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 […]
A UK AA member goes to America When I was about nine years into my recovery, I had an opportunity to go to the US on a cultural exchange program. In the meetings in New York, I first heard the expression, “Meeting makers make it.” I knew what it meant. Right from day one, I […]
