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 …
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 ...
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 …
January 21, 2024 In General Information By Rick W.
I have created a new section of the site to house all of the audio files I have created for my A.A. family. I will be updating it from time to time with new files I want to share with you. The newest file I added today is “An A.A.’s Morning Prayer.” I don’t know …
November 16, 2023 In General Information By Rick W.
As many of you know, I launched LegAAcy Chat in January 2022, a podcast by and for members of A.A. to share their experience, strength, and hope on ALL THREE of our legacies in Alcoholics Anonymous. The primary purpose of of each episode is to create a discussion space of our three legacies so listeners might be …
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 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 …
September 25, 2022 In General Information, Legacy of Recovery, Legacy of Service, Legacy of Unity By Rick W.
I was talking this weekend with one of my sponsees who shared with me a challenge she encountered in her home group where a visitor was on ZOOM who could only communicate using ASL, American Sign Language. Luckily, they had someone else in the meeting who could interpret ASL for everyone. She was grateful for …
August 27, 2022 In General Information By Rick W.
Did You Know the Grapevine is So Much More Than a Magazine? I was sitting in a service workshop earlier today presented by one of our Districts and one of the trusted servants shared passionately about how the Grapevine has impacted her sobriety and her life. It made me think more about it and I …
