Alcoholics Anonymous

Donnamaria · Donnamaria

Hello all, Been awhile since the last time I pop in. Alot as been going on in my life, dealing with the ex and other personal matters. So all I been doing is going to school and throwing myself into meetings. It's amazing. for atleast hour and a half a day, I can forget the bad things....

wantneeda · wantneeda

Today is October 27, 2005 A Great Day for Recovery! JUSTICE "Justice is truth in action." -- Benjamin Disraeli It is not enough for me to believe that a thing is true, it is important for me to live out my beliefs. For too long I had a thousand beliefs that only kept me silent. A fear of d...

Doll · Doll

The pickle jar as far back as I can remember sat on the floor beside the dresser in my parents' bedroom. When he got ready for bed, Dad would empty his pockets and toss his coins into the jar. As a small boy I was always fascinated at the sounds the coins made as they were dropped into the jar. They landed with...

Badger · Badger

 &nb...

Badger · Badger

Im looking from my bedroom window as I tap this out on the laptop, everything is so clear today, everyone says it’s the hottest October day since 18 something or other, The Solent is a dark blue strip under a great pale cloudless sky, summer has come back today, everything white is very white, the sail...

Phil · Phil

Dont know of any pills Andrew--tried antibuse to keep from drinking, but it didnt stop me. And I also didn't give a flying f.... about anything--or anyone. I didnt give a shit about anything.-- and lost everything there was to loose. I knew it was all a slow suicide--and thats where I wanted to end u...

cooncatbob · cooncatbob

I sole this off another boardbut think you'll all will enjoy it, just substitute alkie for addict. Just wanted to share a story with you that I discovered a while back. The author is anonymous, but it came from an NA newsletter. It's called "Addict In A Hole." An addict fell in a hole and couldn'...

sanddie · sanddie

It's Time.... I just wanted to share with everyone who has read my posts over the past couple of weeks in which I have been faced with much hardship in abusive situations with my employer, my daughter, my ex husband..... As some of you know, my doctor has even kept me off work until th...

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

Whoever is happy will make others happy, too. --Anne Frank Anne Frank had good reason to be unhappy, full of fear, and deeply discouraged. Years of her life were spent in a small apartment hiding from the Nazis who wanted to destroy her and her family. Yet even in this little hiding place she had hap...

TipsyMcStagger · TipsyMcStagger

Is it available to read on line? I don't mind paying for it but I don't know when I'm going to be able to get to a meeting. I'm really feeling like I need to read the "chapter to the agnostic" right now.

Mikel · Mikel

Hi, gang. I may have mentioned this before, but I am currently involved in a very intimate relationship to a woman who means a great deal to me. Unfortunately, we live 1300 miles apart, and for those of you who have ever attempted a "long-distance" romance you know at once what difficulties an...

wantneeda · wantneeda

A MISTAKEN BELIEF IS SOMETHING THAT YOU BELIEVE TO BE TRUE AND ACT AS IF IT WERE TRUE WHEN, IN FACT, IT IS FALSE. Mistaken belief #1: If you stop addictive use for a while and then begin using again, you have relapsed. Fact: Relapse cannot occur until the addict acknowledges the presence of addictive dis...

Doll · Doll

You can't make chicken salad out of chicken shit!

Phil · Phil

Never Lose Hope If you can look at the sunset and smile, then you can have hope If you can find beauty in the colors of a flower, then you still have hope If you can find pleasure in the movement of a butterfly, then you still have hope If the smile of a child can still warm your heart, then you still have hope If...

txmom · txmom

Hi all. I am not a regular poster to your side of the board but wanted to let you know of a sad event. My husband, dadrrb, was a member of this site. He didn't post often but read your posts faithfully and gained a lot of ES&H from all of you. His name was Robert. He passe...

Doll · Doll

Reflections for Beginners 'Hour To Hour - The First 30 Days' - Shelly Marshall Sometimes reality slaps us right in the face. We may be out of money, facing jail, losing a loved one, or hating our circumstances. However, right this hour we have only one true reality: SOBRIETY. Without sobriety a...

