Chronological Listing
of Weekly Topics
This is an index to chronological listings of the weekly topics discussed in GROW with links to the actual lead shares for that week.
2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019
2019
- Mar 03 : We admitted we were alcoholic and our lives had become unmanageable.
- Feb 24 : Online AA
- Feb 17 : God Could and Would If He Were Sought
- Feb 09 : Life On Life's Terms
- Feb 03 : Gifts of Sobriety
- Jan 20 : Words to Live By
- Jan 13 : Step One
- Jan 06 : from page 62 of the book, Alcoholics Anonymous
2018
- Dec 30 : Becoming More Efficient
- Dec 23 : Opportunity to be of Service
- Dec 16 : Christmas, and gratitude versus expectations/rights
- Dec 09 : Decisions in Sobriety
- Dec 02 : Suggestions
- Nov 25 : Tried & Tested Prayers
- Nov 18 : Procrastination
- Nov 11 : The List and The Solution
- Nov 04 : Anonymity
- Oct 28 : Practicing these principals in ALL our affairs
- Oct 21 : On Awakening
- Oct 14 : Sharing
- Oct 06 : Gratitude for Grow and A.A.
- Sep 30 : AA in Two Words
- Sep 23 : Isolation and Loneliness
- Sep 16 : Why Service Works/Chronic Relapsers
- Sep 9 : All or Nothing
- Sep 2 : Attitude Adjustment
- Aug 26 : AA Literature
- Aug 19 : Accountability is Sustainability
- Aug 12 : No God, no peace. Know God, know peace
- Aug 5 : Listening Deeply
- Jul 29 : Growing up in AA
- Jul 22 : Accepting Others As They Are
- Jul 15 : Feelings in Sobriety
- Jul 8 : ALCOHOLIC WHO STILL SUFFERS: LIFE ON LIFE'S TERMS
- Jul 1 : 4 Reasons Why I'm Active in AA
- Jun 24 : "Firsts" in Sobriety
- Jun 17 : Emotional Sobriety/ Emotional Hangover
- Jun 10 : The Trappings of Texting
- Jun 3 : Step One
- May 27 : Growing
- May 20 : The AA Group - home or away, f2f or online
- May 13 : Outlook on Life Will Change
- May 6 : Page 164
- Apr 29 : The Serenity Prayer
- Apr 22 : The Second Promise
- Apr 15 : Emotional Sobriety
- Apr 8 : Spiritual Awakening and the Importance of Service
- Apr 1 : Progress not Perfection
- Mar 25 : Fellowship
- Mar 18 : How to Find Happy Sobriety
- Mar 11 : It's an inside job
- Mar 4 : Putting Gratitude In Your Attitude
- Feb 25 : AA is a We Program
- Feb 18 : Serenity Prayer
- Feb 11 : Phrases and Slogans
- Feb 4: Alcohol's Hold Over Us
- Jan 28 : Time
- Jan 21 : Connecting with your Higher Power
- Jan 14 : Being an Example
- Jan 7 : Step 1
2017
- Dec 31 : Untreated Alcoholism
- Dec 24 : One Day at a Time
- Dec 17 : Complacency
- Dec 10 : Step 12, Faith and Action?
- Dec 3 : Have I Hit Bottom?
- Nov 26 : Dealing with Ego
- Nov 19 : Working the Program
- Nov 12 : Sharing the Miracles
- Nov 5 : Let go, Let God
- Oct 29 : Contempt prior to investigation
- Oct 22 : Not My Circus; Not My Monkeys
- Oct 15 : Complacency
- Oct 08 : The path - Surrendering
- Oct 01 : Looking for Similarities
- Sep 23 : What's in your Toolbox?
- Sep 16 : Surrender
- Sep 09 : Discipline, Practice, and Resting on Our Laurels
- Sep 02 : Spiritual Malady in our threefold illness
- Aug 27 : What I know now
- Aug 20 : Acceptance
- Aug 12 : We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace.
