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 the Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous, which — God willing — shall sustain us in unity for so long as He may need us.
TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 131
2.) THAT IS SUFFICIENT
“The earth, that is sufficient,
I do not want the constellations any nearer,
I know they are very well where they are,
I know they suffice for those who belong to them.”
from “Song of the Open Road” by American poet Walt Whitman
3.) AN UNDERSTANDING OF OURSELVES
“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.” – Carl Jung
4.) SELF-CENTERED FEAR
“As we’re taught in the Twelve Steps, the chief activator of our defects has been self-centered fear. Mainly fear that we would lose something we already possessed or that we would fail to get something we demanded. Living on the basis of unsatisfied demands, we obviously were in a state of continual disturbance and frustration. Therefore, we are taught, there will be no peace unless we are able to reduce these demands.”
-Bill P., Drop the Rock: Removing Character Defects – Steps Six and Seven