Open Door AA Club

05/16/2024

May 16, 2024

“Trying to figure it all out in my head brings on waves of fear, anxiety, and self-reproach. So I say, ‘What can I do for myself and others today?’”

“Just Keep On Going,” New Canaan, Connecticut, April 1976, Best of the Grapevine, Volume 1

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04/04/2024

Pizza Friday! Come and celebrate recovery. Noon April 4, 2024

“Sobriety does interesting things to the mind – clears it up some, lets a bit of honesty and truth filter in, and begins to demand reality.”

“It Takes What It Takes,” Pompano Beach, Florida, June 1978, Step By Step

03/06/2024

March 6, 2024

“We have grown from two people to two million ... We must be doing something right.”



West Springfield, Mass., June 2002, From: “Live and Let Live”, AA Grapevine

Come and see us Mon - Sat. at noon

02/27/2024

February 27, 2024

“Those of us who saw the shadow of the butterfly net overhead are blessed if we get to know that an open mind can save.”

Worcester, Mass., March 1952, From:
Please join us in celebrating recovery this coming Friday. At noon we will have pizza and recovery
“Honest, Open-Minded, Willing” AA Grapevine

02/08/2024

February 8, 2024

“The beginning of maturing for me was becoming willing to try to face the realities of my own life, a day at a time, and letting go of my childhood fantasies of living happily ever after in a perfect world made up of perfect people.”



New York, N.Y., April 1980, From: “Toward Reality”, Spiritual Awakenings

12/21/2023

December 21, 2023

“We cannot wholly rely on friends to solve all our difficulties. A good adviser will never do all our thinking for us. He knows that each final choice must be ours.”



AA Co-Founder, Bill W., August 1961 “This Matter of Honesty”, The Language of the Heart

Join us tomorrow, Friday, Dec,22nd for a little Christmas celebration at our noon meeting. Snacks and drinks and good recovery!

10/04/2023

October 4, 2023

“I believe the peace I get from an effective Tenth Step is what God feels like.”



“The Peace Process,” Gold River, California, December 1996, AA Grapevine (PO Box 1980)

10/06 is Pizza Friday! Come and celebrate recovery with us.

09/01/2023

September 1, 2023

“If we are to find spiritual growth and serenity, we must dress our minds each morning as carefully as we dress our bodies. Only then can today become the glorious tomorrow we looked forward to yesterday.”

Pizza Friday! Join us today to celebrate your sobriety, or begin your journey!

“Savoring Our Sobriety,” North Hollywood, California, September 1982, Emotional Sobriety: The Next Frontier

08/23/2023

August 23, 2023

“In the nick of time, and by God’s grace, each of us has been enabled to develop a growing sense of the meaning and purpose of his own life.”



AA Co-Founder, Bill W., November 1961, “Again at the Crossroads”, The Language of the Heart

08/17/2023

August 17, 2023

“There is among us AAs the ever present need for further spiritual growth.”



AA Co-Founder, Bill W., July 1960, “Let’s Keep it Simple – But How?”, The Language of the Heart

08/02/2023

August 2, 2023

“You never know until you go out to meet it what any given day is going to be, but the way you go to meet it surely makes a difference.”

“The Christmas Fighters,” Quogue, N.Y., December 1963, AA Grapevine

Come celebrate recovery with us on Pizza Friday, August 4th.

07/18/2023

Our AC unit came in! The installation will begin Wed. morning. Best case scenario, we'll be back in there tomorrow. Until we are, we'll be meeting in the Vault, right across the alley. Our thanks to the FBC for their continued support, helping us keep recovery available to those who would have it.
July 18, 2023

“Humility is a personal achievement, it cannot be given away. It comes in glimmers and grows like an ice crystal. It is fragile, too, thus requiring constant care and protection.”

“Enjoying Anonymity,” Seattle, Washington, January 1992, The Home Group: Heartbeat of AA

07/06/2023

July 6, 2023

“When life is easy, I usually assume it’s God’s way and I’m quite spiritual. But when I’m in emotional trouble, I assume life’s a drag and that God’s gone fishing.”

“Winners and Whiners,” Port Townsend, Washington, October 1994, Emotional Sobriety: The Next Frontier

We are still meeting at the Vault for noon meetings, waiting on a new air conditioning unit for Open Door. Pizza Friday tomorrow!!

06/29/2023

We are temporarily meeting at the Vault for noon meetings. It's just across the alley from our location. The same place where Celebrate Recovery meets. Our A.C. is out at the moment.
June 29, 2023

“I am trying to do what I can to love, today. Can anything else be more important?”

“The Power of Good,” Pasadena, California, April 1978, Spiritual Awakenings

06/21/2023

June 21, 2023

“The world of truth is the world of what is. It is the room I sit in, the sleeping kitten, the job that must be done. It is here. It is now.”

