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We took a newcomer to our AA meeting out for coffee.  Our new fellow had identified as ‘coming back’ in ...

To be sure, to be sane, or not to be sane is a question.  Sanity comes and goes.  Last week ...

We were talking over coffee and disagreed; I did not know much about the subject of the conversation, but with ...

My favourite four-letter F-word – Free. We have opened a store and there is a lot of free stuff ...

One fellow shared, “I have studied my defects for a long time and came to see that defects are habits—powerful ...

One meeting and one share stands out in my memory. Harry was his name. He began, “I had a problem ...

An AA brother who shared at this week's meeting had a culinary premise. He began, "last night, I was cleaning ...

I recently heard two outstanding shares at an AA meeting, one building on the other.  The first fellow began, “I ...

An AA and his sponsee met for coffee at a waterfront café, part of a marina.  The setting was appropriate; ...

I was sober, with many thoughts and theories about God.  God was this or was not that.  God cared for ...

His opening puzzled us, “drinking, my alcoholism affected my sex life, and sober, my sex life affects my alcoholism.” ...

The AA meeting last month was a game changer.  The topic was Step Ten, and the meeting focused on spot ...

Jenga is a child’s game of blocks and towers; alcoholics play an adult version of Jenga. The child’s game consists ...

Plaques and signs are good reminders of important ‘notes to self,’ they were used in ancient times and are still ...

In my last blog post, I quoted an AA sister who provided two interpretations of our AA symbol, the triangle ...

Our AA symbol, a triangle bounded by a circle, has a rich and deep history. At a recent meeting, we ...