What We Know
All we have to offer is our experience, strength, and hope. … Read More What We Know
Category: Step #1
3 Reasons We are Here
It has long been said that people get to AA due to one or all of the following reasons: the liver, the lover, or the lawyer. It has been too long ago to remember all the details of what drove me to get into AA other than I was sick and tired of being sick… Read More 3 Reasons We are Here
Civic Duty
We are all just in spiritual kindergarten. ~ Anon Just about the time you start to feel as if things will lighten up and the work load will lessen, along comes some civic duty. This is the 3rd time that I have been called to serve on a jury in the last 5 years. At… Read More Civic Duty
Absolute Willingness
Denial of the truth leads to destruction. ~ Anon Step #1 is a two part action step: We must admit complete powerlessness, and we must become absolutely willing to do what it takes to get and stay sober. There are no half measures. According to the Big Book, “half measures availed us nothing.” There are… Read More Absolute Willingness
Bondage of Self
“The only real freedom a human being can ever know is doing what you ought to do because you want to do it.” ~ Anon Step # 1 offers the Freedom from Bondage to Self. So, it is important to understand what that means. Being in bondage is basically to be held against one’s will,… Read More Bondage of Self
Back to the Beginning
What we needed now was a way of being sober over the long haul, and living sanely through good times and bad. ~12 Step Literature How fitting that we can start at Step #1 at the beginning of the year. In years past, I would start off on a big project or life alteration at… Read More Back to the Beginning
