Month: December 2020

Don Miguel Ruiz

“don Miguel Ruiz is a renowned spiritual teacher and internationally bestselling author. He has spent the past three decades guiding people to personal freedom through…

AA Big Book (Online) (PDF)

Anthony de Mello

“There is only one cause of unhappiness: the false beliefs you have in your head, beliefs so widespread, so commonly held, that it never occurs to you to question them.”…

AA Traditions Checklist (PDF)

Direct Download (PDF) Fellowship Traditions Checklist Tradition 1 – Principle of Unity Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon A.A. unity. Am…

Breaking the cycle of relapse, Part 3: Whatever it takes

Getting to work Addiction is many things. It’s a temporary answer to the human condition of suffering. It gets us temporarily out of ourselves to…

Understanding the Steps: Step 12

“This is my day, I have no past, I want no future. This is the only good life I’ve ever known, the only good life that’s ever been mine.” – Chuck C. AA Speaker

Understanding the Steps: Step 11

“Do I have the chatter of a thousand monkeys?” – Unknown

Understanding the Steps: Step 10

So our troubles, we think, are basically of our own making. They arise out of ourselves, and the alcoholic is an extreme example of self-will run riot, though he usually doesn’t think so. Above everything, we alcoholics must be rid of this selfishness. We must, or it kills us! – AA Big Book pg 62

Understanding the Steps: Step 9

For the readiness to take the full consequences of our past acts, and to take responsibility for the well-being of others at the same time, is the very spirit of Step Nine. – 12 Steps and 12 Traditions