Daily Reflections – by bob k.
February 16 Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can. —Arthur Ashe 1943-1993 The advice from the great tennis player and civil rights activist applies particularly well in the world...
Category: History – Modern
The post-millennium history of Alcoholics Anonymous.
Secular AA
By Vince Hawkins What is Secular AA? Who is it for? What use is it? Is it a threat to traditional AA? It’s an odd thing to review your own book, but thanks to...
Rigorous Honesty and Addiction Recovery (Part Two – Rigorous Honesty and the Steps)
By Richard Clark I approach addiction with the belief it is a mental illness, and the best recovery results require a psychological twelve steps incorporated within longer term therapy/counselling. Addiction is not a disease,...
Rigorous Honesty and Addiction Recovery (Part One – Dishonesty and Addiction)
By Richard Clark Years ago, I realized addicts and people in twelve-step and recovery groups are often puzzled about dishonesty (I know I was about my own). Honesty and dishonesty are flip sides of...
Daily Reflections
by bob k. January 11 The spirituality of imperfection begins with the recognition that trying to be perfect is the most tragic human mistake. The Spirituality of Imperfection, Kurtz & Ketcham, p. 5 The...
Daily Reflections and the Writing Process
By bob k. In school, I did well on writing assignments and exams that were of an essay-format. Later, I did some fantasizing about becoming a writer. In those long-gone days, every few weeks,...
The Plaina Language Bigga Booka
By Bobby Beach In case you are unfamiliar with the acronym, PLBB stands for Plain Language Big Book. The General Service Conference (GSC) approved the publication of a supplemental version of the book Alcoholics...
Continuously Avoiding Continued
By Richard W. Clark There are tens-of-thousands of inspirational quotes to be found on-line and in books innumerable and these have certainly been one of the shallow fascinations of people searching for an easier,...
Daily Reflections for Practical Twelve Step Recovery
by bob k. INTRODUCTION When one searches the internet for inspirational quotes, there are thousands to be found, probably tens of thousands. To have peace of mind and more enjoyable lives, we need not...
Against Recovery and Self-Help, Part 2
By Chris N. In Against Recovery and Self-Help, Part 1, I argued that alcoholism/addiction is not a disease, and that “treatments” for it that regard it like a disease often neglect the social context...
The Temperance Movement
By bob k. Our main object is not to reform inebriates, but to induce all temperate to continue temperate by practicing total abstinence . . . The drunkards, if not reformed, will die, and...
STIGMA
by bob k. We live in a boozy culture. There is a stigma that falls upon the folks who don’t drink at all and a different prejudice against those who drink too much. How...
Secular Spirituality
By Andy F. Atheists and Agnostics in AA Agnosticism and religion are two contentious topics. Rarely does either truly embrace a tangible inner spirituality. It’s a personal journey in discovering who we are and...
No Longer Seeking Oblivion
By Ronald W. I started drinking at age 15 in high school, and I always drank to get drunk. And I did that for 37 years. That was my deal with life – as...
