alcoholics-anonymous
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Rarely have we seen a person fail
Rarely have we seen a person fail SHIFT Cyclery & Coffee Bar, Eau Claire, WI, on the way up to help CXO move in to his new house in Minneapolis. I like coming here because my friends Aaron and Laura helped start it and because it helps me stay on-target and not pig out on…
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Recounting My Sobriety Day
I looked back at some of the writing I did on Sunday, September 10, 2000— my sobriety day. I woke up “with bad hangover & very fuzzy”. I also wrote that I “decided upon waking what i had suspected and hoped: today is the day. i do not want to consume drugs or alcohol today.…
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Proposed Format for Open Meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous at an Unconference
Over the weekend I participated in ORDCamp, a two-day gathering in Chicago. The format in unconference, so the majority of the agenda is determined by the attendees. Sessions are held in individual rooms and organized by the placement of big post-it notes on a grid holding rooms & times. This year I decided to try a…
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15 Years of Sobriety— All Hail Alcoholics Anonymous
Today marks 15 years of sobriety for me. I am not the most devout member of Alcoholics Anonymous, but I do try to practice these principles in all my affairs. The “Big Book“, which is actually titled, “Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Recovered from Alcoholism” is one of the…
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Popularity + Impact in Volunteer Movements: Alcoholics Anonymous, Poetry Slams, and the Path to Impact for the Civic Innovation Movement
Here’s a presentation I’m giving here later today. Hi, I’m Dan O’Neil, and I want to talk to you about popularity and impact in software. All of us here are somehow a part of the civic innovation sector of the technology industry, which has largely been a volunteer-driven movement. There are some lessons to be…