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Making Mistakes vs. Defending Them

Good morning family, My sponsor and I were talking with one of my sponsees this week on the topic of \”old behavior.\” If you\’ve read page 567 in the 4th edition of the BB, you know that the first paragraph says: “The terms “spiritual experience” and “spiritual awakening” are used

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Grace-Filled Conversations

Good morning family, For about half of our A.A. geographic areas in the U.S. and Canada, we are fast approaching election season to elect our trusted servants at the group, district, and area levels.  As many of you know, I have been privileged to serve as the Panel 73 Delegate

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Willingness Born Out of Desperation

“My willingness was born out of desperation and experience and its biggest impediment has been my defiance found within an alcoholic insanity.” – Rick W. Tonight at my home group, the chair proposed the topic of willingness. She read from the 12&12 in Step 3 and it was a perfect

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Surrender

This morning, I went to Take the 12 in the \”Step Resources\” section (https://www.takethe12.org/project/steps/) and reviewed the \”Surrender\” piece on that page.  I\’m so grateful that as this Step study was being built, I took the time to identify, in MY experience, what it was that I was going to

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It Is By Self-forgetting That One Finds

Last night at my home group, the chair chose the 11th Step Prayer (the Prayer of St. Francis) as the foundation of our discussion. WOW! I love my home group. The shares were revealing, heart-felt, and as authentic as I\’ve heard in a long time. Before I share on this,

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Use Words If You Must

This past weekend, I had the honor of attending the 77th Texas State A.A. Convention in Irving, TX and it was amazing. We heard a lot of great speakers and I wanted to share one thing I heard from one of them in particular. Erin B., Cleveland OH gave an

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The Prep Steps

\”Have you ever heard of the Prep Steps?\” I had never heard anyone say these words out loud or infer that what I\’m even sharing in this post is true.  It\’s certainly not in our literature anywhere, but it absolutely is MY experience.  The interesting thing about it though is

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89 Years Ago Today

On this day, June 10, 1935, 89 years ago, A.A. was founded and changed my life forever. Here\’s an excerpt from that story found on the \”A.A. Timeline\” (https://www.aa.org/aa-timeline). 1935 A BUSINESS TRIP TO AKRON A short-term job opportunity takes Bill to Akron, Ohio. In the lobby of his hotel,

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