AA
What is Emotional Sobriety ?
Everyone’s journey from active alcoholism into sobriety is both unique and complex. One thing that is fairly common however, is that when people do sober up, they have to start living with themselves without alcohol.
prayer
AA
Pray As You Can Not As You Can’t
The phrase ‘pray as you can not as you can’t’ isn’t terribly well known to a lot of people, but to those who do know it and use it as a literal guide to prayer, […]
Emotional Sobriety
Why do People find it Hard to Believe in God?
Most people have normally been asked at some point in their life if they believe in God or not. In AA and in 12 step recovery generally, people are likely to be asked this question […]
Emotional Sobriety
Why is Meditation So Difficult ?
There is a paradox about meditation, in that most types of meditation of themselves are fairly simple to do, but many people find meditation as a practice, or a process, fairly difficult. Sometimes people put […]
12 Step Program
What is the Alcoholics Anonymous Prayer?
Prayer and the nature of prayer and meditation have always been at the heart of the AA 12-step program, both in a formal and informal sense. Whilst there are many interpretations of what terms prayer […]