Good evening, This being the last wednesday of the month (of the year for that matter), we'll be having our usual Speaker Meeting this wednesday night. Personally, I love speaker meeting for 2 reasons: 1- It's a great way, at least for a good speaker, to illustrate through their experience how the program works -- how to practice these principles in all our affairs, and 2- It's a great way to get to know someone in the program, after hearing a person's story you really can't help but feel closer to that person. On that note, I had a curios conversation this weekend. I was visiting my father and I mentioned to him that some of my old classmates were talking about our upcoming 15th year HS reunion (holy crap, 15 years?! ). I noted how difficult is to make friends like the type of friends you make when you're a kid. His reply has been marinating in my noggin for the last few days (proof wisdom can be found in the strangest of places!!). What he said was t...
This blog is a compilation of commentaries about AA, alcoholism, sobriety and recovery. They were created as part of a weekly email series I send out to the AA Wed Night Riverside Men's Group in Escazú, San José, Costa Rica. We are a Men's Big Book and AA-related literature study group with the aim of expanding our knowledge and understanding of the principles set forth by the book Alcoholics Anonymous.