We Stick to What Works
May 2024
| How the Steps Changed My Life
While trying to help someone through the Steps, he got an important reminder to stay close to our primary purpose
Staying focused
October 2023
| Mid-Sobriety Challenges
A member shares his thoughts about opinions, judgments, outside issues and our primary purpose
It’s a Seat, Not a Throne
May 2023
| Home Group
While sitting in her well-deserved chair one day, she temporarily forgot about her group’s primary purpose
Speaking for Ourselves
October 2022
| Relapse
It’s OK to share our opinions, as long as it’s understood that they’re not AA’s
Where are the Newcomers?
May 2022
| 60th Anniversary of the Concepts
A member wonders if her group could explore some new ways to fulfill its primary purpose
Leave outside issues out here
October 2021
| Cooperation With Professionals (CPC)
Talking politics is frowned on in AA meetings. One member makes the case that clothes can talk too
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