Submitted by JS on Wed, 08/04/2020 - 8:55pm
I was privileged to listen to an esteemed old timer recently. I was struck by the emotionally charged sharing and found lots of value in his sharing. He sounded much like my first (and only) late sponsor. Really glad to her him share.
Submitted by JS on Sat, 25/01/2020 - 12:04pm
Reminds me of my childhood home next to the sewer that ran into the sea in Versova, then a fishing village, near Bombay.
Submitted by JS on Wed, 17/07/2019 - 9:21pm
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Submitted by JS on Sun, 10/02/2019 - 12:16pm
I am getting on in age. It is pointless living as if there were endless years ahead.
Submitted by JS on Sat, 09/02/2019 - 10:53am
Long ago, when I was all of 30-32, the then fledgeling RSS Bangalore approached me to join, saying I’d be made a member of the organising committee. I said NO then. I’ll say NO now. My ‘reasons’ are below, but they’re based on AA’s Traditions!
Submitted by JS on Tue, 15/01/2019 - 8:12pm
A long time ago, I decided I will not be available for individual sponsoring, step 5 or 8-9 advise. I think it's time I desisted from 'engaging' with Organisers too. It's simply not worth my effort or time.
Submitted by Mary Gopalakrishnan on Mon, 14/01/2019 - 8:59pm
For the first time, I began to grasp the intensity of each step in a small way and its relevance to all areas of my life. We worked through each step, step by step over a 3 month period during the weekends and I was mandatorily required to take a sponsor as part of the workshop to work the steps outside the classroom. Finally, I took a sponsor, thanks to this workshop! I realised that by being in a structured step workshop, it is easy to follow the working of the steps in a planned way as detailed by the workshop leaders......
Submitted by JS on Thu, 27/12/2018 - 10:45am
The fact is, most of us get into action in fits and starts. Often enough, once a "short" break is taken, it turns into a long - and sometimes, permanent - break!
What is the trick that those few people use to be persistent? Does it mean they don't take breaks? Or is there something else at play?
Find out what I discovered.
Submitted by JS on Mon, 24/12/2018 - 12:56pm
"Your Life is Unmanageable," my Sponsor said to me. First, I ridiculed him. I asked, "managing 5 companies at the same time and you say my life is 'unmanageable'?" "My bank balance is handsome and you say my life is unmanageable?" "Are you out of your mind?" I asked.
Submitted by JS on Sat, 22/12/2018 - 7:49pm
Alkys and Addicts, like Co-Dependents, are very familiar with that feeling of emptiness. Obviously, not all can actually recognize it, let alone see it as a major issue in their lives.
As I came into the fellowship and attended my first full week of meetings, I was quite elated and fired up. I had found the root cause of my alcohol addiction. And better still, I thought I knew the way out.
But as weeks passed into months, not only did that excitement vanish, but I started to become bored with 'the same old stuff' being regurgitated endlessly.
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