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 […]
June 10 – AA’s 89th Anniversary
On June 10, 1935, the dried-out but still jittery doctor was due in surgery. That morning, Bill W. gave Dr. Bob a bottle of beer—to steady his scalpel hand. The operation was a success. The beer was Dr. Bob’s last. And the two men pledged that day to work to bring Bill W.’s principles to […]
A.A. History: Dr. Silkworth
by Dan M. Dr. Silkworth was the writer of the letters included in the chapter, “The Doctor’s Opinion,” in the front of the Big Book. He was instrumental in viewing alcoholism as an illness, rather than a moral failing, and became one of AA’s greatest supporters. Silkworth treated Bill W. for alcoholism at Towns Hospital, […]
Heard in a Meeting: People usually get to AA for one of the 4 “L”s: Law, Livelihood…
People usually get to AA for one of the 4 “L”s: Law, Livelihood, Love, Liver. The longer I’ve been sober, the better my childhood has become. If I don’t like a meeting, I don’t have to quit AA. I didn’t stop drinking just because I didn’t like a bar. My standard was: As long as […]
Sponsorship in Two Dimensions
by Bill M. It had never really pierced my consciousness that legions of suffering alcoholics had found safety and comfort and sobriety in the virtual rooms of AA. … Exploring the whole AA-through-Zoom concept led me to a person who told me he had never met his sponsor face-to-face. Say what? I had just gotten […]
A.A. History: Sister Ignatia
by Dan M. This is the first of what we intend to be a regular column on A.A. history. We hope it will appeal to both those who have read deeply in A.A. history and those who are new to it. “She also insisted that there be a coffee bar, not something typical in a […]
Heard in a Meeting: People usually get to AA for one of the 4 “L”s: Law, Livelihood…
People usually get to AA for one of the 4 “L”s: Law, Livelihood, Love, Liver. The longer I’ve been sober, the better my childhood has become. If I don’t like a meeting, I don’t have to quit AA. I didn’t stop drinking just because I didn’t like a bar. My standard was: As long as […]
Is It Time To Fire My Sponsor?
by Bill M. When is it ok to fire your sponsor? We all hear in meetings about sponsors who relapse or compromise anonymity or fail to return phone calls. Those are “bye-bye” no-brainers. But what about the more squishy “We’ve grown apart” types of reasons where there is no glaring “fault”? Or when your beliefs clash, […]
EBI Monthly Service Meetings – Open to All
H & I (Hospitals and Institutions) (online) 1st Wednesday – Beginners Orientation Meeting @ 6:30 – 7:15 pm, Business Meeting @ 7:30 pm – Zoom Meeting ID: 317 259 5765 Passcode: ACTION Bridging the Gap (online) 2nd Thursday – Meeting @ 7:30 pm – Zoom Meeting ID 898 0592 4119 Passcode 576335 EBI Intergroup Business meeting (online) 3rd Wednesday – Business […]
