Wed Night AA Riverside Men's Group

Good evening friends,            We had a great start last week with the new book "Being Sober and Becoming Happy" (BSBH). A lot of good discussion coming out of a book we all clearly understand is NOT AA official literature. I feel like this book provides us an opportunity to put into action our AA way of life and perspective applied to "outside the box" thinking without straying toooooooo far from the shores of AA (No... we will not be reading "The Life of Pi" anytime soon!!).         This week we will be reading the  2nd-half of chapter 1, page 21-36 . For those of you who didn't attend last week's meeting but are planing on coming this week, please read the whole chapter so you can discuss knowledgeably on the chapter.         If you still don't have a copy of the book, there are still extra copies of the book available at the meeting. Hope to see everyone soon, David t...

Hello Friends,      Welcome to the 2015 edition of the wednesday night meetings!! I hope everyone had a safe, fun & memorable new years eve!! I love it when I actually remember what I did that day!! Here's to hoping we find joy & prosperity this year!      As agreed at our last meeting, we will be reading  "Being Sober and Becoming Happy" by Dr. John A. MacDougall  who is Hazlden's Spiritual Director and a recovering addict. I know some people are quick to say "Is that Official AA Literature?"... well... No, it isn't... But so what? We've read non AA conference approved literature before, this book is largely based on the book of Alcoholics Anonymous and besides... what fun are rules if you can't break them every now and then?           If you scroll to the bottom you'll see the new reading schedule I've laid out for 2015. Some chapters had to be broken in 2 so as to not test the p...

Good Afternoon, Hope everyone had a wonderful long "15 de Septiembre" weekend!! This week we are going into  Bill's Story - Chapter 1 - pgs.1-16. Personally, I've always felt the most powerful tool one alcoholic has at his disposal, if he wishes to help another alcoholic, is their story. It is one's own story that enables an alcoholic to instantly gain the trust and confidence of another alcoholic where the doctor, minister or friend failed. Bill was an astute salesman (we seem to have a lot of those in our rooms don't we?), so as soon as the problem had been explained in the Doctor's Opinion he recounts his own story in an effort to secure the reader's trust and confidence. Now Bill was a Wall Street Stock Speculator, he was a night school lawyer,  he was veteran of foreign wars,  an avid golfer, and a whole host of other things, which in my case, I couldn't identify with. His drinking, however, that I could identify with once I truly and ...