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

Emotional Sobriety "If we examine every disturbance we have, great or small, we will find at the root of it some unhealthy dependency and its consequent unhealthy demand. Let us, with God's help, continually surrender these hobbling liabilities. Then we can be set free to live and love; we may then b...

Phil · Phil

Emotional Turmoil and Healing in Separation and Divorce separation and divorce = strong emotions. This can be a wide range of very powerful emotions, including, but certainly not limited to, hurt, rage, love, longing, confusion, betrayal, surprise, guilt, failure, desperation. Sometime...

soberbrit · soberbrit

I had a sponsor but just stopped calling her. I have not had a drink for over 90 days now but don't seem to be able to stop other bad habits... i.e. being honest with myself and others. I am a horse theif and want to stop.l At the meetings everyone says that if I keep coming back things wil...

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

Abstaining from Harmful Relationships Habit sometimes locks us into relationships, which are not in our best interest. It is easy to mistake dependency for love. When we stop overeating compulsively, we can evaluate our attachments to other people with greater clarity and perception than w...

TipsyMcStagger · TipsyMcStagger

tell me what I need to do to stop. I will listen, I will do it...just tell me. I know I've been arrogant on this board in the past. I know I've been argumentative, and difficult, but I'm tired of fighting and I just want to have some peace and order in my life. -- Edited by TipsyMcStagger at 12:43, 2005-1...

wantneeda · wantneeda

Today is October 25, 2005 A Great Day for Recovery! FLEXIBILITY "Better bend than break." -- Scottish Proverb Dis-ease: to be controlling, stiff, uncomfortable and unbending. Sobriety: being relaxed, comfortable and flexible in my personal life and my interaction with o...

Doll · Doll

Hello e boa vinda. Perdoe-me, mim não falam o português, mim estão usando um tradutor em linha. Você diz que você têm 15 anos do sobriety e você para assistir a reuniões, você tem um patrocinador? Você destilador está indo às reuniões? Aqui nos EUA eu mantenho-me no contato próximo com outros membros d...

Phil · Phil

Agnes Allen's Law: Almost anything is easier to get into than out of. Army Laws: If it moves, salute it. If it doesn't move, pick it up. If you can't pick it up, paint it. &...

001jaycee · 001jaycee

http://www.soundclick.com/util/getplayer.m3u?id=2916411&q=lo

Phil · Phil

Letting Go of the Past Some people believe that each of our days were planned, Divinely Ordered, before we were born. God knew, they say, and planned exactly what was to transpire. Others suggest we chose, we participated in planning our life - the events, the people, the circumsta...

Sao · Sao

Olá, Eu gostaria muito de encontrar uma madrinha portuguesa, há por aí alguém que queira contactar comigo. Sobriedade não se pode manter sem que se tenha uma madrinha, no meu caso tornasse muito urgente comunicar o que só se pode ser comunicado na minha língua materna. Recuperação envol...

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

Acceptance "And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing, situation -- some fact of my life -- unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing, or situation as being exactly the way it i...

Phil · Phil

Emotional intimacy is one of the most wonderful experiences we ever have. Nothing else really comes close to the experience of sharing our deepest thoughts and feelings with another, of being deeply seen and known, of sharing love, passion, laughter, joy, and/or creativity. The experience of i...

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

Become nothing before God, learn to keep silent; in this silence is the beginning, which is first to seek God's kingdom. --Soren Kierkegaard So many devastating things can bring us to our knees. With experience we learn that pain and trouble are part of life. Most of us have fought against everyd...

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

Hope for Today - October 24 My years in Al-Anon made me aware that I need to be careful about how I hear and interpret certain words. Consider "defects of character" and "shortcomings," which are found in Steps Six and Seven respectively. I came into Al-Anon believing I was responsible for...

Badger · Badger

Ozzy Osbourne says he wrote the song Suicide Solution after the death of his friend Bon Scott who died after drinking heavily one winter's night and passing out in his car. Suicide Solution Wine is fine But whiskey's quicker suicide is slow with liquor Take a bottle drown your sorrows Then it...

Phil · Phil

Opening Ourselves to Love Open ourselves to the love that is available to us. We do not have to limit our sources of love. God and the Universe have an unlimited supply of what we need, including love. When we are open to receiving love, we will begin to receive it. It may come from the most surpri...

