BEFORE HE MET DR. BOB, BILL W. had spent six months trying to sober up other alcoholics–without success. A conversation he had with Dr. Silkworth before leaving for Akron changed the way Bill carried the message to Doctor Bob and changed the destiny of millions of alcoholics to come. The part of the message thatContinue reading “The Disease Concept In Early AA – Grapevine Article November 2003 By Anonymous”
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Comradeship In Peril – As Bill Sees It #302
We A.A.’s are like the passengers of a great liner the moment after rescue from shipwreck when camaraderie, joyousness and democracy pervade the vessel from steerage to captain’s table. Unlike the feelings of the ship’s passengers, however, our joy in escape from disaster does not subside as we go our individual ways. The feeling ofContinue reading “Comradeship In Peril – As Bill Sees It #302”
A Bountiful Higher Power – Grapevine Article by Loren S.
Restored to reality—rather than sanity—he finds his true path When I arrived at the rooms, I was broken in innumerable ways in every aspect of my life. I just wanted to learn how to control my drinking and be normal. But as I went to more meetings I soon began to see that everything wouldContinue reading “A Bountiful Higher Power – Grapevine Article by Loren S.”
Trust – Am I Willing To Get Into The Wheelbarrow Today Right Now ? Transcript Of Talk By Bob D.
“Perhaps there is a better way – we think so. For we are now on a different basis; the basis of trusting and relying upon God. We trust infinite God rather than our finite selves. We are in the world to play the role He assigns. Just to the extent that we do as weContinue reading “Trust – Am I Willing To Get Into The Wheelbarrow Today Right Now ? Transcript Of Talk By Bob D.”
Key To Sobriety – As Bill Sees It # 257
The unique ability of each A.A. to identify himself with, and bring recovery to, the newcomer in no way depends upon his learning, his eloquence, or any special individual skills. The only thing that matters is that he is an alcoholic who has found a key to sobriety. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ In my first conversation with Dr.Continue reading “Key To Sobriety – As Bill Sees It # 257”
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.”
When And How To Give – As Bill Sees It #239
Men who cry for money and shelter as a condition of their sobriety are on the wrong track. Yet we sometimes do provide a new prospect with these very things–when it becomes clear that he is willing to place his recovery first. It is not whether we shall give that is the question, but whenContinue reading “When And How To Give – As Bill Sees It #239”
Morning Thoughts – As Bill Sees It #243
On awakening, let us think about the twenty-four hours ahead. We ask God to direct our thinking, especially asking that it be divorced from self-pity and from dishonest or self-seeking motives. Free of these, we can employ our mental faculties with assurance, for God gave us brains to use. Our thought-life will be on aContinue reading “Morning Thoughts – As Bill Sees It #243”
Sunlight and Air – Grapevine Article May 1999 by Cheryl M.
Step 5 – Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. I came to Alcoholics Anonymous young in years but sick of soul and full of secrets. Now, in my middle age, I no longer harbor secrets, and my soul is in better health than ever. It’sContinue reading “Sunlight and Air – Grapevine Article May 1999 by Cheryl M.”
A Program Of Action – Grapevine Article March 1989 by J.L.
Step Three – Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him. As an atheist with long-term sobriety in Alcoholics Anonymous, I am occasionally asked how I resolve my atheist philosophies with the program’s strong reliance on belief in God’s participation in recovery fromContinue reading “A Program Of Action – Grapevine Article March 1989 by J.L.”