Working the Steps “LACK OF POWER, that was our dilemma.” “Once more: The alcoholic at certain times has no effective mental defense against the first drink. Except in a few rare cases, neither he nor any other human being can provide such a defense. His defense must come from a Higher Power.” When I wasContinue reading “Willingness to Grow – Grapevine Article July 1985 by S.M.”
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Privileged People – As Bill Sees It , Meditation #133
“I saw that I had been living too much alone, too much aloof from my fellows, and too deaf to that voice within. Instead of seeing myself as a simple agent bearing the message of experience, I had thought of myself as a founder of A.A. How much better it would have been had IContinue reading “Privileged People – As Bill Sees It , Meditation #133”
Pride – Grapevine Article April 1976 by Bill C
WHAT is pride? It is always named first of the seven deadly character defects–but what does it have to do with sobriety? And what can I do about it? The dictionary tags it “an excessively high opinion of oneself; arrogance.” We are not speaking of legitimate pride, in doing well whatever we ought to beContinue reading “Pride – Grapevine Article April 1976 by Bill C”