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

The 12 Steps in Plain English 1. Alcohol will kill me. 2. There's a power that wants me to live. 3. Do I want to live or die? (if you want to die, stop here) 4. Write about how I got to where I am. 5. Tell another person all about me (let God listen). 6. Want to change. 7. Ask a power greater than me to help me ch...

Doll · Doll

I hope everyone had as great a weekend as I did! Glad to be home......... missed you all Gotta get to reading now. Love and hugs Doll -- Edited by Doll at 18:21, 2005-10-23

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

...words are more powerful than perhaps anyone suspects, and once deeply engraved in a child's mind, they are not easily eradicated. --May Sarton How burdened we became, as little girls, with the labels applied by parents, teachers, even school chums. We believe about ourselves what others t...

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

Self-knowledge and self-improvement are very difficult for most people. It usually needs great courage and long struggle. --Abraham Maslow This is a simple program but it isn't easy. We cannot take the principles we learn and thereby possess them as if we were taking a class or reading a book. W...

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. --D. H. Lawrence Sometimes when we feel sorry for ourselves we will sit alone in our bedroom. We may even feel so down in the dumps that we decide to stay there, indulging in self-pity, thinking about how the world is against us. However, if we use our imagina...

wagon · wagon

hey guys. everything here is good, just that winter is starting to show its ugly face as a few snowflakes this am. oh well, winter is going to be hard for me as i dont like it and did alot of drinking in those months, as work slows down,and more idle time on my hands. everyone be safe god bless wagon:weirdfac...

wantneeda · wantneeda

Express your inner values Do your outer choices reflect your inner values? If not, then your life will move from one conflict to another. Yet when the choices you make do indeed come from the person you are, then you will travel steadily in the direction of your highest visions. When your actions are...

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

Love Takes Time Love takes time. It needs a history of giving and receiving, laughing and crying... Love never promises instant gratification, only ultimate fulfillment. Love means believing in someone, in something. It supposes a willingness to struggle, to work, to suffer, and to rej...

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

Learning to Trust Again Many of us have trust issues.Some of us tried long and hard to trust untrustworthy people. Over and again, we believed lies and promises never to be kept. Some of us tried to trust people for the impossible; for instance, trusting a practicing alcoholic not to drink again....

Phil · Phil

grant me the to accept the things I cannot change to change the things I can and the to know the difference

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

this is off the "hope for today" boy i can see my attitude changing becuz this *take" came completely spontaneous/ from my heart!!!! Hope for Today - October 22 Making amends isn't about apologizing for every problem. It's about figuring out how a relatio...

warramra · warramra

I am new to this board, and would like to share a little bit of my story. I was first introduced to AA over 12 years ago when I was 18. After starts and fits, I finally achieved a lasting sobriety when I was 19. I worked the program hard, all my friends were AA members, when I wasn't in classes or working I was do...

wantneeda · wantneeda

so i did my first night at my DWI course...for those who don't know it stands for... Driving Without Intoxication this was our first assignment...this course is a requirement for getting my drivers liscence back true or false: 1. the amount of alcohol in an average serving (1 1/2 oz.) is complete...

Phil · Phil

My wife and I divorced over religious differences. She thought that she was God, and I didnt. I dont suffer from insanity. I enjoy every minute of it. Some people are alive, only because, its illegal to kill them. I used to have a handle on life, but it broke. You're just jealous because the vo...

wantneeda · wantneeda

The Twelve Promises For Beginners (origin unknown) 1. You will know your full name and address. 2. You will be able to shave yourself 3. You will be able to dress and undress yourself. 4. You will know the town, state and country you are in. 5. You will be able to find socks that match. 6. You will be able to s...

wantneeda · wantneeda

Today is October 21, 2005 A Great Day for Recovery! CONSCIENCE "In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place." -- Mohandas Gandhi How I used to hate myself. So many times I caught myself pleasing the crowd, agreeing with people I did not understand or respect, lau...

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

faith in the "process" hi everyone, i usually do my shares on the "dailys" taken off the NA/ AA/ Hazeldon , however today i am going to do a share on MY daily....."faith in the process" this is my own journal on having "blind faith in the process"....... as i have traversed in my r...

