Doing service is an uncomfortable action. It is against my nature. I’d rather make a hundred people around me uncomfortable than do something myself. I need to believe to start doing service and I came to believe because of the people I met through doing service. I want to share some thoughts about the AA […]
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“Iggy Pop”?! — No, ICYPAA! My First YPAA Experience
My first experience with YPAA was in 2010 in New York City. I was 25 years old and only about four months sober. In early summer of that year I traveled to NYC to visit a friend. Before that trip, I had only attended small meetings in Southeastern and Central Ohio where I grew up […]
Rule 62 In Action: A Fellowship Fun Hike
Rule 62 In Action: A Fellowship Fun Hike My name is Joel B. I’m a sober member of alcoholics anonymous. For no particular reason this morning, I pulled a book, “A New Pair of Glasses, from my bookshelf and started rereading it from the beginning. At the end of the first chapter, author Chuck C. […]
HP = GOD?
When I came into AA to finally try to get sober, the God word was mentioned . . . a lot! When I was first 12 stepped three years earlier, one of the people who came to visit me at home said “Anything can be your Higher Power! A table or chair, anything!” I thought […]
AA’s International Convention – A family Get-together
AA’s International Convention – A family Get-together Have you ever attended one of AA’s International Conventions? If you have, and want to repeat this wonderful experience, you should be aware that registration for 2020’s convention in Detroit opens on September 9th. If you haven’t had the chance to attend previously, I can only recommend it. […]
