Alcoholics Anonymous

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

Use this thread to post your sobriety date and any other related stuff like where you got sober, and what group if you like. I got this idea from the NA board, which has 3 pages of replies, most of which are less than a year. Mine is July 25th, 1989. I got sober at the Unity Club in Falls Church, Va. -- Edited...

John · John

Source: Good Housekeeping, March 1954 A Letter To A Woman Alcoholic Wherever you are, at whatever stage in the long descent, this is for you. It says nothing of shame or scorn or ridicule; it brings only love and understanding. And help If I lived across the street from you and saw you gallantly but hop...

The1nonly36 · The1nonly36

Hi Folks, Next month I'll be chairing my home group's weekly, open AA meeting on Zoom, and I'm looking for folks that want to tell their stories. Our format, like many others, starts with some readings, reminding folks of ground rules, then introductions before the meat of the meeting (see what I di...

WebHelper · WebHelper

The MIP Business board has been set up at https://mipbusiness.activeboard.com MIP Business is a place where members of all the fellowships in Miracles in Progress can be informed and have a say in changes that affect the MIP website pages. This is a place to communicate, discuss, and, when necess...

John · John

Please accept this as your personal invitation to join us at the Miracles In Progress 12 Step Recovery Forums Step Work Board and share with us, your own experience, strength and hope. If you are new to recovery, you can ask questions related to the 12 Steps here, see how others work and apply the step...

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

This thread is an archive for members to post their "Story" in a collection in a convenient location for others to read. Please be sure to include the post sobriety portion. Please create an original thread for your story, so that others can reply. After your thread is a few days old, cut...

WebHelper · WebHelper

Our GoDaddy annual subscription of $187.87 for web hosting is due May 15, 2021. A MIP member has graciously volunteered to collect donations via PayPal and use the funds to pay our bill. Please use PayPal to send donations of any amount to lightning711@yahoo.com For our Sparklit account, which m...

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

Please use this thread to post (and find) links to sites containing AA literature, step work, or other spiritual material that has helped you. No spam, self promotion, or sites that could be deemed as controversial with regards to the program or specific religious content, thanks. I found this wh...

hotrod990 · hotrod990

Reply DeleteKennyFenderjazz Hi everyone the bills to cover the operations of the MIP Boards are again due I have established a pay pal account to receive funds for the Go Daddy bill of: $187.05 and urge all to contribute . Remember a contribution of as little as $5.-- helps. Please note...

Doll · Doll

FREEDOM FROM GUILT Where other people were concerned, we had to drop the word "blame" from our speech and thought. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 47 When I become willing to accept my own powerlessness, I begin to realize that blaming myself for all the trouble in my life can be an eg...

WebHelper · WebHelper

WebHelper · WebHelper

Jane05 · Jane05

Personality Change "It has often been said of A.A. that we are interested only in alcoholism. That is not true. We have to get over drinking in order to stay alive. But anyone who knows the alcoholic personality by firsthand contact knows that no true alky ever stops drinking permanently wit...

BigZen · BigZen

Hello Everyone, I have been chronically un/underemployed for years. Can anyone suggest an AA speaker from a speaker tape website that addresses the issue of unemployment, and for me, the side-effects of anger, resentment, giving up hope... BigZen

WebHelper · WebHelper

-- Edited by WebHelper on Wednesday 11th of November 2026 10:01:27 PM -- Edited by WebHelper on Wednesday 11th of November 2026 10:25:07 PM

Wren · Wren

I just read this today. I'd heard it long ago, but forgotten it until now. And look who wrote it! Keep Us From Pettiness ~ Mary Stewart, Queen of ScotsKeep us, O God, from pettiness; let us be large in thought, in word, in deed. Let us be done with faultfinding and leave off self-seeking. May we put away al...

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

It's been about 5 years since I last cleaned up the 1st page of the Time Machine. I'm really hoping to see some of the gang respond to this. It should be fun. ODAT Love to all. Dean

Aquaman · Aquaman

One good thing came from years of riding a whiskey-saddle at the bar...a fair collection of "guy walks into a bar" jokes. My favorite? A baby seal walks into a bar and the barman asks "what'll it be?" and the baby seal says, "anything but a Canadian Club." Next?

