Recovery Catchphrases
Thanks to Fellow Sita S. who has shared some A.A. and related sayings which have helped her during recovery. Please forward any sayings, phrases or slogans that you…
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Daily Reprieve · Fall 2014
Singapore Social and Events Committee
Alcoholics Anonymous Singapore holds monthly events. The next scheduled event is on 27 September 2014 –…
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Upcoming AA Events in the Region
6th Annual International A.A. Convention in Hong Kong 2014 – Into Action 7th to 9th November 2014 http://www.hkconvention.org 52nd New Zealand Convention of Alcoholics Anonymous We are not…
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Daily Reprieve · May 2014
Letter from the Editor
In this issue, we will be continuing our look back to the beginnings of our Program with Wally P’s “Back to Basics” articles…
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Who Is Wally P?
Wally P. is an archivist, historian and author who, for more than twenty-‐three years, has been studying the origins and growth of the Twelve-‐step movement. He is the…
Back to the Basics of Recovery
Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him. In this article, we will examine the third…
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The Parable of a Cracked Pot
A water bearer in India had two large pots, each hung on each end …
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12 Symptoms of Spiritual Awakening
1. An increased tendency to let things happen rather than make them happen. 2. Frequent attacks of smiling. 3. Feelings of being connected with others and nature. 4.…
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A New Beginning in Life
Alcohol nearly ended my life. It was my best friend for the longest time and it ended up being my worst enemy. I had my first drink…
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I Started Drinking Early in Life
drinking. He couldn’t understand why I drank so much. I would wake up at night, go to the kitchen and drink so I could fall back asleep, and…
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Step Four – The Assets and Liabilities Checklist
Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. In the past three articles, we have been through the Surrender process as practiced by the A.A. pioneers during…
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Just for Today
up for a lifetime. Just for today I will be happy. Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be. Just for today I…
Singapore Intergroup News – May 2014 Update
The Singapore Integroup is the Service office that has been established to carry out certain functions common to all AA Groups in…
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Treasurer’s Report
• Clarified that New York GSO will take contributions but would encourage us to spend locally, and, that • NY GSO suggested we should not send money to…
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Events and Social Committees
• Two committees – Events Committee for big things like Round-‐ups, Social Committee for picnics, bowling etc. There is a need for more people on both committees.…
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Step Four (Continued)
Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. In the last article, we examined the assets and liabilities checklist used by the A.A. pioneers to take…
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Upcoming AA Events in the Region
• Bali Round-‐Up > 13 to 15 June 2014, http://www.baliroundup.org • Bangalore -‐ 50th National Convention 14-‐17 August 2014, • http://aabangalore2014.in/ • Angeles City, Philippines 19th International Fall…
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Daily Reprieve · January 2014
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Daily Reprieve · December 2013
Letter from the Editor
It has been a busy time for A.A. Singapore. The Back-to-Basics weekend with Wally P. was a huge success and we have two articles on it here in…
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My Super Awesome Life as a Practicing Alcoholic
Ok, I don’t drink or do drugs anymore. But when I did, I liked to stay up late at night fantasizing that I was cool. From my euphoric,…
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Staying Sober Through Holiday Events
1. If others at the event are drinking, chances are they will never know that you only have cola in your glass. 2. If you are new to…
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Three Types of Drinkers
The Big Book discusses three distinctly different types of drinkers on page 20 and 21: the moderate drinker, the hard drinker, and the real alcoholic. I suppose that…
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The Twelve Concepts of World Service
The Alcoholics Anonymous Concepts of World Service The Twelve Concepts for World Service were written by A.A.’s co-founder Bill W., and were adopted by the General Service Conference…
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Should You Do All 12 Steps in a Single Month?
Melissa, in her seventh year of recovery, was “struggling but just about two weeks sober” when a friend took her to her first Back to Basics meeting in…
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Thank You AA – A Poem
When I walked into the rooms of AA, I never quite expected it to be this way. Don’t pick up that first drink I was told, then your…
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Wally P Weekend Report
In lieu of an annual celebration this year, Singapore A.A. was offered the opportunity to host Wally P., A.A. Archivist from Tucson Arizona, for a weekend of talks,…
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New Open AA Meeting at IMH
A new open meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous has started at the National Addiction Management Services (NAMS) clinic within the Institute of Mental Health (IMH). The meeting is open…
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AA at the Addiction Medicine Conference
stocked it with all the pertinent literature: Big Books, Living Sober, pamphlets, meetings lists and copies of a recent Newsletter. The Health Minister, Mr. Gan Kim Yong was…
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Daily Reprieve · September 2013
Letter from the Editor
Dear Friends, In this issue of the Daily Reprieve we feature a wide variety of articles. In So Precisely Wrong, we read how life can still be a…
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I Am Not Alone
them were indifferent. Typically there are 4 to 5 patients, although some days there are many more. One time there was only one Chinese patient and he couldn’t…