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The Solution-Focused Twelve Step Fellowship Welcome to Recoveries Anonymous. R.A. is a Twelve Step program. We have no dues or fees. For almost thirty years R.A.

We are here for those who want a full recovery from their problems and behaviors, but despite their best efforts, have yet to find a full recovery from their problems and behaviors; and for their family and friends. Do not be discouraged if you, or someone you know, have not yet found the full Twelve Step recovery you are looking for! offers you friendship, fellowship, hope, sanity, and recovery. Life will take on new meaning when you use all of our Twelve Step Program of Recovery. is open to everyone, no matter what your problems or behaviors may be. has helped thousands of men and women. Many of them had thought that they were hopeless. Please bookmark and share our web site, then Join R.A.'s Mail List. Recoveries Anonymous can help you too!

11/01/2026

From our daily journal, The Miracles Revealed:
November 1

*An illness, which only a spiritual experience will conquer*

In the Big Book, on page 34, in the second paragraph, it says:

“Many of us felt that we had plenty of character. There was a tremendous urge to cease forever. Yet we found it impossible. This is the baffling feature of alcoholism as we know it—this utter inability to leave it alone, no matter how great the necessity or the wish.”

Today I realize that, before I recovered in Recoveries Anonymous, I was often overwhelmed by guilt. I felt this guilt because I could not do things that I now know were impossible for me to do. I could not solve my problems or stop my behaviors, no matter how much I wanted to, needed to, or tried to.

I now know that only a spiritual experience could stop me from harming others, or myself.

In R.A., I learned a very simple analogy about the weather that helped to put things in perspective for me. It was pointed out that, since I could easily recognize that there was nothing I could do to control the weather, I did not take responsibility for the weather.

Since I know that I am not responsible for the weather, I don’t assume any guilt when the weather doesn’t turn out the way I want. I don’t feel I failed! I have learned to transfer this concept of absolute powerlessness to my problems and behaviors.

Thanks to Recoveries Anonymous, I now recognize that I am as absolutely, totally, and completely powerless over my problems and behaviors as I am over the weather. I am now free from the guilt I felt because I could not do the impossible.

By working all Twelve Steps within R.A., I have developed a conscious contact with a loving God. He now does for me what I could not do for myself. He has granted me a spiritual experience. He has restored me to sanity. I have recovered and no longer hurt others, or myself.

In the Big Book, on page 44, in the first paragraph, it says:

“If, when you honestly want to, you find you cannot quit entirely, or if when drinking, you have little control over the amount you take, you are probably alcoholic. If that be the case, you may be suffering from an illness which only spiritual experience will conquer.”

The Miracles Revealed ✨

10/27/2026

Another R.A. member shares
"R.A.'s suggested literature details and helps us to understand the specific course of action required for permanent recovery; therefore our function is to guide each other to the resources in this literature." (R.A.'s Second Ideal)

My R.A. friend sounded down, and told me about several things troubling her. All I could think of was a line from Emmett Fox's book, "The Sermon on the Mount". (We read it in R.A. because the pioneers of program read it.) The passage said something about faith in "the teeth of the discouraging suggestion", meaning keeping your faith even when things are tough. I started leafing through The Sermon on the Mount to find the quote. As I searched, I found other inspiring quotes, which I shared. Finally, I found the quote in the Beatitudes section of the book. As I read it aloud, I realized the whole piece was speaking to me, especially the part about having a mental stock taking or a review of your life and see if you are not still thinking wrongly in some section or other of your mind. It's not that I was doing anything terrible. I hadn't robbed or beaten anyone, but my thinking had gotten.... well, less than ideal. And if I hadn't turned to the literature to try to help another, I never would have reread that page. I'm so grateful that the pioneers of program discovered and read The Sermon on the Mount, and that we in R.A. read that, as well as other literature read by program pioneers.

10/21/2026

Founding Board Members Wanted

Recoveries Anonymous (R.A.) is on a mission to bring the original, unconditional spirit of the twelve-step recovery program to people for whom everything else has failed. Whatever the struggle or behavior, R.A. works. For 44 years, we were founder-driven, and helped thousands recover. Now, in the aftermath of the founder's passing, we need a board to continue this life-saving work.

After a month of searching, we are looking for three exceptional people to join our founding board, which is also a chance to help shape the board of your dreams:

💻 The IT Professional: Help us identify, prioritize, and modernize our outdated digital resources so we can securely reach and support more people.
⚖️ The Legal Counsel: Ensure we operate smoothly, ethically, and within all legal parameters governing nonprofits as we grow.
📊 The Nonprofit Management Expert: Bring your operational know-how to help us build sustainable systems, scale efficiently, and maximize our impact.

If you have a heart for recovery, a builder’s mentality, and want to help us lay a firm foundation for the future, we want to hear from you.

📩 Send us a DM or email [email protected] to start the conversation. Let’s change lives together.

10/20/2026

One R A member shares:

We do not indulge in cynicism over the state of the nations, nor do we carry the world's troubles on our shoulders. ( page 132)

Yesterday at my RA Solution Discussion, another member shared this quote. They talked about how it helped her maintain a sense of calm and perspective during troubling times. It reminded her that she was not in charge of the world. That's God's job.
This morning I saw some disturbing headlines, and all at once, I remembered the quote.
Today's headlines seem less heavy.

I'd like to thank the creators of the Big Book for sharing this in their instruction manual and I'd like to thank the R.A .member who shared it in our meeting.

