“A.A.’s Twelve Steps are a group of principles, spiritual in their nature, which, if practiced as a way of life, can expel the obsession to drink and enable the sufferer to become happily and usefully whole.”
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“A.A.’s Twelve Traditions apply to the life of the Fellowship itself. They outline the means by which A.A. maintains its unity and relates itself to the world about it, the way it lives and grows.” - from the Foreword of the 12&12
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The Twelve Concepts for World Service were written by A.A.’s co-founder Bill W., and are an interpretation of A.A.’s world service structure as it emerged through A.A.’s early history and experience.
Get StartedThe primary purpose of this site is to share with those who have a desire to stop drinking, one individual A.A. member’s journey & experience (sober since November 17, 1987) of taking the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. (DISCLAIMER: This site is not affiliated with Alcoholics Anonymous, nor does it speak for A.A. as a whole - just one member's experience.)
Let me share some background on how this site came to be.
Back in May 2020 in the height of the pandemic, I posted this reading from Language of the Heart that Bill wrote in January 1958 (see text and audio version below). It has played a huge part of my sobriety ...
I had the honor and privilege of attending the 73rd General Service Conference of Alcoholics Anonymous as the Panel 73 Delegate for Area 65 (Northeast Texas) last month in NYC. I was assigned to the conference committee on Grapevine & ...
This weekend I heard “Reno John” speak at the 37th Annual Gathering of Eagles in Dallas, TX and he was amazing. He said something in his talk that made me stop and think…. he said (and I paraphrase), “There are …
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I’m blessed by those who have shared how this site has helped them on their journey of recovery.
