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Alcohol is a an Addictive DrugRecently, I have been meeting a high number of alcoholics and drug addicts that desire sobriety and they are not aware that alcohol is a drug, and that it's an addictive drug! Plugging the jug and stopping the drugs is only the First Step in recovery. We have to do that first, or all of our work will be useless and fruitless. The next Steps consists of a recipe of vigorous actions that – must be taken — if we want to achieve long-term sobriety, and be able to be comfortable and happy while sober — to clean house and get our lives in order. And, that’s not all — there is action and more action. Sobriety is a daily process of uncovering, discovering and discarding. It’s not a race that has a finish-line. It’s a life-long process — if — we are to achieve and maintain it. Log in to the forum and discuss it with us! -------------------------------------------------- The Chuck C. of New Pair of Glasses Videos I've just uploaded the Chuck C. Spiritual Way of Life Videos to the site. To start with part 1, click here! There are six parts to this video. Be sure to watch all six! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Having problems with the NEXT right actions? I was having trouble taking the NEXT right action -- So, I began taking the right NOW action. My life began to change for the better. By taking the right NOW action -- I get the opportunity to take a NEXT right action. The real Magic in action is to do the right thing now -- because it's the right thing to do right now! One of the most serious problems in the life of a recovering person is: thinking. We get obsessed in our thinking. And, the obsession with thinking prevents us from taking the right action now. So, we pause -- and take the right action for the moment -- because it is the right action for that moment. This keeps us out of the past and in the present. Bob Pearson (1917-2008) was General Manager of the General Service Office from 1974 to 1984, and then served as Senior Advisor to the G.S.O. from 1985 until his retirement. His story is in the Big Book as "AA Taught Him to Handle Sobriety," 3rd edit. (1976) pp. 554-561, 4th edit. (2001) pp. 553-559. During the 1986 General Service Conference, Bob gave a powerful and inspiring closing talk to the conference at the closing brunch on Saturday morning, April 26. It was an especially significant occasion, because he knew that he was going to retire early the next year, and that this would be his last General Service Conference. The following excerpts are taken from that farewell speech, as published in the Conference's final report: The Thirty-Sixth Annual Meeting of the General Service Conference of Alcoholics Anonymous 1986 (Roosevelt Hotel, New York City, April 20-26, 1986), Final Report. In his farewell speech to the 1986 General Service Conference, Bob P. gave this warning to future generations of A.A. members: "If you were to ask me what is the greatest danger facing A.A. today, I would have to answer: the growing rigidity -- the increasing demand for absolute answers to nit-picking questions; pressure for G.S.O. to 'enforce' our Traditions; screening alcoholics at closed meetings; prohibiting non-Conference-approved literature, i.e., 'banning books'; laying more and more rules on groups and members." The spirit of real old time AA is being destroyed as more and more people are beginning to ignore one of Bill Wilson's favorite sayings: "Every group has the right to be wrong." Log in to the forum to discuss this and other AA dicussion topics! ----------------------------------- Our dark past -- can be the greatest possession that we have. ----------------------------------- In A.A., a Big Book Sponsor has but One primary purpose – to carry the message they found in the Big Book of hope and recovery from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body to all those who suffer. To show others who suffer precisely how to recover is the only purpose of this site. We have NO dues, fees and decline any outside contributions. We have been given a way out and only wish to share, pass on and give freely this precious gift. So many people today are not getting the wonderful message of recovery found in this book. We only want to pass on the message and experience of recovery we have found, by the grace of God, good sponsorship and a persistent and consistent dedication to our primary purpose to carry this message to those who suffer. After nearly two decades of continuous recovery and seeing so many deaths of not just the slipper but people with long term absence of alcohol die I decided it was time to make a website with specific directions of how to effectively carry the message of recovery as a sponsor. by Joe McF. — Big Book Sponsors Group Click here to read and share on AA Big Book Sponsors -- in our forums ----------------------------------- In recovery, we try to take the opposite of our character defects/shortcomings and turn them into principles. For example, we work to change fear into faith, hate into love, egoism into humility, anxiety and worry into serenity, complacency into action, denial into acceptance, jealousy into trust, fantasizing into reality, selfishness into service, resentment into forgiveness, judgmentalism into tolerance, despair into hope, self-hate into self-respect, and loneliness into fellowship. Through this work we learn to understand the principles of our program. By the time we experience the Awakening of Step 12, we're living in the world of the Spirit. While maintaining our memberships in individual groups, organizations, and society -- now, we have become a part of a much larger group. We are now members in The Fellowship of The Spirit. Share your experience with us in the forum. Or, read more on The Fellowship of the Spirit experiences of others. ------------------------------------------------------------ Trusting and Relying on God ------------------------------------------------------ If you have a desire to stop drinking and your drinking is causing you problems -- or, if you have discovered that living without alcohol is uncomfortable, and you get restless, irritable or discontented when not drinking -- it is highly suggested that you find a meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous. You may discover why you feel this way. We hope that you find something usefull on our website and that you keep coming back. Perhaps someday, we will meet, as we trudge the road of happy destiny.
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