Self-Centeredness is at the root of our Problem
The root of many of our problems seems to be a certain type of selfishness that causes us to feel like a desert island. We become…
When We Retire
“When we retire at night, we constructively review our day. Were we resentful, selfish, dishonest or afraid? Do we owe an apology? Have we kept…
The Disease of Addiction/The Solution of God
What makes us addicts is the disease of addiction - not the drugs, not our behavior, but our disease. There is something…
Living in Open Faith
We have no desire to convince anyone that there is only one way by which faith can be acquired. If what we have learned and felt…
Frank Buchanan Starts the Oxford Group
Frank Buchman was a Lutheran minister who was running a young men's home in Pennsylvania. One day Frank had a meeting with…
Supernatural Aid
Drug addicts/alcoholics have developed an incurable allergy (anniversary reaction) to mind and emotion altering substances. They can never…
Why Do Daily lnventory?
It is a spiritual axiom that every time we are disturbed, no matter what the cause, there’s something wrong with us. If somebody hurts us and we are sore, we are in…
Spiritual Maintenance
“it is easy to let up on the spiritual program of action and rest on our laurels. We are headed for trouble if we do, for alcohol is…
Love Cures
If we do not remain in God's hands we will be powerless over the progression of an incurable and fatal malady. It will worsen until…
Indispensable Love
“Love this patient, Love this kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps…
Confession
In step 5 we find a solitary self appraisal insufficient. We are inclined to tell someone else all our life story. We must be entirely honest with someone if…
The #1 Offender
“Resentment is the number one offender. It destroys more alcoholics than anything else.” To resent means…
Our Cups Flowing Over
We believe that God consciousness is the essence of spiritual experiences and Awakenings…
Continuity
We must learn to fear not and salute the Divinity in every man. We must learn to have faith and see the mighty Creator living in all creation…
Solution to Lack of Power/ Get Some Power
Lack of power, that was our dilemma. We had to find the Power by which we could live and…
The Original Six
The 12 step program we know today is based on the original six steps which consisted of the following…
Self-reliance Failed Us
Time and time again I no see that without God I am nothing. I must relinquish self-will to Him daily…
Willing to Make Amends
In step 8 we learn to forgive others; possibly we are forgiven; and we at some point learn to forgive ourselves…