Wed Night AA Riverside Men's Group

Hello everyone, Just wanted to remind everyone that this Wednesday night we will be having a speaker meeting. We all know what that means... no reading!! Woo-Hoo!! Also, just a reminder that Todd still has books available for $7 or ¢4000 (A New Pair of Glasses). So if you haven't got your copy, see Todd. Looking forward to see you all! Regards, David t 2015 Meeting Dates 01/29/14  Speaker Meeting <Shane B> 02/26/14  Speaker Meeting <Fred D> 03/26/14  Speaker Meeting <Pete T> 04/30/14  Speaker Meeting <Clive T> 05/28/14  Speaker Meeting <Todd P> 07/30/14 Speaker Meeting <Dave W> 08/27/14 Speaker Meeting <Edwin H> 09/24/14  Speaker Meeting <Larry H> 10/29/14 Speaker Meeting <David t> 11/26/14 Speaker Meeting <Roy M> -->Book: Being Sober and Becoming Happy 01/28/15 Speaker Meeting <Steve W.> 02/25/15 Speaker Meeting   ...

Good evening my friends, As the old saying goes; Better Late than Never!! I got a little caught up in the wackiness of the day-to-day living of a sober alcoholic but anywho..... My Apologies! Tomorrow we'll be continuing this excellent book by Chuck C - A New Pair of Glasses -  The Problem - p.20-34.  I personally think none have described the problem better than The Big Book. If you had the time to read the preface though, Chuck sums up the argument pretty well: The most baffling characteristic of alcoholism - both to the alcoholic and to those who must deal with him - is the paradox in which the conflict of sober reality eventually always becomes untenable, leading to the return to alcohol and/or drugs for relief. Then the relief presents an obvious problem.... [so] Neither Sobriety nor its chemical counterpoint can provide a meaningful cessation of the conflict.  p.viii I have in the past, as many others have as well, made the mistake of thinking my problem...

Good evening, We come, at last, to the end of the book. This week we close out by reading Chapter 9 - Becoming Happy. I've had a copy of this book for a while now, a few months before we began reading it here. To be honest, when I first got the book I skipped every other chapter and read this chapter first. Somehow, I don't think I'm unique in wanting to skip the BS and just get to the "Being Happy" part!!  Although, now that I think about, the name of the chapter is  Becoming  Happy  not   Being  Happy. There is definitely a process at work here. On page 132 of The Big Book it says:  "We are sure God wants us to be happy, joyous, and free."  However, it also says in the first two lines of How it Works:   " Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path. Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program..." When I put those two facts together I realize tha...

Hello everyone, This week we will be starting on a new book:  A New Pair of Glasses by Chuck C.  I wanted to start by giving a big THANK YOU to Todd P for making a bunch of copies available to everyone in the group.  If you don't have a copy you can buy one from Todd for only $7!! (~¢3.700)  And as an added bonus, if you call now, Todd will gift wrap it, include a box of assorted chocolates and personally hand deliver the book to you at a time & place of your choosing... Just Kidding!!  At the bottom of the e-mail you will see the new schedule for the book. I've tried to break it down into smaller parts so that It'll take us about 3 months to get through all ~190 pages. I tried breaking it on pages where it made sense to take a break but If the paragraph doesn't end neatly on that page just read until the end of that paragraph. I'm looking forward to trading in my Faux kleys & Ray- Bons for a new pair!! See everyone soon, David t 2015 ...