Alcoholics Anonymous

amanda2u2 · amanda2u2

I think Rick and I are trying to get into chat,,, want to join us? when you try to get in now.. u have to click on the little box that says to 'run' something. amanda

Rick · Rick

I SEE U ONLINE NOW HAVE A GOOD DAY

Phil · Phil

Acceptance Our basic recovery concept that never loses its power to work miracles is the concept called acceptance. We do not achieve acceptance in a moment. We often have to work through a mirage of feelings - sometimes anger, outrage, shame, self-pity, or sadness. But if acceptance is our g...

flumpy · flumpy

HI ALL, I DON'T WANNA SOUND DIMM EVENTHOUGH I KNOW I AM ABOUT TO!

I KNOW THAT THIS SITE SAYS YOU HAVE ON-LINE MEETINGS, BUT I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYONE IN THERE, IS IT JUST ME OR DO YOU ALL NOT TAKE PART IN THAT???? I WENT IN THERE LAST SEPTEMBER AND THERE WERE TWO PEOPLE IN THERE BUT NEV...

Doll · Doll

THE LOVE IN THEIR EYES Some of us won't believe in God, others can't, and still others who do not believe that God exists have no faith whatever He will perform this miracle. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 25 It was the changes I saw in the new people who came into the Fellowship that helped me lose...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

Three men sat down at a bar, each ordered a beer. One was a very light drinker, the second man was a heavy drinker, and the third man was a raging Alcoholic. It was an outdoor cafe, and within minutes, there was a fly sitting on top of each beer. In looking at their beers, the first man, looked,...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

Hi to all, Just want to make a Post about the Gratitude I feel today. The first thing that i feel Grateful for is that I am in Recovery, going to meetings, even when I don't like them, not liking a meeting is really not the point of going to a meeting. (Thank you, Rick) Well today the meeting I went...

Rob · Rob

I just thought i might share with you last saturday.. The last few weeks i have been so pissed on friday night that iv been able to do bugger all saturday.. Well last friday i did drink, i did get drunk but i didnt go ott.. I was able to get up saturday morning and go fishing with my dad.. We caught b...

Rick · Rick

Shame-filled people feel that something is wrong at their very core. It is a sense of being bad . . .. --Susan Kwiecien Nobody is rotten to the core. Whenever we start to believe we are bad all the way through, we can picture good things we have done, days when someone else was happy to be with us, and...

Rick · Rick

Thought For The Day: "I'd rather hunt with Cheney than ride with Kennedy."

Rick · Rick

"When we retire at night, we constructively review our day. Were we resentful, selfish, dishonest or afraid? Do we owe an apology? Have we kept something to ourselves which should be discussed with another person at once? Were we kind and loving toward all? What could we have done better? Were we thin...

Phil · Phil

Patience and Tolerance By Margaret Ann Lembo According to Random House Dictionary, tolerance is “1. a liberal spirit toward opinions and practices that differ from one’s own; 2. the power to endure or resist discomfort or hardship.” To tolerate is “1. to allow without hindrance.”...

Doll · Doll

COMMITMENT Understanding is the key to right principles and attitudes, and right action is the key to good living. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 125 There came a time in my program of recovery when the third stanza of the Serenity Prayer -- "The wisdom to know the difference" -- became indeli...

Pauly · Pauly

3 weeks tomorrow since I had a drink, in some respects it`s fairly straightforward to have broken the habit, in other ways not. Here`s a thing that`s bothering me, I`d value you guys and your imput...I`m beginning to recognise that some of the dreadful decisions I`ve made have been infl...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

hi Rob, I have noticed that you have been checking us out here. And the Good news that you did not go out to get some more liquor, is A GREAT BIG DEAL. The only REQUIREMENT for becoming a member of Alcoholics Anonymous, is a DESIRE to quit drinking. I get the feeling you are coming to that c...

