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Gratitude
I am a volunteer chaplain at the local jail and today a man cried. I am grateful to him because he reminded me what it was like when I first came in.
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Study of AA Sprituality
In a recent study in the March 2011 issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research it was discovered that as one becomes more committed to Alcoholics Anonymous, one's spirituality increases. Overall the study concludes that after attending AA one's drinking goes down as one's spirituality increases and the overall outcome is effective.
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Mary Karr and Alcoholism
Mary Karr has come out with a new book "Lit". I heard her interviewed today on the radio show "To the Best of our Knowledge". You can listen to the show at the link below...
Listen!Her interview is about a third way into the 1 hour show about addiction and various ways people handle the issue. Some of it is total BS from my point of view, but if ( Read more... ) -
Choose Life
There is an idea that has been going around AA for a long time now. It is the idea of choice. I've heard things like "Today I choose not to drink." That makes no sense to me.
I have a choice not to drink in the same manner that I have a choice not to play Russian Roulette. While I understand the arguments regarding choice and I don't want to change ( Read more... ) -
Watered Down Religion?
AA is not a substitute for religion ( Read more... ) -
A Larger World
Those who are handicapped live in a small world. We try to make it as large as we can ( Read more... ) -
More shin-kicking
I think I have good answers but I don't assume they are the correct answers for others. I simply don't have the credentials for that. I can beat up the experts pretty well, but there is a reason why they are called experts. At some point, they will have an answer that I cannot question credibly ( Read more... ) -
A little shin-kicking
On an AA list I noticed a little Bible discussion about Bar Abbas (the fellow who was chosen over Jesus to get a pardon) Since other experts had already weighed in, I added my two cents ( Read more... ) -
She just wants to drink.
She said, please help. She is going to drink. A desperate plea ( Read more... ) -
A Coffee Pot and a Resentment
I spotted an email of a guy who wanted to start a new meeting in his area. The reason? He didn't like the way the other meetings were run. He was a little miffed because no one was helping him out (especially the New York office which seemed to be ignoring him ( Read more... )
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