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PPL. Pause Pray and Listen. This simple admonition is Bill Wilson's advice and direction on Step Three. In the last ...

The only requirement for attendance at an AA meeting is a desire to stop drinking, but the requirement for Membership ...

Like other tennis players, I have worked on improving my technique. My tennis strokes worked, but my coach said that ...

Just do it. Even if you get it wrong, you will get it right. This applies in all areas of ...

In Chapter 8 of the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, Bill W. makes a point about Step 8 of our ...

I took up the sport of tennis late in life. I hired a coach and took lessons every week. We ...

Meetings are for all who are interested in spiritual development, and they mean a lot to everyone who attends. Newcomers ...

A great share at a meeting – “Drinking is not a spectator sport, and neither is AA.” I cannot enjoy ...

Program Paradoxes: As we think more about ourselves, we think more of ourselves. The Program involves a lot of introspection ...

When I am dancing and I change my rhythm, my partner will change as well. Maybe not right away, but ...

Based on my experience, forgiveness is a necessary part of Step 8. Step 8 is the precursor to Step 9 ...

This GEM is from a meeting some months ago in Thunder Bay. Forgiveness is letting go of what I think ...

In our moral and personal inventories, we are instructed to create a Grudge List with people, institutions and principles that ...

Impression management is a difficult job involving unceasing labour. Without any independent self-esteem, I am dependent on what others think ...

I am spending a lot more time on the west coast these days. They have carefully cultivated gardens and shaped ...

If the world really loved me, it would know what to do to make me happy. If my wife really ...