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What constitutes a good AA meeting? Please do not ask me for a list of questions which might draw more varied responses than this. Suffice it to say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. So in attempt to pare the possibilities, let’s consider the beholder. As the author I would like to […]

I was three weeks sober when I traveled to Colorado to visit my family for Thanksgiving. I was excited, but scared. I was going back to a town filled with old drinking buddies and favorite watering holes. I drove over with my dad, whose company helped keep me out of my head. We talked about my […]

Step Four Myth Buster Myth #1 “Writing a 4th step takes a Long Time.” I began my first 4th step with gusto, and then proceeded to ignore it for 3 months.  Whenever someone would ask what step I was on I would tell them step 4 and then make a very sincere face implying, “And […]

My Story Becoming an alcoholic at age 13 was pretty easy, after all I did have a rough start in life. I didn’t have money or fancy clothes, I shopped at the Salvation Army and was always made fun of for being ugly or poor and I was never any good at sports. My father abandoned […]

From BS to IS by Lisa O. I  like  to  divide  my  life  into  two  periods, before  sobriety  which  I  term  “BS”  and  in  sobriety, for  which  I  use  “IS.”  While  I  was  living  in  my  BS, I  would  read  metaphysical  books  and  study philosophy,  religion  and  esoteric  subjects  like biofeedback  and  how  to  make  […]

So You Think You’re Different by John T. I’m an alcoholic! I was working for a large beer distributor and I was very successful in sales. What a great job, everyone drank. At least that’s how I saw it! That’s why when people would say to me; do you think you might have a problem […]

The Wreckage of the Present by Preston B.   Over the years I have witnessed people who seem to have been solid members of the program go out and drink again. The reasoning is inconsequential, because if they are real alcoholics, the only actual reasoning for them drinking again is that the obsession returned and […]

One of the major parts of the foundation we must include in the building blocks of our sobriety is honesty. Without it we’re greatly lowering our odds of making this program of A.A. a successful part of our life. A bottle of our favorite alcoholic beverage is waiting for our failure in the program. It […]