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	hello there (Preview) Hello all, Been awhile since the last time I pop in. Alot as been going on in my life, dealing with the ex and other personal matters. So all I been doing is going to school and throwing myself into meetings. It's amazing. for atleast hour and a half a day, I can forget the bad things....	Donnamaria	3	486	Oct 27, 2005 by Phil
	"justice is truth in action" (Preview) Today is October 27, 2005 A Great Day for Recovery! JUSTICE "Justice is truth in action." -- Benjamin Disraeli It is not enough for me to believe that a thing is true, it is important for me to live out my beliefs. For too long I had a thousand beliefs that only kept me silent. A fear of d...	wantneeda	4	787	Oct 27, 2005 by rosie light shines
	The Pickle Jar (Preview) The pickle jar as far back as I can remember sat on the floor beside the dresser in my parents' bedroom. When he got ready for bed, Dad would empty his pockets and toss his coins into the jar. As a small boy I was always fascinated at the sounds the coins made as they were dropped into the jar. They landed with...	Doll	3	792	Oct 27, 2005 by CAM
	a Question about sharing (Preview)  &nb...	Badger	6	567	Oct 27, 2005 by rosie light shines
	who knows (Preview) Im looking from my bedroom window as I tap this out on the laptop, everything is so clear today, everyone says it’s the hottest October day since 18 something or other, The Solent is a dark blue strip under a great pale cloudless sky, summer has come back today, everything white is very white, the sail...	Badger	1	492	Oct 27, 2005 by Badger
	response to awilliam from above. (Preview) Dont know of any pills Andrew--tried antibuse to keep from drinking, but it didnt stop me. And I also didn't give a flying f.... about anything--or anyone. I didnt give a shit about anything.-- and lost everything there was to loose. I knew it was all a slow suicide--and thats where I wanted to end u...	Phil	1	522	Oct 26, 2005 by Doll
	Addict in a hole (Preview) I sole this off another boardbut think you'll all will enjoy it, just substitute alkie for addict. Just wanted to share a story with you that I discovered a while back. The author is anonymous, but it came from an NA newsletter. It's called "Addict In A Hole." An addict fell in a hole and couldn'...	cooncatbob	3	762	Oct 26, 2005 by Doll
	It's Time.... (Preview) It's Time.... I just wanted to share with everyone who has read my posts over the past couple of weeks in which I have been faced with much hardship in abusive situations with my employer, my daughter, my ex husband..... As some of you know, my doctor has even kept me off work until th...	sanddie	3	608	Oct 27, 2005 by rosie light shines
	Anne Frank and my gratitude (Preview) *Whoever is happy will make others happy, too. --Anne Frank* Anne Frank had good reason to be unhappy, full of fear, and deeply discouraged. Years of her life were spent in a small apartment hiding from the Nazis who wanted to destroy her and her family. Yet even in this little hiding place she had hap...	rosie light shines	2	725	Oct 26, 2005 by Trixie
	The Big Book (Preview) Is it available to read on line? I don't mind paying for it but I don't know when I'm going to be able to get to a meeting. I'm really feeling like I need to read the "chapter to the agnostic" right now.	TipsyMcStagger	5	555	Oct 26, 2005 by Phil
	A Turning Point (Preview) Hi, gang. I may have mentioned this before, but I am currently involved in a very intimate relationship to a woman who means a great deal to me. Unfortunately, we live 1300 miles apart, and for those of you who have ever attempted a "long-distance" romance you know at once what difficulties an...	Mikel	6	589	Oct 26, 2005 by Phil
	Mistaken beliefs about Relapse (Preview) A MISTAKEN BELIEF IS SOMETHING THAT YOU BELIEVE TO BE TRUE AND ACT AS IF IT WERE TRUE WHEN, IN FACT, IT IS FALSE. Mistaken belief #1: If you stop addictive use for a while and then begin using again, you have relapsed. Fact: Relapse cannot occur until the addict acknowledges the presence of addictive dis...	wantneeda	8	1895	Oct 26, 2005 by wantneeda
	Thought for today (Preview) You can't make chicken salad out of chicken shit!	Doll	5	452	Oct 26, 2005 by Phil
