AA Thought for the Day
(courtesy AA-Alive.net)
March 6, 2016
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The Home Group
The home group is where recovery begins;
it is where AA members grow up in sobriety by the time-honored process of trial and error,
to discover that they can be loved, "warts and all."
It is where they learn to put the needs of others, especially the needs of the group, ahead of their own desires.
It is where they first have the opportunity to serve others, and where they learn of opportunities to serve beyond the group.
It is where they begin to adopt the guiding principles of AA as working realities in their own sober lives.
- The Home Group: Heartbeat of AA, p. 9
Thought to Ponder . . .
Let it begin with me.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
A A = Always Awesome.
A Member Shares:
Hi all, I'm Kim with alcoholism. It took me over a month to gain the courage to go from this online meeting to go for a face-to-face meeting. I was scared I would run into someone I knew. But I went, and so I did, and got that over with! I was a bit shocked that by my third meeting I was a Chairperson. We have a small core of people who do the positions of the meeting, but it works. I've had the honor of being Alternate Secretary and Chair ever since, with one month off to just be a member who does dishes. But the biggest honor of all is the gift of trust my Home Group gave me last week: On my key fob is a key to the church, and I open the meeting this week. A gift of trust is better than any gift ever. It is a spiritual gift. I love AA. Thanks all for being here and for helping me to grow.
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Thanks to all of you for sharing so generously of your experience, strength and hope in carrying the AA message.
Blessings in sobriety to all,
In love and service,
joanna b
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