Doll · Doll

Thank God MY craving has been lifted. You want to talk about a "reason" to drink. My 15 yr old is facing JAIL time in just a few short days. He made some bad choices, he put himself in the situation. I MUST accept the outcome. I MUST believe nothing happens in God's world by mistake. I MU...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

Hi Trudi, Just want to say Hi, and hope that today is a better day for you. Seems like a Great Big Black Clowd went by yesterday, for a lot of us, and hope it has passed by, and stays away. Were you able to go to a meeting yesterday?, and get some time for yourself?? Love, Toni

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

Well I woke up, and my first thought was that I needed to do a 10th step here on MIP. Felt I should have kept all that misery to myself. But I don' really understand a lot the Program, and that's a good thing. I do know that "no matter what" I did not drink through those "Black out emotions" tha...

Rick · Rick

God is not a cosmic bellboy. --Harry Emerson Fosdick We have to laugh when we look back at the times we treated God like our servant. Who did we think we were, ordering God to do something for us? But we got away with it. God even did some of the things we asked. Now we know that our Higher Powe...

Rick · Rick

It is always a mistake not to close one's eyes, whether to forgive or to look better into oneself. --Maurice Maeterlinck It is easy to look outward and find faults with the world and people around us. We criticize family members or complain about our friends. We always notice disease in the tree...

Rick · Rick

A man and his wife are dining at a table in a plush restaurant, and the husband keeps staring at a drunken lady swigging her gin as she sits alone at a nearby table. The wife asks, "Do you know her?" "Yes," sighs the husband, "She's my ex-wife. She took to drinking right after we divorced seven y...

Doll · Doll

TAKING ACTION Are these extravagant promises? We think not. They are being fulfilled among us--sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly. They will always materialize if we work for them. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 84 One of the most important things A.A. has given me, in addition to freedom from booze,...

amanda2u2 · amanda2u2

Well, here it is again,,, snuck up on me this time,, but now I recognize the triggers. I thought I was getting through the day alright,,, well,,, maybe I am, but not without the urge to drink. I don't know... reasons? Valentine's Day alone, worki...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

Hi There everyone. Today is a day where I can honestly say I feel like a Mack Truck ran into me, head on. I think because it is Valentine's day, I have been missing my little Annie Pie, my cat of over 15 years. I don't like Grief, as a matter of Fact, I friggen hate it. I do not understand wh...

Rick · Rick

BEER TROUBLESHOOTING CHART SYMPTOM   ACTION Feet cold and wet. Glass being held at incorrect angle. Rotate glass so t...

vaughn · vaughn

I've just made the decision to start aa. I'm at the bottom and see little light ahead. Alcohol is running my life and I realize I'm no longer able to control my world. I have found a local chapter that I want to visit and frankly I'm scared to death. I know there are others here that have been where I am.

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

hi guys happy LOVE DAY to all!!! well the worst work in my house re-decor is over and i feel like rigormortis is setting in my tired body!!! i checked my pulse this am to see if i was still alive!!! the place (floors) looks great!!! i'll tell ya, i was...

trudi · trudi

Just right now I feel so very low like life is worth nothing I have two beautiful kids and every day I think I will live just for them and then they start hitting me or playing up by throwing things and I feel helpless again. At the moment I am truly finding it hard to live life on lifes terms and I desper...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

Well, something strange happenend this morning. I went into Start a new Topic, made a Valentines Day little Post with little hearts all over the page, lost that one, and tried doing it again, lost that one too. So, the other day when I read the Post on "Does Anyone Else Hate Valentines Day?"&...

Rick · Rick

AA on Toast February 1956 AA Grapevine This is what I told Joe: "There are no musts in AA. Take it cafeteria style -- take it your own way. Don't worry about the spiritual part of the program. Take the First Step, but never mind the rest of them right now. Just stay away from the first drink for twen...

Rick · Rick

Some helpful acronyms for today: F.I.N.E. [I'm] Frustrated, Insecure, Neurotic, Emotional F.E.A.R. Face Everything And Recover N.U.T.S. Not Using The Steps E.G.O. Edging God Out D.E.N.I.A.L. Don't Even Notice I Am Lying H.A.L.T. [Don't get too] Hungry, Angry, Lone...

Doll · Doll

Loving others begins with respect So many books have been written on how to love that many of us assume we don't know how and maybe will never learn. We can simplify the process, however, by focusing on the Golden Rule. For starters, we can treat others as respectfully as we'd like to be treated. Peo...

