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Welcome to my Blog about the Wednesday Night AA Riverside Men's Group 

What is The Purpose of this AA Blog?

The Wednesday Night AA Riverside Men's Group, is a group dedicated to reading & understanding the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous and the program of Alcoholics Anonymous co-founded by Bill Wilson & Dr. Bob Smith as well as through other AA-related literature.

Our group was primarily founded by the late Greg Fischer, who was a real credit to the program and a tremendously positive influence on myself and others. We continue to be located in Escazú, San Jose, Costa Rica.

Every week we select a reading from the Big Book or other AA-Related literature to discuss during our meeting. The aim is to expand our knowledge & understanding of this program we all love so much in hopes of becoming better stewards of the AA message of recovery & hope as well as improving our own individual recovery.

The group meets once a week at my home on -- you guessed it -- Wednesday night. You can find our groups format under "pages" in the menu bar. As host and chair of this group, one of the weekly duties I attend to is writing email reminders. These emails were primarily meant to let our group members know what chapters were being read and to notify them of any important news and that sort of thing.

Some might think that writing these letters every week would be a chore. However, I found that I really enjoyed writing these email letters and doing so became a sacred Monday night tradition for me. Often while writing these letters I would include brief remarks or commentaries. These became something like "mini-shares" if you will, a brief sharing of my experience, strength and hope.

Aside from being a part of the weekly group tasks, these notes, shares, articles or whatever you want to call them, were immensely therapeutic for me. Anytime someone would thank me for my service I felt I ought to tell them I was the one getting the long end of the stick!!

Watching fellow AA members follow the group's reading and have AA come alive has been among the most  rewarding experiences for me in AA. It is with the support and encouragement of the group that I have decided to publish these online.

My hope is that perhaps someone, somewhere, may find something they can identify with here and, in doing so, fall in love with the program of AA the way I have.

Abandon yourself to God as you understand God. Admit your faults to Him and to your fellows. Clear away the wreckage of your past. Give freely of what you find and join us. We shall be with you in the Fellowship of the Spirit, and you will surely meet some of us as you trudge the Road of Happy Destiny.

May God bless you and keep you - until then.

p164 Big Book 

Yours truly,
David t.