meetings
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 ...
Half the Effort
The topic of the AA meeting was the continuous work and effort required for our AA Program. ...
Discipline Not Technique
Alabama, near the Gulf of Mexico, is a beautiful place to visit. And it has a great AA culture. The ...
Cowboy Share: Stay in the Herd
It was an early morning AA meeting on the West Coast. A stranger walked in, a genuine cowboy. He was ...
Meetings Are Like Fertilizer for the Soul
At a recent meeting, a fellow shared, starting from an interesting point of departure. He had a piece of paper ...
Online Meetings
It was our regular men’s meeting. The electronic meeting room was opened early, and we were enjoying a pre-meeting gabfest, ...
Meeting Share
A share by Andy C at a recent meeting. Discovering the solution, and the solution to the solution ...
On books and covers
Years ago, on a business trip in another city, I attended a downtown morning AA meeting. I walked by a ...
Friday night highlight
I attended an AA meeting in Thunder Bay, a small mid-western Canadian town. It was a men's meeting. The topic ...
Quantum Spiritual Leaps
Bill Wilson advises caution in relying on our spiritual intuitions, especially in the early days. Father Bill W. from Texas ...
Churches may be God’s House
We love our holidays in the deep south. I recall one day in particular. We were driving through the Low ...
Sobriety Symmetry
Drinking is hard work, especially at our level. Alcoholics of our type understand how much work and discipline is required ...
Spiritual guides, not goads
Cattle are not ambitious animals. Left to themselves, they will graze for a long time on the same pasture. And ...