Doll · Doll

EXPECTATIONS vs. DEMANDS Burn the idea into the consciousness of every man that he can get well regardless of anyone. The only condition is that he trust in God and clean house. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 98 Dealing with expectations is a frequent topic at meetings. It isn't wrong to expect progress of...

Bonzo43 · Bonzo43

http://www.beliefnet.com/story/46/story_4696_1.html

Doll · Doll

WE CAN'T THINK OUR WAY SOBER To the intellectually self-sufficient man or woman, many A.A.'s can say, "Yes, we were like you--far too smart for our own good.... Secretly, we felt we could float above the rest of the folks on our brain power alone." AS BILL SEES IT, p. 60 Even the most brilliant mind is no d...

Rick · Rick

When we seek to be "good" in a Christian way, we usually think of giving--after all, God has given so much to us. But in the Bible, that's not all there is to goodness. The Bible's examples of goodness come in two ways. We tend to focus on God's goodness as a sudden blessing, an undeserved gen...

Rick · Rick

When a person is concerned only with giving, there is no anxiety. --Gerald Jampolsky Whatever we give away returns to us, manifold. When we show love or understanding, when we are gentle or express genuine concern, usually the same will come right back to us. Perhaps not in kind, maybe n...

AM444 · AM444

Hello: I am here because I need some place to go for support and inspiration. I was sober 2 years, but began to drink again. I now live in a small town where I truly can't go to meetings because of my profession... won't go into that here. I really need an online meeting and perhaps some time soon a sponsor...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

Hi everyone, This has been something that has been bugging me for a couple of days and would love to get some feed-back. I personally don't care for the saying "Stick with the Winners" because I have never understood what, exactly, it means. Who represents the winners???? who are they, a...

amanda2u2 · amanda2u2

well, I'm still at it,,, and progress is being made,,, however slowly. I feel like this is kind of analagous to my recovery journey in general. I've done a little bit as often as I can in the bedroom. An hour one day, and then my shoulder hurts for a couple of days and goes numb, so I have...

benny33 · benny33

ok just wanted to say hi to everyone let you all know im doing ok. the funneral wasnt thatfun but it was certainly a tribute to her life and was beautifull.now im stuck in a hotell room another day with the wife and kidds (which is a great thing by the way)the wife and i have had a lott of time to alk about thing...

Rick · Rick

Oh, a trouble's a ton, or a trouble's an ounce, Or a trouble is what you make it, And it isn't the fact that you're hurt that counts, But only how you take it. --Edmund Vance Cooke Once, a woman decided to throw a problem-exchange party. As guests arrived, they shed all their personal problems and t...

Rick · Rick

Reflection for the Day Since I came to The Program, I've begun to recognize my previous inability to form a true partnership with another person. It seems that my egomania created two disastrous pitfalls. Either I insisted upon dominating the people I knew, or I depended on them far too mu...

Doll · Doll

"THE ROOT OF OUR TROUBLES" Selfishness--self-centeredness! That, we think, is the root of all our troubles. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 62 How amazing the revelation that the world, and everyone in it, can get along just fine with or without me. What a relief to know that people, places and things will...

amanda2u2 · amanda2u2

I don't know.. the stuff is only loading halfway, and not really working right. Is it me? or are other people having problems right now too? amanda

Rick · Rick

Dr. Bob defining humility: On his desk, Dr. Bob had a plaque defining humility: "Perpetual quietness of heart. It is to have no trouble. It is never to be fretted or vexed, irritable or sore; to wonder at nothing that is done to me, to feel nothing done against me. It is to be at rest when nobody praises me,...

Rick · Rick

Our book is meant to be suggestive only. We realize that we only know a little. God will constantly disclose more to you and to us. Ask Him in your morning mediation what you can do each day for the man who is still sick. The answers will come if your own house is in order. But obviously you cannot transmit so...

flumpy · flumpy

Hi again all, firstly thankyou all that replyed to my recent post.

I have just thought of something and was wondering if anyone here can answer my question??????? I have come to belive/understand that the main reason I drank was because I was so unhappy with my life (depressed) , parent...

