TOPICS – 10 / 27 / 2026 1) GLOBAL SHARING The only thing that matters is that he is an alcoholic who has found a key to sobriety. These legacies of suffering and of recovery are easily passed among alcoholics, one to the other. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. Read more…
TOPICS – 10 / 26 / 2025 1) ONE ULTIMATE AUTHORITY For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority — a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 132 2) WALK IN DRY PLACES Though AA’s avowed Read more…
TOPICS 10/25/2025 1.) A.A.’s HEARTBEAT “Without unity, the heart of A.A. would cease to beat; . . .” AS BILL SEES IT, p. 125 2.) THE PRESENT MOMENT “”Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it.” – Eckhart Tolle 3.) BY HIMSELF “No man was Read more…
TOPICS 10/24/2025 1.) “BY FAITH AND BY WORKS”On anvils of experience, the structure of our Society was hammered out. . . . Thus has it been with A.A. By faith and by works we have been able to build upon the lessons of an incredible experience. They live today in Read more…
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…