My name is TC, I was born in Vietnam 01/01/1983. My reason for writing my story is to share my experience, strength, and hope. I’ll be jumping from one subject to another as I reveal to you my journey. Don’t take anything personal if I say something that offends your religion or beliefs. Just remember that we do have the … Read More
Now about sex
Like a lot of aspects of my life, sex and relationships were something that I really didn’t think much about until I got sober. I mean, of course I thought about them…all the time. But to really take a look and see what behaviors I had in relationships and what types of people I was attracted to was something I … Read More
Concept X
Concept 10 – Every service responsibility should be matched by an equal service authority – the scope of such authority to be always well defined whether by tradition, by resolution, by specific job description or by appropriate charters and bylaws. Our service structure cannot function effectively and harmoniously unless, at every level, each operational responsibility is matched by a corresponding … Read More
Tradition 10
“Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the A.A. name ought never be drawn into public controversy.” What stood out for me about Tradition 10 is that Bill W. is writing about lessons learned from the Washingtonians. They were a group that had a large membership devoted to helping alcoholics. However, the Washingtonians were also involved with prohibition … Read More
Continued . . .
“Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.” Earlier in my recovery I was told that Steps 10, 11, and 12 where the ‘maintenance steps”. I’ve come to understand that they really are the “acceleration steps”. I fumbled around with 1 through 9 learning how to implement the spiritual principles behind them. Now I get … Read More
From the Chair, September 2012
I guess the first thing on the agenda is to apologize for last month’s column. Apparently what I sent to our poor editor was the one I did for August a year ago. Not realizing that I have been writing this piece for over a year now I accidently sent the first file I found titled August. With a little … Read More
Concept IX
“Good service leaders, together with sound and appropriate methods of choosing them, are at all levels indispensable for our future functioning and safety. The primary world service leadership once exercised by the founders of A.A. must necessarily be assumed by the Trustees of the General Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous.” Concept Nine is about the leadership of A.A. Some members … Read More