Cabbageheadchris · Cabbageheadchris

Hi all, found this on a internet search (Lazy B@*&**d just copied and pasted!) There is a place I go to It's called Oblivion, An easy place to get to Go right ahead and carry on. The thing is, I have no recall Of what goes on in there, Im left with occasional flashbacks and a feeling of desp...

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	hey toni (Preview) *I think Rick and I are trying to get into chat,,, want to join us?* *when you try to get in now.. u have to click on the little box that says to 'run' something.* *amanda*	amanda2u2	1	258	Feb 17, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	GOOD MORNING AMANDA (Preview) I SEE U ONLINE NOW HAVE A GOOD DAY	Rick	1	261	Feb 17, 2006 by amanda2u2
	Acceptance (Preview) Acceptance Our basic recovery concept that never loses its power to work miracles is the concept called acceptance. We do not achieve acceptance in a moment. We often have to work through a mirage of feelings - sometimes anger, outrage, shame, self-pity, or sadness. But if acceptance is our g...	Phil	5	283	Feb 17, 2006 by Phil
	meetings (Preview) HI ALL, I DON'T WANNA SOUND DIMM EVENTHOUGH I KNOW I AM ABOUT TO! I KNOW THAT THIS SITE SAYS YOU HAVE ON-LINE MEETINGS, BUT I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYONE IN THERE, IS IT JUST ME OR DO YOU ALL NOT TAKE PART IN THAT???? I WENT IN THERE LAST SEPTEMBER AND THERE WERE TWO PEOPLE IN THERE BUT NEV...	flumpy	2	291	Feb 17, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	Daily Reflections Feb 17 (Preview) THE LOVE IN THEIR EYES Some of us won't believe in God, others can't, and still others who do not believe that God exists have no faith whatever He will perform this miracle. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 25 It was the changes I saw in the new people who came into the Fellowship that helped me lose...	Doll	0	253	Feb 17, 2006 by Doll
	Three Men being served 3 Beers (Preview) Three men sat down at a bar, each ordered a beer. One was a very light drinker, the second man was a heavy drinker, and the third man was a raging Alcoholic. It was an outdoor cafe, and within minutes, there was a fly sitting on top of each beer. In looking at their beers, the first man, looked,...	Toni Baloney	1	284	Feb 17, 2006 by Rick
	The Very Scary Statistics (Preview) Hi to all, Just want to make a Post about the Gratitude I feel today. The first thing that i feel Grateful for is that I am in Recovery, going to meetings, even when I don't like them, not liking a meeting is really not the point of going to a meeting. (Thank you, Rick) Well today the meeting I went...	Toni Baloney	8	332	Feb 17, 2006 by amanda2u2
	Last Saturday, a good day.. Rob (Preview) I just thought i might share with you last saturday.. The last few weeks i have been so pissed on friday night that iv been able to do bugger all saturday.. Well last friday i did drink, i did get drunk but i didnt go ott.. I was able to get up saturday morning and go fishing with my dad.. We caught b...	Rob	6	280	Feb 18, 2006 by Rob
	today's thought (Preview) *Shame-filled people feel that something is wrong at their very core. It is a sense of being bad . . .. --Susan Kwiecien* Nobody is rotten to the core. Whenever we start to believe we are bad all the way through, we can picture good things we have done, days when someone else was happy to be with us, and...	Rick	0	240	Feb 16, 2006 by Rick
	think (Preview) Thought For The Day: "I'd rather hunt with Cheney than ride with Kennedy."	Rick	4	297	Feb 17, 2006 by amanda2u2
	BB quote (Preview) "When we retire at night, we constructively review our day. Were we resentful, selfish, dishonest or afraid? Do we owe an apology? Have we kept something to ourselves which should be discussed with another person at once? Were we kind and loving toward all? What could we have done better? Were we thin...	Rick	4	263	Feb 16, 2006 by amanda2u2
	Patience And Tolerance (Preview) Patience and Tolerance By Margaret Ann Lembo According to Random House Dictionary, tolerance is “1. a liberal spirit toward opinions and practices that differ from one’s own; 2. the power to endure or resist discomfort or hardship.” To tolerate is “1. to allow without hindrance.”...	Phil	5	8636	Feb 16, 2006 by jersey