	Never Lose Hope (Preview) Never Lose Hope If you can look at the sunset and smile, then you can have hope If you can find beauty in the colors of a flower, then you still have hope If you can find pleasure in the movement of a butterfly, then you still have hope If the smile of a child can still warm your heart, then you still have hope If...	Phil	2	557	Oct 27, 2005 by rosie light shines
	Dadrrb (Preview) Hi all. I am not a regular poster to your side of the board but wanted to let you know of a sad event. My husband, dadrrb, was a member of this site. He didn't post often but read your posts faithfully and gained a lot of ES&H from all of you. His name was Robert. He passe...	txmom	8	753	Oct 26, 2005 by wagon
	Reflections for Beginners (Preview) Reflections for Beginners 'Hour To Hour - The First 30 Days' - Shelly Marshall Sometimes reality slaps us right in the face. We may be out of money, facing jail, losing a loved one, or hating our circumstances. However, right this hour we have only one true reality: SOBRIETY. Without sobriety a...	Doll	0	567	Oct 25, 2005 by Doll
	emotional sobriety (Preview) Emotional Sobriety "If we examine every disturbance we have, great or small, we will find at the root of it some unhealthy dependency and its consequent unhealthy demand. Let us, with God's help, continually surrender these hobbling liabilities. Then we can be set free to live and love; we may then b...	rosie light shines	5	827	Oct 25, 2005 by rosie light shines
	Another Turmoil and Healing thing (Preview) Emotional Turmoil and Healing in Separation and Divorce separation and divorce = strong emotions. This can be a wide range of very powerful emotions, including, but certainly not limited to, hurt, rage, love, longing, confusion, betrayal, surprise, guilt, failure, desperation. Sometime...	Phil	0	555	Oct 25, 2005 by Phil
	can't seem to stop the insanity etc. (Preview) I had a sponsor but just stopped calling her. I have not had a drink for over 90 days now but don't seem to be able to stop other bad habits... i.e. being honest with myself and others. I am a horse theif and want to stop.l At the meetings everyone says that if I keep coming back things wil...	soberbrit	6	669	Oct 27, 2005 by cheri
	refraining from bad relationships (Preview) Abstaining from Harmful Relationships Habit sometimes locks us into relationships, which are not in our best interest. It is easy to mistake dependency for love. When we stop overeating compulsively, we can evaluate our attachments to other people with greater clarity and perception than w...	rosie light shines	2	653	Oct 25, 2005 by Hanuman
	Please...please someone... (Preview) tell me what I need to do to stop. I will listen, I will do it...just tell me. I know I've been arrogant on this board in the past. I know I've been argumentative, and difficult, but I'm tired of fighting and I just want to have some peace and order in my life. -- Edited by TipsyMcStagger at 12:43, 2005-1...	TipsyMcStagger	7	746	Oct 26, 2005 by jim
	"better bend than break" (Preview) Today is October 25, 2005 A Great Day for Recovery! FLEXIBILITY "Better bend than break." -- Scottish Proverb Dis-ease: to be controlling, stiff, uncomfortable and unbending. Sobriety: being relaxed, comfortable and flexible in my personal life and my interaction with o...	wantneeda	2	660	Oct 26, 2005 by Sick of being sick
	Sao (Preview) Hello e boa vinda. Perdoe-me, mim não falam o português, mim estão usando um tradutor em linha. Você diz que você têm 15 anos do sobriety e você para assistir a reuniões, você tem um patrocinador? Você destilador está indo às reuniões? Aqui nos EUA eu mantenho-me no contato próximo com outros membros d...	Doll	0	435	Oct 25, 2005 by Doll
	Confusion says...... (Preview) Agnes Allen's Law: Almost anything is easier to get into than out of. Army Laws: If it moves, salute it. If it doesn't move, pick it up. If you can't pick it up, paint it. &...	Phil	1	548	Oct 25, 2005 by rosie light shines
	music therapy (Preview) http://www.soundclick.com/util/getplayer.m3u?id=2916411&q=lo	001jaycee	0	429	Oct 25, 2005 by 001jaycee
	Another Day (Preview) Letting Go of the Past Some people believe that each of our days were planned, Divinely Ordered, before we were born. God knew, they say, and planned exactly what was to transpire. Others suggest we chose, we participated in planning our life - the events, the people, the circumsta...	Phil	1	580	Oct 25, 2005 by rosie light shines
