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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 ...
Unscripted
I was in Alabama at my Wednesday AA meeting. A speaker meeting. The speaker told the story of a newcomer ...
Defect Removal Worksheets came first; Morning and Evening Checklists are a close second
The results are in. We completed an inventory of the4thdimension.ca website traffic statistics. We can see the pages opened and ...
Waves are Emotions
My AA brother and I were sitting on a park bench, looking out at the ocean, each with our thoughts ...
Just because I feel shame and have no self esteem I thought I had humility
Step Seven and Humility were the topics of the meeting. “Words have different nuances and meanings,” our AA sister began, ...
By the inch, it is a cinch, and by the yard, it is hard
The subject of the meeting was the removal of defects. One of the guys at the meeting shared, “By ...
Meet My Future Wife
We have a Morning Huddle AA meeting three days a week. Six AAs, we review our day ahead; share our ...
