Tag Archives: Faith
Ordinary Attributes
The Monday night Emotional Sobriety men’s group is deep into Step 2 now, having dug into the paragraphs about the roadblocks of indifference, fancied self-sufficiency, prejudice and defiance and taken a look at where I can become the bewildered one … Continue reading
Applied Faith
It’s been a busy month and I haven’t written anything since we started Step 3, so I’m going to pick up where the Thursday night meeting is currently in the print and back track to the beginning of the … Continue reading
Rightly Relating Myself
Nearly two weeks ago, our Thursday Emotional Sobriety Step Study group began taking a look at the final paragraph in Step 2 on page 32 of “The Twelve and Twelve”: “Therefore, Step Two is the rallying point for all … Continue reading
Fortitude and Faith
A few paragraphs have gone under the bridge since I have had time to write about the Monday night Take-Away. This is the double-edged sword of being busy with work and earning money, but not having as much time to … Continue reading
Thursday Take-Away Part 1: The Pledge Maker
Last Thursday night, the Emotional Sobriety Step Study meeting dug into two paragraphs that go hand in hand in Step 2 in the 12 & 12. Starting on page 30, the last paragraph reads: “Now let’s take the guy … Continue reading
I’m Better Than You
Our Emotional Sobriety Step Study Meeting is growing as we knew it would once we moved from our apartment to a church hall. From a beginning of 4 people in September, to our overflowing living room with 12 in … Continue reading
Rediscovering Faith in A.A.
Time must be speeding up because it is already Thursday again and I am just getting to the Take-Away from last Thursday’s meeting: looking for when I am self-sufficient and also for when alcoholism is having it’s way with … Continue reading
The Drifter
The “Drifter” paragraph on page 28 in Step 2 of the 12 & 12 has been the subject of more than just our Thursday night Step Study as Ricky brought it to the surface again at the Sunday Life … Continue reading
The Bewilderbeast!
So nice to be back here writing this blog after an amazing 4-day Writers Workshop at UCLA and 2 busy days of catching back up with life. As Thursday approaches, I want to consider the paragraph we studied last … Continue reading
On the A.A. Beam
I’m alternating writing days now between this blog and my http://the21stcenturyman.com blog, but I wanted to write a quick post this morning about one of the principles from the paragraph we read last night in the Men’s step study meeting. … Continue reading