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First and Second Order Effects
In the Rooms of AA, we often hear, “I was at the top of my amends list,” or “first we ...
My Third Book is Out!
My third book, Closing Arguments for Twelve-Stepping Lawyers, is available. International Lawyers in A.A. has a weekly online meeting which ...
On books and covers
Years ago, on a business trip in another city, I attended a downtown morning AA meeting. I walked by a ...
Prairies to Mountains
The topic was spiritual growth; an AA brother shared, “years ago, I was driving across the prairies to the west ...
Changing in a flash
Reversing course can take much time and much space, or no time and no space. Watching a big semi-trailer drive ...
Achieving Sanity
Many factors affect my sanity. Maintaining a level of sanity is complicated and difficult. Or so I thought ...
One Way of Looking at Things
After the waitress had taken the orders, one of the guys turned to the newcomer, who did not seem very ...
Relapse is Optional
We took a newcomer to our AA meeting out for coffee. Our new fellow had identified as ‘coming back’ in ...
Sanity is not binary
To be sure, to be sane, or not to be sane is a question. Sanity comes and goes. Last week ...
The Blame Game
We were talking over coffee and disagreed; I did not know much about the subject of the conversation, but with ...
It’s time to check out!
My favourite four-letter F-word – Free. We have opened a store and there is a lot of free stuff ...
One habit at a time
One fellow shared, “I have studied my defects for a long time and came to see that defects are habits—powerful ...
From broken shoes to mending hearts
One meeting and one share stands out in my memory. Harry was his name. He began, “I had a problem ...
Clean Dishes
An AA brother who shared at this week's meeting had a culinary premise. He began, "last night, I was cleaning ...
Came and Stayed
I recently heard two outstanding shares at an AA meeting, one building on the other. The first fellow began, “I ...
Braided rope
An AA and his sponsee met for coffee at a waterfront café, part of a marina. The setting was appropriate; ...
