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A Vision of Recovery p494-500

Hello everyone, 

This is your weekly reminder of this week's meeting. We will be reading A Vision of Recovery p494-500  of the book Alcoholic Anonymous. Please find below, after the message, all of the pertinent info about the where & when. A big thanks to last week's speaker Ralph T. who gave us an excellent overview on what it was like, what happened and what it's like now!

A few weeks back, I heard a really excellent share by Scott T. from Coldbrook, NY. This guy went from being tossed in jailed multiple times to being invited to speak at the White House - and he had a (poorly chosen) sponsor from the Quincy Bay Group in Boston named Fred who smoked pot!! - (not THAT Fred!!)

Anyways, he said something that really put it's spikes in my mind and made lots of sense to me. What he said is, and i'm paraphrasing here, that being an AA member, even one sober for some years, doesn't make anyone of us into an expert or an authority on the matter of alcoholism or recovery from alcoholism. 

Rather what an AA member can become very good at is applying certain spiritual "tools" (honesty, openness, and willingness) in order to utilize the program of Alcoholics Anonymous (the 12 steps, sponsorship, and fellowship) in order to produce the results which brings about the recovery from alcoholism.
 
Today's daily reflection (May 31st) said it very eloquently: We use the "tools" (like honesty) to unfurl the chains... ...and use the steps like a "ladder" out of the pit of despair and into new hope. 

Best Regards,
David t
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