- Aug 5 : A Worker among Workers
- Jul 29 : The Three Pertinent Ideas
- Jul 22 : Paradoxes in our Program
- Jul 15 : Fear and (self)loathing in sobriety
- Jul 8 : Practicing Gratitude
- Jul 1 : A Power Greater than Ourselves
- Jun 25 : Secrets
- Jun 18 : The Need to Change
- Jun 11 : Honesty and Hope
- Jun 3 : Meeting Suggestions
- May 27 : Taking Action
- May 20 : Freedom in Sobriety
- May 13 : About Experience
- May 7 : Forgiveness
- Apr 30 : Self Acceptance
- Apr 23 : The Slogans
- Apr 16 : Half measures avail us nothing
- Apr 9 : Control
- Apr 2 : Willingness
- Mar 26 : Keep it Simple
- Mar 19 : Who is driving the bus?
- Mar 12 : What is your bubble to stay sober?
- Mar 5 : Step 10
- Feb 27 : Design for living that works in rough going
- Feb 19 : Reliance on God
- Feb 12 : Dealing with Grief in Sobriety
- Feb 5 : Humility
- Jan 29 : We absolutely insist on enjoying life
- Jan 22 : Laughter
- Jan 15 : In God's Hands
- Jan 8 : Your actions when no one is watching
- Jan 1 : Deep Breath and Pause, Exhale, Deep Breath...
2016
- Dec 25 : The Promises
- Dec 18 : We are NOT a glum lot.
- Dec 11 : Staying sober...No Matter What
- Dec 4 : Expectations Low, Acceptance High
- Nov 27 : A Vision for You.
- Nov 20 : Steps 4 and 5
- Nov 13 : Fear
- Nov 6 : Acceptance at a slightly new level
- Oct 31 : Tenth Step Inventory
- Oct 23 : Putting sobriety first
- Oct 16 : U-Turns. How to handle your mistakes?
- Oct 9 : Dealing with Grief in Sobriety
- Oct 2 : Accepting Hardship as the Pathway to Peace
- Sep 25 : Dry Drunk Syndrome
- Sep 18 : Service
- Sep 11 : Do the Next Right Thing
- Sep 4 : Spiritually Fit vs.Bedevilments
- Aug 28 : Attraction not Promotion
- Aug 21 : Tolerance
- Aug 14 : Keeping It Simple!
- Aug 7 : Staying in the Solution
- July 31 : Cravings
- July 24 : First Things First
- Jul 17 : Forgiving Ourselves
- Jul 10 : Halfway Through …
- Jul 3 : Keep It All in Perspective
- Jun 26 : The Gift of Sobriety
- Jun 19 : Emotional Hangovers
- Jun 12 : Letting Go of Resentments
- Jun 5 : Expect Miracles Big and Small
- May 29 : Work with Other Alcoholics
- May 22 : Fun in Sobriety
- May 15 : The Day I Stopped Drinking
- May 8 : ACCEPTANCE and How It Works in your Life
- May 1 : Good Advice
- Apr 24 : Acceptance
- Apr 17 : A Vision For You
- Apr 17 : A Tool in your Recovery Toolbox
- Apr 10 :The Family Afterward
- Apr 2 : Keeping Sobriety as My Number 1 Priority and Not Taking it for Granted
- Mar 27 : Rebirth, New Beginning
- Mar 20 : Service
- Mar 13 : Honesty
- Mar 6 : Personal Power/Powerlessness
- Feb 28 : Promise #2
- Feb 21 : 7 Deadly Sins
- Feb 14 : Anonymity
- Feb 7 : Getting What You Need
- Jan 31 : Contempt Prior to Investigation
- Jan 24 : Choosing to Surrender
- Jan 17 : Happy Usefulness
- Jan 10 : Boundaries
- Jan 3 : Just for Today
2015
- Dec 27 : Keep The Faith
- Dec 20 : Thy will be done
- Dec 13 : The Promises
- Dec 6 : What character defect are you working on today?