	Cumprimentos de Londres (Preview) Olá, Eu gostaria muito de encontrar uma madrinha portuguesa, há por aí alguém que queira contactar comigo. Sobriedade não se pode manter sem que se tenha uma madrinha, no meu caso tornasse muito urgente comunicar o que só se pode ser comunicado na minha língua materna. Recuperação envol...	Sao	3	671	Oct 26, 2005 by Sick of being sick
	ACCEPTANCE...from the big book (Preview) Acceptance "And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing, situation -- some fact of my life -- unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing, or situation as being exactly the way it i...	rosie light shines	1	586	Oct 24, 2005 by Phil
	EMOTIONAL INTIMACY (Preview) Emotional intimacy is one of the most wonderful experiences we ever have. Nothing else really comes close to the experience of sharing our deepest thoughts and feelings with another, of being deeply seen and known, of sharing love, passion, laughter, joy, and/or creativity. The experience of i...	Phil	7	2190	Oct 25, 2005 by Phil
	i had to become nothing first (Preview) *Become nothing before God, learn to keep silent; in this silence is the beginning, which is first to seek God's kingdom. --Soren Kierkegaard* So many devastating things can bring us to our knees. With experience we learn that pain and trouble are part of life. Most of us have fought against everyd...	rosie light shines	2	520	Oct 24, 2005 by rosie light shines
	inventory doesn't have to be a beheading (Preview) Hope for Today - October 24 My years in Al-Anon made me aware that I need to be careful about how I hear and interpret certain words. Consider "defects of character" and "shortcomings," which are found in Steps Six and Seven respectively. I came into Al-Anon believing I was responsible for...	rosie light shines	0	683	Oct 24, 2005 by rosie light shines
	Heroes? (Preview) Ozzy Osbourne says he wrote the song Suicide Solution after the death of his friend Bon Scott who died after drinking heavily one winter's night and passing out in his car. Suicide Solution Wine is fine But whiskey's quicker suicide is slow with liquor Take a bottle drown your sorrows Then it...	Badger	6	720	Oct 25, 2005 by Doll
	Monday eh? (Preview) Opening Ourselves to Love Open ourselves to the love that is available to us. We do not have to limit our sources of love. God and the Universe have an unlimited supply of what we need, including love. When we are open to receiving love, we will begin to receive it. It may come from the most surpri...	Phil	3	608	Oct 24, 2005 by Phil
	WOW!!! 12Steps in plain english (Preview) The 12 Steps in Plain English 1. Alcohol will kill me. 2. There's a power that wants me to live. 3. Do I want to live or die? (if you want to die, stop here) 4. Write about how I got to where I am. 5. Tell another person all about me (let God listen). 6. Want to change. 7. Ask a power greater than me to help me ch...	rosie light shines	0	785	Oct 23, 2005 by rosie light shines
	Great Weekend (Preview) I hope everyone had as great a weekend as I did! Glad to be home......... missed you all Gotta get to reading now. Love and hugs Doll -- Edited by Doll at 18:21, 2005-10-23	Doll	4	500	Oct 24, 2005 by rosie light shines
	"name calling" (Preview) *...words are more powerful than perhaps anyone suspects, and once deeply engraved in a child's mind, they are not easily eradicated. --May Sarton* How burdened we became, as little girls, with the labels applied by parents, teachers, even school chums. We believe about ourselves what others t...	rosie light shines	3	623	Oct 24, 2005 by Phil
	reaping what i sew with the 12Steps (Preview) *Self-knowledge and self-improvement are very difficult for most people. It usually needs great courage and long struggle. --Abraham Maslow* This is a simple program but it isn't easy. We cannot take the principles we learn and thereby possess them as if we were taking a class or reading a book. W...	rosie light shines	1	519	Oct 23, 2005 by Phil
	focusing more on the SOLUTION (Preview) *I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. --D. H. Lawrence* Sometimes when we feel sorry for ourselves we will sit alone in our bedroom. We may even feel so down in the dumps that we decide to stay there, indulging in self-pity, thinking about how the world is against us. However, if we use our imagina...	rosie light shines	1	472	Oct 23, 2005 by Phil
