TOOLS OF RECOVERY 1.
MEETINGS: We attend AA
meetings to learn how the
Program works, and to
share our experiences,
strengths, and hopes with
others. In meetings we
learn that our struggles
and troubles are not
unique, and we gain the
hope and assurance that
we can recover and grow.
2. SHARING AT MEETINGS:
Being honest and
vulnerable in front of our
peers is frightening but
worth it. Many of us
believe that we recover in
direct proportion to our
willingness to share at
meetings. 3.
TELEPHONING: We use the
phone to contact members
of AA between meetings.
4. DEVELOPING A
SUPPORT SYSTEM: Meeting
with other AA members

Online AA Offers Digital
Assistance for Recovery
Many things can prevent
people from attending
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
meetings in person, from
disability to lack of
transportation to a sheer
case of the nerves. Now,
those unable to attend
face-to-face AA meetings
can do so virtually, thanks
to computer technology
and the Internet, the
Canadian Press reported
June 10. Daily online chats
and weekly discussion
groups are part of the web
of AA Internet services. “I
can no longer cope with
noise, people, pressure,
stress, anxiety, fatigue,
speaking to more than one
person at a time,” said
Carol O., a 53-year-old
Ottawa resident now in
recovery

My Bottle, My Resentments
and Me “My sponsor told
me if I wanted to form a
relationship with my Higher
Power, it would be
necessary for me to
change. At a meeting one
night a member said, ‘;It’;s
not how much you drink,
it’;s what drinking does to
you.’; That statement
changed my whole
attitude. Of course I had
to surrender and accept I
was an alcoholic.” © 2001
AAWS, Inc., Fourth
Edition; Alcoholics
Anonymous, pg. 443

Defining WILL for Recovery
Will power, will and higher power are terms discussed in 12-Step programs of recovery. I for one did not understand the differences between the various attitudes and actions I adopted. Then I came across something similar to the following and I was able to tell the difference between them - at least [...]

Living Sober Some methods
A.A. members have used
for not drinking About that
title… Even the words
“stay sober”-let alone live
sober-offended many of us
when we first heard such
advice. Although we had
done a lot of drinking,
many of us never felt
drunk, and were sure we
almost never appeared or
sounded drunk. Many of us
never staggered, fell, or
got thick tongues; many
others were never
disorderly, never missed a
day at work, never had
automobile accidents, and
certainly were never
hospitalized nor jailed for
drunkenness. We knew lots
of people who drank more
than we did, and people
who could not handle their

First three steps of AA
define the problem,
solution In 1934, Bill W.,
cofounder of Alcoholics
Anonymous, got a call from
a former drinking buddy,
Ebby T. “Rumor had it that
he’;d been committed for
alcoholic insanity,” Bill
recalled. “I wondered how
he had escaped.” In
reality, Ebby was two
months sober. This
disappointed Bill, who
wanted to recapture the
spirit of their earlier
drinking escapades. When
Ebby came to visit, Bill
pushed a drink across the
table. Ebby refused it.
“The door opened, and he
stood there, fresh-skinned
and glowing,” Bill recalled.
“He was inexplicably
different. What

One day at a time sharing
experience, strength and
hope Any member of a 12-
Step fellowship will tell you
of the benefits of ‘sharing’;
their feelings with other
sufferers. This study
proves what they have
known all along that a
problem shared is a
problem halved. The other
study gives support to the
principle of living ‘One day
at a time’;. Putting feelings
into words produces
therapeutic effects in the
brain University of
California - Los Angeles
Why does putting our
feelings into words - talking
with a therapist or friend,
writing in a journal - help us
to feel better” A new brain
imaging study by UCLA
psychologists reveals why
verbalizing our feelings

Place (All countries) % the
car parent’;s bedroom
garden toilets aeroplane
public transport a park in a
club at work on the beach
at school in front of a
camera an alleyway at a
party none of these 50 36
22 39 2 7 31 12 15 28 10
12 14 27 22 Where do you
have sex? More than
317,000 people from 41
countries took part in the
world’;s largest ever
survey on sexual attitudes
and behaviour. How the
research was conducted
Based on the number of
respondents from 41
countries, the 2005 Durex
Global Sex Survey is the
largest sexual health
research project of its kind
in the world. The most
common

How to Win Friends and
Influence People This is
Dale Carnegie’;s summary
of his book. Part One
Fundamental Techniques in
Handling People Don’;t
criticize, condemn or
complain. Give honest and
sincere appreciation.
Arouse in the other person
an eager want. Part Two
Six ways to make people
like you Become genuinely
interested in other people.
Smile. Remember that a
person’;s name is to that
person the sweetest and
most important sound in
any language. Be a good
listener. Encourage others
to talk about themselves.
Talk in terms of the other
person’;s interests. Make
the other person feel
important - and do it
sincerely. Part Three

AA BOOK REVIEW NEJ of
Medicine From; The NEW
ENGLAND JOURNAL OF
MEDICINE, Vol. 221(15),
October 12, 1939
ALCOHOLICS
ANONYMOUS: The story of
how more than one
hundred men have
recovered from alcoholism.
400 pp. New York Works
Publishing Co., 1939,
$3.50. The psychological
aspect of alcoholism taxes
the entire skill and intuition
of the therapist, and the
authors of this book claim
that in the long run the ex-
alcoholic patient who is
properly trained in
psychological method is an
extremely effective person
to bring about the cure of
the neurotic alcoholic
individual. The first part of
the book discusses
methods, with particular
stress on twelve