Andrew Hughes

MYSTERIOUS PARADOXES: Such is the paradox of A.A. regeneration: strength arising out of complete defeat and weakness, the loss of one’s old life as a condition for finding a new…

GUIDANCE: ...this means a belief in a Creator who is all power, justice, and love; a God who intends for me a purpose, a meaning, and a destiny to grow,…

I’M PART OF THE WHOLE: At once, I became a part — if only a tiny part — of a cosmos... – TAS BILL SEES IT, page 225 – When…

THE GIFT OF LAUGHTER: At this juncture, his A.A. sponsor usually laughs. – Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, page 26 – Before my recovery from alcoholism began, laughter was one…

I’M NOT DIFFERENT: In the beginning, it was four whole years before A.A. brought permanent sobriety to even one alcoholic woman. Like the “high bottoms,” the women said they were…