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Kudos from God
One of the great metaphors used by Bill Wilson was God as a director, principal, or father. Directors stand off-stage ...
Never too late to start your day over
Lessons heard at AA meetings can stick for a long time, sometimes because the share is dramatic, but often because ...
Monkeying around with your Program
Our AA brother started by sharing, “I took my bike into the garage last week.” “That was the first time ...
Get off your butt
At our Home Group, you are assigned to a temporary sponsor if you say that you are looking for a ...
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Subscribe to my weekly newsletter to get a free ebook of several talks given by Henry Drummond, including his classic, ...
Friday night highlight
I attended an AA meeting in Thunder Bay, a small mid-western Canadian town. It was a men's meeting. The topic ...
We learn from slips
The train wreck was horrific. Fire swept through the town after the train cars left the tracks. Crash investigators immediately ...
Serenity or Courage
wonder about the name of our Serenity prayer; in that prayer, we ask our Higher Power for two things, Serenity ...
My Disease is Doing Pushups
It is often said, “I might be sitting in the rooms of AA, but my disease is in the hallway ...
Good Can Come from Bad
Even wrong motives and intentions can lead to good outcomes if I practice the principles of our Program in my ...
Sobriety is a long and short game.
n AA sister shared, “We must be relieved of the bondage of time … pass.” Her brevity caught everyone by ...
Sobriety can get old
An AA brother shared. He had been around the Program for a long time; though he was a long way ...
New on the website: Podcasts
We have started a new offering. We can now hear a podcast on this website. ...
Quantum Spiritual Leaps
Bill Wilson advises caution in relying on our spiritual intuitions, especially in the early days. Father Bill W. from Texas ...
Defeats are better than problems
At the lawyers’ AA meeting, one share jumped out. The speaker was a litigator, a courtroom lawyer. He began, “I ...
Newcomer and Retreads
On the4thdimension.ca website, we have many requests for a list of Dr. Bob’s Five Essentials and Two Optionals. Dr. Bob ...
