Going it alone in spiritual matters is dangerous. How many times have we heard well-intentioned people claim the guidance of God when it was plain that they were mistaken? Lacking both practice and humility, they deluded themselves and were so able to justify the most arrant nonsense on the ground that this was what GodContinue reading “Going It Alone – As Bill Sees It #274”
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Becoming Willing – Grapevine Article September 2023 by Bruce W.
In AA meetings all over the world, he hears the language of the heart I’ve worked as a tech support specialist for my employer since 1993. Traveling the world for work allowed me to drink with impunity. I was a blackout drinker and due to some incidents that had occurred during blackouts at home, IContinue reading “Becoming Willing – Grapevine Article September 2023 by Bruce W.”
Savoring Our Sobriety – Grapevine Article August 1982 By C.C.
IT WAS NATURAL for us to begin our journey of happy sobriety in Alcoholics Anonymous with an anticipation of trouble in trying to live in the now, one day at a time. After all, we had spent years deeply regretting painful pasts and weeping about dismal futures. We are fortunate that so much attention isContinue reading “Savoring Our Sobriety – Grapevine Article August 1982 By C.C.”
The Beginning Of True Kinship – As Bill Sees It #228
When we reached A.A., and for the first time in our lives stood among people who seemed to understand, the sense of belonging was tremendously exciting. We thought the isolation problem had been solved. But we soon discovered that, while we weren’t alone any more in a social sense, we still suffered many of theContinue reading “The Beginning Of True Kinship – As Bill Sees It #228”
‘The Keys Of The Kingdom’ Concluding Paragraphs Big Book pages 275-276
AA is not a plan for recovery that can be finished and done with. It is a way of life, and the challenge contained in its principles is great enough to keep any human being striving for as long as he lives. We do not, cannot, outgrow this plan. As arrested alcoholics, we must haveContinue reading “‘The Keys Of The Kingdom’ Concluding Paragraphs Big Book pages 275-276”