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AA advice: A rippling effect

I observed a rippling effect which, without any conscious effort on my part, reached any "related facility or outside enterprise,"

Having learned to live so happily, we’d show everyone else how. . . . Yes, we of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) did dream those dreams.

How natural that was, since most alcoholics are bankrupt idealists. . . . So why shouldn’t we share our way of life with everyone? Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions.

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The great discovery of sobriety led me to feel the need to spread the “good news” to the world around me.
The grandiose thoughts of my drinking days returned.

Later, I learned that concentrating on my own recovery was a full-time process. As I became a sober citizen in this world, I observed a rippling effect which, without any conscious effort on my part, reached any “related facility or outside enterprise,” without diverting me from my primary purpose of staying sober and helping other alcoholics to achieve sobriety.

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Just for today
My feelings, actions, and choices are mine. I will accept reasonability for them.

Uma unenkinga yophuzo oludakyo siza thintana nalezi nobolo ezingezanzi.

The AA Estcourt branch hosts meetings every Tuesday at Forderville Primary School from 7pm to 8pm. Contact Desigan on 082 849 3014, Roy on 081 874 8016 or Tony on 079 513 4422.

The AA Winterton branch hosts meetings every Thursday at the Springfield Church opposite the police station from 7pm to 8pm. Contact Dolly on 071 688 5330 or Virgilo on 079 688 0432.

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