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On the Ultimate Answer
Shut up, don’t drink, and go to meetings!
There was a period when I hated my sponsors. Of all the remarks they...
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On Last Resorts
If all else fails, don’t drink!
If you can avoid drinking, you have a chance to learn A.A.’s way of life; if you...
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ABOUT LAST WORDS
On Miracles
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On Days that Really Go Bad
There’s nothing so bad for an alcoholic that a drink won’t make worse.
“Think of the worst possible...
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On Best Days and Worst Days
Your worst day sober is better than you best day drunk.
“Sure, sure,” I’d think, “that’s easy for you to...
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10-07-2014, 07:35 AM
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ABOUT GOOD DAYS AND BAD ONES
On Good Days and Bad Days
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10-05-2014, 07:46 AM
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On What to Do about a Drunken Pigeon
If it’s too cool, you might throw a blanket over him.
I was present when the wife of a man,...
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On Calling One’s Sponsor
If you call me at three A. M. when you’re drunk and tell me you can’t sleep, I’ll tell you I can and hang up...
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10-01-2014, 09:09 AM
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On Not Wanting to Go on a Twelfth Step Call
Someone was there for you; where would you be if they hadn’t been?
We know where we’d...
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09-30-2014, 09:03 AM
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ABOUT TWELFTH STEPPING AND SPONSORSHIP
On Why to Go on Twelfth Step Calls
It helps to keep you sober
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09-29-2014, 10:13 AM
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On Admitting a Slip
If you don’t take your “slip” to your home group, you’re setting yourself up for another one.
Chapter Five...
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09-28-2014, 11:20 AM
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On the Consequences of a Slip
Alcoholics who relapse hold their lives in their own shaky hands.
The disease of alcoholism is so...
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09-27-2014, 11:52 AM
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On Starting a Slip
The first step in going back to drinking is to question the very things which helped us to get sober.
This...
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09-25-2014, 08:14 AM
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ABOUT SLIPS
On Slips
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On Being Pressed, “What Do You Want in It?”
Tell them “A little cream,” or, “Some ice,” depending on what you ask for.
The...
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09-22-2014, 07:32 AM
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On Being Asked, “What’ll Ya Have?
Tell them coffee, or a Coke
The newly sober alcoholic is often vulnerable, and the...
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09-18-2014, 07:28 AM
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On Safe Beverages at a Cocktail Party
A hot drink such as coffee is the safest. Never rink anything cold at a cocktail party that...
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09-15-2014, 09:08 AM
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On Behavior at a Cocktail Party
Get a glass of something safe in your hand and nurse it; nobody will really give a **** what’s...
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09-14-2014, 08:10 AM
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On Going to a Cocktail Party
If you can skip it, do.
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09-13-2014, 09:56 AM
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On the Efficiency of Therapy
If it works, don’t fool around with it; if it doesn’t, quit.
Many A.A. members have a mixed bag of...
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09-12-2014, 10:39 AM
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On Quitting or Refusing Antabuse Therapy
Thirsty, huh?
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09-10-2014, 08:32 AM
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ABOUT ANTABUSE AND TREATMENT
On the advisability of Taking Antabuse
Sure it’s a crutch, but a crutch is very useful if you have a broken leg....
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09-09-2014, 11:21 AM
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On the Answering of Prayers
If you pray right, your prayers are answered. Of course, if you pray wrong, they’re answered, too.
...
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09-08-2014, 01:17 PM
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On Manners
As a child, you learned to say “please” and “thank-you.” Let your first prayer of the day be a “please” for...
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09-07-2014, 08:50 AM
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On the Serenity Prayer
If you’re in a real pinch, try the short form of the Serenity Prayer: “Screw it.” You’ll be surprised how...
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04-02-2014, 10:19 AM
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On the Grace of God
Whenever you see a drunk, remember that it is, but for the grace of God, yourself you see.
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04-01-2014, 09:24 AM
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On Religion and A.A.
It’s perfectly all right to go to church, and it may even help your recovery, but it isn’t necessary.
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ABOUT HIGHER POWERS AND PRAYER
On Belief in a Higher Power
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11-11-2013, 08:01 AM
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On Expecting Praise for Being in A.A.
You shouldn’t expect a medal for finally doing what you were supposed to do in the first...
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On Hanging Out with the Old Gang
You need new playgrounds and new playmates.
My first sponsor recommended I tell all of my...
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11-06-2013, 12:32 PM
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On Buying Cigarettes
If you have to smoke, at least by your cigarettes in a drugstore, not in a liquor store, no matter how much...
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On Being Caught Short Away from Home
You can always pee in a gas station or a McDonald’s – you never need to be in a tavern.
...
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ABOUT THE OLD AND THE NEW YOU IN ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS
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On the Present
Now is all we have. The past is just that and the future is out of reach. If we make a deal with ourselves to...
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10-23-2013, 09:07 AM
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On Being Tempted
What the hell were you doing there in the first place?
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10-22-2013, 11:41 AM
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On the Basic Truth about Sobriety
Things do get better!
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10-19-2013, 07:29 AM
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On Longevity in A.A.
At any A.A meeting, the person with the greatest longevity in the program is the person who got up first that...
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10-18-2013, 10:59 AM
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On Counting One’s Sobriety
Hard-noses count their sobriety by one of only two acceptable ways, either by the first meeting after...
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10-17-2013, 10:39 AM
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ABOUT SOBRIETY
On the Proper Place for Sobriety
If your sobriety isn’t your absolute top priority, the most important thing in...
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On Being Recovered
The only difference between a recovered and a recovering alcoholic is that the recovering alcoholic is...
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On Recovery
You didn’t get that sick overnight, and it’s going to take awhile to get well. Relax and work today’s program today.
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On Controlled Drinking
For an alcoholic? Don’t make me laugh!
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On Anonymity
I don’t care who knows I’m an alcoholic, so long as I don’t ever forget it!
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ABOUT BEING SICK, AND ABOUT RECOVERY
On the Disease Concept of Alcoholism
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On Summarizing the First Three Steps
A simplified summary of the first three Steps is:
I can’t, He can, I’m going to let Him.
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Understanding Step Two
A good way to understand Step Two is to read it like this: “Came, came to, came to believe.”
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On Working the Steps in Order
The Steps are in the order for the best of all possible reasons—they work that way!
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On the Need for Working the Steps
If you take the booze away from a drunken S.O.B., what’s left is an S.O.B. Unless...
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10-03-2013, 07:02 AM
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ABOUT THE TWELVE STEPS OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS
On Working the Steps
Hard-noses speak of “working” the Steps.
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10-02-2013, 07:21 AM
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On Two-Steppers
Two-Steppers often wind up not only getting themselves drunk,
but their pigeons, too – that’s a double waste!
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