	Daily Reflections Feb 16 (Preview) COMMITMENT Understanding is the key to right principles and attitudes, and right action is the key to good living. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 125 There came a time in my program of recovery when the third stanza of the Serenity Prayer -- "The wisdom to know the difference" -- became indeli...	Doll	0	253	Feb 15, 2006 by Doll
	Stuff already in the pipeline (Preview) 3 weeks tomorrow since I had a drink, in some respects it`s fairly straightforward to have broken the habit, in other ways not. Here`s a thing that`s bothering me, I`d value you guys and your imput...I`m beginning to recognise that some of the dreadful decisions I`ve made have been infl...	Pauly	5	407	Feb 18, 2006 by sheilasdad
	Welcome ! Rob (Preview) hi Rob, I have noticed that you have been checking us out here. And the Good news that you did not go out to get some more liquor, is A GREAT BIG DEAL. The only REQUIREMENT for becoming a member of Alcoholics Anonymous, is a DESIRE to quit drinking. I get the feeling you are coming to that c...	Toni Baloney	4	468	Feb 16, 2006 by Rob
	I DON'T want a drink & I should!!! (Preview) Thank God MY craving has been lifted. You want to talk about a "reason" to drink. My 15 yr old is facing JAIL time in just a few short days. He made some bad choices, he put himself in the situation. I MUST accept the outcome. I MUST believe nothing happens in God's world by mistake. I MU...	Doll	13	708	Feb 17, 2006 by Doll
	To: TRUDI (Preview) Hi Trudi, Just want to say Hi, and hope that today is a better day for you. Seems like a Great Big Black Clowd went by yesterday, for a lot of us, and hope it has passed by, and stays away. Were you able to go to a meeting yesterday?, and get some time for yourself?? Love, Toni	Toni Baloney	1	280	Feb 15, 2006 by trudi
	A Better Day! (Preview) Well I woke up, and my first thought was that I needed to do a 10th step here on MIP. Felt I should have kept all that misery to myself. But I don' really understand a lot the Program, and that's a good thing. I do know that "no matter what" I did not drink through those "Black out emotions" tha...	Toni Baloney	3	300	Feb 15, 2006 by amanda2u2
	Today's gift (Preview) *God is not a cosmic bellboy. --Harry Emerson Fosdick* We have to laugh when we look back at the times we treated God like our servant. Who did we think we were, ordering God to do something for us? But we got away with it. God even did some of the things we asked. Now we know that our Higher Powe...	Rick	0	220	Feb 15, 2006 by Rick
	Are u perfect ? (Preview) *It is always a mistake not to close one's eyes, whether to forgive or to look better into oneself. --Maurice Maeterlinck* It is easy to look outward and find faults with the world and people around us. We criticize family members or complain about our friends. We always notice disease in the tree...	Rick	2	319	Feb 16, 2006 by GammyRose
	Man and Wife (Preview) A man and his wife are dining at a table in a plush restaurant, and the husband keeps staring at a drunken lady swigging her gin as she sits alone at a nearby table. The wife asks, "Do you know her?" "Yes," sighs the husband, "She's my ex-wife. She took to drinking right after we divorced seven y...	Rick	1	292	Feb 15, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	Daily Reflections Feb 15 (Preview) TAKING ACTION Are these extravagant promises? We think not. They are being fulfilled among us--sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly. They will always materialize if we work for them. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 84 One of the most important things A.A. has given me, in addition to freedom from booze,...	Doll	0	257	Feb 15, 2006 by Doll
	I want a drink (Preview) Well, here it is again,,, snuck up on me this time,, but now I recognize the triggers. I thought I was getting through the day alright,,, well,,, maybe I am, but not without the urge to drink. I don't know... reasons? Valentine's Day alone, worki...	amanda2u2	10	460	Feb 15, 2006 by recovering jb
	Coping with Grief (Preview) Hi There everyone. Today is a day where I can honestly say I feel like a Mack Truck ran into me, head on. I think because it is Valentine's day, I have been missing my little Annie Pie, my cat of over 15 years. I don't like Grief, as a matter of Fact, I friggen hate it. I do not understand wh...	Toni Baloney	1	336	Feb 15, 2006 by Rick
	beer drinking chart (Preview) *BEER TROUBLESHOOTING CHART* SYMPTOM   ACTION Feet cold and wet. Glass being held at incorrect angle. Rotate glass so t...	Rick	0	478	Feb 14, 2006 by Rick
