A.A. Monterey Newsletter

Published on 07/27/2021

Step 7 – “Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.” Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions – Page 63 “When we have finally admitted without reservation that we are powerless over alcohol, we are apt to breathe a great sigh of relief, saying, “Well thank God that’s over! I’ll never have to go through that again!”  […]

Published on 06/09/2021

Step 6 – “Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.” Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions – Page 63 “Having been granted a perfect release from alcoholism, why then shouldn’t we be able to achieve by the same means a perfect release from every other difficulty or defect?  This is a […]

Published on 05/28/2021

Step 5 – “Admitted to God, to ourselves, and another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.” Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions – Page 55 Somehow, being alone with god doesn’t seem as embarrassing  as facing up to another person. Until we actually sit down and talk aloud  about what we have so long […]

Published on 04/22/2021

Step 4 – “Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.” “Once we have placed the key of willingness in the lock and have the door ever so slightly open, we find that we can open it some more.” Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions – Page 42 “Why is it that the alcoholic is […]

Published on 03/23/2021

Step 3 – “Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood him.” “Once we have placed the key of willingness in the lock and have the door ever so slightly open, we find that we can open it some more.” Twelve Steps and Twelve […]

Published on 02/21/2021

Step 2 – “Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.” “Therefore, step Two is the rallying point for all of us. Whether agnostic, atheist, or former believer, we can stand together on this Step. True humility and an open mind can lead us to faith, and every A.A. […]

Published on 01/22/2021

Step 1 – “We admitted we were powerless over alcohol – that our lives had become unmanageable” “Under the lash of alcoholism, we are driven to A.A. and there we discover the fatal nature of our situation. Then, and only then, do we become as open-minded to conviction and as willing to listen as the […]

Published on 12/15/2020

Step 12 – “Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of theses steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.” “The joy of living is the theme of AA’s Twelfth Step, and action is the key word. Here we turn outward toward our fellow […]

Published on 11/22/2020

Step 11 – “ Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.” “Those of us who have come to make regular use of prayer would no more do without it than […]

Published on 11/12/2020

Notes About The Budget We tried to plan for very limited Special Events. We planned for the possibility of having Unity Day in June. We placed in the budget all of the things that are most basic needs to continue on with the likelihood that things will get back to a ‘new normal’ in 2021. […]