	hi guys (Preview) hey guys. everything here is good, just that winter is starting to show its ugly face as a few snowflakes this am. oh well, winter is going to be hard for me as i dont like it and did alot of drinking in those months, as work slows down,and more idle time on my hands. everyone be safe god bless wagon:weirdfac...	wagon	2	479	Oct 23, 2005 by GammyRose
	inner values (Preview) Express your inner values Do your outer choices reflect your inner values? If not, then your life will move from one conflict to another. Yet when the choices you make do indeed come from the person you are, then you will travel steadily in the direction of your highest visions. When your actions are...	wantneeda	3	498	Oct 23, 2005 by rosie light shines
	love takes time (Preview) Love Takes Time Love takes time. It needs a history of giving and receiving, laughing and crying... Love never promises instant gratification, only ultimate fulfillment. Love means believing in someone, in something. It supposes a willingness to struggle, to work, to suffer, and to rej...	rosie light shines	1	540	Oct 23, 2005 by Phil
	learning to trust again!! (Preview) Learning to Trust Again Many of us have trust issues.Some of us tried long and hard to trust untrustworthy people. Over and again, we believed lies and promises never to be kept. Some of us tried to trust people for the impossible; for instance, trusting a practicing alcoholic not to drink again....	rosie light shines	2	732	Oct 23, 2005 by rosie light shines
	ANOTHER YUP-EH? (Preview) grant me the to accept the things I cannot change to change the things I can and the to know the difference	Phil	2	401	Oct 23, 2005 by rosie light shines
	FINALLY i can "erase his name" (Preview) this is off the "hope for today" boy i can see my attitude changing becuz this *take" came completely spontaneous/ from my heart!!!! Hope for Today - October 22 Making amends isn't about apologizing for every problem. It's about figuring out how a relatio...	rosie light shines	1	881	Oct 22, 2005 by GammyRose
	I jus want to share (Preview) I am new to this board, and would like to share a little bit of my story. I was first introduced to AA over 12 years ago when I was 18. After starts and fits, I finally achieved a lasting sobriety when I was 19. I worked the program hard, all my friends were AA members, when I wasn't in classes or working I was do...	warramra	7	711	Oct 22, 2005 by cooncatbob
	test your knowlege (Preview) so i did my first night at my DWI course...for those who don't know it stands for... Driving Without Intoxication this was our first assignment...this course is a requirement for getting my drivers liscence back true or false: 1. the amount of alcohol in an average serving (1 1/2 oz.) is complete...	wantneeda	3	498	Oct 22, 2005 by cooncatbob
	Thoughts For Friday Night (Preview) My wife and I divorced over religious differences. She thought that she was God, and I didnt. I dont suffer from insanity. I enjoy every minute of it. Some people are alive, only because, its illegal to kill them. I used to have a handle on life, but it broke. You're just jealous because the vo...	Phil	3	480	Oct 23, 2005 by rosie light shines
	12 promises for beginners (Preview) The Twelve Promises For Beginners (origin unknown) 1. You will know your full name and address. 2. You will be able to shave yourself 3. You will be able to dress and undress yourself. 4. You will know the town, state and country you are in. 5. You will be able to find socks that match. 6. You will be able to s...	wantneeda	3	614	Oct 21, 2005 by CAM
	'tis a great day for recovery (Preview) Today is October 21, 2005 A Great Day for Recovery! CONSCIENCE "In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place." -- Mohandas Gandhi How I used to hate myself. So many times I caught myself pleasing the crowd, agreeing with people I did not understand or respect, lau...	wantneeda	4	591	Oct 23, 2005 by rosie light shines
	TODAY, i will have faith in my recovery (Preview) faith in the "process" hi everyone, i usually do my shares on the "dailys" taken off the NA/ AA/ Hazeldon , however today i am going to do a share on MY daily....."faith in the process" this is my own journal on having "blind faith in the process"....... as i have traversed in my r...	rosie light shines	2	729	Oct 21, 2005 by cheri
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