i have received so much from this thing we do. i feel i have a responsibility to give freely of what i have so others may receive the same great gift. sharin and givin are actions i always thought i did but i learned through the process of progressin through the principles, there was always...

i can remember people lookin at me and tellin me, "ya just dont get it, do ya joel?" they were right i didnt, i couldnt, if i could have i wouldnt have drank like i did. my mind was so filled with selfishness, confusion, and delusion, all that mattered to me was what i wanted,...

right off the bat i noticed somethin was a lil different about my sponsor, he seemed to have a calm about him, a peacefulness he walked with. we started our relationship gettin to know each other as most do, but there was a genuine quality about him that was somethin i wasnt used to after...

im down with how service work is spoken so much of in this thing we do. i have learned it truly is a savin grace when i am beatin myself up. my sponsor started teachin me this principle early on. i would tell him of some personal struggle i was havin and he would tell...

this idea of helpin others and continuin to walk a spiritual path has done great things fer me. i can remember wonderin if the way i was livin would ever change, fear surrounded me every day. today my life has changed, i still get fearful of life and at times it can be very strong,...

i can remember early on, the experience i had with my sponsor. he knew i didnt have a car so he would come pick me up, and off we would go to a meetin here in town. this guy really didnt know me from any other stranger he had ever met, but he still took...

my sponsor spoke to me in the exact manner this mornins readin speaks of when we 1st met. he was honest with me yet did not put himself on a pedestal. he relayed to me how the steps worked in his life, and how he worked em in his life, to change his behavioral patterns....

another one of the things in life i wasnt really too good at while wrapped in the insanity of doin my dirt, was thinkin of others. i was always too busy worryin bout my, wants, to worry bout others. if ya didnt have what i felt i wanted, or thought i needed, then i really...

i am so grateful fer this common solution, it truly works when i apply its principles to my life. i always felt like my alcoholism was a battle i was facin alone. sure, there were people who were there to help me while i was strugglin with my alcoholism, however my ego, pride, self-pity, or...

in learnin what genuine humility is i must first understand what the opposite of it may be. i have learned through this thing we do, the exact opposite of humility is false pride. authentic pride is not a bad attribute if i am to use it properly. it is good to have an accurate and...