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Rick W has written a short, outstanding book about the linkage between preparation and taking the actions suggested in the Twelve Steps. He explains the challenge he addresses with his book this way: Bill W. and the early members of A.A. learned this the hard way. The Steps were shaped not by theory, but byContinue reading “Step 2 From Desperation To Decision – Chapter 2 Of ‘The Prep Steps: Setting Up Action In A.A.’ By Rick W.”

2nd Step Proposition Exercise The 2nd Step Proposition Exercise is a specific Spiritual exercise for members of Alcoholics Anonymous interested in attaining a new level in the 4th Dimension of existence. The whole purpose of this exercise is to have a new experience and to discover that which has been blocking us off from God.Continue reading “How To Move From Head To Heart – 2nd Step Proposition Exercise By David A”

Healing from the inside out takes time, but the rewards are great The Big Book suggests that I am to share with you, in a general way, what I used to be like, what happened and what I am like today. Here’s what I used to be like: I came from a home where IContinue reading “What I Am Like Today – Grapevine Article By Kate W.”

It was a Rockwellian October morning when I first visited A.A. founder Bill Wilson’s grave in East Dorset, Vermont. The sky was cerulean blue; the tips of the towering maples were flaring orange and red; and the air was hazy from the smoke wafting from nearby chimneys, sweetening the crisp, cool autumn air. No otherContinue reading “A Visit To Bill W’s Grave – Epilogue of ‘The Fix’ By Ian Morgan Cron”

Master the lessons of your present circumstances. We don’t move forward by resisting what’s undesirable in our lives today. We move forward, we grow, we change by acceptance. Avoidance is not the key; surrender opens the door. Listen to this truth: We are each in our present circumstances for a reason. There is a lesson,Continue reading “Surrender – The Language Of Letting Go June 17th By Melodie Beattie”

In my opinion , self compassion and forgiveness are high tides that lift all boats when it comes to recovery. Kristen is widely recognized as a pioneering researcher in the academic study of self-compassion and best selling author on this topic. She is confounder of the ‘Center For Mindful Self Compassion’ which offers some free resourcesContinue reading “Not Taking Things Personally By Dr. Kristin Neff”

I found the article below from Lucy Lopez very helpful in touching upon what Bill W. describes as the theme of the 12th step … the joy of living. In the Twelve & Twelve on page 107, Bill W says that life is ‘not to be endured or mastered’. He goes on to say thatContinue reading “What Does It Mean To Participate More Fully In Life? Mashup With Various GUGOGS Resources and The Essay ‘Your Life Is Not Your Private Project’ By Lucy Lopez”

An AA once trapped by resentments offers a guide to the way out DURING my drinking years I was a general all-around expert on all subjects. Now I feel that my experience qualifies me as an expert on only two, resentments and rationalizations. Although there is a relationship between them, since resentments are developed againstContinue reading “Caught In Hateland – Grapevine Article December 1966 By R.A.S”

A home group becomes a community when an anchor of the meeting dies Most of us who are regular members of an AA group feel ourselves to be a part of a community cemented together by common desperation–to paraphrase the Big Book, like passengers from a sunken ship who find themselves in a lifeboat onContinue reading “A Death In The Family – Grapevine Article November 2009 By Martha S.”

For many of us, needing others’ approval–or seeking validation–is perched near the top of our character defects list. We have lived in constant fear of making the wrong choices and others knowing our faults, weaknesses, and mistakes. We did everything we could to avoid being judged and actively, sometimes obsessively, sought others to tell usContinue reading “Valuing Self-Acceptance over Validation – A Spiritual Principle A Day June 5th”