A word before I begin: This post is not about trying to tell anybody how to sponsor another alcoholic. If anything,...
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When Everybody Thinks I’m Okay Because I Have Time
There is a strange thing that can happen in Alcoholics Anonymous when you’ve been sober for a long time. People...
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What If I Never Left the House?
Last night I was sitting in my home group when one of our members shared something that kind of made...
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The Concepts with Training Wheels
A Beginner’s Guide to AA’s Third Legacy There they are. Hanging on the wall. You’ve probably looked at them a hundred times....
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Don’t Waste the Failure
I don’t particularly like failing. I don’t like being wrong. I don’t like discovering that I’ve hurt somebody. I don’t...
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I’m Available
“Okay, God... I’m available.” Sometimes somebody says something so simple that it just stops you. That happened to me yesterday....
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The Blueprint of Alcoholics Anonymous
Sometimes seeing the whole program makes it easier to understand the parts. I’m going to begin with a disclaimer because...
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A Lightbulb Moment
I was sitting in home group tonight in a literature discussion meeting and I heard two things that I needed...
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Still Messy
God didn’t clean you up so you could pretend you were never messy. Your story is someone else’s hope. There...
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We Before Me: Living the Spiritual Principle of Unity
Tradition One—Short Form: “Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon A.A. unity.” Tradition One—Long Form: “Each member...
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To Wives Isn’t Just for Wives
The Chapter Alcoholics May Be Missing I’ve heard it more times than I can count. “I hate To Wives.” “I skip that...
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The Prayer We Know by Heart but Forget to Hear
There may be no prayer more closely associated with Alcoholics Anonymous than the Serenity Prayer. We say it at meetings....
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What If That Word Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Means?
Sometimes a single word can shut down an entire conversation. Powerless. Surrender. God. Inventory. Amends. Say one of those words...
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After Twenty-Five Years
Bill’s famous milestone message published in the March 1960 issue of the AA Grapevine is striking because it is not...
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Leadership Is Not an Accident: Choosing the Right Trusted Servants
Every Fall (or every other Fall), a familiar ritual unfolds throughout Alcoholics Anonymous. Groups elect GSRs. Districts elect DCMs. Areas...
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Morning God, I’m Clocking In
Tonight, I was sitting in an A.A. meeting as we read page 100 of the Big Book. We were discussing...
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Thank God Someone Told Me
Dr. Jung told Rowland. Rowland told Ebby. Ebby told Bill. Bill told Dr. Bob. Thank God someone told me. That...
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Big Shot in the Homeless Shelter
Yesterday, at the Texas State AA Convention, I heard Andy D. from Edmond, Oklahoma, describe himself during active alcoholism as...
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Introduced To Myself
I was sitting in a speaker meeting last night and as the speaker was sharing her experience with inventory (specifically...
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