And if you will relax and begin saying, “Everything in its perfect time. Everything is unfolding. And I’m enjoying where I am now, in relationship to where I’m going. Content where I am, and eager for more,” that is the […]
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Simple, Not Easy
They’re simple, not easy. Twelve steps, Eleven hundred forty-five characters, Two hundred one of those spaces. “Awakening, principles, meditation, overeaters, and unmanageable” the only words with four or more syllables, thirty-two two-letter words, Memorize the steps in a day, work through them in a few […]
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One day I walked into a cafe to telephone. In no time I was beating on the bar asking myself how it happened. As the whisky rose to my head I told myself I would manage better next time, but […]
Continue reading »Rock Bottom Required?
Why all this insistence that every A.A. must hit bottom first? The answer is that few people will sincerely try to practice the A.A. program unless they have hit bottom. ~ AA World Services Inc. Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (p. […]
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It is sometimes asked which is more important, the Steps or the Fellowship? For me the answer is that the Steps and the Fellowship are like two oars in a rowboat. If I only row with one arm I will […]
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