Heard in a Meeting: At first, alcohol was magic. Then it was medicine. At the end…
At first, alcohol was magic. Then it was medicine. At the end, it was just madness. Cry and we’ll all cry with you. Drink and you’ll drink alone. I was a social drinker until the age of 12. I take what I like to call “immaculate footsteps”—not doing actions that will require me to have […]
Letter from East Bay Intergroup to Groups – Financial Situation
July 17, 2024 East Bay Intergroup – 4096 Piedmont Avenue, Box 407, Oakland, CA 94611 | info@eastbayaa.org To all Group Treasurers, Intergroup Representatives, and Group Mailing Contacts Re: Financial Situation Thank you for your service and for being a part of our fellowship in the East Bay Intergroup. Our financial situation requires that we write […]
AA History: The 11th Step Prayer
by Dan M. If your only knowledge of the St. Francis Prayer is in the eleventh step of the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, you may be surprised that one thing we know of its origin is that it was not written by St. Francis. It first appeared, in French, in the December 1912 issue […]
Calling all Groups and Group Treasurers!
Is your group contributing to East Bay Intergroup services like the Helpline, website, meeting list, newcomer meetings, ASL meetings, Bookstore, office, and special events? Click the link to read the letter to the fellowship https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1p3RawWTQaKND3q9cqkEu1ZHm7vR8P53J
Introducing…A study of writing the Big Book, Wednesdays 5p
Begins Wed 8/7 on Zoom: 816 4296 2936
Sponsorship Cafe: Can’t Stop the Sun—Searching for a Higher Power
by Bill M. A member who was having trouble developing a conception of a power greater than himself was told by his sponsor to go to the shoreline at sunset, and when the sun was halfway below the horizon, to stop it and hold it there. Mother Nature became his first Higher Power, and that […]
Heard in a Meeting: The people who stay sober are people who…
The people who stay sober are people who don’t drink again. I have a God box, and my ego’s not allowed in. I was an only child. And I wasn’t the favorite. I wrote a resignation letter to AA and gave it to the secretary. He said he would not accept it, and so I […]
A.A. History: Bill W. and LSD
By Dan M. To those who don’t know the history, it may be a surprise that Bill W. experimented with LSD in the 50s. It is worth recounting how that came about and what the repercussions were. Since the mid-forties Bill had been friends with Gerald Heard, the Anglo-Irish philosopher. They had a long correspondence […]
Heard in a Meeting: I was at the bar 365 days a year. Except for…
I was at the bar 365 days a year. Except for Leap Year. Sign in fellowship: We’ll laugh at you until you can laugh at yourself. Alcoholics don’t get better so they can carry the message, they carry the message so they can get better. I quit my job in a blackout and couldn’t figure […]
Sponsorship Cafe: When Do You Let Go?
by Bill M. As sponsors, we all want to work with sponsees who are willing and committed, however, that’s often not the case. We alcoholics are rebellious, ego-driven and fearful people who may or may not have received the “gift of desperation” that opens the door to willingness. As a chronic early relapser, my heart […]
