Attitude

July 9, 2011

” ‘Then I woke up. I had to admit that AA showed results, prodigious results. I saw that my attitude regarding these had been anything but scientific. It wasn’t AA that had the closed mind, it was me. The minute I stopped arguing, I could begin to see and feel. Right there, Step Two gently [...]

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Progress

June 19, 2011

“Day by day, we try to move a little toward God‘s perfection. So we need not be consumed by maudlin guilt for failure to achieve His likeness and image by Thursday next. Progress is our aim, and His perfection is the beacon, light-years away, that draws us on.” Bill W., Letter, 1966 1967AAWS, As Bill [...]

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Carry the Message

June 7, 2011

“We sit at AA meetings and listen, not only to receive something, but to give reassurance and support which our presence can bring. If our turn comes to speak at a meeting, we again try to carry AA’s message. Whether our audience is one or many, it is still Twelfth Step work.” Bill W., Twelve [...]

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Honesty

May 27, 2011

“Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path. Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not give themselves to this simple program, usually men and women who are constitutionally incapable of being honest with themselves. There are such unfortunates. They are not at fault; they seem [...]

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Ava Benningfield-McDonald

May 27, 2011

Ava Benningfield-McDonald Passed away Monday 5-23-2011 Visitation will be Friday 5-27-2011 from 6 – 8 PM A memorial service will be held Saturday 5-28-2011 at 10 AM Beck Funeral Home 1700 E Whitestone Cedar Park, Tx 78613 Ph 512-259-1610 To sign the guest book

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Defiance

May 22, 2011

“‘As psychiatrists have often observed, defiance is the outstanding characteristic of many an alcoholic. When we encountered AA, the fallacy of our defiance was revealed. At no time had we asked what God’s will was for us; instead we had been telling Him what it ought to be. No man, we saw, could believe in [...]

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Principles

May 18, 2011

“There are those in AA whom we call ‘destructive’ critics. They power-drive, they are ‘politickers,’ they make accusations to gain their ends– all for the good of AA, of course! We ought to listen carefully to what they say. Sometimes they are telling the whole truth; at other times, a little truth. If they are [...]

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