John N. from Lehman, PA and Joe Z. from Berwick, PA doing a Big Book study at the Men's International Convention in Scranton, PA - April 2008

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Joe & John's "We Agnostics" Big Book workshop share centers on the life-or-death realization that lack of power—not morality, intelligence, or willpower—is the alcoholic’s true dilemma, as Joe and John recount how their alcoholism utterly defeated them until desperation forced an open mind toward a power greater than themselves, dismantling long-held prejudice about God and replacing it with lived evidence found in AA meetings, sponsorship, and action on the Twelve Steps; through surrender, disciplined application of the steps, and a willingness to “lay aside prejudice,” both men describe being restored to sanity, freed from obsession, and rocketed into lives marked by dignity, usefulness, emotional sobriety, and spiritual growth—personal accomplishments measured not in status or possessions, but in sustained sobriety, healed families, the ability to help others recover, and daily freedom from the drink that once ruled their lives, proving that belief follows action and that a new way of living is available even to the most hopeless alcoholic.

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Bill D. from Franklin, NC speaking at the 34th LA State Convention in Baton Rouge, LA - July 11 1992

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Bill shares a hilarious, hard-won AA story that moves from “drinking member” denial to lifelong recovery, built on radical honesty (“I can’t promise forever—only today”), relentless service, and the humbling truth that sobriety is always a daily reprieve—not a trophy; he explains his simple (but not easy) formula—Don’t Drink / Work With Others / Change Yourself—and backs it with lived proof: sobriety since May 29, 1953, learning to “touch someone on the shoulder,” carrying the message into correctional institutions, and surviving crushing losses (his wife’s sudden death, later losing his job) without picking up, ultimately rebuilding a joyful life through the Steps and spiritual growth rather than self-will.

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