He stopped swimming upstream and dove into Step 3 to find a peace and purpose he never knew The first time I got drunk I remember thinking that I was going to make feeling that way my No. 1 priority until the day I died. For the next 13 years I kept my word, minimallyContinue reading “Sweet Surrender – Grapevine Article March 2024 By Jeff B.”
Category Archives: Prayer & Mediation
Persistence In Prayer As Bill Sees It #127
We often tend to slight serious meditation and prayer as something not really necessary. To be sure, we feel it is something that might help us to meet an occasional emergency, but at first many of us are apt to regard it as a somewhat mysterious skill of clergymen, from which we may hope toContinue reading “Persistence In Prayer As Bill Sees It #127”
Combining The 3rd Step and 7th Step Prayer
It’s interesting that the 3rd Step Prayer does not have an ‘amen’ as it concludes. I have been told that perhaps the 7th step prayer includes that missing ‘amen’. So try putting these two prayers together. I’ve also taken Bill W’s lead from his slight restatement of the 3rd Step Prayer (in As Bill SeesContinue reading “Combining The 3rd Step and 7th Step Prayer”
The Old Fear Of God Had To Go – Grapevine Article April 1968 By M.M.P.
I found I must turn to God as a child FOR EIGHT years I was a loner in the program, using the Twelve Steps as the tools with which to build my life. In the beginning of my search for a conscious contact with God, I found it was impossible to approach Him still holdingContinue reading “The Old Fear Of God Had To Go – Grapevine Article April 1968 By M.M.P.”
I Can’t Get The Spiritual Angle … Grapevine Article July 1954 By R.L.G.
HOW many times have we heard the above statement uttered by a, member in AA? I refer to old as well as new members. I am an alcoholic, twenty-eight years of age, a member of the U.S. Navy, and have been practicing (not perfecting) the suggested Twelve Steps of the AA program for nine months.Continue reading “I Can’t Get The Spiritual Angle … Grapevine Article July 1954 By R.L.G.”
A Psychic Change – Grapevine Article March 2017 By Charlie D.
Waking up in a hospital bed, diagnosed with alcoholic dementia, he found his way out of the fog with the help of his Higher Power One spring day, I was admitted to a large general hospital in a major city. When I woke up the next morning, I recognized a hospital room but didn’t knowContinue reading “A Psychic Change – Grapevine Article March 2017 By Charlie D.”
Big Book Meditation – Transcript Includes Specific Pages Of Big Book References
Here is a Big Book Meditation which has been listened to well over 1 million times. Below is the transcript of this meditation with the specific Big Book references (in italics) that show where the reference occurred in the Big Book. As you listen to this meditation , you can follow the words below ofContinue reading “Big Book Meditation – Transcript Includes Specific Pages Of Big Book References”
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”
Collection of Big Book & Twelve and Twelve Promises
Big Book – Step 3 Promises – pages 62-63 Big Book – 5th Step Promises – page 75 Big Book – 9th Step Promises – pages 83-84 Big Book – 10th Step Promises – pages 84-85 Big Book – 11th Step Promises – pages 86-87 Big Book – 11th Step Promises – pages 87-88 BigContinue reading “Collection of Big Book & Twelve and Twelve Promises”
Starting My Day – Grapevine Article March 2023 By Paul M.
He learned that a good day of service can begin with a well-made bed When I was a boy, my mother insisted that I make my bed every morning. Well, I didn’t want to since I was just going to mess it up again that night. Many years later, when I started going in andContinue reading “Starting My Day – Grapevine Article March 2023 By Paul M.”
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