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. […]
Category: Personal Stories
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 […]
A Message to Military Members
How to tell when drinking is becoming a problem During my first enlistment in the military, I thought that alcohol was a way to earn my place in the organisation. In my view, it seemed to be a rite of passage to the next rank or completion of certain schools. But more often than not, […]
Jane’s Journey
I was born and brought up in Manchester. I was an only child, my sister was stillborn a couple of years before. I really wanted to be a boy and grew up playing football with the boys and had a fairly happy childhood. My mum and dad brought me up the best they could, although […]
YPAA – The Power of the Group
I am lucky enough to have started a little tradition study with a few of my fellow AA’s. Last month we discussed Tradition Four: “Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or A.A. as a whole.” So when this offer to share on YPAA as a part of greater AA arrived, […]