	Getting started (Preview) I've just made the decision to start aa. I'm at the bottom and see little light ahead. Alcohol is running my life and I realize I'm no longer able to control my world. I have found a local chapter that I want to visit and frankly I'm scared to death. I know there are others here that have been where I am.	vaughn	5	403	Feb 15, 2006 by Doll
	HAPPY LOVE DAY!!! (Preview) hi guys happy LOVE DAY to all!!! well the worst work in my house re-decor is over and i feel like rigormortis is setting in my tired body!!! i checked my pulse this am to see if i was still alive!!! the place (floors) looks great!!! i'll tell ya, i was...	rosie light shines	1	295	Feb 14, 2006 by Rick
	I feel so low (Preview) Just right now I feel so very low like life is worth nothing I have two beautiful kids and every day I think I will live just for them and then they start hitting me or playing up by throwing things and I feel helpless again. At the moment I am truly finding it hard to live life on lifes terms and I desper...	trudi	6	358	Feb 17, 2006 by trudi
	So There! (Preview)	Toni Baloney	0	237	Feb 14, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	It Just would not Post (Preview) Well, something strange happenend this morning. I went into Start a new Topic, made a Valentines Day little Post with little hearts all over the page, lost that one, and tried doing it again, lost that one too. So, the other day when I read the Post on "Does Anyone Else Hate Valentines Day?"&...	Toni Baloney	1	301	Feb 14, 2006 by GammyRose
	AA on Toast (Preview) AA on Toast February 1956 AA Grapevine This is what I told Joe: "There are no musts in AA. Take it cafeteria style -- take it your own way. Don't worry about the spiritual part of the program. Take the First Step, but never mind the rest of them right now. Just stay away from the first drink for twen...	Rick	1	470	Feb 14, 2006 by GammyRose
	acronyms (Preview) Some helpful acronyms for today: F.I.N.E. [I'm] Frustrated, Insecure, Neurotic, Emotional F.E.A.R. Face Everything And Recover N.U.T.S. Not Using The Steps E.G.O. Edging God Out D.E.N.I.A.L. Don't Even Notice I Am Lying H.A.L.T. [Don't get too] Hungry, Angry, Lone...	Rick	1	264	Feb 14, 2006 by amanda2u2
	Today's Thought 2/14 (Preview) Loving others begins with respect So many books have been written on how to love that many of us assume we don't know how and maybe will never learn. We can simplify the process, however, by focusing on the Golden Rule. For starters, we can treat others as respectfully as we'd like to be treated. Peo...	Doll	1	327	Feb 14, 2006 by Rick
	Daily Reflections Feb 14 (Preview) EXPECTATIONS vs. DEMANDS Burn the idea into the consciousness of every man that he can get well regardless of anyone. The only condition is that he trust in God and clean house. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 98 Dealing with expectations is a frequent topic at meetings. It isn't wrong to expect progress of...	Doll	1	729	Feb 15, 2006 by GammyRose
	Cool article I just found-link (Preview) http://www.beliefnet.com/story/46/story_4696_1.html	Bonzo43	1	286	Feb 14, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	Daily Reflections Feb 13 (Preview) WE CAN'T THINK OUR WAY SOBER To the intellectually self-sufficient man or woman, many A.A.'s can say, "Yes, we were like you--far too smart for our own good.... Secretly, we felt we could float above the rest of the folks on our brain power alone." AS BILL SEES IT, p. 60 Even the most brilliant mind is no d...	Doll	1	379	Feb 13, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	"good" in a Christian way (Preview) When we seek to be "good" in a Christian way, we usually think of giving--after all, God has given so much to us. But in the Bible, that's not all there is to goodness. The Bible's examples of goodness come in two ways. We tend to focus on God's goodness as a sudden blessing, an undeserved gen...	Rick	0	245	Feb 13, 2006 by Rick
	iT'S BETTER TO GIVE (Preview) *When a person is concerned only with giving, there is no anxiety. --Gerald Jampolsky* Whatever we give away returns to us, manifold. When we show love or understanding, when we are gentle or express genuine concern, usually the same will come right back to us. Perhaps not in kind, maybe n...	Rick	2	285	Feb 13, 2006 by amanda2u2
