The language of the heart

The language of the heart

March 30, 2023

By Andy F

Categories: AA literature

AA conference approved publication I had been attending meetings for quite a few years when someone introduced me to “The language of the heart.” This is an AA conference-approved publication. In the early 90’s it wasn’t that well known in the London fellowship. Someone suggested that I ignore the rest of the book and just […]

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Chapter 5 “How it works”

February 12, 2023

By Andy F

Categories: AA literature

“Rarely have we seen a person fail….” A section of Chapter 5 from the Big Book is read at the beginning of AA meetings worldwide. It starts with “Rarely have we seen a person fail” (p. 58) and ends with the “three pertinent ideas” on p. 60 This introductory passage from Chapter 5, “How it […]

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The Promises of AA

March 10, 2022

By Andy F

Categories: AA literature

What are the 12 promises of AA? The number 12 keeps coming up again and again in Alcoholics Anonymous. I have often wondered if twelve has any significance in numerology. Actually, it does. The number twelve carries religious, mythological and magical symbolism, generally representing perfection, entirety; or cosmic order in traditions since antiquity.  Wikipedia Perhaps it […]

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