Before I sobered up, alcohol was like a rope or noose around my neck. Steeped in Learned Helplessness, I was powerless over alcohol. The addiction to drinking made my ‘problem thinking’ run riot. Alcohol in my bloodstream became an insidious saboteur, infecting my thinking. I experienced a profound alteration IN MY REACTION to life. Pre-sobriety, […]
Resentments Are the #1 Offender A scar and a resentment look curiously identical to the untrained eye. The fundamental difference between a scar and resentment is, first and foremost, that resentments are *1 Sanable Scars. Resentments are a form of insanity, and unless taken seriously, undermine a willing restoration to sanity. Dwell on the above […]
History of the Serenity Prayer Attribution to The Serenity Prayer goes to Protestant theologian Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr, but this writer’s research finds it inconclusive, thus the word attribution. I found a few minor variations in the prayer but will give you the unbridged ‘original’ we have a “We Program.” The original Serenity Prayer reflects […]
RBA would like to thank Timothy C. from the Saturday night 6pm group for volunteering to coordinate content for the Dry Sheet going forward. Reach out to Timothy directly, or email rbaalano@gmail.com with submissions to be included in future editions. n n n n n n Transformation TRANSFORMATION: SETTING ASIDE EVERYTHING WE THINK WE KNOW […]
Dear Readers, n n RBA is looking for someone willing to coordinate content for the monthly Dry Sheet publication. The Dry Sheet includes articles written by our club members about AA related topics as well as videos about the steps and traditions. We also post the minutes from monthly board meetings and sobriety anniversaries for […]
Dear Readers, RBA is looking for someone willing to coordinate content for the monthly Dry Sheet publication. The Dry Sheet includes articles written by our club members about AA related topics as well as videos about the steps and traditions. We also post the minutes from monthly board meetings and sobriety anniversaries for club members. […]
n n n Featured Post: The Step of the Month n Step 6 n n “Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character” n n After taking my first 5th step, I read what the book of Alcoholics Anonymous said about step six and seven and raced out to make my […]
n n n Featured Post: The Step of the Month Step 5 For May 2021 RBA Dry Sheet n n n Step 5: We admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs……. n n Having made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves (a deep dig […]
n n n n Featured Post: The Step of the Month Step Four – Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. n n Although it takes strength and a lot of willingness to tackle the first three steps in AA, step four is often referred to as the first “action” step. Even the […]
n n n Featured Post: The Step of the Month Step 3 n n Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood n him. This step was essential for me when I first sobered up. I was still a very sick person and had […]