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WitƎ DeƋp PaƏn CamƋ TotƇƒ SurƘƋƮdƥƘ It all starts with the first step! We are powerless over alcohol and our lives have become unmanageable. I am a real…

“My A¨ FoƛnƊơƴiƕn” My AA Foundation, believe it or not, was when I stepped foot into my first home group Sunrise Sunday 9:30am morning meeting. I walked in…

NewƉƕƭƥr firƙƴ imƖƲƋsƙƩoƮs of A¨ What should I do—or not do? Using the same sort of foul language that I used as a thirteen-year-old to impress my parents…

GivƏƔƧ BacƑ is tƎe FoƛnƊơƴiƕn My Forgiving, crying, voicing Is the way to peace of mind Honouring the pain and anger Relief emerges over time The man who…

ReflƋcƚƩoƮs On SobƘƏƥƴy SepƚƋƭbƥƘ 2020 I shouldn’t be alive today. I shouldn’t have a usable brain today. Only through the grace of a benevolent God am I sober…

My worst fears met; my endless strife; of stable wealth there is but none Was it my fear, my lack of faith; A wrongful praying to the One?…

Daily Reprieve · July 2020 Perspectives on Humility

“I don’t know!” I happily sing. The wonderful thing ‘bout being humble For humble’sa wonderful thing Is actions become about others As Winter melts warmly to Spring I…

There is so much for me to learn from her. And through our communication and love for each other, I’ve learned how to express myself to her, and…

It bugs me when people If you’re going to be humble, myself so. It is like say, “I feel humbled by the it has to come from you,…

It was the thought of going to prison that finally humbled me. And it was my alcoholism that finally got me into trouble with the law, and led…

automatically; like someone at a cloakroom who is taking my coat of false identity and hanging it up so that I can just be myself. When I pronounce…

When I drank my arrogance was a shield to protect me from others criticizing my drinking. I had a good job, wife and life, on the outside anyway.…

The perception of humility is a wide ranging subject and one that I am sure could fill many a thesis of many a final year university student. I…

AA’s Secret Language When I first joined the fellowship some years back, one of the things I immediately noticed was the rich body of coded language that we…

Humility to me is . . . … trusting others … asking for help … sitting quietly … appreciating others … remembering my bottoms … listening … putting…

… I’m so humble it’s not even funny… talk about humble, actually I am very happy to and will tell you how super humble I am, whether you…

“Perpetual quietness of heart. It is to have no trouble. It is never to be fretted or vexed, irritable or sore; to wonder at nothing that is done…

“Without help, it is too much for us” has always been apparent to me. Intellectually, I have always known that I was powerless over my spiritual malady or…

When I first came to the program, I knew I needed to stop drinking. But i didn’t know how to do it, let alone by myself and my…

A life with many soon became a room filled with only one. The world vast of forthcoming experiences dwindled into an endless abyss of hopelessness. King Alcohol drowned…

The youngest of three boys, I was a defiant son, a precocious student and a talented athlete. I paid scant attention to the advice of well-meaning teachers, coaches,…

An A.A. Solution for Irrational Fear! The following definitions of fear, terror and apprehension are my own; probably not to be found in a dictionary—they are simply a…

During the recent events I have noticed patterns in my behaviour, whenever a new measure was introduced I was triggered and reacted in exactly the same way….. In…