10/19/2026

Best part of the day? Getting into the solution at our solution discussion. Join us.

Monday Zoom Solution Discussion
October 19, 2026

06:15 PM Jerusalem
07:15 PM Tbilisi
05:15 PM Rome
05:15 PM Germany
04:15 PM London
11:15 AM EST
Zoom
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Meeting ID: 868 2385 6912
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10/15/2026

An R.A. member shares:

" Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care and direction of God as we understood him. (Third Step)

I have SAD, seasonal affective disorder. What does that mean? It means as the days get shorter and there's less sunlight I get less energetic and gloomier. I'm used to it. I accept it. And I do my best to work around it. Last night, as it began to get darker I was lying on the couch reading a book when the phone rang. I could see it was a newcomer who I had tried to contact last week. I thought to myself , "I'm tired, I don't want to". And then I said, "God if you want me to talk to this person, get me up from the couch." Within seconds, I was standing up and I answered the phone. I got to get out of myself and tell her the story of how I recovered in RA .
And it was God who made that possible.

10/13/2026

From our daily journal, The Revealed
October 13

*Life will mean something at last*

In the Big Book, on page 49, in the top paragraph, it says:

“We read wordy books and indulge in windy arguments, thinking we believe this universe needs no God to explain it. Were our contentions true, it would follow that life originated out of nothing, means nothing, and proceeds nowhere.”

Today I realize how little satisfaction I received from my original belief that life
did not need the concept of God to explain it.

I often went to extremes to prove my contention. I did this, even though it left
me with an empty feeling. I felt that my life had no purpose or meaning.

I now know that working this program has inspired my imagination.

Because of Recoveries Anonymous, I have now developed a relationship with a loving God. I find great satisfaction in trying
to do His will, and in trying to be of maximum service to Him and to those about me.

Finding God within R.A., has given my life meaning at last.

In the Big Book, on page 152, in the second paragraph, it says:

“Your imagination will be fired. Life will mean something at last. The most satisfactory years of your existence lie ahead. Thus we find the fellowship, and so will you.”

The Miracles Revealed ✨

10/11/2026

From RA's Daily Journal, The Miracles Revealed
October 10

*Humbly rely on Him*

In the Big Book, on page 87, in the top paragraph, it says:

“Being still inexperienced and having just made conscious contact with God, it is not probable that we are going to be inspired at all times. We might pay for this presumption in all sorts of absurd actions and ideas.

Nevertheless, we find that our thinking will, as time passes, be more and more on the plane of inspiration. We come to rely upon it.”

Today I realize that, when I was new to the program, I was inexperienced in spiritual matters. I had not yet worked the Twelve Steps or developed my conscious contact with God. Therefore, I had a great deal of difficulty trusting that He was directing and guiding me. This was especially true when I took an action or had an idea that I thought of as absurd.

I now know that, if I wanted to recover, I had to go “on a different basis”; the basis of not just “trusting” God, but of also “relying” upon Him. This has happened as the result of fully working all Twelve Steps within Recoveries Anonymous.

I am no longer inexperienced—I have developed my conscious contact with God.

Thanks to R.A., I have learned that I can trust Him. I can rely on the fact that He is directing and guiding my thoughts and actions.

In R.A.’s Multilith, on page 31, in the first paragraph, it says:

“For you are now to go on a different basis; the basis of trusting and relying upon God. You are to trust infinite God rather than your finite self. You are in the world to play the role He assigns. Just to the extent that you do as you think He would have you, and humbly rely on Him, does He enable you to match calamity with serenity.”

The Miracles Revealed ✨

10/09/2026

An R.A. member shares:

'Get a replacement if you cannot be here, and follow RA’s Points to Lead Zoom Solution Discussions.”
“R.A.’s Points To Lead Zoom Solution Discussions”

How have the Points to Lead benefited my recovery?
The Points to Lead Solution Discussion Meetings are critical “clear-cut directions” that help me lead meetings better, stay in the Solution, and stay out of my problems.

Like the Pioneer’s 12 Steps in R.A.’s Multilith Big Book, the Points to Lead are the “clear-cut directions” for leading R.A. Solution Discussion meetings. By following these “clear-cut directions” to read the meeting script and lead a meeting, it makes meetings easier to understand for all attendants, including newcomers.

I read the Points to Lead before every single meeting every time I lead. This helps remind me the important “clear-cut directions” to follow for the meeting format and for the attendees of the meetings. It continues to help me just as much now as it did during the first times I did service and led, back before having any experience leading. I follow the same “clear-cut directions.” People within the program know what to expect each time they come to an R.A. meeting, and newcomers quickly can see and understand the difference in R.A. meetings than other programs they may have attended. This helps everyone feel welcome and included.

I can leave any of my behaviors or symptoms at the door because prayer, God, and the meeting script guide me to be of service to everyone. As it says in R.A.’s Multilith Big Book on page 38, “Love and tolerance of others is your code.” This is a concept that has become very close in meaning to me in spiritual growth. “No matter what problem, behavior, or symptom [myself or] someone may have, each R.A. group exists to be of service to those who attend. (Points to Lead Phone Solution Discussions #20). This also upholds RA’s 1st Tradition, to put the common welfare of the fellowship first. My personal recovery depends upon the survival of the R.A. Group and entire R.A. Fellowship. (R.A. 12&12 pg 266 3rd full paragraph and pg 268 2cd full paragraph)

By God’s will, not mine, I can relax and enjoy the meeting.

10/07/2026

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