TOPICS – 10 / 2 / 2025
1) THE ACID TEST
As we work the first nine Steps, we prepare ourselves for the adventure of a new life. But when we approach Step Ten we commence to put our A.A. way of living to practical use, day by day, in fair weather or foul. Then comes the acid test: can we stay sober, keep in emotional balance, and live to good purpose under all conditions?
TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 88
2) WE AGNOSTICS
If, when you honestly want to, you find you cannot quit entirely, or if when drinking, you have little control over the amount you take, you are probably alcoholic. If that be the case, you may be suffering from an illness which only a spiritual experience will conquer.
Big Book pg 44
3) FACING CHALLENGES
Now I have a recovery program that shows me how to face challenges, disappointments, and losses. Today I have friends to reach out to, and I don’t have to pretend I don’t feel the way I do, or that things aren’t happening when they are. With the help of God and my fellows in recovery, I can handle them.
4) LIVE AND LET LIVE
Today I try to live and let live. I do this not to avoid conflict or criticism but because I have found, through experience, how my ideas and attitudes have changed during my years of recovery.