	Intro (Preview) Hello: I am here because I need some place to go for support and inspiration. I was sober 2 years, but began to drink again. I now live in a small town where I truly can't go to meetings because of my profession... won't go into that here. I really need an online meeting and perhaps some time soon a sponsor...	AM444	6	293	Feb 13, 2006 by AM444
	What does the word "Winner" mean to you (Preview) Hi everyone, This has been something that has been bugging me for a couple of days and would love to get some feed-back. I personally don't care for the saying "Stick with the Winners" because I have never understood what, exactly, it means. Who represents the winners???? who are they, a...	Toni Baloney	7	1360	Feb 13, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	progress report (Preview) well, I'm still at it,,, and progress is being made,,, however slowly. I feel like this is kind of analagous to my recovery journey in general. I've done a little bit as often as I can in the bedroom. An hour one day, and then my shoulder hurts for a couple of days and goes numb, so I have...	amanda2u2	4	262	Feb 13, 2006 by amanda2u2
	hi every one (Preview) ok just wanted to say hi to everyone let you all know im doing ok. the funneral wasnt thatfun but it was certainly a tribute to her life and was beautifull.now im stuck in a hotell room another day with the wife and kidds (which is a great thing by the way)the wife and i have had a lott of time to alk about thing...	benny33	3	296	Feb 12, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	our problems (Preview) *Oh, a trouble's a ton, or a trouble's an ounce, Or a trouble is what you make it, And it isn't the fact that you're hurt that counts, But only how you take it. --Edmund Vance Cooke* Once, a woman decided to throw a problem-exchange party. As guests arrived, they shed all their personal problems and t...	Rick	1	290	Feb 12, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	Defect--? (Preview) Reflection for the Day Since I came to The Program, I've begun to recognize my previous inability to form a true partnership with another person. It seems that my egomania created two disastrous pitfalls. Either I insisted upon dominating the people I knew, or I depended on them far too mu...	Rick	1	313	Feb 12, 2006 by amanda2u2
	Daily Reflections Feb 12 (Preview) "THE ROOT OF OUR TROUBLES" Selfishness--self-centeredness! That, we think, is the root of all our troubles. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 62 How amazing the revelation that the world, and everyone in it, can get along just fine with or without me. What a relief to know that people, places and things will...	Doll	0	226	Feb 12, 2006 by Doll
	is it my puter? or this site? (Preview) *I don't know.. the stuff is only loading halfway, and not really working right. Is it me? or are other people having problems right now too?* *amanda*	amanda2u2	4	297	Feb 12, 2006 by GammyRose
	Humility (Preview) Dr. Bob defining humility: On his desk, Dr. Bob had a plaque defining humility: "Perpetual quietness of heart. It is to have no trouble. It is never to be fretted or vexed, irritable or sore; to wonder at nothing that is done to me, to feel nothing done against me. It is to be at rest when nobody praises me,...	Rick	2	330	Feb 12, 2006 by Rick
	BB Pg ** I really like (Preview) Our book is meant to be suggestive only. We realize that we only know a little. God will constantly disclose more to you and to us. Ask Him in your morning mediation what you can do each day for the man who is still sick. The answers will come if your own house is in order. But obviously you cannot transmit so...	Rick	0	292	Feb 11, 2006 by Rick
	Hmmmmmm part 2 (Preview) Hi again all, firstly thankyou all that replyed to my recent post. I have just thought of something and was wondering if anyone here can answer my question??????? I have come to belive/understand that the main reason I drank was because I was so unhappy with my life (depressed) , parent...	flumpy	5	306	Feb 12, 2006 by Cabbageheadchris
	True! (Preview) Hi all, found this on a internet search (Lazy B@&*d just copied and pasted!) There is a place I go to It's called Oblivion, An easy place to get to Go right ahead and carry on. The thing is, I have no recall Of what goes on in there, Im left with occasional flashbacks and a feeling of desp...	Cabbageheadchris	6	258	Feb 11, 2006 by flumpy
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