Assembled edited by Wayne S. As we ready ourselves for our meditation practice, please be fully present during the meditation and avoid distractions. Be in a place where you can devote your full attention to the practice. As you read this, please consider that our meditation practice has already begun . . . The 11thContinue reading “HOW GUGOGS Meditation Practice Works – May 2021”
Category Archives: Freedom
Pro•Cras•Tin•A•Tion – Grapevine Article June 2021 by Nicholas L.
When he does the Steps, character defects get lifted. But is today the day to be ready to look at this five-syllable word? This morning I sat down at my desk, which is inundated with papers that have been building into heaps over the two years since my ex-wife ceased doing my paperwork. Looking atContinue reading “Pro•Cras•Tin•A•Tion – Grapevine Article June 2021 by Nicholas L.”
Fearless and Searching – As Bill Sees It #261
My self-analysis has frequently been faulty .Sometimes I’ve failed to share my defects with the right people; at other times, I’ve confessed their defects, rather than my own; and still other times, my confession of defects has been more in the nature of loud complaints about my circumstances and my problems. << << << >>Continue reading “Fearless and Searching – As Bill Sees It #261”
No Need To Fear – Grapevine Article May 2021 by T.S.
Alcohol convinced him he was all alone, unable to live life. The Steps brought him back into the light Before I got sober, most of my time was spent drinking and thinking about how I should be elevated to the appropriate stature that I so rightly deserved. I was determined to prove to everyone thatContinue reading “No Need To Fear – Grapevine Article May 2021 by T.S.”
Exchanging Love and Service – 12/12 pages 121,122
“As time passed we found that with the help of AA’s Twelve Steps we could lose those fears, no matter what our material prospects were. We could cheerfully perform humble labor without worrying about tomorrow. If our circumstances happened to be good, we no longer dreaded a change for the worse, for we had learnedContinue reading “Exchanging Love and Service – 12/12 pages 121,122”
Freedom – Grapevine Article February 1980 by D.H.
BEGINNINGS are always exciting but not always clearly perceived at the time. That is the way it was with my beginnings in AA. As I approach the entrance to my twentieth year of sobriety, I am embarked on an odyssey of discovery and rediscovery of those beginnings. Visit with me awhile; together, maybe we canContinue reading “Freedom – Grapevine Article February 1980 by D.H.”
Healing Heart & Mind and Listening Deeply – Daily Reflections for May 1st & August 5th
HEALING HEART AND MIND – May 1st Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.— TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 55 Since it is true that God comes to me through people, I can see that by keeping people at a distance I also keep GodContinue reading “Healing Heart & Mind and Listening Deeply – Daily Reflections for May 1st & August 5th”
Resentment: Number One Offender – Grapevine Article March 1978 By J.H.
She found out to her surprise that she could learn to cope with WHEN I FIRST started going to AA, I was convinced that I really didn’t have as much of a drinking problem as I had parent, children, job, and no-husband problems. If all those areas were to get straightened out, then I wasContinue reading “Resentment: Number One Offender – Grapevine Article March 1978 By J.H.”
A New Life – As Bill Sees It #8
Is sobriety all that we are to expect of a spiritual awakening? No, sobriety is only a bare beginning; it is only the first gift of the first awakening. If more gifts are to be received, our awakening has to go on. As it does go on, we find that bit by bit we canContinue reading “A New Life – As Bill Sees It #8”
What Is An Open Mind? – Grapevine Article July 1959
The seventh of a series of “Beginners’ Meetings”–to run from time to time–for newcomers to AA sobriety. At our next beginners’ meeting a few members who have been sober in AA for awhile are going to tell us which suggestions in the AA program have helped them maintain sobriety. It should make an interesting meetingContinue reading “What Is An Open Mind? – Grapevine Article July 1959”