Wed Night AA Riverside Men's Group

Good evening Folks, This week we will be reading & discussing  Gutter Bravado p501-511.   One of the great joys of my life is hosting this Wednesday night meeting of which I've had the privileged to serve for some time now. So it gives me a great sense of satisfaction whenever I hear someone, especially a new comer, say that there is  something  special about our meeting. To me it means that the same  something-ness  with which I fell in love with is still there.  Last week, Fred brought up an article originally written in the July 1976 issue of "24 Magazine". In the article, the unknown author compares the quality of someone's AA program to Strong/Medium/Week Coffee.  See the article here:  http://www. barefootsworld.net/ aagreshamslaw.html  It's a bit long but well worth the read (kind of like my e-mails!! lol).  Basically it describes how the rapid growth of AA in the early 40's created a situation in which y...

Hello folks,  Just your friendly reminder about this week's reading; we're on to the 2nd half of  Chapt 2: The Golden Key - p.56-73  - A New pair of Glasses by Chuck C. I gotta say I'm really enjoying this book the 2nd time around. The first time I read it I loved it too but I was more impressed with the things on the surface: The writing style, some of the catchy expressions and that sort of stuff. What I find really fascinating today is that this book, a transcript of a share he gave at an AA retreat in 1975, is really a condensation of the tons of knowledge accumulated here in AA. That accumulated knowledge has been hard to come by; Chuck talks about losing friends to the disease and I'm sure many can relate. The passing of this accumulated knowledge from one generation to the next is such a crucial part of AA,  be it through sponsorship, fellowship or even just sharing at meetings. So I'm just amazed & grateful to be part of something that has been as...