- Nov 29 : Stinkin' Thinkin' / Living in the solution!
- Nov 22 : How the God of my Understanding has been Working in My Life
- Nov 15 : Nightly Review Prayer
- Nov 8 : Gifts of Early Sobriety
- Nov 1 : Gratitude
- Oct 25 : Hope
- Oct 18 : Let Go and Let God
- Oct 11 : Forgiveness
- Oct 4 : Don't Drink No Matter What
- Sep 27 : Replacing Old Ideas
- Sep 20 : Have You Found What You Want?
- Sep 13 : Living Life on Life's Terms - Sober
- Sep 6 : The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous
- Aug 30 : Accepting our present circumstances
- Aug 23 : Amends
- Aug 16 : Quieting Ourselves
- Aug 9 : What does it mean to be sober?
- Aug 2 : Denial
- Jul 26 : "I am an alcoholic"
- Jul 19 : No Price Tag
- Jul 12 : Finding Serenity
- Jul 5 : How we respond
- Jun 28 : Willing To Go To Any Lengths?
- Jun 21 : Road to Recovery
- Jun 14 : Resentments and Forgiveness
- Jun 7 : Keeping My Peace
- May 31 : God Consciousness OR The Step You Are On Today
- May 24 : Pause When Agitated
- May 17 : Enjoying Life on Life's Terms
- May 10 : A Selfish Program
- May 3 : Rule 62
- Apr 26 : Keeping your Program Fresh
- Apr 19 : Life on Life's Terms
- Apr 12 : Serenity
- Apr 5 : Types of AA Meetings
- Mar 29 : Resentments
- Mar 22 : Plan the Action, Not the Results
- Mar 15 : Humility and Responsibility
- Mar 8 : Gratitude
- Mar 1 : Daily inventory
- Feb 22 : The Victory of Surrender
- Feb 15 : Practice these Principles in all our Affairs
- Feb 8 : Emotional Balance
- Feb 1 : Tolerance Keeps Us Sober
- Jan 25 : Second Thought & First Action
- Jan 18: Our whole attitude and outlook on life will change.
- Jan 11 : Guilt, Shame and Self-talk
- Jan 4 : Principles are Guides to Progress
2014
- Dec 28 : My Magnifying Mind
- Dec 21 : Step 12 & Tradition 12
- Dec 14 : Tools for Living a Sober Life
- Dec 7 : Turning Points
- Nov 30 : The Holiday Season
- Nov 23 : Hope
- Nov 16 : 10th Step Promises
- Nov 9 : Getting Rid of Old Ideas
- Nov 2 : "More Than Comfort"
- Oct 26 : Negative Self-talk
- Oct 19 : Holy Days and Holidaze
- Oct 12 : Gratitude
- Oct 5 : "Try not to live in the wreckage of the FUTURE"
- Sep 28 : Many Paths to Spirituality
- Sep 21 : The ABCs
- Sep 14 : Sponsorship
- Sep 7 : Healthy Relationships
- Aug 31 : Using tools of the program
- Aug 24 : The Next Right Thing
- Aug 17 : Giving Thanks for Tough Times
- Aug 10 : Freedom from Fear
- Aug 3 : Step One
- Jul 27 : Truth in Sobriety
- Jul 20 : Our Old Ideas
- Jul 13 : Being Here
- Jul 6 : Journey From Self-Hate
- Jun 29 : The Fourth Dimension
- Jun 22 : Service
- Jun 15 : Willingness, Patience and Labor
- Jun 8 : Change vs. Complacency
- Jun 1 : Bondage of Self
- May 25 : Belief in a Higher Power
- May 18 : Living the Serenity Prayer
- May 11 : The Ninth Promise
- May 4 : The Woman I Always Wanted To Be
- Apr 27 : Dealing With and Accepting Loss
- Apr 20 : Honesty
- Apr 13 : What does a sponsor do and not do?
