Blog Posts
December 4, 2025
Not a Rose Garden: Sobriety, Serenity, and Real Life
Discover how recovery builds resilience, not guarantees. Read real AA stories and find recovery books to guide your next step …
November 27, 2025
The Ultimate Gift of Recovery: The Four-Volume GEMS Set
Give hope this Christmas — four pocket volumes of GEMS: short 12-Step shares, reflections, and encouragement. Complete set $40 + …
November 20, 2025
From Self-Help to Other-Help: The Transformative Power of AA’s 12th Step
Learn how serving others through the 12th Step transforms identity, reduces isolation, and strengthens recovery — practical guidance to start …
November 13, 2025
More GEMS Revealed — Meetings in a Book for Addiction Recovery
Discover More GEMS Revealed: bite-sized recovery insights and practices. Perfect for sponsees. Order on Amazon or at the4thdimension.ca today …
November 6, 2025
Restrain the Tongue, Delay the Send: Recovery Tools That Work
Strengthen recovery with micro-habits: pause, ask, reflect. Andy Crooks teaches practical methods—find companion recovery books at Happy Destiny Press …
November 3, 2025
Carrying the Message: Andy C in Conversation with ILAA on Sobriety and Service
Andy C’s candid interview with ILAA on daily recovery practices, community service, and carrying the message — encouragement and practical …
Recovery Moments Podcast
December 3, 2025
Step 9: Finding Freedom and Recovery Through Forgiveness
Learn how embracing forgiveness can free your mind from negativity and enable you to tackle life’s challenges head-on! …
December 1, 2025
AA Step 8 Unpacked: Willingness, Guilt, and Forgiveness in Amends
Join us as we delve into Step 8’s essential elements—willingness, forgiveness, and understanding motives behind making amends …
November 27, 2025
‘With’, ‘For’, or ‘To’? Finding Clarity in Recovery Language
Discover why making amends is all about who you’re addressing in our latest podcast episode! Dive into the significance of …
November 24, 2025
Making Amends: Breaking Free from Self-Deception
Learn how stopping justifications opens doors for genuine healing through amending past wrongs …
November 19, 2025
The Power of AA Amends: Bridging Steps 4 & 8
In this episode, we delve into how steps four and eight intertwine—uncover deeper insights about yourself while making meaningful amends! …
November 17, 2025
Clearing the Wreckage: The First Steps in Making Amends
Taking an inventory of your past harms is essential for making meaningful amends and rebuilding relationships …
Books
GEMS, 12-Step Meeting Shares, Notes and Thoughts
Are you seeking a powerful and transformative resource for recovery? Look no further than GEMS, 12-Step Meeting Shares, Notes and …
More GEMS, 12-Step Shares, Notes and Thoughts
Are you ready to take your recovery journey to the next level? Look no further than More GEMS, the highly anticipated …
Still More GEMS, 12-Step Shares, Notes and Thoughts
Discover the power of recovery and spiritual growth through Still More GEMS: 12-Step Meeting Shares, Notes and Thoughts. Written by …
Sober Covenants
Your sobriety contract As lawyers, we understand contracts; we draft them and interpret them. Contracts are promises; promises are contracts …
More GEMS Revealed, A Dipping Book to Grow Empower Motivate Spirituality in Your Recovery
Discover the power of recovery and spiritual growth through Still More GEMS: 12-Step Meeting Shares, Notes and Thoughts. Written by …
The Ultimate Gift of Recovery: The Four-Volume GEMS Set
Give hope this Christmas — four pocket volumes of GEMS: short 12-Step shares, reflections, and encouragement. Complete set $40 + shipping at the4thdimension.ca …
Essays
Defects Removal Tool – My Story How the Worksheet Came to Be
Perhaps there is more to Step Seven than meets the eye. We forget the call to action in the Seventh Step Prayer. In this essay, I contend that removing defects …
Crisis – Alcoholics Anonymous
I love AA. I love its history, its principles and its Members. It is, as many have said, the most important social movement of the last century. But its early …
Defects Removal Tool – Action oriented worksheet
The AA Program is a process, not an event. And processes involve sequences of steps. And steps can be both systematized and habituated; both of these, systematization and habituation, are …