My AA home group is a step meeting that meets on Thursdays. It has been my home group since I got sober in 1990. We discuss one of the 12 steps each week except the first Thursday of each month, when we discuss one of the 12 traditions, and Thanksgiving Day, when we have an open discussion about gratitude. Sometimes we go past one hour to let everyone have a chance to speak. We are a Group with many members with double digit sobriety, and average about 15 folks each week. Our Group celebrated its 30th anniversary last year.

I will try to share here the basics of the step or tradition, my experience, and parts of our discussion that seemed noteworthy to me. I will also attach a .txt file with my 1999 articles on the steps for our local newsletter, the Unity.

These steps are different for different people, I encourage comments and discussion, this is not "As Chuck sees it". Or you can ignore the thread, it will only percolate to the top once a week.

Enjoy!

-Chuck, Vegetarian fanboy