“A.A. is no success story in the ordinary sense of the word. It is a story of suffering transmuted, under grace, into spiritual progress.” LETTER, 1959 ‹‹ ‹‹ ‹‹ ›› ›› ›› For Dr. Bob, the insatiable craving for alcohol was evidently a physical phenomenon which bedeviled several of his first years in A.A., aContinue reading “Suffering Transmuted – As Bill Sees It Meditations #35”
Category Archives: Gratitude
Satisfactions of Right Living As Bill Sees It # 254
How wonderful is the feeling that we do not have to be specially distinguished among our fellows in order to be useful and profoundly happy . Not many of us can be leaders of prominence , nor do we wish to be . Service gladly rendered , obligations squarely met , troubles well accepted orContinue reading “Satisfactions of Right Living As Bill Sees It # 254”
Isolation – Are You Kidding? Ruth H. Grapevine July 2020
Who said change is easy? Staying sober and sane through a health crisis requires all the Steps she’s got Without the support of my Twelve Step programs, I don’t know that I could navigate the kind of change that’s happening now. As it became obvious that COVID-19 was going to impact our world and myContinue reading “Isolation – Are You Kidding? Ruth H. Grapevine July 2020”
It Works At Work – Grapevine Article June 2000 Debra M Richland , WA
A FRUSTRATING MORNING AT WORK drove me to a noon AA meeting where I was called on to share . I unloaded my frustration of working with people who cared only for themselves . A coworker had ( I thought ) intentionally misled me about the location of a business meeting where , as aContinue reading “It Works At Work – Grapevine Article June 2000 Debra M Richland , WA”
Individual In Relation To AA as a Group – Grapevine July 1946 and essay in Language of the Heart by Bill W
It may be that Alcoholics Anonymous is a new form of human society . The first of our Twelve Points of AA Tradition states : “ Each member of Alcoholics Anonymous is but a small part of a great whole . AA must continue to live or most of us will surely die . HenceContinue reading “Individual In Relation To AA as a Group – Grapevine July 1946 and essay in Language of the Heart by Bill W”
Gratitude – Grapevine Sep 1979 by F.M.
How do you manage to feel grateful when you’re feeling terrible? THE OTHER NIGHT at our AA meeting, Frank asked a question, and a dozen hands went up. He said, “How do you manage to feel grateful when you’re feeling terrible? I can’t do it.” George, who has had a stroke, said, “I’m paralyzed inContinue reading “Gratitude – Grapevine Sep 1979 by F.M.”
Gratitude Should Go Forward – As Bill Sees It – page 29
Gratitude should go forward , rather than backward . “ In other words , if you carry the message to still others , you will be making the best possible repayment for the help given to you . ‹ ‹ ‹ ‹ ‹ ‹ › › › › › › No satisfaction has been deeperContinue reading “Gratitude Should Go Forward – As Bill Sees It – page 29”