July 29, 2025 In General Information By Rick W.
Last night at my home group, the chair did an amazing job of connecting Step 3 to Step 12 and chaired a beautiful discussion about how once we turn our will and lives over to the care of God as we understand God that the natural next step is to give it away. Once we …
July 9, 2025 In Legacy of Unity By Rick W.
“Every A.A. group ought to be fully self‑supporting, declining outside contributions.” — Short Form, Tradition Seven Alcoholics Anonymous thrives when we carry our message through our own efforts—time, energy, and yes, financial contributions—to support our groups. This is more than sound policy; it’s the practical expression of God working through us. As the long form of Tradition Seven …
July 9, 2025 In Legacy of Recovery By Rick W.
There is a strange paradox at the heart of recovery: it begins not with hope, but with hopelessness. Step One in the Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous says, “We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable.” This admission isn’t theoretical. It isn’t poetic. It’s not a polite nod toward the idea that …
April 25, 2025 In Legacy of Recovery By Rick W.
Since getting sober, have you ever said to yourself, “OH HELL NO! I’ll never share that,” or “What could possibly come from me dredging up THAT mess again?” I don’t know about you, but when I did my 4th and 5th Steps, I came face to face with not only a bunch of character defects …
April 8, 2025 In General Information, Legacy of Recovery By Rick W.
I was sitting in a spiritual book study this morning and the topic of forgiveness came up. I love how in this particular study group that it’s a true discussion, learning, and sharing session. We are allowed to ask dumb questions (or at least questions WE think are dumb). One of the women in the …
April 5, 2025 In General Information By Rick W.
I was recently in a book study with a group of spiritually like-minded people and we were discussing the difference between "knowledge" and "wisdom." So, as I often do, I went to get the definitions of the two words to see what I could learn: Knowledge (noun): acquaintance with facts, truths, or principles, as from ...
February 22, 2025 In Legacy of Recovery By Rick W.
On Sunday, November 2, 2024 (which is getting close to being 4 months ago at the time of this writing), I had literally nothing on my calendar for that day except to go to church. Having a “free” Sunday is very unusual for me, but I was grateful. At that same time, I was going …
December 27, 2024 In Legacy of Recovery By Rick W.
I was sitting in a meeting tonight at my home group and we were reading, “Doctor Bob’s Nightmare.” It was an amazing meeting and as members were sharing their identification with Dr. Bob, one of our members shared something that their sponsor had shared with them I don’t think I’d ever heard around the topic …
December 24, 2024 In Legacy of Recovery By Rick W.
On this Christmas Eve, I sat down this morning with one of my sponsees to read about Step Six. He and I have already taken the Steps together and when we were done, we decided to go back and spend some time specifically on Steps Six and Seven by reading (together) a non-Conference approved piece …
November 25, 2024 In Legacy of Recovery By Rick W.
What Does a 4th Step Have To Do With Not Drinking? When I first came into A.A., I had no understanding of why it was important for me to look at my life and how I had caused hurt & harm to those around me. I had no idea why inventory was a serious thing. …
