48th Annual Pacific Region Alcoholics Anonymous Service Assembly 2015 PRAASA is held in Utah only once every 15 years and this past March was our year! 1,243 members attended! My name is Keeley, I’m an Alcoholic and the GSR for Sunday Morning Breakfast Meeting. I’m so grateful to have had the opportunity to go to PRAASA! I learned so much and met new … Read More
A Study of Tradition Two – Buddy T – Lifeline April 2015
“For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority – a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern.” In Alcoholic Anonymous there is no such thing as individual authority. No one member “directs” or “controls” the actions of the other members of the group. Group decisions … Read More
On Tradition One – Editorial by Bill W – A.A.Grapevine Dec 1947
“Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon A.A. unity.” “Each member of Alcoholics Anonymous is but a small part of a great whole. A.A. must continue to live or most of us will surely die. Hence our common welfare comes first. But individual welfare follows close afterward.” Our whole A.A. program is securely founded on the principle … Read More
How It Works…Step 2 – “Alcoholics Anonymous” p.47 – Lifeline April 2015
How It works…Step 2 When, therefore, we speak to you of God, we mean your own conception of God. This applies, too, to other spiritual expressions which you find in this book. Do not let any prejudice you may have against spiritual terms deter you from honestly asking yourself what they mean to you. At the start, this was all … Read More
Step One A Brief Outline – Walsh, Brian – Lifeline April 2015
Step One A Brief Outline “Admitted we were powerless over alcohol, that our lives had become unmanageable”. 1.Every “natural” instinct cries out against the idea of a personal powerlessness (defects of the thinking mind). 2. We perceive that only through utter defeat are we able to take our first step toward liberation and strength (making the admission we are unmanageable … Read More