Personal powerlessness…just what does this mean? In contemporary culture, the concept is antithetical to success, prosperity, and mental health. However, is the concept properly understood? The Straw Man – Fallacious Reasoning Often when something is argued against, the opposition merely creates a straw man i.e. … Read More

Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions If the Alcoholics Anonymous “Big Book” is as complete and powerful as their members claim then why write another book 10+ years later? Ah-ha! A necessary addendum was found in the midst of the fellowship – something a mere primitive … Read More

Step One: We Admitted We Were Powerless Over Alcohol – That Our Lives Had Become Unmanageable It’s funny. Every time I find someone wrestling with Step One it invariably has to do with these two concepts: powerlessness and/or unmanageability.   Moreover, the average “in-the-rooms” authoritative voice … Read More

What Golden Books? Unbeknownst to me, most folks in A.A. have never heard of the Golden Books. Of course, I’m basing this conclusion inductively from a small representative, nonetheless the lack of online chatter and in the rooms blabber is enough supporting evidence. So What? … Read More

“The long journey’s destination is to be found the very spot we embarked from.” (1) “Made a searching and fearless moral inventory.” We should immediately point to the elephant in the room. Well, the perceived elephant because after evaluation it turns out to be but … Read More

The Constancy Of Principles In this day and age of fictions, a fixity in a transcendent sense appears not only naive but unwelcome. Oddly enough, when equal yet competing truth claims coexist the idea of absolutes causes unease; precipitating even hatred and violence. The abounding … Read More