January 16, 2020
Welcome Trusted Servants of District 4
My name is Mick G. and I’m an alcoholic. I’m proud to serve as the chair for General Service District 4 Panel 69. Welcome to all of the new GSR’s, Alt. GSR’s & to any other visitors we may have here. If this is your first time to the General Service website you are here for information or to learnContinue Reading
January 15, 2020
The Hazards of Publicity
People who symbolize causes and ideas fill a deep human need. We of A.A. do not question that. But we do have to soberly face the fact that being in the public eye is hazardous, especially for us.— TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 181 As a recovered alcoholic I must make an effort to put into practice the principlesContinue Reading
January 14, 2020
Happiness Comes Quietly
“The trouble with us alcoholics was this: We demanded that the world give us happiness and peace of mind in just the particular order we wanted to get it-by the alcohol route. And we weren’t successful. But when we take time to find out some of the spiritual laws, and familiarize ourselves with them, and put them into practice, thenContinue Reading
January 13, 2020
An Unsuspected Inner Resource
With few exceptions our members find that they have tapped an unsuspected inner resource which they presently identify with their own conception of a Power greater than themselves. — ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, pp. 567-68 From my first days in A.A., as I struggled for sobriety, I found hope in these words from our founders. I often pondered the phrase: “they haveContinue Reading