In working all the Steps thoroughly, I not only stay sober and help someone else to achieve sobriety, but also I transform my difficulty with living into a joy of living. Eventually I learned that it was necessary for me to "practice these principles" in all areas of my life. I was forgetting that there were a total of Twelve Steps and that the Twelfth Step also had more than one part. In the same way, I believed for a long time that, in order to be in tune with the Twelve Steps, it was enough for me "to carry this message to alcoholics." That was rushing things. and stopped drinking, it took a while before I understood why the First Step contained two parts: my powerlessness over alcohol, and my life's unmanageability. Click here to receive Weekly Spiritual Meditations in email. Click here to receive Daily Prayers in email. Click here to receive AA Thoughts For Today in email. Click here to receive Daily Recovery Readings in email. But unexpected things came out of our encounter, and my boss and I were able to agree to interact more directly and effectively in the future.įurthermore, how shall we come to terms with seeming failure or success? Can we now accept and adjust to either without despair or pride? Can we accept poverty, sickness, loneliness, and bereavement with courage and serenity? Can we steadfastly content ourselves with the humbler, yet sometimes more durable, satisfactions when the brighter, more glittering achievements are denied us? Ask and you shall receive, Seek and ye shall find, Knock and it shall be opened unto you. When I approached my boss and owned up to my hand in his difficulties, he was surprised. members only, or for those who have a drinking problem and have a desire to stop drinking. In discussing the affair, my co-worker tried to reassure me that an apology was not necessary, but I soon became convinced that I had to do something, regardless of how it might turn out. I knew that my report had created the problem, and began to feel responsible for my boss's difficulty.
One day a co-worker informed me that my boss was really sore because a complaint, submitted over his head, had caused him much discomfort at the hands of his superiors. Life was exciting, and I even began to enjoy my work, becoming so bold as to issue a report on the lack of proper care for some of our clients. New friends were cropping up and some of my battered friendships had begun to be repaired. I was beginning to approach my new life of sobriety with unaccustomed enthusiasm. and when we were wrong promptly admitted it. We add/update resources regularly on this site. Tonbridge Big Book Study (60 mins) Parallel Online and Physical Meetings Resources Having the proper resources and literature can be one of the most significant stepping stones in one’s sobriety. *Both the 08:15 and 09:30 meetings have a new home effective 05Feb23* Tonbridge Sunday Sunrise Meeting (60 mins) Saturday 11am Tunbridge Wells Chair & Share Online Meeting (60 mins) *Link updated 04Jul22*Ĭhurch House, St Dunstan’s Church, Stone Street, Cranbrook TN17 3HA *Meeting moved to St Augustine’s 01Jul22* members reflect on favorite quotations from the. Tunbridge Wells ‘Later Recovery & Emotional Sobriety’ (60 mins) Daily Reflections is a collection of readings that moves through the calendar year one day at a time: A.A. United Emmanuel Church, 1 Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells TN4 8AEīack Lane, Behind St Mary’s Church, Goudhurst For the health safety of our members many AA groups now offer remote stay-at-home meetings using Zoom or other video. Online (60 mins) and Face to face (60 mins)Ĭhrist Church, High Street, Tonbridge TN9 1SG. Tunbridge Wells Wednesday Share (60 mins effective 07Sep22) St Andrews Church, Maidstone Road, Paddock Wood Paddock Wood Lunchtime Drop-in Meeting (60 mins) * *Meeting moved to St Augustine’s 19Jul22* Tunbridge Wells Tuesday night Chair and Share (60 mins) Tunbridge Wells Tuesday Big Book Study Online
The Memorial Hall, Goudhurst Road, Mardenįrant Village Church Hall (aka The Stables) St Augustine’s Church, Crescent Road, Tunbridge Wells If you would like to dial in to the meeting on a telephone, dial one of the numbers at the bottom of the page and enter the meeting ID.
Click on the relevant links below to access the meeting on computer or smart phone. They also serve to act as part of a routine so members can reflect on their progress and how much work they still have to do. Online – There are plenty of local meetings still taking place on Zoom. AA daily reflections are thoughtful reminders that accompany every day in the calendar year to guide and inspire people in recovery. These are shown in the right column below. Physical – Many of the local meetings have now returned to face to face.
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