TOPICS 10/23/20251.) WHAT WE KNOW BEST“Shoemaker, stick to thy last!” . . . better do one thing supremely well than many badly. That is the central theme of this Tradition [Five]. Around it our Society gathers in unity. The very life of our Fellowship requires the preservation of this principle.TWELVE Read more…
TOPICS – 10 / 22 / 2025 1) TRUE TOLERANCE Finally, we begin to see that all people, including ourselves, are to some extent emotionally ill as well as frequently wrong, and then we approach true tolerance and see what real love for our fellows actually means. TWELVE STEPS Read more…
TOPICS – 10 / 21 / 2025 1) NOTHING GROWS IN THE DARK We will want the good that is in us all, even in the worst of us, to flower and to grow. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 10 With the self-discipline and insight gained from practicing Step Read more…
TOPICS – 10 / 20 / 2025 1) SOLACE FOR CONFUSIONObviously, the dilemma of the wanderer from faith is that of profound confusion. He thinks himself lost to the comfort of any conviction at all. He cannot attain in even a small degree the assurance of the believer, the agnostic, Read more…
TOPICS – 10 / 19 / 2025 1) A.A.’s “MAIN TAPROOT” The principle that we shall find no enduring strength until we first admit complete defeat is the main taproot from which our whole Society has sprung and flowered. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, pp. 21-22 2) TACT Read more…
TOPICS 10/18/2025 1.) AN OPEN MINDTrue humility and an open mind can lead us to faith, . . .TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 33 2.) I HAVE NO IDEA“My Lord God, I have no idea where I am goingI do not see the road ahead of meI cannot know Read more…
TOPICS – 10 / 16 / 2025 1) THROUGHOUT EACH DAY This is not an overnight matter. It should continue for our lifetime. Not until several more years of sobriety had elapsed did I realize the full meaning of Step Ten, and the word “continued.” “Continued” does not mean Read more…
TOPICS – 10 / 15 / 2025 1) MY CHECKLIST, NOT YOURS Gossip barbed with our anger, a polite form of murder by character assassination, has its satisfactions for us, too. Here we are not trying to help those we criticize; we are trying to proclaim our own righteousness. Read more…
TOPICS 10 / 14 / 2025 1) A PROGRAM FOR LIVING When we retire at night, we constructively review our day. . . . On awakening let us think about the twenty-four hours ahead. . . . Before we begin, we ask God to direct our thinking, especially asking Read more…
TOPICS – 10 / 13 / 2025 1) UNREMITTING INVENTORIES Continue to watch for selfishness, dishonesty, resentment, and fear. When these crop up, we ask God at once to remove them. We discuss them with someone immediately and make amends quickly if we have harmed anyone. Then we resolutely Read more…