The Perpetual Quest p388-397

Good evening everyone,

Before I get to the weekly reminder, I wanted to inform everyone, if you didn't know already, that this years Manual Antonio AA International Convention is coming up. The convention will be May 6, 7 & 8th (Fri thru Sunday). I think it would be awesome if we could get a group of the wednesday night men's group to go. I even got a hall pass from my significant other already!! You can check out the convention and register online here . There are no upfront fees, you pay when you show up. You do need to reserve a hotel room ahead of time and I'd like to get a head count so maybe we can split some rooms between us. Go ahead and take a look at the website and we can discuss everything at the end of the meeting this week.

This wednesday night we will be going over The Perpetual Quest p388-397. I thought this was a very interesting story, brought me back to a time early in recovery when things seemed more complicated and yet simpler, all at the same time.
 

It was more complicated in the sense that I was at the very bottom of that hole I'd dug for myself, which I was now facing the task of getting out without the aid of my magic elixir. Yet it was also more simple in the sense that I had quit trying to figure it out on my own and completely abandoned myself to the "suggestions" made by AA. These days, at certain times, it's as if that paradigm has flipped so that my life is simple because the view from out here looks pretty good and yet I complicate it by taking back my will and refusing complete abandon.

As the big book says "It is easy to let up on the spiritual program of action and rest on our laurels. We are headed for trouble if we do, for alcohol is a subtle foe." (p85) It goes on to say "We are not cured of alcoholism. What we really have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition. Every day is a day when we must carry the vision of God’s will into all of our activities." All the more reason to sign up for that convention NOW!!! lol 

I believe life can be as simple or as complicated as I wanna make it. I've tried it simple and I've tried it complicated... Simple is Better!!

Happy 24hrs,

David t.

2016 Meeting Dates

-->Reading: Being Sober and Becoming Happy
01/28/15 Speaker Meeting <Steve W.>
02/25/15 Speaker Meeting <Gerard P>
03/25/15 Speaker Meeting <Mark D.>
--> Reading: A New Pair of Glasses by Chuck C. 
04/29/15 Speaker Meeting <Russ W.>
05/27/15 Speaker Meeting <Omar P.>
06/24/15 Speaker Meeting <Ricardo A.>

--> Reading: Personal Stories back of Big Book of AA <--

07/29/15 Speaker Meeting <Adam S.>
08/26/15 Speaker Meeting <Kevin M.>
09/30/15 Speaker Meeting <Fred D.>
10/28/15 Speaker Meeting <Owen A.>
11/25/15 Speaker Meeting <Roy M.>
12/30/15 Speaker Meeting <Joe B.>
1/27/16 Speaker Meeting <Todd P.>

2/03/16 Winner Takes All p375-381
2/10/16 Me an Alcoholic? p382-387
2/17/16 The Perpetual Quest p388-397
2/24/16 Speaker Meeting

03/02/16 A Drunk, like You p398-406

03/09/16 Acceptance was the Answer p407-420

03/16/16 Window of Opportunity p421-436

03/23/16 My Bottle, My Resentments, and Me p437-445

03/30/16 Speaker Meeting

04/06/16 He Lived Only to Drink p446-451

04/13/16 Safe Haven p452-457

04/20/16 Listening to the Wind p458-469

04/27/16 Speaker Meeting