Alabama, near the Gulf of Mexico, is a beautiful place to visit. And it has a great AA culture. The slow southern language and the welcoming hospitality make for beautiful shares and brilliant meetings. I have many fond memories of new AA friends and great shares at AA meetings in the Gulf Shores region of Alabama.
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Program Paradoxes
Program Paradoxes: As we think more about ourselves, we think more of ourselves.
The Program involves a lot of introspection. Working the Steps consists of thinking a lot about myself. Moral and personal inventories, Step Five conversations where I talk about myself, review of my defects, making amends for my behaviours, and on and on.
Look where you want to go
I am not interested in sky diving. But a fellow I know in the Program is; and he taught me a lesson he learned from his parachute instructor.
Skydivers pay attention to what they are looking at as they drift down under their parachutes. Their expression is, “Look to where you want to land; because you are going to land where you are looking.”