Recoveries Anonymous

01/14/2026

An R.A. members shares:
"The kick you will get is tremendous."
(R.A.'s Multilith Big Book, p 41, describing how it feels when you work intensively with others)

I am enjoying working with my two current sponsees.
They are both enthusiastic and I am also getting a lot out of guiding them through R.A. and revisiting R.A.'s Step Presentation. It feels brand new, like I'm seeing it for the first time. When I read with my sponsees, I feel amazingly lifted up. And, as a bonus, I end up really liking certain passages from R.A.'s Multilith -- and I then often use those as my shares at R.A. meetings.

01/09/2026

One of our R.A. members shares:

"Proceed with imagination and real faith - expect things to happen. If you EXPECT things to happen, they DO happen. This is based on FAITH IN GOD, not on our own strength. A negative attitude toward ourselves or others cuts off God's power; it is evidence of lack of faith in His power. If you go into a situation admitting defeat, of course you lose."
(In the Journal of Anne Smith, wife of AA co-founder of AA Dr Bob,):

While this book is not part of R.A.'s suggested literature it is written by one of the pioneers of program and has been immensely helpful to me and others.

And I love this quote from it very much: it reminds me to be confident and work on my trust in God. As it says in R.A.' Multilith on page 60, "to be 'happy, joyous, and released...Avoid, then the deliberate manufacture of misery, and when trouble comes, cheerfully capitalize it as an opportunity to demonstrate His omnipotence."

This helps me in tricky situations to capitalise on this trust and reliance on a power greater than myself, to get out of myself and remember that I'm no longer running the show!

01/07/2026

Working the program, we are promised a “Permanent” recovery”and a contented useful life”(AA12&12, p 39 last line)!

Please come to strengthen each other’s recovery at today’s
Women’s RA discussion at
7.30pm London
8:30pm Berlin
9.30pm Jerusalem
11:30pm Tblisi
2:30pm New York
11.30AM Seattle.

Looking forward! 🫶

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01/01/2026

An R.A. member shares:"
'Just Plain Fear!
If you want to be free, you must work the program. When fear crops up, admit that it is objectionable. Ask God to remove it, and then trust that He is removing it. Make amends quickly if you have hurt someone. Then resolutely turn your thoughts to those you can help. Most of us know deep down within ourselves that the other side of fear is freedom."
(R.A.'s Finding New Members Guide)

In my life, I have been working on my fear recently, be it at work or in relationships etc. I have noticed that by my friends being very supportive in a health issue I have, I have gained more confidence and am tackling situations by giving over the fear to my Higher Power and then doing whatever it is I was fearful of.

I also use these acronyms:
FEAR = False Evidence Accepted as Real and
FEAR = Face everything And Recover!
The first one helps me put fear into perspective, the latter one gives me the tools after praying to God for strength, so I remind myself that by facing my fears they shrink and vanish.
I like the way this is demonstrated in the story, The Fearful One in RA's Multlith .
The writer exposed himself to that which he feared in a stepwise fashion and then with the help of his 12 step friends discovered (PS P72, last paragraph, third line)
"I have found a joy in living that has nothing to do with money or material success. I know that incomparable happiness that comes from helping some other fellow get straightened out".

Try it. It works

12/28/2025

It's here! Our December newsletter. Like it! Share it!
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The subject is: 🔶I Have Had My Sanity Restored— An R.A. Recovery

R.A.’s Solution Focused Books     Move up to the next step in your search for recovery by downloading and reading the PDF versions of R.A.'s Solution Focused Books. We do not charge for the PDF versions of our books. Instead, we give the passwords needed to open our books to thank those who su...

12/26/2025

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12/20/2025

If you like to journal, we've got a book for you.
And it's a beauty!
Check out R.A.'s Your Own Promises Revealed.

12/18/2025

There is a formula for recovery. It's called the Twelve Steps.
Here's one member's story:
https://www.r-a.org/Nb_Shar6.htm

12/17/2025

Working the program, we are promised a “Permanent” recovery”and a contented useful life”(AA12&12, p 39 last line)!

Please come to strengthen each other’s recovery at today’s
Women’s RA discussion at
7.30pm London
9.30pm Jerusalem
11:30pm Tblisi
2:30pm New York
11.30AM Seattle.

Looking forward! 🫶

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12/16/2025

You like what you see here but you've never been to an R.A. meeting?
Try one today. Here's a link to the page to find R.A. meetings all over the world:

There are four phone conference meetings. To attend, you need to call the U.S. phone number 712-775-8894 You then need to enter the conference code 403535. These four phone conference meetings are all currently R.A. Solution Discussion Meetings. Newcomers are welcome. We recommend that everyone shar...

12/14/2025

Would you ike to listen to the recordings of the phone conference meetings?
You can. Here's how:
Write to RA@r-a.org and ask for the information needed to access the recordings online.

To protect the anonymity of the people who use their full names at these meetings and the confidentiality of all those who share, please do not share this information with others.

Once again, any R.A. member who would like to hear these recordings must write to R.A. at RA@r-a.org and ask for this information.

12/09/2025

Another R.A. member shares:
“Now, we come to another kind of problem: the intellectually
self-sufficient man or woman. To these, many A.A.s can say: "Yes, we
were like you-far too smart for our own good… We used our education to
blow ourselves up into prideful balloons… We who had won so handsomely
in a walk turned into all-time losers. We saw that we had to
reconsider or die. We found many in A.A. who once thought as we did.
They helped us get down to our right size. By their example they
showed us that humility and intellect could be compatible, provided we
placed humility first. When we began to do that, we received the gift
of faith, a faith which works. This faith is for you, too"
(AA 12&12, p.29 last paragraph)

Wow, does this speak to me. And I am grateful to say that it shows me how much I have gained from R.A.'s solution focused program. By. God's grace, I have gotten down to my 'right size'. This is based on a conscious contact with my Higher Power which I gained by working all 12 steps in R.A. and 'practicing these principles in all' my
'affairs'.
If I can do, you can, too! Try it, it works!