sharing

Sharing and peaceful

April 23, 2012

A dude stepped up to lead the 6 a.m. meeting today and shared straight up that he didn’t know what to say. He sounded peaceful saying it, and sat there, quiet for a minute. He said “my mind is blank”. A few people chuckled, and I think more than a few people (myself included) were [...]

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A touch of humour, and ya Gotta show Up!!

February 21, 2012

“I tried to log on to my iPAD. Turns out it was an Etch-a-Sketch and I don’t own an iPAD. Also, I’m out of vodka.” Ah, the humor of alcoholism! I’ve wanted to share that joke for some time. As the book says, we are not a glum lot, we absolutely insist upon enjoying life! [...]

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…what they have

February 9, 2012

Last night my sponsor had a meeting at his house with some of his babies and grand babies. What was especially interesting to me was how the ebb and flow of Alcoholics Anonymous works for everyone who is trying to work it. It did not matter how much time anyone had, the common thought from [...]

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I told my sponsee …

February 1, 2012

I drove up to the local club parking lot, finishing up a phone call, and glanced up to see my most 24-hr-chipped sponsee wandering the parking lot in circles. I wonder if I ever did that. The boy just can’t not drink, and my heart goes out to him. He came up to me after [...]

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The AA B movie

January 16, 2012

“On The Nickel” was a film made in 1980 and had a setting of Fifth Street in Los Angeles, “The Nickel” as it was referred to by alcoholics. Some of the meetings I attended on the west side had film people, most of them unemployed actors. I went to see the movie and saw everybody [...]

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the “WE” in AA

January 11, 2012

I have been following these Core Values for many sober years now and thank you for reminding me that example is always the best teacher! There was a woman in one of my meetings who shared inappropriately for about 3 years. She was plagued by mental illness (of a severe nature) and of course alcoholism. [...]

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