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Clean Dishes

Clean Dishes

An AA brother who shared at this week's meeting had a culinary premise. He began, "last night, I was cleaning ...
Braided rope

Braided rope

An AA and his sponsee met for coffee at a waterfront café, part of a marina.  The setting was appropriate; ...
Sex and Alcohol

Sex and Alcohol

His opening puzzled us, “drinking, my alcoholism affected my sex life, and sober, my sex life affects my alcoholism.” ...
Mickey Mouse or Michaelangelo?

Mickey Mouse or Michaelangelo?

One of my favourite GEMS! Uncovering your own transformation ...
Defects Removal Tool – My Story How the Worksheet Came to Be

Defects Removal Tool – My Story How the Worksheet Came to Be

Perhaps there is more to Step Seven than meets the eye. We forget the call to action in the Seventh ...
Sweeping out Dark Corners

Sweeping out Dark Corners

At a recent meeting, where the subject was Step Five, a lady shared two benefits of doing a Step Five ...
Cunning, Baffling, and Powerful

Cunning, Baffling, and Powerful

Our AA friend was moving forward in his program. It was his sixth year of sobriety. His sponsor had insisted ...
Defect Removal Worksheets came first; Morning and Evening Checklists are a close second

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 ...
By the inch, it is a cinch, and by the yard, it is hard

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 ...
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If you always do

If you always do

If you always do, What you always did, You will always get, What you always got ...
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Level Up

Level Up

A young sponsee was wrestling with a defect of character and shortcoming. He said, “I am struggling to level up.” ...
The confessional conversation

The confessional conversation

The inventory is now complete. While it is still fresh in my mind, I book time with my spiritual coach, ...
Defects Removal Worksheet (Updated)

Defects Removal Worksheet (Updated)

My annual inventory is complete. I have had a Fifth Step confessional conversation with my spiritual advisor. We have identified ...
Spiritual Maintenance

Spiritual Maintenance

My AA birthday has just passed. Another year sober, and another year of spiritual maintenance. “A business that does not ...
Navel Gazing

Navel Gazing

This post is for the word freaks in the crowd. Words are really neat. And some words are just fascinating ...
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