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Diving in without a sponsor
Our AA brother had been sober for several months. He did not have a sponsor nor anyone else with whom ...
Sponsorship is Very Practical
From the beginning in Akron, sponsorship has been a crucial part of AA practice and progress, and it was the ...
Acceptance-who cares?
The topic of the meeting was acceptance. The first person to share was known for his brevity. He announced his ...
It’s Sobergirl!
A share at an AA meeting rekindled our joyful passion for the Program. An AA sister spoke; she had a ...
The Right Balance
It was our Monday night Step and Topic meeting. There was a group of newcomers, men from a nearby treatment ...
Cunning, Baffling, and Powerful
Our AA friend was moving forward in his program. It was his sixth year of sobriety. His sponsor had insisted ...
If I am not the problem
I heard a share at a recent meeting, “If I am not the problem, then I have no solution.” That ...
If You Are Inside the Jar
It was a regular meeting of lawyers in AA. The topic of the meeting was making amends, Step #9. The ...
Do More Pushups
The discussion topic at the AA meeting was Step 11, meditation. The first shares were from fellows admitting to problems ...
Walking Out Might be the Best Thing
I was young in the Program. My sponsor had arranged to meet a newcomer at our regular AA. I was ...
Military Wisdom
It was a dark and stormy night, the middle of a political campaign. There were problems; in the last three ...
More GEMS Print Editions now available
More GEMS, A Second Volume of Meditations on Alcoholism and Recovery is available in hard copy, both softcover and hardcover ...
From Frank Amos and his report to John Rockefeller in 1938
Dr. Bob worked with thousands of drunks in Akron. But, after spending as much as 4 or 6 hours with ...
I cannot drink
We had a newcomer at our AA meeting. Everyone who shared welcomed the newcomer; there were some great stories. But ...
Announcing More GEMS
Happy Destiny Press is pleased to offer More GEMS, A Second Volume of Meditations on Alcoholism and Recovery by Andy ...

