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EQUALITY Our membership ought to include all who suffer from alcoholism. Hence we may refuse none who wish to recover. Nor ought A.A. membership ever depend upon money or conformity. Any two or three alcoholics gathered together for sobriety may call themselves an A.A. group, provided that, as a group, they have no other affiliation. […]
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Is there ever any particular spot where one can put one’s finger and say, “It all began that day, at such a time and such a place, with such an incident?” —Agatha Christie— No experience of our lives is pure, unadulterated, set apart from all other experiences. There is an eternal flow in our lives. […]
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A.A.’s FREEDOMS We trust that we already know what our several freedoms truly are; that no future generation of AA’s will ever feel compelled to limit them. Our AA freedoms create the soil in which genuine love can grow. . . LANGUAGE OF THE HEART, p. 303 I craved freedom. First, freedom to drink; later, […]
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The secret success is constancy of purpose. —Benjamin Disraeli— In Twelve Step meetings, we don’t talk about counseling, treatment centers, or non-program reading. Many of us have been helped in these ways, but we shouldn’t confuse them with Twelve Step programs. We must keep our Twelve Step programs pure, no matter what is in style […]
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… we do not always like what is good for us in this world. —Eleanor Roosevelt— Today will call each of us to make our particular contributions to the moment.There is no guarantee that we will enjoy every experience, but we can be certain each one of them will teach us something we’re ready to […]
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It takes time, love, and support to find peace with the restless one. —Deidra Sarault— Restlessness is born of frustration. Perhaps we want to move ahead with our lives more quickly. Does a job have us trapped? Do past troubles haunt us still? Maybe perfectionism tarnishes every attempt to achieve. We can learn from our […]
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You get the power to overcome drinking through the fellowship of other alcoholics who have found the way out. You get power by honestly sharing your past experience by a personal witness. You get power by coming to believe in a Higher Power, the Divine Principle in the universe which can help you. You get […]
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When you have become willing to hide nothing, you will not only be willing to enter into communion but will also understand peace and joy. —Anonymous— Keeping secrets is synonymous with keeping stuck. Our human potential is stifled by our stuffed feelings, attitudes, ideas. Conversely, the more we allow others to really know us, the […]
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To believe in something not yet proved and to underwrite it with our lives; it is the only way we can leave the future open. —Lillian Smith— Today stands before us, ready for our involvement. And it will offer us opportunities for personal growth and occasions to help another make progress on her path to […]
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We are here to add what we can to, not to get what we can get from, Life. —Sir William Osler— Service is a word we hear in our recovery program. Service means work we do for others. It’s the backbone of our program. The reason is simple. Service to our Higher Power and to […]