The Great Limerick Challenge
“THE GREAT LIMERICK CHALLENGE”. There was a young artist from Glasgow He drank red biddies with gusto One night on the lash He ran out of cash And…
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October 2017
How to Survive a Move or Big Change
HOW TO SURVIVE A MOVE OR 6. If you have medical issues (physical/mental) – go to your doctor. Let him know how you are feeling so he can get…
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How to Survive (and Even Appreciate) a Flight
(AND EVEN APPRECIATE) A FLIGHT : In my drinking days, I loved flying. I could indulge in an unlimited flow of alcohol that started with preflight drinks in…
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How to Survive a First Date
I practiced a lot. Like, I’ve been on a lot of first dates. I’m really bad with failure and rejection, but that just means I need to practice…
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Step Ten Directions Are Not On the Wall
(Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly Bill W’s writings communicate the Steps to us in a very understandable manner: He often tells us…
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What Any AA Member or Group Reads
What Any A.A. Member Or Group Reads Is No Business Of G.S.O., or Of The Conference! Whilst reading “Dr. Bob and the Good Oldtimers”, I saw references to…
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Letting the Magic In
I have alcoholism whether I am drinking or not You don’t have to like something to accept it I have no business in the cockpit where God is…
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The Universe Was There Once I Was Willing to Connect
Forgiveness of Myself. Forgiveness of myself, for my past deeds, once seemed impossible. The guilt and shame seemed right, a kind of Old Testament justice. Forgiving myself, through…
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From My Journal Entry — A Few Days After My First AA Meeting
From my journal entry, a few days after my first AA meeting. My anxiety is off the charts, I still don’t know what I did during my last…
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No Choice in the Matter of Drink
I had no solution for my alcoholic malady before coming to AA, because I didn’t understand the nature of my problem. I had always considered that my problem was the…
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