Archive for April, 2012
Share your own experiences, thoughts and recovery stories!
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Daily Reflections April 30, 2012
GROUP AUTONOMY APRIL 30, 2012 Some may think that we have carried the principle of group autonomy to extremes. For example, in its original “long form,” Tradition Four declares: “Any two or three gathered together for sobriety may call themselves an A.A. group, provided that as a group they have no other affiliation.” . . [...]
Daily Reflections April 29, 2012
TWO “MAGNIFICENT STANDARDS” Daily Reflections April 29, 2012 All A.A. progress can be reckoned in terms of just two words: humility and responsibility. Our whole spiritual development can be accurately measured by our degree of adherence to these magnificent standards. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 271 To acknowledge and respect the views, accomplishments and prerogatives [...]
Does getting sober mean I’m never going to have fun?
A common impression (specifically) amongst young people) is that getting sober means your about to embark on the longest most dreadful and miserable path of life. My experience is that couldn’t be further from the truth. A mentor of mine shares a perspective that has helped many people overcome this initial worry. The first [...]
Daily Reflections April 28, 2012
JOYFUL DISCOVERIES APRIL 28, 2012 We realize we know only a little. God will constantly disclose more to you and to us. Ask Him in your morning meditation what you can do each day for the man who is still sick. The answers will come, if your own house is in order. But obviously you [...]
