Greetings Salt Lake Central Office! Warmth has generated some activity around the CO, including an exterior shrubectomy by the landlord. There’s been another spate of chairectomies as well, our open positions include Public Information, Cooperation with the Professional Community, Twelfth Step and Bylaws. These positions will all rotate in December, so if you’d like a service test run, now’s the … Read More
Step 6 – Eric M_2014
In our 12 Steps and 12 Traditions book, the first thing it says on this matter is, “this is the step that separates the men from the boys.” I can’t tell you how frustrated I was upon reading that the first time. “How can these people judge me as not being a man?” I thought, “I’ve done so much work … Read More
Step 6 – Kimmi S_2014
“We have emphasized willingness as being indispensable. Are we now ready to let God remove from us all the things which we have admitted are objectionable? Can He now take them all, everyone? If we still cling to something we will not let go, we ask God to help us be willing.” A.A. Big Book p.76 Wow! What a tall … Read More
Chapter 6: Into Action – Alex J_2014
Chapter 6, titled “Into Action”, is in my experience a guide for the steps 5 through 11 in the program we call Alcoholics Anonymous. This chapter, as its title suggests, is all about the recovering alcoholic physically reviewing his wrongdoings and setting them right. In other words, getting into action. While working the steps throughout this chapter with a sponsor … Read More
Chapter 6: Into Action – Betty H_2014
I sobered up in a small group in West Louisiana with six folks who were sober from 2 to 32 years and who believed that everything they needed to know to stay sober was contained in the first 164 pages of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. They also believed that “sponsorship” was essential and they quickly assigned a woman … Read More
The Non-Alcoholics That Helped Us: Lois Wilson
But what about the other victims of alcoholism? What about the scars of those family members? As alcoholics, we know of the heartaches and distress that our families have experienced because of the disease of Alcoholism. What a debt of gratitude we owe to these first women of the program now known as Al-Anon. Many of us have family members … Read More
Chair in the Corner_May2014
Greetings Salt Lake Central Office! At last! Warmth and light. The top is down and the bike battery is charging. But enough about me. What’s happening with you? How is your Group? Are you finding enough service opportunities to further your spiritual growth? If not, we’ve got plenty of them. Consider working on one of the Committees, CPC, Corrections, Treatment … Read More