Humility

April 2, 2012

“Our AA program is spiritually centered. Most of us have found enough humility to believe in and depend upon God. We have found that humility by facing the fact that alcoholism is a fatal malady over which we are individually powerless.” Bill W., Box 1980: The AA Grapevine, September 1945 The Language of the Heart, [...]

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The Past

April 1, 2012

“Showing others who suffer how we were given help is the very thing which makes life seem so worthwhile to us now. Cling to the thought that, in God’s hands, the dark past is the greatest possession you have– the key to life and happiness for others. With it you can avert death and misery [...]

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Give Thanks

March 31, 2012

“Though I still find it difficult to accept today’s pain and anxiety with any degree of serenity- as those more advanced in the spiritual life seem able to do- I can give thanks for present pain nevertheless. I can remember how the agonies of alcoholism, the pain of rebellion and thwarted pride, have often led [...]

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Unity

March 28, 2012

“The unity of Alcoholics Anonymous is the most cherished quality our Society has. Our lives, the lives of all to come, depend squarely upon it. We stay whole, or AA dies. Without unity, the heart of AA would cease to beat; our world arteries would no longer carry the life-giving grace of God; His gift [...]

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Isolating

March 24, 2012

“The less people tolerated us, the more we withdrew from society, from life itself. As we became subjects of King Alcohol, shivering denizens of his mad realm, the chilling vapor that is loneliness settled down. It thickened, ever becoming blacker. Unhappy drinkers who read this page will understand.” Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 151 Thought to Consider [...]

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Fear

March 12, 2012

“Unreasonable fear that our instincts will not be satisfied drives us to covet the possessions of others, to lust for sex and power, to become angry when our instinctive demands are threatened, to be envious when the ambitions of others seem to be realized while ours are not. These fears are the termites that cease [...]

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The Light

March 9, 2012

“To what extent I was personally responsible for my drinking, I don’t know. Yet I’m not one to take complete refuge in the idea that I was a sick man only. In earlier years, I certainly had some degree of free will. That free will I used badly, to the great misery of my mother [...]

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