When I first came into the Fellowship and finally made the decision to get a sponsor (cuz’ ya’ll kept talking about that ad nasueum…LOL), I asked a man to be my “temporary sponsor” (which I loved because in my addled brain, there was very little commitment there). His name was Benny. I know you don’t …
In the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, Tradition Twelve states, “Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities.” It goes on to say, “THE spiritual substance of anonymity is sacrifice. Because A.A.’s Twelve Traditions repeatedly ask us to give up personal desires for the common good, …
In November of 2020, I posted this question on Facebook… “If I’m sitting in a left turn only lane, why do I need to turn on my left blinker?” At the time, it didn’t seemed logical to me to use my left turn blinker when I’m sitting in a lane that the only thing you …
When I first came into A.A., I had no idea there was going to be be work I was gonna have to do (that’s how delusional and self-centered I was). In the beginning, I just thought it was about putting down the bottle. Little did I know that there would be much work I would …
If you’ve been around A.A. for a minute, you’ve probably heard the many slogans we use in meeting rooms (and that hang on meeting room walls). There are only three official slogans in our program (found in the first 164 pages) and they are, “First Things First”, “Live and Let Live”, and “Easy Does It” …
Hello family… I was sitting in an A.A. speaker meeting yesterday and the speaker was sharing his experience, strength, and hope on the chapter in the Big Book titled, “We Agnostics”. He had lots of amazing insight after his 26 years of experience in the book, and he shared something I had never heard before …
My home group (getinthecar.org) is a hybrid closed Big Book Study that meets only once a week on Friday night’s at 7:30pm CST. This past Friday night, we were reading in “Bill’s Story”, and we picked up where we left off last week on the bottom of page 14…. “My friend had emphasized the absolute …
I was asked to speak at 50th group Anniversary tonight and as I like to do when speaking at a group anniversary, I did some research to find out what was going on the year the group was founded. I searched “Alcoholics Anonymous 1971” to see what came up, and I found a beautiful memorial …
Each morning, I’m part of a group SMS text of men in the A.A. Fellowship. I thought I would share my entry this morning because it hit me really hard and was a great reminder for me…. God Bless! “Morning guys, I was reading one of my morning meditations this morning I got in my …
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