Step Eleven – Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out. Sometimes my faith in a Higher Power slips. I look at the people, places, and things around me and ask,Continue reading “Trusting The Silence – Grapevine Article November 1991 By Anonymous”
Category Archives: Step 11
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.”
The Practice Of Letting Go – Grapevine Article November 2007 By Anonymous
Tools to find peace About twenty-four years ago, I went to my first AA meeting. I was an angry single mother who drank daily. At first, I was astounded by how much you knew about me–you seemed to tell my story every time you spoke. I was overjoyed when I realized that, with your help,Continue reading “The Practice Of Letting Go – Grapevine Article November 2007 By Anonymous”
The Power Of Good – Grapevine Article April 1978 By Anonymous
I SHOULD LIKE to write a few words of encouragement to you who are unbelievers, as I am. By unbeliever, I mean you who do not take for granted that there is a transcendent God or an ultimate purpose in human existence. You need not alter your convictions or take it lying down when other members ofContinue reading “The Power Of Good – Grapevine Article April 1978 By Anonymous”
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”
The Good Within Our Enemy – Grapevine Article August 1973 by A.G. Decatur, GA
Where there is hatred let me sow love. . .” – Forgiveness comes when we love and bless the Power that flows through each of us I ALWAYS thought “Forgive and forget” was a beautiful maxim. But I expected others to live up to it, while I gave it only lip service. So, for nearly six yearsContinue reading “The Good Within Our Enemy – Grapevine Article August 1973 by A.G. Decatur, GA”
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.”
The Birth of Spiritual Confidence – Grapevine Article June 2005 by Dave C.
Steps to remove the desire to drink I arrived at the doors of AA in 1983 with a problem; I just wasn’t sure what the problem was. I thought I had a drinking problem. Then someone suggested that maybe my drinking problem really reflected a thinking problem. I was sure he was wrong; I justContinue reading “The Birth of Spiritual Confidence – Grapevine Article June 2005 by Dave C.”
Clearing A Channel – As Bill Sees It #78
During the day, we can pause where situations must be met and decisions made, and renew the simple request “Thy will, not mine, be done.” If at these points our emotional disturbance happens to be great, we will more surely keep our balance provided we remember, and repeat to ourselves, a particular prayer or phraseContinue reading “Clearing A Channel – As Bill Sees It #78”