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What Is the Difference Between Delusion and Denial?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] By Rick W. I was sitting in a meeting last night and we were having healthy discussion on the topic, “what I wish someone had told me when I was a newcomer that I know now” (one of those, “I wish I’d known then what I know now” kinda
Who Decides What The Conference Votes On?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Have you ever wondered where conference agenda items come from? I have and luckily, our handy dandy A.A. Service Manual outlines exactly where agenda items come from and how they make it to the floor of the Conference. I have pulled a passage from the Service Manual and have created
Sacrifice Through the Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] After completing a Traditions study with one of my service sponsees, Ashleigh H., I asked her to spend some time writing out everything that she learned to surrender (sacrifice) in herself as a result of practically applying the spiritual principles found within each of the 12 Traditions. It was
The Inverted Triangle Expanded
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Service Junkies Unite!!! Ok, that\’s a little tongue in cheek, but still – I had some more questions the first time I saw the inverted triangle of the service structure. Some of those questions were: How many people actually attend (and are voting members) of the General Service Conference each
Difference Between and Elder Statesman and a Bleeding Deacon
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Excerpt From: AA World Services, Inc. “Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions.” “This brings us straight to the question “Does A.A. have a real leadership?” Most emphatically the answer is “Yes, notwithstanding the apparent lack of it.” Let’s turn again to the deposed founder and his friends. What becomes of
2020 Carry The Message Project
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Give Grapevine or La Viña To An Alcoholic In Need 2 EASY WAYS! 1. If you know the full name and the mailing address of the recipient: Give a Gift Subscription to a friend, a sponsee, doctor’s offices or for giveaways at anniversaries or events at your home group,
Where Did The 12 Steps Come From?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] by Bill W. July 1953 A.A. Grapevine AAs are always asking: \”Where did the Twelve Steps come from?\” In the last analysis, perhaps nobody knows. Yet some of the events which led to their formulation are as clear to me as though they took place yesterday. So far as
The Next Frontier: Emotional Sobriety
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] by Bill Wilson Copyright © AA Grapevine, Inc, January 1958 (Listen and read along) \”I think that many oldsters who have put our AA \”booze cure\” to severe but successful tests still find they often lack emotional sobriety. Perhaps they will be the spearhead for the next major development