July 24, 2023 In Legacy of Recovery By Rick W.
In February of 2013, after having had the same sponsor for 16 years, I decided it was time to find a new sponsor. It wasn’t that there was anything wrong with that sponsor I’d had for such a long time, it was simply that I had changed and needed something different. I was at a …
July 23, 2023 In Legacy of Recovery By Rick W.
This weekend, I had the incredible honor of being asked to speak at SERCYPAA 2023 and it was an amazing experience. The excitement, dedication, and commitment in that hotel all centered around recovery was quite honestly – overwhelming at times. To have an opportunity to spend the weekend with over 500 young (or “young at …
July 2, 2023 In Legacy of Recovery By Rick W.
This morning, I was sitting in a study with some spiritually minded-folks and the leader of the study mentioned that in the literature we were studying, there are things that are “descriptive” and things that are “prescriptive.” For some reason, that jumped out at me. Later this afternoon, I took the time to look up …
June 20, 2023 In Legacy of Recovery By Rick W.
I came home from my home group last night and spent some time thinking (“Danger Will Robinson, DANGER!! LOL!). The topic was on the 7th Step which I was so grateful for because I don’t sit in enough meetings about 6 & 7 anymore. I truly believe at over 3 decades of sobriety that Steps …
June 6, 2023 In Legacy of Recovery By Rick W.
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 and my sponsee's sobriety. Recently, I had a sponsee of mine who just celebrated 17 ...
May 29, 2023 In General Information, Legacy of Service By Rick W.
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 & La Viña. During both our committee meeting and during the general session of the conference, ...
May 29, 2023 In Legacy of Recovery By Rick W.
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 72 references to the statement, “useful to others” in the first 164 pages.” I went …
May 20, 2023 In General Information, Legacy of Recovery, Legacy of Service, Legacy of Unity By Rick W.
Shareable Teachable Moments Check out this new section of the site I am calling, “Chalk Talk.” They come from many of the things I have written in my book over the years that I’ve heard from from others sharing in meetings to things my sponsor has taught me. I hope you enjoy them. Share them …
April 10, 2023 In Legacy of Recovery By Rick W.
First, before I jump into this post, I need to apologize for the very few posts I have been creating as my last writing was in February (2 months ago). There are no excuses but there is a reason…. I’m privileged to be a sitting Delegate for one of our 93 Delegate areas in the …
February 2, 2023 In Legacy of Recovery By Rick W.
When I was living in NYC (2002-2016) I remember one night sitting in a meeting at my home group (a beginners meeting), and there was a girl in her early 20’s who was attending her very first A.A. meeting. She sounded confused and frightened. She, and the other newcomers in the room, were given some …
