Since January 2021, this writer has been producing material for your reading pleasure. To kick off 2023 and wrap up 2022, let’s talk about both serious and comedic ‘history’ (even if we have to laugh to keep from crying) and celebrate the prospects of the daily reprieve contingent upon the maintenance of a spiritual condition. […]
The 12 Traditions serve as a guideline to ‘Why It Works’, while the 12 Steps describe “How It Works’. Our manuals to progress are the Big Book and the 12 Traditions, but we also have The Concepts. All of these labors of love put in books help define the internal operations of the 12-Step Programs, […]
Opened with the Serenity Prayer and AA Traditions One and Two. “Our Mission is to manage the property, finances and 501C3 for the RBA.” 1. Members Present: Norton L., Cherisse K., Chaz, Trinnie, Bill M., Jerry F., Jeff S., Steve P., Joe R., and Darryn also attended as a guest at this point, pending the […]
The following is a take on “12 Symptoms of a Spiritual Awakening”, author unknown. 1. A tendency to let things happen rather than force solutions or impose harmony. ASSIGNMENT: Say what you, mean, mean what you say, but don’t say it mean. Why? Because truth without compassion is cruelty. 2. Frequent spells of smiling. ASSIGNMENT: […]
Read More… from Signs of a Spiritual Awakening (It’s an Action Program)
Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path. Page 58 Big Book The Program, as we call it as laid out in practice by the membership, was developed and used in the lives of early low-bottom drunk members before its exacting processes were written down in 1939 by Bill Wilson. […]
RBA Board of Trustees Minutes Monday October 10th, 2022 Meeting Opened at 7:04pm Opened with the Serenity Prayer and AA Traditions One and Two. Our mission is to manage the property, finances and 501C3 for the RBA. 1. Members Present: Joe R., Roger B., Bill M., Cherisse K., Jeff S., Norton L., Chaz, Steve P., […]
RBA Board of Trustees Minutes Monday September 12th, 2022 Meeting Opened at 7:04pm Opened with the Serenity Prayer and AA Traditions One and Two. Our mission is to manage the property, finances and 501C3 for the RBA. 1. Members Present: Joe R., Roger B., Bill M., Cherisse K., Jeff S., Norton L., Kate M. Jerry […]
A Few ANTI-SLOGANS, and Beyond FEAR of the Fourth Step A few ANTI-SLOGANS (OTHER Talk & SELF Talk): Sit down and shut up. You don’t know anything. I don’t know anything, so I’m just going to listen. As many of us know very well, these are topics or Anti-Slogans that come up frequently enough in […]
Meeting Opened at 7:04pm Opened with the Serenity Prayer and AA Traditions One and Two. Our mission is to manage the property, finances and 501C3 for the RBA. 1. Members Present: Joe R., Roger B., Bill M., Cherisse K., Jeff S., Norton L., Kate M., Jerry Z., Maintenance 2. Building & Maintenance Report (Jerry Z.): […]
AA recovery meeting are Stigma Free Zones. Al-Anon recovery meetings are Stigmata Free Zone. SCREW GUILT! My name is Timothy and I’m a grateful Double Winner (in AA & Al-Anon). Shakespeare wrote in Othello, “Thou hast not half the power to do me harm, as I have to be hurt.” In May of 91, the […]