Patience In Recovery
“Sometimes I get so tense, but I can’t speed up the time.” – Guns n’ Roses Who says ‘Patience Is a Virtue’? Well, according to Ask.com; The English author and courtier Geoffrey Chaucer (ca. 1345-1400)...
View Article12-Step Recovery Principles and Virtues
The 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous are the Principles of the Program that we practice. Over the years many lists of virtues that correspond to each of the Twelve Steps — and their underlying...
View ArticleVictory over the World through Faith
The enemy of our souls would love to devour our lives. “Your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour” (1 Peter 5:8). We can enjoy protection from the devil...
View ArticleSuch A Great Salvation
Have you ever had a thought that “escapes” you; something that you can’t recall? Have you ever said or heard someone else say, “Oh, it slips my mind, right now”? I know I’ve heard my mother use that...
View ArticleReal Faith
We must be able to tell the real from the counterfeit. The substance from the shadow. The truth from the lie. Until such time as we do, we will simply be caught up in the teachings and traditions of...
View ArticleI Believe, But…
Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary defines doubt as fear, distrust, and a lack of confidence. The 9th chapter of Mark gives us an excellent example of doubt and fear when it comes to trusting in...
View ArticleSharing Our Faith
Sharing our faith is a basic, biblical, principle. A couple of phrases that used to be quite popular in the past were; “Give ’em Hell” and “Keep the Faith.” “Give ’em hell, Harry” was a comment someone...
View ArticleAbandoning Old Ideas: God and the 12 Steps
Do we want what God has for us bad enough for us to come out of our comfort zone? Or are we going to play “hard to get” with God? Dyce K writes… When I interact with people that are suffering and...
View ArticleStanding On The Promises
Text and Music by Russell Kelso Carter. Published in 1886 Subjects: Promise, Faith Scripture: 2 Peter 1:2-4; Hebrews 10:23 [REFRAIN] Standing, standing, Standing on the promises of God my Savior;...
View ArticleTwelve Rewards of the Twelve Step Program
Ann C. wrote this “a number of years before” the 1985 International Convention in Montreal, Canada where she set it to tape at the Oldtimers Meeting. She wrote it to show the contrast that can take...
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