Grapevine Article By M.D.B.”
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Accepting Success or Failure – AA Daily Reflection December 26th
Furthermore, how shall we come to terms with seeming failure or success? Can we now accept and adjust to either without despair or pride? Can we accept poverty, sickness, loneliness, and bereavement with courage and serenity? Can we steadfastly content ourselves with the humbler, yet sometimes more durable, satisfactions when the brighter, more glittering achievementsContinue reading “Accepting Success or Failure – AA Daily Reflection December 26th”
Step 12 Highlights – Topics with Quotes from the 12 & 12
12th Step Theme – “THE joy of living is the theme of A.A . ‘ s Twelfth Step , and action is its key word . Here we turn outward toward our fellow alcoholics who are still in distress . Here we experience the kind of giving that asks no rewards . Here we beginContinue reading “Step 12 Highlights – Topics with Quotes from the 12 & 12”
The Spiritual Awakening – 12 & 12 summary of the first 11 steps pages 107-109
Step One showed us an amazing paradox : We found that we were totally unable to be rid of the alcohol obsession until we first admitted that we were powerless over it . In Step Two we saw that since we could not restore ourselves to sanity , some Higher Power must necessarily do soContinue reading “The Spiritual Awakening – 12 & 12 summary of the first 11 steps pages 107-109”
When my ego Becomes My Ego – Feb 1983 Grapevine Article By F.H.
Steps Three and Eleven I’VE LEARNED that the better I can “practice these principles” in all my affairs, as the Twelfth Step suggests, the better my life works. To help me extend the program into my everyday life, I use a particular set of prayerful attitudes that incorporate the Third and Eleventh Steps. Before enteringContinue reading “When my ego Becomes My Ego – Feb 1983 Grapevine Article By F.H.”
Life Is Not A Dead End – As Bill Sees It #85
When a man or a woman has a spiritual awakening, the most important meaning of it is that he has now become able to do, feel, and believe that which he could not do before on his unaided strength and resources alone. He has been granted a gift which amounts to a new state ofContinue reading “Life Is Not A Dead End – As Bill Sees It #85”
Toward Honesty – As Bill See It #17
The perverse wish to hide a bad motive underneath a good one permeates human affairs from top to bottom. This subtle and elusive kind of self-righteousness can underlie the smallest act or thought. Learning daily to spot, admit, and correct these flaws is the essence of character-building and good living. **************** The deception of othersContinue reading “Toward Honesty – As Bill See It #17”
Seeking Through Meditation – Grapevine Article April 1969 by AA Doctor
A member who has applied himself to improving his conscious contact with his Higher Power spells out the basic steps in the practice of meditation “SOMETIMES, when friends tell us how well we are doing, we know better inside. We know we aren’t doing well enough. We still can’t handle life, as life is. ThereContinue reading “Seeking Through Meditation – Grapevine Article April 1969 by AA Doctor”
Step 10 Highlights Week 1, 2, 3, and 4 From Twelve & Twelve By Bruce M.
Below are key themes, what page they came from, and actual quotes direct from the Twelve & Twelve which explore each of these themes. This may be a useful way of reviewing and summarizing the crucial topics and principles of Step 10. These topics and principles are extremely relevant to an ongoing experience described thisContinue reading “Step 10 Highlights Week 1, 2, 3, and 4 From Twelve & Twelve By Bruce M.”
Spiritual Awakening, Development, and Responding To Disillusionment – Two Paragraph Gems From Step 12 of Twelve& Twelve
From page 106/107 – “Maybe there are as many definitions of spiritual awakenings as there are people who have had them. But certainly each genuine one has something in common with all the others. And these things which they have in common are not too hard to understand. When a man or a woman hasContinue reading “Spiritual Awakening, Development, and Responding To Disillusionment – Two Paragraph Gems From Step 12 of Twelve& Twelve”