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Pray As You Can, Not As You Can’t
The phrase ‘pray as you can not as you cannot’ 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, […]
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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 12 step recovery generally, people are likely to be asked this question more […]
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Why can Meditation be 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 […]
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Willing To Go To Any Lengths……
Anyone familiar with this phrase will recognise it from the early part of chapter five of the book Alcoholics Anonymous, which sets out the 12-step program which is the cornerstone of AA’s recovery process. As […]
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Why Secrets Are So Dangerous
Several slogans and sayings get chucked around in health circles, which some people find helpful, and other people find both helpful and irritating, depending upon their mood. One of the most common sayings, although not […]
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What is Manipulative Behaviour ?
There are two questions really, what is manipulative behaviour and why is it so damaging? Manipulation is often thought of as being something that most people do in varying degrees to get their own way, […]
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How Do You Let Go of The Need to Control…..
The need to feel that you are in control of other people, and their actions, can be one of the most debilitating and draining processes in your life. Often people have no conscious sense that […]
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Are there Alcoholics Anonymous meetings for the whole family?
Alcoholics Anonymous has a very clear sense that it’s purpose is to help people who have a drink problem. However the experience of this happening, very quickly showed family members that they also had been […]
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Alcoholics Anonymous Sayings
People in recovery tend to talk a lot – at meetings, on the phone, on zoom and face to face. Sometimes this can all be a bit irritating, but most of the time the things […]
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Are there any Alcoholics Anonymous Audio Books?
Audio recordings and audio books of Alcoholics Anonymous conventions, speaker talks and AA literature have been around for a considerable time, and have grown significantly in the age of the internet. There are numerous ways […]