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The Ashes Behind Me
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The Ashes Behind Me

I was sitting in a meeting tonight at my home group and we were reading, "Doctor Bob's Nightmare." It was...
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A Step Six Exercise
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A Step Six Exercise

On this Christmas Eve, I sat down this morning with one of my sponsees to read about Step Six. He...
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Inventory: Why?
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Inventory: Why?

What Does a 4th Step Have To Do With Not Drinking? When I first came into A.A., I had no...
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Unity
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Unity

Hello family, my name is Rick, and I’m an alcoholic. My sobriety date is November 17, 1987. I want to...
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Practical Experience Shows….
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Practical Experience Shows….

Recently at my home group in a literature discussion meeting, the chair chose to read from page 95 in the...
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Fear, the Problem and the Solution
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Fear, the Problem and the Solution

I didn't know when I waked in the doors that you would be teaching me things that would help me...
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Bait & Switch
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Bait & Switch

How many of you reading this post came to A.A. to stop drinking? How many of you thought you had...
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Making Mistakes vs. Defending Them
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Making Mistakes vs. Defending Them

Good morning family, My sponsor and I were talking with one of my sponsees this week on the topic of...
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Grace-Filled Conversations
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Grace-Filled Conversations

Good morning family, For about half of our A.A. geographic areas in the U.S. and Canada, we are fast approaching...
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Willingness Born Out of Desperation
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Willingness Born Out of Desperation

“My willingness was born out of desperation and experience and its biggest impediment has been my defiance found within an...
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Surrender
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Surrender

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...
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It Is By Self-forgetting That One Finds
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It Is By Self-forgetting That One Finds

Last night at my home group, the chair chose the 11th Step Prayer (the Prayer of St. Francis) as the...
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Use Words If You Must
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Use Words If You Must

This past weekend, I had the honor of attending the 77th Texas State A.A. Convention in Irving, TX and it...
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The Prep Steps
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The Prep Steps

"Have you ever heard of the Prep Steps?" I had never heard anyone say these words out loud or infer...
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89 Years Ago Today
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89 Years Ago Today

On this day, June 10, 1935, 89 years ago, A.A. was founded and changed my life forever. Here's an excerpt...
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Who Am I Really?
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Who Am I Really?

Yesterday, I was watching a video on TikTok of actress Renée Elise Goldsberry participating in a "table talk" of other...
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Let Them
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Let Them

One of the things that my sobriety has given me (and I certainly didn't know it would be one of...
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Disagreeing Without Being Disagreeable
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Disagreeing Without Being Disagreeable

I just walked through an experience that I wanted to share with you. Day before yesterday, I posted this comment...
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As Soon As….
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As Soon As….

Tonight at my home group, the chair read from page 47 in the BB in the chapter "We Agnostics." He...
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The Art of Forgiveness
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The Art of Forgiveness

I'm sure many of you have heard the phrase... “The most influential person in your life is the one you haven’t...
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