Author Archives: wpadmin

  November 26, 2024 “Recovery is giving it away. If you don’t give it away you can’t have it … Be part of the pipeline.” “Oh God, You Again?” Greenwich… Read More »

  November 25, 2024 “To be happily sober, we must be active — and this does not necessarily mean group activity. The Loner is part of a much larger group… Read More »

  November 24, 2024 “I was amazed at the things I was grateful for: those painful situations that served to show me my character defects; the ability to accept and… Read More »

  November 23, 2024 “I ask the newcomer to help me wash the coffeepot, or put chairs away, because service was, and still is, my key to belonging.” “The Key… Read More »

  November 22, 2024  “We sense that here in AA this shared darkness has become a shared light.” “The Sense of Sobriety,” Pleasantville, New York, August 1959, Spiritual Awakenings  … Read More »

  November 21, 2024 “The Twelve Steps are deceptively simple but provide limitless spiritual growth for anyone with the patience to stay the course.” “It Works for Me,” Riverside, Illinois,… Read More »

  November 20, 2024 “For all its usual destructiveness, we have found that fear can be the starting point for better things. Fear can be a stepping-stone to prudence and… Read More »

  November 19, 2024 “Until today, at least, I am getting further away from that first drink, which is the one that inevitably leads me to complete disaster.” “My Name… Read More »

  November 18, 2024 “I’d like to develop Step Eleven further — for the benefit of the complete doubter, the unlucky one who can’t believe it has any real merit… Read More »

  November 17, 2024 “The best university for me — the best school, the best teaching — was in analyzing mistakes that I’d made and problems I created because of… Read More »