January 30, 2023 In Legacy of Recovery By Rick W.
Over the last 35 years I’ve worked with many alcoholics that wished from the bottom of their hearts that there was some sort of magic bullet that could get them to an easy and happy sobriety. They want a quick fix (we alcoholics are so undisciplined). They want a ready answer to the woes they …
December 20, 2022 In Legacy of Recovery By Rick W.
I was at a meeting at my home group several days ago and a man who was visiting our group from across town said two things that really blew me away in his share…. he said: “Alcoholics Anonymous is the only place where you can walk in the door and in one breath both ask …
November 23, 2022 In Legacy of Recovery By Rick W.
Daily Reflections – November 23 “HOLD YOUR FACE TO THE LIGHT” Believe more deeply. Hold your face up to the Light, even though for the moment you do not see. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 3 One Sunday in October, during my morning meditation, I glanced out the window at the ash tree in our …
November 22, 2022 In Legacy of Recovery By Rick W.
In the month of November in A.A., we can go to any number of meetings that will focus on gratitude. In early sobriety, I used to literally get nauseous when I would walk into a meeting and hear that was what the topic was going to be. I mean seriously?!?!?! What do I have to …
November 11, 2022 In Legacy of Recovery By Rick W.
Good morning family… I was sitting down this week looking at some of our A.A. history with another member and ran across an interesting writing about Ebby T. After reading it, we both thought how sad that some people simply cannot surrender enough to “get it.” “Ebby T. had originally sobered up and “given his …
October 4, 2022 In Legacy of Recovery By Rick W.
Last night, I was sitting in a book study with my sponsor and sponsor brothers, and we spent the entire meeting focusing on page 86 in Step 11, “Into Action.” I love how my sponsor had us go through each line of the book starting with “On awakening…” We broke it down and he helped …
September 25, 2022 In General Information, Legacy of Recovery, Legacy of Service, Legacy of Unity By Rick W.
I was talking this weekend with one of my sponsees who shared with me a challenge she encountered in her home group where a visitor was on ZOOM who could only communicate using ASL, American Sign Language. Luckily, they had someone else in the meeting who could interpret ASL for everyone. She was grateful for …
September 8, 2022 In Legacy of Recovery By Rick W.
Yesterday, I was reading some history on the writing of our Big Book and ran across a section on Bill’s thoughts and experiences as he was writing the very first version of the chapter, “There Is A Solution.” As I was reading it, something hit me hard…“This would be great information to share with a …
September 6, 2022 In Legacy of Service, Legacy of Unity By Rick W.
One of my sponsees called earlier today for a check in and in our conversation, he was sharing about some of the things he had been doing to get out of himself and into helping others, and shared how he was helpful to someone who was not an alcoholic. He followed that up by quoting …
September 2, 2022 In Legacy of Recovery By Rick W.
I sat down this morning with a sponsee and we were studying Tradition Five… “Each group has but one primary purpose — to carry its message to the alcoholic who still suffers.” …and while we were reading in the 12&12, on Page 151, next to the last paragraph, it starts off by saying, “Restless one …
