Step 2 is about believing that AA will work, and every meeting offers ample evidence that recovery is possible for anyone. Just listen. Pages 32-33 in the 12x12.

When we're only talking to ourselves, we can't get any sensible input - and we stay stuck. I can't think my way into right action. I have to act my way into right thinking. All. The. Time. Sigh. Living Sober, page 36.

My higher power pretty much always takes care of my problems, my job is just to have the willingness to appreciate/accept that the "right" solution might look a lot different from the one I had in mind. 'Cause I don't always know what's best. Reading from page 102 in the 12x12.

Practically speaking, we do harm when our instincts are in collision with the people around us. Sometimes they're 8th step level Harms, and sometimes life just requires some 10th step clean-up of day-to-day harms. Pages 80-81 in the 12x12 (Step 8).

Drinking let us wear a mask to present to the world, and when that finally starts to fall away is when we find ourselves at "Step Zero" - the jumping off point before we get sober. Big Book page 73.

Just like drinking binges have consequences, so do emotional benders. And the literature talks about it in the context of Step 10 in the 12x12 (page 88). But I mostly talk about H.A.L.T. and powerlessness and picking up the tools.

Letting go of character defects has a lot to do with letting go of fear and trusting my higher power. Which ain't always easy. Step 7 - page 76 in the 12x12.

Thinking about the practice of Step 10 on a mostly daily basis and how it helps me notice that I'm actually doing better than I used to in a lot of areas of life. Pages 89-90 in the 12x12.

"This latest part of life has had a purpose, not in great things accomplished but in daily living." Pages 266-267 of the Big Book.

I got some sad news today, and I'm real glad it was the day my home group meets. 'Cause: "Once isolated by our drinking, we find in the home group a solid, continuing support system." Home Groups are important, y'all. Read from the pamphlet: The AA Group pages 15-16.