The early ’80s I went to my first meeting in London on May 15th, 1984. I was thirty years old, and after seventeen years of drinking, I was ready to get sober. In the early 80s, AA was somewhat different than it is today. There was a much stronger sense of fellowship, and I remember […]
A newcomer arrives at his first meeting When I was new, I was immediately intrigued by all the paraphernalia that gave AA meetings their unique quality. There were the two scrolls hanging side by side. Someone told me they contained the Twelve Steps and the Twelve Traditions. I was too befogged by years of alcohol […]
The purpose of my books and blogs As an old-timer and agnostic in AA, I set pen to paper many years ago to try to save agnostic and atheist newcomers from making the same mistakes in recovery that I made. Believe me, I made as many serious mistakes with the AA program as anyone could […]
