Recoveries Anonymous

05/26/2026

One member shares:
My dependence upon my laptop is second only to my dependence on God. It is my window to the world where I learn, study, visit, attend R.A. meetings and work with others. I have a daily study buddy where we read R.A. literature. I take others through the R.A.Step presentation, all of it on my laptop.

So when it started having problems, I got hot and bothered. My fear cropped up. My resentment cropped up. I asked God to remove these defects, discussed them with someone and threw myself the harder into working with others.

To get this laptop fixed I had to travel to another city. It is a trip that often makes me anxious.
When I checked the website of the repair place, there were no available appointments, and my guidance was I should just show up. The morning I was going to make the trip I checked one more time and there was an appointment. That was a demonstration of God's power, His love, and His way of life. I made it to the train on time and asked Him for guidance about where to sit. Sitting facing forward helps me manage my anxiety. So I made the best call I could, sat down, and started to pray. The journey began and God had directed me to the right place to sit so I could sit facing forward.
I'm on my way now to give my broken laptop to the repair place, and it is only by God's grace that this is happening. I thank God. Yes, I use and depend upon my laptop on a daily basis, but I understand that my real dependence is upon Him who has all knowledge and power.

05/24/2026

05/21/2026

Another R.A. member shares:
"God, I offer myself to thee -- to build with me and to do with me as Thou wilt. Relieve me of the bo***ge of self. Take away my difficulties that victory over them may bear witness to those I would help of Thy Power, Thy love and Thy way of life. May I do Thy will always!"
Third step prayer, R.A.'s Multillith page 28.

Sometimes it's the little things where God demonstrates. Literally little things.
I have chronic illness and many complex health needs, one of which requires regular appointments with a busy podiatrist. She is so busy she has no openings for months; still daily I phone and politely ask if there are cancellations. Today's daily call was made from the bus stop. The secreatary asked where I lived; "In the neighborhood," I replied. "Come now," she told me, "There's an opening in 7 minutes."
I went, was treated, and am now taken care of. That is a difficulty that God took away. Small it may be, but it is a demonstration of His Power, His love, and His way of life.

05/19/2026

An R.A. member shares:

“Lord, make me a channel of thy peace-that where there is hatred, I may bring love-that where there is wrong, I may bring the spirit of forgiveness-that where there is discord, I may bring the spirit of harmony-that where there is error, I may bring truth-that where there is doubt, I may bring faith-that where there is despair, I may bring hope-that where there are shadows, I may bring light-that where there is sadness, I may bring joy. Lord, grant that I may rather seek to comfort than to be comforted-to understand, than to be understood-to love, than to be loved. For it is by self-forgetting that one finds. It is by forgiving that one is forgiven…”
(AA12&12 p99 last full paragraph has a beautiful prayer)

This is my experience working the RA recovery program: I forgave myself for having let myself be hurt using the amazing forgiveness procedure in R.A’.s Living in Recovery Guide. Then, in reflection with another, I found an error the two of us had made, thus finding truth and a way forward: not brushing things under the carpet. Instead, we used the helpful instructions from page 54 of the Multilith . We said to each other, "This is getting serious. I’m sorry I got disturbed. Let’s talk about it later.” “
Try it. It works!

05/17/2026

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05/15/2026

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05/13/2026

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05/11/2026

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05/05/2026

An R.A. member shares her story:
My name is C### and I am from South Africa, I would like to welcome you to the R.A Fellowship.

I am grateful to have the opportunity to work with you and I hope we can work together in this program as this will help me in my recovery as much as it will help you.

I came across R.A. by conducting a search on Google. My reason for this was because I realized that I had an addiction with self-harm. After coming to this realization, I knew I needed help and was lucky enough to find R.A..

I was very surprised to receive a response from R.A. so soon after having made inquiries about their program. Immediately I was referred to my sponsor.

These are my biggest problems that have had an enormous impact on my life:-

1. Self-harming;
2. Lack of independence;
3. Inconsistency with anything and everything;
4. Anxiety;
5. Social Phobia;
6. Depression;
7. Very low self-esteem that is if I even have any; and
8. No self-confidence at all.

I have been self-harming since I was 9 years old.

I also suffer with severe depression and anxiety and have suffered with severe depression and anxiety my whole life.

I have been diagnosed with Bipolar I, which has been as a result of my childhood and the fact that there is slowing of my whole brain. After having had 2 EEGs (which measure your brainwaves) confirms that I am genetically disposed to be Bipolar (aka have a Mood Disorder).

I have done some research and I now realize that my self-harm problem is an addiction and basically an Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). I suffer with Trichotillomania (hair pulling disorder) and Dermatillomania (skin picking disorder).

I have found that I have received so much support, insight and gained friendships that are very dear to me whilst working the RA program. If I had not worked through the the Mulitlith Big Book, paragraph by paragraph, word by word with my R.A. sponsor, I would never have even contemplated that recovery was even possible. My conscious contact with my Higher Power and working the program with my sponsor has led me down my path to recovery in a very short space of time which I really wasn't expecting to happen, but was truly amazed at how much the program worked for me.

It is suggested that you attend R.A. meetings and talk to as many other R.A. members as possible.

I hope and look forward to hearing from you.

05/03/2026

An R.A. member shares:

I had tried everything.
Meetings for years. Multiple sponsors. Step work, retreats, rehab. I wanted it to work. More than anything.
But nothing stuck. And eventually I stopped going — not because I gave up on getting better, but because I couldn't find the thing underneath it that was supposed to change. Everyone kept telling me it would come. It didn't.
I thought that meant something was wrong with me. That I was one of those people the Big Book warned about — the ones who couldn't be helped.
Then someone handed me a Multililth Big Book manuscript. The one before the revisions. I read it in one sitting.
This is different, I thought. This is what they were actually talking about.
The program in those pages wasn't about meetings or chips or anniversaries. It was about a complete transformation — a psychic change, a spiritual awakening — that the founders said was available to anyone willing to go to any length.
I decided to go to any length.
That was three years ago. I'm not going to tell you it was easy. But I will tell you that something changed in me that I could never have changed myself. The obsession lifted. The fear got smaller. I found a purpose I didn't know I was missing.
That's what the original program promised. And it's what Recoveries Anonymous is built on.
If you've tried the steps and walked away — or if you're still suffering and think you've run out of roads — there's one more road. It's older than the meetings. And it still works.
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