Topic: Alcoholics Anonymous

This is also an opportunity to work on an all-important issue in early recovery: personal boundaries.

And I needed that gift of desperation to allow the rest of the Steps to work in my life, as I worked them.

When I first got into counseling, I had this sneaky feeling that it couldn’t possibly be that simple.

People attend AA for a variety of reasons, in different stages of readiness, and with diverse objectives in mind.

AA and NA weren’t designed by professionals and they do not operate like professionally-developed behavioral therapy programs.

AA and NA aren’t designed to have a ‘success rate’. Their mission is to reach out a helping hand to those who still suffer.

None of us can change our past or exercise much control over what’s yet to come.

Sending somebody to meetings without some prep work is like making a referral for therapy without bothering to find a therapist.

What’s likely to provide you with the best recovery guidance? There’s your ‘recovery guide’- maybe a better description for nonbelievers than “higher power.”

As addiction progresses, the addict or alcoholic grows away from the larger culture from whence they came.