Twelve Steps And Twelve Traditions…a collection of essays? 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 addition was demanded in the early fellowship – something a primitive organization had the privilege to ignore (when your starving you’ll … Read More
Catholic In Recovery: The Gem in A.A. 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? Who Cares? I … 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 a speck of dust. We are discussing morality. Morality is … 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 western narrative presents relativity absolutely… ironically vitiating its own position … Read More
Do We Ever Operate Without Faith? It should be immediately stated that faith is a requirement for everything. It’s amazing how much we take for granted and just assume to be true. For starters, how many of you – yes you, my dubious reader – have test drove a car? Took it right off the … Read More
Daily Reflections Theme: Recovery, Unity, and Service. A.A.’s authorized daily devotional..a quick quip each day usually accompanied by a REFLECTED upon excerpt from another piece of conference-approved A.A. literature. The layout is elementary and so is the reading and comprehension level – it holds to the “keep it simple” standard of the fellowship. Why is … Read More