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Love and Service
My good friends in AA and of AA, I get a big thrill out of looking over a vast sea of faces like this with a feeling that possibly some small thing that I did a number of years ago, played an infinitely small part in making this meeting possible. I also get quite a thrill when I think that we all had the same problem. We all did the same things. We all get…
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Original Serenity Prayer
God, grant me serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can & wisdom to know the difference Living one day at a time, enjoying one moment at a time Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace Taking, as Jesus did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it Trusting that You will make all things right if I surrender to Your will So that…
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The Ultimate Remover: How Alcohol Strips Your Life Bare
Alcohol is cunning, bafflingand powerful. It will remove stains from clothes.It will also remove the clothes off your back.If it is used in sufficient quantity,Alcohol will remove furniture from the home,Rugs from the floor, food from the table,Lining from the stomach, vision from the eyesAnd judgment from the mind.Alcohol will remove good reputations,Good jobs, good friends, happiness fromchildren’s hearts,Sanity, freedom, spouses, relationships,Man’s ability to adjust and live with hisfellow man,And even life itself.As a remover…
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Are You An Alcoholic?
To answer this question, ask yourself the following questions and answer them as honestly as you can. Number Question Yes No 1 Do you lose time from work due to drinking? 2 Is drinking making your home life unhappy? 3 Do you drink because you are shy with other people? 4 Is drinking affecting your reputation? 5 Have you ever felt remorse after drinking? 6 Have you gotten into financial difficulties as a result of…
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12 Concepts for World Service
The AA 12 Concepts for World Service can be thought of as the “Government Bylaws” for the entire global organization of Alcoholics Anonymous. While the 12 Steps are for personal recovery (how to get sober) and the 12 Traditions are for local groups (how to keep a meeting running), the 12 Concepts explain how the global organization works, handling things like publishing books, organizing international conventions, and making sure no one person becomes the “boss”…
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12 Steps and 12 Traditions of AA
These are the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous 1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol — that our lives had become unmanageable. 2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. 3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him. 4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. 5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and…
Why we do this:
We have the joy of living, even under pressure and difficulty. We have seen hundreds of families set their feet in the path that really goes somewhere; have seen the most impossible domestic situations righted; feuds and bitterness of all sorts wiped out. We have seen men come out of asylums and resume a vital place in the lives of their families and communities. Business and professional men have regained their standing. There is scarcely any form of trouble and misery which has not been overcome among us. We meet frequently so that newcomers may find the fellowship they seek.