Steps & Traditions

STEP OF THE MONTH – APRIL hearing from our fellows STEP 4: Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. We all need help working the steps,…

a stop sign and the car does not stop, but drifts into the middle of the intersection, you take it back to the dealer and have them check…

Step One – (pp. 21-24) – Alcoholics Anonymous Me and many ‘others’ who arrived at the doors of AA Rooms found recovery as drunks, when we admitted we…

Bill rode the subways that night, panhandling funds for a bottle of booze. (Just imagine!) He came back home on Tuesday morning, December 11th and when he noticed…

In no particular order: Love Fate God Luck Bill W Cheap brandy Lessons learned from childhood Damian Hall Sharing Listening The steps My family Meetings Bus rides in…

Freedom from all Unresolved Mental Issues my life. I never got enough of what I thought I needed. I was insecure. I had no self-esteem. No one had…

The Control Rooms in My Brainbox There are many proven, practical suggestions in Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.) literature that, if followed, would lead to a life of serenity and…

It was my choice to summon up my Conscience for that role. Unselfishness has been the answer to a life of grief. The more I put it into…

I like the saying: “I can’t. God can! I’ll ask Him to help me.” And I would like to add: NOW. The Third Step decision, followed by a…

RewardȮ of Steȥ FouȨ I faced Step Four with some trepidation, but my sponsor did not allow time for irrational fear to take over. He had me begin…

SpiƕƌƱƲal AwaƎƈƫƦnƊ The term “spiritual experience” and “spiritual awakening” are used many Ɵmes in this book which, upon careful reading, shows that the personality change sufficient to bring…

Further reflection on Step One brought about a different understanding of its context. The first two parts of this step are separated by a dash—not a hyphen. A…

BilƏ W’s ChƕiưtƐƄư PreƖƈƫt On a bleak November day of 1934, Bill W. was in the process of receiving—albeit unknowingly—a Christmas present beyond his belief. A visit from…

How OxƌoƲd GroƛƖ CriƚƏƣƩsƓ SpaƝƮƋd The TweƒƶƋ SteƖƳ Bill and Lois Wilson attended the NY Oxford Group shortly after Bill was released from Towns hospital late December 1934.…

Step Seven begins: “My Creator, I am now willing that you should have all of me, good and bad.” Why should I ask God to take over my…

I view the first nine steps as primarily a short-lived event that teaches how to begin the lifelong process of the living last three steps. The event: Steps…

My sponsor, wisely, did not allow time for fear to develop before writing my Fourth Step. He pointed out that the Big Book indicates that we are to…

by William Duncan Silkworth, M.D. The mystery of slips is not so deep as it may appear. While it does seem odd that an alcoholic, who has restored…

(The event is not the process.) During his third day of treatment at Towns Hospital, Bill W ingested the essence of our Twelve Steps while being assisted by…

Daily Reprieve · February 2018 A Personal Journey Through the Steps

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…

(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…

As I venture through each passing day, I try to watch for those ever- reoccurring defects of character such as repeating angry thoughts, self- centeredness, unreasonable fear, and…

Ebby T. is the person who carried his alcoholic solution to Bill W. Clarence S., Cleveland AA founder, is quoted: “Bill might have scored the touchdown, but it…

A 4th Step Resentment Prayer: “God, Please help me to be free of anger and to see that the world and its people have dominated me. Show me…

SPIRITUALITY & ‘GOD-TALK’ Chair of AA’s General Service Board asks if AAs are welcoming enough to all beliefs From a Talk given at the October 2009 AA General…

• You  can  help  when  no  one  else  can. • You  can  secure  their  confidence  when  others  fail. • Life  will  take  on  new  meaning. Big  Book  page…

• What   used   to   be   the   hunch   or   the   occasional   inspiration   gradually   becomes   a working  part…

• And  we  have  ceased  fighting  anything  or  anyone  -­‐  even  alcohol. • For  by  this  time  sanity  will  have  returned. • We  will  seldom  be  interested  in…

• If  we  are  painstaking  about  this  phase  of  our  development,  we  will  be  amazed before  we  are  half  way  through. • We  are  going  to  know  a…