Celebrating 50 years of sobriety, she took down her book and marveled at the marks she made that mattered most It was my 50th AA anniversary month and time for a good annual house cleaning. So I got down my original Big Book, a sixth printing of the Second edition, to reminisce. I was struckContinue reading “Black & Blue & Yellow – Grapevine Article April 2024 By Judith M.”
Category Archives: Maturity
‘Let It Go’ To ‘Let It Be’ – Language Of Letting Go March 10th Melodie Beattie
Life is a series of letting go’s– an “infinite” series of letting go’s. All things in life are given us on loan. Stand face-to-face with life, learn to let go, and whatever comes our way– success or failure, joy or sorrow, support or betrayal, light or darkness– it all blesses us. Once we have learnedContinue reading “‘Let It Go’ To ‘Let It Be’ – Language Of Letting Go March 10th Melodie Beattie”
Sassy Pearls Of Wisdom – Grapevine Article October 2015 By Wendy L.
If minding one’s own business can work for the group, then it might work for her as well TRADITION TEN: Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the A.A. name ought never be drawn into public controversy. When I sat down at my very first meeting, I was four days sober and miserableContinue reading “Sassy Pearls Of Wisdom – Grapevine Article October 2015 By Wendy L.”
How Do I Turn My Irritations Into Pearls Today – June 12th Today’s Gift
The more a diamond is cut, the more it sparkles.—Anonymous There is something of value to be found even in the worst of things. Consider the oyster. When a grain of sand penetrates an oyster’s shell, it irritates the oyster, making it uncomfortable. The oyster relieves the pain by coating the sand with a soothingContinue reading “How Do I Turn My Irritations Into Pearls Today – June 12th Today’s Gift”
Mysterious Paradoxes – A.A. Daily Reflection February 23rd
Such is the paradox of A.A. regeneration: strength arising out of complete defeat and weakness, the loss of one’s old life as a condition for finding a new one.A.A. COMES OF AGE, p. 46 What glorious mysteries paradoxes are! They do not compute, yet when recognized and accepted, they reaffirm something in the universe beyondContinue reading “Mysterious Paradoxes – A.A. Daily Reflection February 23rd”
To Take Responsibility – As Bill Sees It #145
Learning how to live in the greatest peace, partnership , and brotherhood with all men and women, of whatever description, is a moving and fascinating adventure. But every AA has found that he can make little headway in this new adventure of living until he first backtracks and really makes an accurate and unsparing surveyContinue reading “To Take Responsibility – As Bill Sees It #145”
Let’s Be Friendly With Our Friends – Grapevine Article March 1958 By Bill W
Friends on the Alcoholism Front WE ARE TOLD there are 4,500,000 alcoholics in America. Up to now AA has sobered up perhaps 250,000 of them. That’s about one in twenty, or five per cent of the total. This is a brave beginning, full of significance and hope for those who still suffer. Yet these figuresContinue reading “Let’s Be Friendly With Our Friends – Grapevine Article March 1958 By Bill W”
Valentine’s Day – Language Of Letting Go February 14th
For children, Valentine’s Day means candy hearts, silly cards, and excitement in the air.How different Valentine’s Day can be for us as adults. The Love Day can be a symbol that we have not yet gotten love to work for us as we would like. Or it can be a symbol of something different, somethingContinue reading “Valentine’s Day – Language Of Letting Go February 14th”
Humility 7th Step – Twelve & Twelve Pages 70 thru 76
The attainment of greater humility is the foundation principle of each of A.A.’ s Twelve Steps. …Without some degree of humility, no alcoholic can stay sober at all. Nearly all A.A.’ s have found, too, that unless they develop much more of this precious quality than may be required just for sobriety, they still haven’tContinue reading “Humility 7th Step – Twelve & Twelve Pages 70 thru 76”
Getting Beyond The Dry Drunk Syndrome – Stage II Recovery By Earnie Larson
The Dry-Drunk Syndrome As hateful as this label is to so many people, it names a real condition that occurs when a person breaks a primary addiction (gets sober) but doesn’t deal with the underlying living problems. “Dry drunks” can afflict people who have broken a primary addiction (Stage I) but have not gotten furtherContinue reading “Getting Beyond The Dry Drunk Syndrome – Stage II Recovery By Earnie Larson”