Recently, I was a participant at a business meeting of our regular SA meeting. Having been in SA for four-and-a-half years and coming up on my fourth anniversary, I have attended my fair share of business meetings. However, this group conscience meeting was a test for everything that I’ve learned and read in the past four-and-a-half years. All I can say is that I left the meeting feeling as if I needed another meeting. The anger and resentment that it brought up in me was carried within for too long a time.

It seemed that no matter how much I prayed, talked to my sponsor or to other people, these feelings were not lifted from me. But one thing I did pick up from this meeting was something called Discovering the Principles. I thought, what’s this? Some new literature I haven’t read? How come I haven’t been told about this?

I discovered this small pamphlet has been around for as long as I’ve been in SA. Then I checked with our literature person and was told that we’ve had it for quite a while. So for the small sum of $2.00, I picked up a copy and began reading it. I devoured everything I was reading. Having read it, I found that the resentments and anger that I was carrying around were lifted. The section on group conscience meetings totally lifted from me the resentments I felt at the time and hadn’t had the power to change.

I now carry this book with me daily along with my other literature and make this a part of my SA reading for the day. Now I have another tool to add to my SA arsenal and one I thank my Higher Power for in my daily prayers.