- Apr 6 : The Spiritual Life is Not a Theory
- Mar 30 : Trust in God's Will
- Mar 23 : From Non-believer to Faith
- Mar 16 : Keeping Character Defects in Check
- Mar 9 : God Consciousness
- Mar 2 : Acceptance
- Feb 23 : Carrying the Message
- Feb 16 : Listening
- Feb 9 : Setting Priorities and Living in Today
- Feb 2 : Handling Stress in Sobriety
- Jan 26 : 11th Step Prayer
- Jan 19 : Stopping the Insanity
- Jan 12 : Rapt Attention
- Jan 5 : Self-Will vs. God's Will
2013
- Dec 29 : Faith & What It Is Like Today
- Dec 22 : What Brought You to Your Bottom?
- Dec 22 : Interim topic - PRAY FIRST
- Dec 15 : Relationships with Others
- Dec 8 : Acceptance
- Dec 1 : I am not alone. Thank you.
- Nov 24 : No Reservations
- Nov 17 : The ABCs
- Nov 10 : Into Action
- Nov 3 : The Gift of Sobriety
- Oct 27 : 10th Step Promises
- Oct 20 : The Family Afterward
- Oct 13 : Favorite Sayings and Slogans
- Oct 6 : Step One
- Sep 29 : Staying in the Moment / Staying Sober no matter what!
- Sep 22 : Surrender
- Sep 15 : How Do I Practice Step 10?
- Sep 8 : Habits
- Sep 1 : To be one in a....
- Aug 25 : Practicing the Principles in All Our Affairs
- Aug 18 : Staying in the Moment
- Aug 11 : 10th Step Promises
- Aug 4 : Ahhhhh! Thank You!
- Jul 28 : Getting Over the Shame
- Jul 21 : Annihilation
- Jul 14 : When it works
- Jul 7 : Troubles of My Own Making
- Jun 30 : The Need to Change
- Jun 23 : Expectations, Escape, and Practicing These Principles
- Jun 16 : Prayer, Meditation and Self-examination
- Jun 9 : HOW you work the program determines WHO you become
- Jun 2 : Personality Change
- May 26 : Coping with Wanting to Isolate
- May 19 : Because I am Sober ...
- May 12 : Practicing these Principles in All our Affairs & Thinking Things Through
- May 5 : We will Love You until You can Love Yourself
- Apr 28 : Dealing with Resentments
- Apr 21 : Dr. Bob on Humility
- Apr 14 : Letting Go
- Apr 7 : "It's the gnats that get us"
- Mar 31 : Acceptance
- Mar 24 : Trust
- Mar 17 : 'Pearls' of Sponsorship
- Mar 10 : Firsts
- Mar 3 : Practicing these Principles in All our Affairs
- Feb 24 : Attitude of Gratitude
- Feb 17 : Terminally Unique
- February 10 : Going on a Guilt Trip?
- Feb 3 : Discovering Your Understanding of Your Higher Power
- Jan 27 : The Family Afterward
- Jan 20 : Journey from Self-hate
- Jan 13 : Balance
- Jan 6 : Your Go-to Mantra
2012
- Dec 30 : Explaining Not Drinking
- Dec 23 : Staying Sober Through the Holidays
- Dec 16: YOUR spiritual journey
- Dec 9 : Honesty
- Dec 2 : FEAR
- Nov 25 : The Serenity Prayer
- Nov 18 : Happiness and Fulfillment
- Nov 4 : "We"
- Nov 4 : Amends
- Oct 28 : Letting go of bad memories
- Oct 21 : Relieve Me from the Bondage of Self
- Oct 14 : Courage
- Oct 7 : Emotional Jail
- Sep 30 : Never say Never
- Sep 23 : Adventure Called Life
- Sep 16 : Survival
- Sep 9 : Practice Practice Practice
- Sep 2 : To Thine Own Self be True
- Aug 26 : Simply How It Works
- Aug 19 : The "ISM" of Alcoholism
- Aug 12 : How do you measure your progress in sobriety?
