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Harbor Light – 2016/11

Harbor Light – 2016/11

“Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.” My experience with the 11th step has been a slow and begrudging progression towards a working relationship with prayer, meditation, and nightly examination of my conduct. I would […]
Harbor Light – 2016/12

Harbor Light – 2016/12

“Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.” “They describe a hand so jittery that it could not lift a pony to the lips without spilling the contents; drinking liquor from a beer stein because it can be steadied with […]
HACO Early History

HACO Early History

The earliest known appearance of Alcoholics Anonymous in the Harbor Area was when Hugh Van Aiken (deceased) made a Twelve Step Call on Daniel “Curly” O’Neill (also deceased). This was on February 4, 1941. They talked and “Curly” began his early sobriety. Soon others in the Long Beach area who had similar problems began meeting at “Curly’s” home. For some […]