amends
Making Amends Pays a Karmic Debt
The question over coffee with a group of AAs was: Why are amends so important in the AA Program? ...
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 ...
A Powerful Spot Check
The AA meeting last month was a game changer. The topic was Step Ten, and the meeting focused on spot ...
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 ...
Unscripted
I was in Alabama at my Wednesday AA meeting. A speaker meeting. The speaker told the story of a newcomer ...
Caragana Resentments
I was talking with a sponsee one day. We were talking about resentments—feelings of bitter indignation over perceived harm or ...
Persistence
In these times of panic and stress, we have an opportunity to exercise Program principles… in all our affairs. Our ...
Learning from Amends
In Chapter 8 of the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, Bill W. makes a point about Step 8 of our ...
The heart is a divine antenna
At a meeting last week someone shared that “the heart is a divine antenna.” An antenna picks up invisible radio ...