- Aug 5 : A Short Study of the Twelve Steps of A.A.
- Jul 29 : Spiritual Experience, BB Appendix II
- Jul 22 : Your Favorite Parts of the Big Book
- Jul 15 : Remembering Why We're Here
- Jul 8 : Lessons from Sponsorship
- Jul 1 : Miracle of AA
- Jun 24 : What You Heard in Early Recovery
- Jun 17 : Fellowship, a Substitute for Alcohol
- Jun 10 : Self-Acceptance
- Jun 3 : FEAR
- May 27 : 7 Deadly Sins
- May 20 : Relieve Me of the Bondage of Self
- May 13 : Mothers and Sobriety
- May 6 : Patience/Persistence
- Apr 29 : Wasted & Lost Opportunities
- Apr 22 : The Twelve Rewards
- Apr 15 : Step Work
- Apr 8 : Seeing the World through New Lenses
- Apr 1 : No Reservations
- Mar 25 : The Four Agreements
- Mar 18 : Whatever It Takes to Stay Sober
- Mar 11 : Forcing Solutions
- Mar 4 : Fear of Change
- Feb 26 : Restraint of Pen & Tongue
- Feb 19 : Dealing with Feelings
- Feb 12 : When God Has Been there for You
- Feb 5 : Every Dark Cranny
- Jan 29 : Ego & Self Pity
- Jan 22 : Traditions & Slogans
- Jan 15 : The Serenity Prayer
- Jan 8 : Your Favorite Story or Passage of the Big Book
- Jan 1 : The 9th Step Promises
2011
- Dec 25 : How are you putting your sobriety first?
- Dec 18 : Road to Recovery
- Dec 11 : Patience and Tolerance
- Dec 4 : The Power of the Pause
- Nov 27 : 11th Step: Thy will (not mine) be done
- Nov 20 : Things You are Grateful For
- Nov 13 : Working It
- Nov 5 : Liberation and Strength
- Oct 30 : What Spirituality Means to You
- Oct 23 : Letting Up on Disciplines
- Oct 16 : It's My Choice
- Oct 9 : Detachment
- Oct 2 : Only for Today
- Sept 25 : TIME: the four letter word...
- Sept 18 : Dealing with Difficult Situations
- Sept 11 : Surrender/Step 3
- Sept 4 : The journey, perfection, where God wants me
- Aug 28 : How You Are/Are Not a Part Of
- Aug 21 : Cravings
- Aug 14 : I Want the Hand of AA to be There Always
- Aug 7 : Isolating
- Jul 31 : Patience And Understanding Succeed Every Time
- Jul 24 : Progress not perfection
- Jul 17 : Intuitive Guidance
- Jul 10 : Step One - Powerlessness
- Jul 3 : Bled of Self-sufficiency
- Jun 26 : Let Go & Let God
- Jun 19 : Emotional Hangovers
- Jun 12 : Compassion
- Jun 5 : Rigorous Honesty
- May 29 : The Pencils
- May 22 : Making Amends
- May 15 : Hearing the Truth
- May 8 : Got HP (Higher Power)?
- May 1 : Humility
- Apr 24 : Moving On
- Apr 17 : The Journey to Feeling Safe
- Apr 10 : Freedom through Sobriety
- Apr 3 : Admitting We were Alcoholic
- Mar 27 : Dealing with Resentments
- Mar 20 : Being of Service and/or Sponsorship
- Mar 13 : Change
- Mar 13 : Letting Go of Old Beliefs
- Mar 6 : Appreciating Where We've Come From
- Feb 27 : Think, Think, Think
- Feb 20 : Our Personal Spiritual Experiences
- Feb 13 : Doing the Next Right Thing
- Feb 6 : Making Your Way Back to a Daily Life of Sobriety
- Jan 30 : What I Gained in Sobriety
- Jan 23 : It Works When I Work It
- Jan 16 : One Day at a Time
- Jan 9 : Contempt Prior to Investigation
- Jan 2 : God Could and Would if He Were Sought