TOPICS – 6 / 14 / 2025
1.WHEN THE GOING GETS ROUGH
It is a design for living that works in rough going.
The principles I had learned during my early days of sobriety became a mainstay of my life, for not only did I come through, but I never stopped being able to help newcomers. A.A. taught me not to be overwhelmed, but rather to accept and understand my life as it unfolded.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 15
2.FREEDOM IS A GIFT
Yesterday’s tapes: I need a drink. I can’t exist without a fix. How will I get through the morning without taking something? Do people see me shake? Are people watching me? The prison of addiction!
Today I am free because I took courage and asked for help. Today I am free because I still ask for help. Today I have learned to say “no” to the first drink and life is more comfortable and less painful. Freedom is a precious spiritual gift that I work for on a daily basis.
3.TRADITIONS
The Twelve Traditions point straight at many of our individual defects. By implication they ask each of us to lay aside pride and resentments. They ask for personal as well as group sacrifice. They ask us never to use the A.A. name in any quest for personal power or distinction or money. The Traditions guarantee the equality of all members and the independence of all groups. They show how we may best relate ourselves to each other and to the world outside.”
Alcoholics Anonymous Pg 96
4.CHANGE
Choosing
Honesty
Allows
New
Growth
Everyday