Author: Jode W

This Word doc (see below for link) contains advice on attending meetings, what to do if you are and a link to online meetings

  Alcoholics Anonymous should remain forever nonprofessional, but our service centers may employ special workers. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS will never have a professional class. We have gained some understanding of the ancient words, “Freely ye have received, freely give.” We have

  *A Word Whose Meaning Causes Arguments, but a Quality We All Aspire to when We Understand It*   FOLLOWING a recent noon AA meeting, a member I scarcely knew said that he wanted a word with me. He appeared

 In celebration of the Eightieth Aniversary of the first publication of The Big Book (April 10th 1939). The story of Dave B., one of the founders of A.A. in Canada in 1944. Pages 193 – 199. Linked with the permission of

Twelve steps As a drunk, my priorities were all about myself as it was in my early sobriety. There were times when the fear of falling back into drunkenness overwhelmed me. I lost this fear by attending Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)

An A.A. group ought never endorse, finance or lend the A.A. name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property and prestige divert us from our primary purpose. THE moment we saw that we had an

  They Lost Nearly All “God willing, we may never again have to deal with drinking, but we have to deal with sobriety every day.” Bob joined A.A. in New York City in 1961, probably never dreaming one day he

YOU KNOW YOU’RE GROWING IN SOBRIETY WHEN: 1. You spend a lot more time being grateful than you once did. 2. You are far less frequently disturbed, angry, or annoyed. 3. When you think about the past, it’s mostly in