AALA Events

09/03/2026

Sobriety fills the hole in the soul.

For years I tried to fill it with alcohol. I thought getting sober would fix it. What I’m learning is sobriety is where the real work starts.

Some days I feel physically well and think “I’m good now.” Then I remember — joy isn’t just the absence of pain. It’s what comes when I keep doing the work. Honesty, service, and continued spiritual awakening. One day at a time.

Not just staying away from a drink — but learning how to live with joy, purpose, and awakening. That’s the gift.

Still working, still growing. Just for today.

09/02/2026

Remember that the effectiveness of the 12-Step Program lies in you. Your willingness to follow the program will determine your success. If you’re ready and willing to change, there’s a higher chance you’ll succeed.

✨ THE PROGRAM WORKS — WHEN WE WORK IT ✨

The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous reminds us that recovery isn’t something that happens to us — it’s something we become willing to participate in.

The Twelve Steps give us a path, but we have to be willing to walk it. We can read the literature, attend meetings, get a sponsor, and hear the message week after week… but ultimately, willingness is the key.

AA asks us to become willing to take an honest look at ourselves, admit where we are powerless, make changes, repair the damage we’ve caused, and continue practicing these principles in our daily lives.

The program doesn’t promise that life will suddenly become easy. It promises something much greater: a new way of living.

As the Big Book says, “Half measures availed us nothing.”

So today, I choose willingness.
Willingness to change.
Willingness to grow.
Willingness to let go.
Willingness to trust the process.
And most importantly, willingness to do the work.

Because the effectiveness of this program isn’t found simply in the words on the pages.

It comes alive when we put those words into action.

One day at a time.
One step at a time.
Keep coming back. ❤️📘🙏

AALA

09/01/2026

You are missing out if you haven’t heard the grapevine podcast🍇🎙️📘

09/01/2026

Principles before personalities.

This is one of those AA lines that hits different the longer you stay sober.

It doesn’t mean personalities don’t matter. It means the principle has to come first — especially when personality wants to run the show.

When my ego wants to be right.

When resentment wants to be justified.

When fear wants to call the shots.

When I want to make it about who said it, not what is true.

In the rooms, personalities are bound to clash — different opinions, different backgrounds, different ways of working the program. The principle has to stay bigger than that. Unity and recovery come before being right or being liked.

The 12th Tradition reminds me: It’s not about me. It’s about the message. It’s about unity. It’s about staying sober and helping the next person do the same.

Unity. Service. Recovery. Those principles don’t bend for my comfort. I bend for them.

Today I try to practice this everywhere — not just in the rooms. At work. At home. In traffic. When I want to react, I pause and ask: What’s the principle here?

The personality will always want credit. The principle just wants me to stay sober and be useful.

One day at a time. 🙏

08/31/2026

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS. 💜

They were not their worst day. They were not a statistic, a choice, or a moral failure.

They were someone’s child. Someone’s parent. Someone’s friend. Someone who loved and was deeply loved.

Overdose doesn’t discriminate, and shame doesn’t save lives. Compassion does. Conversation does. Checking on each other does.

Today we remember those we’ve lost, we hold space for those who are grieving, and we stand with those who are still struggling. You are not forgotten. You are not alone.

If you lost someone you loved - keep loving them out loud.

08/31/2026

Well said. Stay in the present moment 🙌👏🙌

08/31/2026

Judging others is just a clumsy attempt to hide from the flaws we refuse to face in ourselves.

In recovery we learn this fast.

If I spot it, I got it.

The Big Book says “the root of our trouble is us.” p.62. Every resentment, every judgment I pointed at you was a mirror. A defect I didn’t want to own.

That’s why we do Step 4. A fearless moral inventory. Not to clean up your side of the street — to finally sweep our own.

The 12&12 reminds us: “We must be hard on ourselves, but always considerate of others.”

When I’m busy judging your inventory, I’m avoiding mine.

Today I pause and ask: What am I really trying not to see in myself? What flaw am I projecting?

Sobriety isn’t about becoming perfect. It’s about becoming honest enough to own our part.

Keep coming back. 🤍

08/30/2026

S-E-A YOU ALL AT THE BEACH TODAY!!! 🌊🏖️

YES - TODAY!! I’m talking S-E-A, like the ocean, the waves, the sand between your toes!

Don’t miss this - TODAY Sunday Aug 30th | 12pm-4pm at Will Rogers State Beach aka Ginger Rogers State Beach!

This is FELLOWSHIP in the S-E-A! Come bond, meet your people, have fun, and make real memories in the sun.

You might just meet your new sober posse today - the group you’re going to travel this road of happy destiny with, happy, joyous & free!

I want to S-E-A YOU ALL THERE TODAY!

Bring your friends, bring your allies, bring your sponsor, bring your sponsee - ALL are welcome in the S-E-A of recovery!

Food | Music | Volleyball | Boogie Boarding | Good Vibes

Suggested Donation $20 - No one turned away for lack of Sand Dollars

Right after the 11am Life’s a Beach AA Meeting
S-E-A you in the S-E-A!! 🌴☀️

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08/30/2026

An active addict counts their miseries.💔

A recovering addict counts their blessings.🙏

You cannot walk toward relapse while actively thanking the universe for your blessings.❤️🙏

Miseries kept me loaded. Blessings keep me sober.

In AA we learn that gratitude is the antidote to relapse. You can’t be in self-pity and gratitude at the same time. Every time I count a blessing, I’m taking a step AWAY from a drink, AWAY from a drug, and TOWARD my Higher Power.

Today I choose gratitude over misery. ODAT.

A grateful alcoholic will never drink.

Gratitude is not just a feeling, it’s a direction.

08/29/2026