“Truth,” Key West, Florida, August 1973, AA Grapevine

06/02/2023

June 2, 2023

“A coffeepot simmers on the kitchen stove, a hospital sobers the stricken sufferer, general headquarters broadcasts the AA message ... All these symbolize AA in action. For action is the magic word of Alcoholics Anonymous.”

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., November 1951, “Services Make AA Tick”, Best of the Grapevine, Volume 1

Join us today for Pizza Friday, one way we celebrate recovery. Sharing strength, hope, courage and pizza! It's a great day to celebrate sobriety.

06/01/2023

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06/01/2023

June 1, 2023

“Not all of the problems created during the days when I hid in the fog of booze have straightened out, but I now have enough courage to face them squarely.”

“A Whole New Outlook on Life,” Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, December 1978,

AA Around the World: Adventures in Recovery

Come and join for Pizza Friday recovery celebration at noon!

05/12/2023

May 12, 2023

“If I remove my hate and anger, what is left is love. If I remove my anxiety and fear, peace will result. If I believe in God's promises, the obstacles that I created between God and myself will be lifted. When these defects are removed, then I can start to be an instrument of peace.”

Chicago, Illinois, February 2009, “Clean Slate,” Step By Step

05/04/2023

May 4, 2023

“The sanity I’ve received through work on the Steps is far more than I could have hoped for.”

Bowie, Maryland, February 1999, “Beyond Sanity,” Step By Step

Join us for Pizza Friday where we celebrate the gift of sobriety with birthday pizza!

05/02/2023

“If the Fourth Step is the exploration of an abandoned house, I have come to think of the Fifth Step as raising the blinds and throwing open the windows. The house has air and sunlight now, and it's no longer haunted. When people come to the door, I can welcome them without shame, and I can even invite them in. Some rooms are private of course, but none are secret, and I live in all of them.”

New York, New York, May 1999, “Sunlight and Air,” Spiritual Awakenings

04/27/2023

April 27, 2023

“The wisdom of AA is so deep that it confines its own part in our personal recovery to nothing more than suggestion. AA leaves it entirely up to you and to me to decide, not only whether to use this program, but also how to use it.”

Newhall, California, June 1975, “Simple Truths in an Intellectual Age,” Beginners’ Book

04/26/2023

April 26, 2023

“Inside of every human being there is a healing power. I had cut my finger and it had gotten well; I’d broken a bone and it had gotten well ... How come? That to me, in its simplest form, is a concept of a power greater than I am.”

California, October 1995, “An Interview with the Author of ‘Physician, Heal Thyself!’”, The Best of the Grapevine, Volume 3

04/14/2023

April 14, 2023

“I’ve found a life I never knew existed. I’m so overwhelmed with gratitude that there’s no room for a bad day.”

Costa Mesa, California, December 1994, “He Gave Me the Shirt Off His Back,” The Best of the Grapevine, Volume 3

11/24/2022

November 24, 2022

“Good public relations are AA lifelines reaching out to the alcoholic who still does not know us.”

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., October 1948, “Tradition Eleven,”, The Language of the Heart

We will be open today, with probably a few snacks left over from a great meeting yesterday. We would be THANKFUL to see you.

11/22/2022

November 22, 2022

“After several years of regular attendance at an Eleventh Step study, a simple meditation came to me that I think of as the ‘alcoholic's meditation.’ With each in-breath, I think, Welcome. With each out-breath, I think, Thank you. That leaves me fluctuating between acceptance and gratitude, which I recognize as two of the integral principles of Alcoholics Anonymous.’”

Wrightwood, California, November 2010, “Alcoholic’s Meditation,”, Step by Step
We will be open on Thanksgiving Day at noon. There will be food. You'll just have to be there to see what we're having!
Give thanks for your recovery.

11/04/2022

November 4, 2022

“Growing pains are never to be feared, provided I am willing to learn the truth about myself from them.”

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., December 1957, “The Greatest Gift of All,”, The Language of the Heart

11/03/2022

November 3, 2022

“I spent the first thirty years making a mess of the life I was given, the next thirty trying to figure out this simple program, and now I can try in the last thirty to loosen up, let life happen, and try to have a little fun.”

White Rock, British Columbia, May 2005, “Life -- It Happens,”, No Matter What

10/07/2022

October 7, 2022

“As by some deep instinct, we AAs have known from the very beginning that we must never, no matter what the provocation, publicly take sides in any fight, even a worthy one.”

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., February 1953, “Tradition Ten”, The Language of the Heart

10/05/2022

October 5, 2022

“The five H's combine into a powerful formula for success. Starting with Hope, passing through Honesty into a gracious Humility, we become Human again, taking our rightful places in society and, by living a well rounded life, develop an integrated personality free of the stresses that urge us to drink. Finally, through Helpfulness we express gratitude and pass on to others some of the blessings we have enjoyed these recent weeks, months, years. Truly a Magic Formula for Continued Sobriety....”

Scarsdale, New York, December 1957, “CS=Continued Sobriety,”, AA Grapevine