A.A. Monterey Newsletter

Published on 10/21/2026

Step 10: “Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.” “Our next function is to grow in understanding and effectiveness.”- Alcoholics Anonymous, pg. 84 Step 10 reminds us that recovery is an ongoing process of self-awareness, honesty, and willingness to grow.  By regularly examining our thoughts and actions, we learn to […]

Published on 09/21/2026

Step 9: “Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.” “Good judgment, a careful sense of timing, courage and prudence, these are the qualities we shall need when we take Step Nine.”Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions Step Nine calls us to put our willingness into […]

Published on 08/21/2026

Step 8: “Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.” “We attempt to sweep away the debris which has accumulated out of our effort to live on self-will and run the show ourselves.” – Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 76 Step 8 turns our attention toward the […]

Published on 07/23/2026

Step 7: “Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.” “My Creator, I am now willing that you should have all of me, good and bad…”— Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 76 Step 7 is where willingness becomes action.  After recognizing our shortcomings and becoming ready to let them go, we humbly ask our Higher Power to remove […]

Published on 06/22/2026

Step 6: “Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.” “We have emphasized willingess as being indispensable.  Are we now ready to let God remove from us all the things which we have admitted are objectionable?”  –Alcoholics Anonymous, pg. 76 After taking inventory and sharing it with another person, Step 6 […]

Published on 05/23/2026

Step Five:  “Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.” “Once we have taken this step, withholding nothing, we are delighted… We feel we are on the Broad Highway, walking hand in hand with the Spirit of the Universe.” – pg 75,  Alcoholics Anonymous Step Five invites […]

Published on 04/24/2026

Step Four:  “Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.” “When the spiritual malady is overcome, we straighten out mentally and physically.”– page 64, Alcoholics Anonymous Step 4 invites us to take an honest and thorough look at ourselves, including our resentments, fears, and the ways we’ve interacted with others. It is not about […]

Published on 03/20/2026

Step Three:  “Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood him.” “We had a new Employer.  Being all powerful, He provided what we needed, if we kept close to Him and performed His work well… As we felt new power flow in, as we […]

Published on 02/20/2026

Step Two:  “Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.” “We found that as soon as we were able to lay aside prejudice and express even a willingness to believe in a Power greater than ourselves, we commenced to get results…”— page 46, Alcoholics Anonymous Step Two brings hope.  […]

Published on 01/23/2026

Step One:  “We admitted we were powerless over alcohol, that our lives had become unmanageable.” “We learned that we had to fully concede to our innermost selves that we were alcoholics. This is the first step in recovery.”— page 30, Alcoholics Anonymous Step One asks only for honesty.  It does not require understanding, faith, or […]