September 26, 2024 In Legacy of Recovery By Rick W.
I didn’t know when I waked in the doors that you would be teaching me things that would help me deal with the life I had burned to the ground (unbeknownst to me…lol). I thought maybe, just maybe you would help me better understand if I was an alcoholic or not. What I DIDN’T know …
August 19, 2024 In Legacy of Recovery By Rick W.
How many of you reading this post came to A.A. to stop drinking? How many of you thought you had a drinking problem and someone told you A.A. could fix it for you? Tonight at my home group, the chair pulled tonights topic from the Big Book page 62… “This is the how and why …
August 8, 2024 In Legacy of Recovery By Rick W.
Good morning family, My sponsor and I were talking with one of my sponsees this week on the topic of “old behavior.” If you’ve read page 567 in the 4th edition of the BB, you know that the first paragraph says: “The terms “spiritual experience” and “spiritual awakening” are used many times in this book …
July 29, 2024 In Legacy of Recovery, Legacy of Service, Legacy of Unity By Rick W.
Good morning family, For about half of our A.A. geographic areas in the U.S. and Canada, we are fast approaching election season to elect our trusted servants at the group, district, and area levels. As many of you know, I have been privileged to serve as the Panel 73 Delegate for Area 65 Northeast Texas …
July 22, 2024 In Legacy of Recovery By Rick W.
“My willingness was born out of desperation and experience and its biggest impediment has been my defiance found within an alcoholic insanity.” – Rick W. Tonight at my home group, the chair proposed the topic of willingness. She read from the 12&12 in Step 3 and it was a perfect reminder for everyone in the …
July 13, 2024 In Legacy of Recovery By Rick W.
This morning, I went to Take the 12 in the “Step Resources” section (https://www.takethe12.org/project/steps/) and reviewed the “Surrender” piece on that page. I’m so grateful that as this Step study was being built, I took the time to identify, in MY experience, what it was that I was going to be called to surrender as …
June 25, 2024 In Legacy of Recovery By Rick W.
Last night at my home group, the chair chose the 11th Step Prayer (the Prayer of St. Francis) as the foundation of our discussion. WOW! I love my home group. The shares were revealing, heart-felt, and as authentic as I’ve heard in a long time. Before I share on this, let’s look at that prayer… …
June 24, 2024 In Legacy of Recovery By Rick W.
This past weekend, I had the honor of attending the 77th Texas State A.A. Convention in Irving, TX and it was amazing. We heard a lot of great speakers and I wanted to share one thing I heard from one of them in particular. Erin B., Cleveland OH gave an outstanding A.A. talk on Saturday …
June 13, 2024 In Legacy of Recovery By Rick W.
“Have you ever heard of the Prep Steps?” I had never heard anyone say these words out loud or infer that what I’m even sharing in this post is true. It’s certainly not in our literature anywhere, but it absolutely is MY experience. The interesting thing about it though is that I only realized this …
June 10, 2024 In General Information, Legacy of Recovery, Legacy of Service, Legacy of Unity By Rick W.
On this day, June 10, 1935, 89 years ago, A.A. was founded and changed my life forever. Here’s an excerpt from that story found on the “A.A. Timeline” (https://www.aa.org/aa-timeline). 1935 A BUSINESS TRIP TO AKRON A short-term job opportunity takes Bill to Akron, Ohio. In the lobby of his hotel, he finds himself fighting the …
