How should we carry the message in AA?

What does carrying the message mean in AA?

When we reach the 12th Step, we begin sponsoring others. We guide them through the very same Steps we took to get sober. This is one way to “carry the message to the next alcoholic.” We also carry the message by attending A.A. meetings regularly and sharing our stories.

What do you say at an AA meeting?

Speaking in A.A.: The Basic Rules

The most important thing to remember is that the group wants you to share your experiences honestly. Generally, you'll want to speak in first person and focus on the revelations or struggles you've had as well as how you've grown.

What are the three pertinent ideas in AA?

The principles we have set down are guides to progress. We claim spiritual progress rather than spiritual perfection. Our description of the alcoholic, the chapter to the agnostic, and our personal adventures before and after make clear three pertinent ideas: That we were alcoholic and could not manage our own lives.

What is the most important step in AA?

Nowhere is this truer than with AA's first of 12 steps to recovery: “We admitted we were powerless over alcohol – that our lives had become unmanageable.” While intimidating, of all of the 12 steps this first step is the most important step to get right.

Step Twelve: Carry the Message to Alcoholics

What does it mean to take a moral inventory?

A moral inventory is a written objective assessment of your life, including character deficits, strengths and weaknesses, and an overarching look at the damage you've caused with your addiction. This step, although difficult, is an important part of achieving long-term sobriety in drug rehab.

What does humility mean in AA?

Humility is simply having a realistic sense of oneself. A humble person accurately acknowledges both their strengths and limitations. These people have the capacity to be honest and without pretense in relation to themselves. They are “right-sized” and without false pride, arrogance, or importantly, low self-esteem.

What is read at beginning of AA meeting?

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, Courage to change the things I can, and Wisdom to know the difference.

What are the readings that are read in an AA meeting?

What does cunning baffling and powerful mean?

In 12-Step settings, you have probably heard it referred to as cunning, baffling and powerful. This phrase is an apt description of a complicated diagnosis. Addiction goes beyond the simple action of drinking or using drugs.

What do you say when presenting a AA chip?

What is cross talk in AA?

Crosstalk is giving advice to others who have already shared, speaking directly to another person rather than to the group and questioning or interrupting the person speaking at the time. If crosstalk occurs, the chair will remind you of this policy.”

What is the basic format of the AA meeting?

Big Book Reading; Speaker share: 20 mins. Sharing :12 mins. Round robin sharing: 45 mins. Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other, that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism.

What does it mean to carry a message?

to disseminate; carry out a message; to spread. disseminate verb (disseminates, disseminated, disseminating) carry out a message verb. spread verb (spreads, spread, spreading)

What is the main goal of AA?

Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who are able to relate and share their experiences, strength, and hopes with each other in order to solve their common problem and help others recover from alcoholism.

Why is AA service important?

Service Work Helps To Keep Us Sober. If nobody was doing any service work, the Alcoholics Anonymous program would simply cease to exist. Without the service work of those who came before us, none of us would be here now!

What is a daily reflection AA meeting?

Daily Reflections is structured to provide a short passage for each calendar day that you can add to your daily routine. ⁴. If you already take time for journaling, prayer, meditation, or step work on a daily basis, the AA daily reflections can complement those daily habits.

What is today's AA daily reflection?

Today I am grateful for a new life, one in which my prayers are those of thanksgiving. My prayer time is more for listening than for talking.

What is the AA Reading for today?

Just for today I will be agreeable. I will look as well as I can, dress becomingly, talk low, act courteously, criticise not one bit, not find fault with anything and not try to improve or regulate anybody except myself. Just for today I will have a programme.

What is the prayer at AA meetings?

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, The courage to change the things I can, And the wisdom to know the difference.

What do they say at the end of NA meetings?

(At the end of the meeting, read the 12th Tradition): Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities.

How long do you have to be sober to chair a meeting?

It is suggested the chairperson have at least 30 days of continuous sobriety. Prior to beginning ask one person to begin reading How It Works and a second person to read the Twelve Traditions. Also consider a discussion topic, if you plan to suggest one.

How do I remove a character defect?

One approach that many take to removing their character defects is to write each item on their list on a separate piece of paper, drawing a defect from a hat or a jar every day so that they may work on them one at a time. In order to work on our defects, we must do more than simply avoid expressing them on a given day.

What is an example of being humble?

Letting someone ahead of you in line when you see they are in a hurry is an act of humility. Cleaning the bathroom of your office, even though you own the company, is an example of humility.

How can I be humble in recovery?

Being humble in recovery usually means acknowledging you don't have all the answers and being willing to do what it takes to recover. It's okay to have weaknesses! You will probably work on those during twelve-step work or therapy.