What makes an AA Home Group important? In this episode of Alcoholics Alive, Shank and Wayne share their experience with being members of an Alcoholics Anonymous Home Group and discuss the role the Home Group plays in their sobriety and the AA Fellowship.

In Meeting Shrapnel, they discuss three familiar sayings:

• "Let your past be a lesson, not a life sentence."
• "There is no growth in the comfort zone."
• "You can start your day over at any time."

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S16E8 Shank and Wayne discuss Spiritual Experience. Meeting Shrapnel dives into "If God seems far away, who moved?", "It's not fake it till you make it, it's act as if" and "We can be positive that are drinking was negative". Email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com

S16E7 Shank and Wayne share their experience with steps 10, 11 and 12. In Meeting Shrapnel they discuss "You can do any step with a 1 in front of it everyday", "I work the steps to keep my spiritual lights on" and " I need to continue to continue". If you have a comment, question or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com

S16E6 Shank and Wayne discuss making direct amends. In Meeting Shrapnel they reveiw "Keep it short, sweet and don't re-break their nose", "Make amends, not a reenactment" and "Don't start a new tab while your paying of the old bar". You can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com

S16E5 Shank and Wayne discuss Steps 4 and 5. In Meeting Shrapnel they look at "When you are going through hell, don't stop to set up camp", "Out of the head and into the open" and "Defects are like accessories, I lose one and I find another". If you have a comment, suggestion or question you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com

S16E4 Shank and Wayne discuss why the steps work. In Meeting Shrapnel they look at "Willingness without action is futile", "P.I.G.S - Person Interested in Growing Spiritually" and "H.O.G.S - Helping Others Grow Spiritually". Email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com

S16E3 Shank and Wayne talk about The First Drink. In Meeting Shrapnel they discuss "Stinking thinking precedes the drinking", "The man takes a drink, the drink takes a drink, the drink takes the man" and "I get a daily reprieve from the thinking that precedes the drinking". Email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com

S16E2 Shank and Wayne explore the importance of one alcoholic talking to another alcoholic. In Meeting Shrapnel they discuss "If they're ready you can't say anything wrong, If they're not you can't say anything right", "You are helping me more than I'm helping you" and "My selfishness gets treated by helping others". You can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com