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    Selflessness

    By Phillip | September 22, 2023 | | 0 Comments

      I was recently at a meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous and there was a cluster of people at the end of a table.  By their conversation they proved to be relatively new to the program.  One of them stated that he was so glad that this was a selfish program and that he was really

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    Reconstruction

    By Phillip | September 15, 2023 | | 0 Comments

      According to the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, page 63, there is a long period of reconstruction of our lives ahead.  Reminding ourselves that we are to be willing to go to any lengths to keep our sobriety, we set out to right the wrongs we committed while drinking.  There is sure to be

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    Outside Help

    By Phillip | September 13, 2023 | | 0 Comments

      Outside help is defined as any assistance or help from a professional outside Alcoholics Anonymous.  This can be a physician, psychiatrist, dietician, psychologist, clergyperson, mental help therapist and many more types of professionals.  The suggestion to seek outside help is voiced in many places in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous.  The writers realized

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    Expectations

    By Phillip | September 12, 2023 | | 0 Comments

      We alcoholics tend to have the attitude that the world owes us a living.  This could not be farther from the truth.  We come up with unreasonable expectations of people, places and things that end up not materializing.  Just what is an expectation?  Well, an expectation is an ego driven idea that we are

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    Honesty

    By Phillip | September 10, 2023 | | 0 Comments

      Honesty is the most essential element of the program of recovery.  It starts with personal honesty and a realization that you are alcoholic.  For those wishing to work the program it starts with identifying in the first 30 days of sobriety that you are a newcomer and an alcoholic.  This is done in meetings. 

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    Open-Mindedness

    By Phillip | September 5, 2023 | | 0 Comments

    The last of the three essential ingredients for success and sobriety is open-mindedness.  The first thing we have to be open-minded about is to stop drinking and to stay stopped.  For some people this may mean going through a detox program.  For others who do not have access to a detox program they can stop

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    Open-Mindedness

    By Phillip | August 30, 2023 | | 0 Comments

      The last of the three essential ingredients for success and sobriety is open-mindedness.  The first thing we have to be open-minded about is to stop drinking and to stay stopped.  For some people this may mean going through a detox program.  For others who do not have access to a detox program they can

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    Honesty

    By Phillip | August 28, 2023 | | 0 Comments

      Honesty is the most essential element of the program of recovery.  It starts with personal honesty and a realization that you are alcoholic.  For those wishing to work the program it starts with identifying in the first 30 days of sobriety that you are a newcomer and an alcoholic.  This is done in meetings. 

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    Twelve Steps Away

    By Phillip | August 25, 2023 | | 0 Comments

      One may hear someone share at a meeting that they are one drink away from a drunk.  For myself nothing could be further from the truth. I believe that someone who has taken all twelve steps and is applying the principles of the Steps in their lives are 12 steps away from a drunk.

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    Science

    By Phillip | August 22, 2023 | | 0 Comments

      In the chapter “More About Alcoholism” in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous we read that “science may one day accomplish this, but it hasn’t done so yet.”  This is in reference to solving the problem of alcoholism.  There have been all types of scientific studies and trials attempting to alleviate the use of

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