Greetings, Salt Lake Central Office! I hope everyone’s summer is going well, but enough with the heat already. I’m always ready for some warmth, but this is a little over the top. Oh well, the snow will be here soon enough. The big news around here is the ratification of the new Bylaws, after 6 months of ad hoc-ing and … Read More
Chapter 8: To Wives – Sandra D – 2014
An alcoholic reading through the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous for the first time might be tempted to skip over Chapter 8 since it is titled “To Wives” but on further examination, will find that it was actually written by Bill W. Skipping this chapter for any reason would be a serious oversight and one that might hinder, rather than … Read More
The Speak Easy Ladies Group: 40th Anniversary – 2014
“This ladies AA group began in 1974 with a group of women alcoholics who wanted to meet regularly and listen to recordings made by alcoholics who shared their experience, strength and hope with other alcoholics. The ladies found it useful to have a discussion following the recordings…and to identify the Speak Easy Ladies Group as a closed group…limited to persons … Read More
Step 8 – Rod G – 2014
By now on step 8, we are well on our way in a spiritual and healing journey. I believe that each step should be taken individually, I believe especially step 8 and step 4 should be done, without forward looking to the next step to come. Because if not done that way, it is easy to get into fear in … Read More
The Absence of Judgement – Quiet Time Meditation Member
Last week the topic at a meeting I was attending was “principals before personalities”. This led to sharing on being judgmental, our most common defect of character. It’s been said that after Eve ate the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, things became exactly that for us: Bad or good, I like it, I don’t … Read More
Chapter 7: Working with Others – Jonathan H – 2014
The day before I got sober I learned that every time I tried to help someone I ended up hurting them in some way. The shock of this led me to look at myself in a light I had previously thought only applied to the destitute and lost souls of the world. It turned out I might be one of … Read More
Step 7 – Sara L – 2014
After we take the preceding step of becoming willing to let our Creator take all of our defects of character, step 7 directs us to take the action of asking our Higher Power to remove them. It is in moving from the hopeful place of willingness, to the humble, faithful place of action, that step 7 takes hold. The seventh … Read More