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AA Bay Area is an organization sustained by AA members in the San Francisco Bay Area, as well as Public Information and Cooperation by the Professional Community Committee members around the world.
- AA Bay Area - Alcoholics Anonymous Primary Purpose Group
Introduction to AA and Alcoholism. AA meeting to introduce...
- AA Bay Area - Alcoholics Anonymous Primary Purpose Group
Introduction to AA and Alcoholism. AA meeting to introduce newcomers, the public, professionals, and anyone interested in learning more about AA and alcoholism. “Sobriety – freedom from alcohol – through the teaching and practice of the Twelve Steps is the sole purpose of an AA Group” – Bill W.
AA is based on the idea that the alcoholic cannot be fixed by fixing their problems. Alcoholism is a chronic illness that must be treated. Many people become alcoholics using alcohol to solve other problems, many people cross the line into alcoholism without any warning or other influence.
Step One. We admitted that we were powerless over alcohol — that our lives had become unmanageable. Reading: The Doctor’s Opinion, Chapters One, Two, Three. These readings describe the nature of the alcoholic. There are two defining symptoms of alcoholism given in the book:
Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism. AA hosts meetings throughout the bay area; see the website associated with this resource for Marin and San Francisco county AA meetings.
Chapter 1 – Bill’s Story. War fever ran high in the New England town to which we new, young officers from Plattsburg were assigned, and we were flattered when the first citizens took us to their homes, making us feel heroic. Here was love, applause, war; moments sublime with intervals hilarious.
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Jan 24, 1971 · Chapter 1 - Bill's Story - (pp. 1-16) BILL’S STORY. W ar fever ran high in the New England town to which we new, young officers from Platts-burg were assigned, and we were flattered when the first citizens took us to their homes, making us feel heroic. Here was love, applause, war; moments sub-lime with intervals hilarious.
