Wed Night AA Riverside Men's Group

Good evening folks, REMINDER: Me and a few other members will be away at the AA International Convention so next week (JULY 1st) THERE IS NO MEETING!!! Anyways, this week is the last Wednesday of the month so you know what that means,  no reading!!  I mean...  Speaker Meeting!!  A member, with a year or more of sobriety, will be randomly selected to share there experience, strength and hope.  I love speaker meetings, something about hearing what others have gone through that reminds me I'm in the right place. The ex-problem drinker who has found this solution, who is properly armed with fact about himself, can generally win the entire confidence of another alcoholic in a few hours. (p18 Big Book) Looking forward to seeing everyone! Regards, David t. Group Feedback: Your perception,      I am at a very good place in life now...I just want to be sure I am not giving in incorrect view in sharing..As today I trust  w...

Hi Folks, This week we finish up  Chapt 4: Sobriety - A Spiritual Rest - p.127-142. I wanted to touch on something that I don't think we covered last week but that really struck me. On the last page of last week's reading (p127), Chuck C said in reference to the words of the big book of Alcoholics Anonymous: Every time I read them, every time I talk about them, they're new. The words remain the same, but we don't. And it depends entirely where we are what they mean. They will always be more meaningful. They always take a new meaning, depending on where WE are. And we'll be walking up this ladder forever. A world without end, Amen.  Sometimes we're at the ground level looking up at that enormous skyscraper and sometimes we're on the top floor looking down at the miniature city below. Our eyes see completely different things depending on our vantage point.   Likewise, our minds perceive  differently depending on where we are physically, emotionally...

Hello folks, This week we're continuing with "A New Pair of Glasses" by CHUCK C (some people were a bit confused *ejem* edwin!). We'll be reading  Chapt 4: Sobriety - A Spiritual Rest - p.111-127.  Lately we've sort of taken to reading pages 84-85 in the big book at the end of the meeting instead of the promises, which is fitting because this chapter is loosely based on the phrase " ... We have ceased fighting anything or anyone - even alcohol " (p84). Now this happens to be one of my friend Dave W's favorite phrases and I'm fortunate to hear him say it often; Sometimes slowly and sometimes  very  slowly, its started to sink in through the layers of my thick skull through the power of repetition (as I like to say, Practice makes Permanent!).  Just for today, I don't have to run the show. I don't have to out-think, out-perform, or out-maneuver  anyone or anything  in order to "eke out a miserable living out of an unfriendly uni...

Good evening my friends, Last week Omar P. shared his excellent story, we're all still wondering where to look for that expensive watch you left behind!! Congratulations on 12 years of sobriety brother!! This week we go back to our book, A New Pair of Glasses -  Chapt 3: The Power of Truth - p.95-110 .  The more I think about it, Truth is indeed a power, a force to be reckoned with. I happened to read a great article today published by "Psychology Today" about the  illusion of knowledge  (yeah, cuz' I read cool stuff like that ).   Basically, there are known-knows or things  we know  that  we  know   like our age or hair color and there are known-unknown or things  we  know  that  we  don't know  like the theory of particle physics in which point-like particles are replaced by one-dimensional objects called strings ( wtf?? ).  But where we really get into trouble is with Unknown-Unknow...

Hello folks, This Wednesday night we're having a speaker meeting.  We've had a couple of volunteers over the last few months (Mark D & Russ W), and these are always welcomed provided you have over 1 yr of sobriety. Tomorrow night it looks like we will be selecting one at random from Greg's treasured Crow Royal bag! Have a great evening, David t. 2015 Meeting Dates 01/29/14  Speaker Meeting <Shane B> 02/26/14  Speaker Meeting <Fred D> 03/26/14  Speaker Meeting <Pete T> 04/30/14  Speaker Meeting <Clive T> 05/28/14  Speaker Meeting <Todd P> 07/30/14 Speaker Meeting <Dave W> 08/27/14 Speaker Meeting <Edwin H> 09/24/14  Speaker Meeting <Larry H> 10/29/14 Speaker Meeting <David t> 11/26/14 Speaker Meeting <Roy M> -->Book: Being Sober and Becoming Happy 01/28/15 Speaker Meeting <Steve W.> 02/25/15 Speaker Meeting  ...

Hello everyone, Sorry I'm late with the e-mail. I could tell you the internet or that the lights went out... or that I was occupied elsewhere with matter of  grave  importance that would otherwise impact the integrity of the time-space continuum.... or I could even suggest that I'm merely buckling under the extreme pressures of life and beg for your sympathy.... But the TRUTH IS.... I  only  have a progressive, incurable and potentially fatal disease called alcoholism and the only shot I have at grasping this thing called recovery is through RIGOROUS HONESTY.  That's all!  This week we read   Chapt 3: The Power of Truth - p.75-95. Happy 24hrs,  David t. 2015 Meeting Dates 01/29/14  Speaker Meeting <Shane B> 02/26/14  Speaker Meeting <Fred D> 03/26/14  Speaker Meeting <Pete T> 04/30/14  Speaker Meeting <Clive T> 05/28/14  Speaker Meeting <Todd P> 07/30/14 ...

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...