Monthly articles on recovery and fellowship written by members of A.A. in San Francisco and Marin.
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| Grace (Part 1) June 1, 2021 by The Point There were lots of things that I had to be drunk to do. One of them was anything to do with the opposite sex. I remember going on a date when I was 14 and we told my parents that we were going to the movies ... We parked in the back and my boyfriend had a six pack |
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| Not a Glum Lot June 1, 2021 by The Point I knew these AA folks in the Marin Fellowship I’d started hanging around with professed to not being a glum lot but I was not in any mood for their kind of sober fun, whatever that looked like. I oozed contempt prior to investigation. Yet I kept coming back |
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| Pam’s Story June 1, 2021 by The Point I first picked up in Mill Valley when my dad, a Hayward cop, left our home. I hit the streets and worked as a babysitter and with my money bought marijuana, but soon moved to alcohol. I was eleven and in fifth grade |
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| What It Was Like June 1, 2021 by The Point The sink was always full to the brim with soaking dirty dishes. This softening of caked-on food was an integral part of housekeeping duties. The dishes had to soak a long time before I actually washed them. It happened frequently that I’d run out of plates and have to put on heavy rubber gloves to rescue a plate or two from the swamp ... The water would develop a thick scum with a bit of green color as the dishes continued to soak away, waiting to be washed. |
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| What is Fully Recovered? June 1, 2021 by The Point I am a fully-recovered alcoholic. This means if I throw AA under the bus tomorrow morning, I could be “boiled as an owl” by midnight |
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| Willing June 1, 2021 by The Point my hope laid concealed beneath it, just beyond what was my last trap door |
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| Point Honors | June 2021 June 1, 2021 by The Point |
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| Faithful Fivers | June 2021 June 1, 2021 by The Point |
