The Three Legged Stool

The following is an excerpt from an  interview with David Brin  in Wired: But the notion of self-righteous indignation being a drug high...

I hear that a lot at meetings, that there are all these recovering alcoholics who have lives second to none.  That never really sat right ...

An interesting discussion has begun based on a March post on Forgiveness, Revenge, and Justice .  Check it out.

I have always been grateful that I went to a few meetings before being exposed to any of the literature.  If I had read the Big Book while d...

AA is not a personal success story.  It is instead the story of our colossal human failures now converted into the happiest kind of usefulne...

The way we listen to others who are annoying, perhaps sharing inappropriately, the way we listen to them, open ourselves up to them, purifie...

I was reminded over the weekend that the highest rank anyone can achieve in AA is 'sober'.  You become a member of AA when you say...

Finally I am coming to the conclusion that my highest ambition is to be what I already am. That I will never fulfill my obligation to surp...

At yesterday's meeting my group ended up discussing righteous indignation, resentment, and the desire to see others punished.  I think t...

The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them; that's the essence of inhumanity. -- G....