“I made the decision to turn my life and will over to the care of God as I understand Him.” Since 1969 I have gone to church, meditated, prayed, read book after book trying to learn how to surrender, to rid myself of my ever present ego. My ego fought me tooth and nail. I wanted to switch the light … Read More
Concept III
I have discovered that our literature is the best resource for describing aspects of our program and so I have quoted from one of our pamphlets – The Twelve Concepts for World Service Concept III states: “As a traditional means of creating and maintaining a clearly defined working relation between the groups, the Conference, the A.A. General Service Board and … Read More
Tradition 3
The only requirement for A.A. membership is a desire to stop drinking What does this really mean and how do you know if the potential member really has a desire to stop drinking? Over the years, I heard stories about the good old days when new A.A. members were interviewed to determine if they were truly alcoholic. Before A.A., the … Read More
From: The Chair in the Corner, March 2012
Today is Tuesday February 21 and to me it feels like I am over a week early with this submission but our editor informs me that I am actually a week late. Possibly you noticed that your March edition of the lifeline actually arrived around the 1st of March rather than middle of March as expected. This is just one … Read More