John · John

I found this very informative writing while cruising the internet this morning and wanted to share it with the Miracles In Progress family. I believe it will move your heart to understand Tradition 3 in a new light. ************************************** The first woman kicked out of AA This wa...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Disclaimer: This is not my writing but it is interesting and as an Alcoholic I can identify with it. Larry, ------------------- The Degrading Social Network Of The Alcoholic If the alcoholic is not a solitary drinker their social network will gradually degrade because their behavior, moods, an...

slurms · slurms

Hi there,I'm just reaching out online for the first time. I'm not particulairly new to the program but I am young (21). This time I've got just about 6 months sober in the program. I live in a remote northern community so at most there's 3 meetings a week. That being said I love the meetings (just wish we co...

hime · hime

Had the weirdest experience today of meeting up with an old friend and having them spend some of the time taking MY inventory. I feel like I am centered enough to not become out right angry with the person. I figure this was their first experience in taking inventory and it is easier to explore why someon...

jonijoni · jonijoni

A New Life Is sobriety all that we are to expect of a spiritual awakening? No, sobriety is only a bare beginning; it is the first gift of the first awakening. If more gifts are to be received, our awakening has to go on. As it does go on, we find that bit by bit we can discard the old life-- the one that did not wo...

lani · lani

I have to share this.. On two occassions now I have made comments at meetings and was told that "perhaps thats something you need to ask before the meeting, questions arent asked here, you should talk to your sponser, you dont put the money in the basket before its passed....Talk to so and so, mayb...

Pablo · Pablo

In our group we have three developementally delayed individuals. Two of the three cause few interruptions and are receptive to constructive criticism and are welcomed by our members and visitors alike. A third person has been in and out of our group for years and within the past year his behav...

Doll · Doll

'Twas the night before Christmas, we were all in the club, Enjoying the meeting, instead of the pub; The ashtrays were clean and the coffee was made, The Big Books were out, and all had prayed. When out in the lot, there arose such a clatter, We jumped up from the table to see what was the matter. The Chair w...

Phil · Phil

What is insecurity? Insecurity is:Feeling of not being ``good enough'' to meet the challenge of a situation you face in life.Sense of helplessness in the face of problems, conflict, or concerns. Belief that one is inadequate or incompetent to handle life's challenges. Fear of being...

Angell · Angell

A little background first: I am native American. My belief system includes a spirit animal which in my particular case is the mountain lion. My inner child is also personified by a mountain lion - they are the same to me: inner child = spirit animal. So anyway, my wife is driving to work last night in o...

nique · nique

Hi! My name is Allison and I am an alcoholic. I am disabled and online a lot now and would love to have some recovery friends to email with and I also have windows messenger. If you would like to pen pal with me let me know.

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

The only way out is through. The only way to heal the pain is to embrace the pain.--Fritz PerlsYou are like a diamond that is continually being polished and perfected. As this purification proceeds, old thought forms and negative patterns rise to the surface to be released. Past unfinished business...

12Stepper · 12Stepper

Hi Everyone. I hope this is a good place for this. I am an old-school 12 step guy. I have been sober and practicing the steps for over 15 years now. I have taken to a new position where I am providing articles for addiction websites. I just finished one that I would like some feedback on (I am pretty proud of...

LisaF · LisaF

I'll ask my sponsor when I talk to her again but I thought I might be able to get an explanation here tonight or before I talk to her. My assignment right now is reading the Doctor's Opinion and going paragraph by paragraph and writing my feelings on what's said. I got to one paragraph, didn't understand i...

lukin · lukin

Just thought I'd post this for any of the newbies who find themselves a little confused by anything they are seeing that has the word "Hazelden" stamped on it. Don't worry if you don't find yourself in line with the philosophy of some of the sentiments, Hazelden literature is *not* Genera...

AGO · AGO

A friend of mine wrote this, and I have seen him post it a few times, I was reading it tonight and I thought I would pass it along, I would post the link but it is a private AA forum, similar to a "closed" meeting, I can provide the link in response to PMs to alcoholics: Abstinence is the leading cau...

Bob K · Bob K

ALCOHOLICS PRAYER God bless all the alcoholics wherever they may be Bless those unfortunates who are in most need of sobriety Look upon them with compassion and mercy And lead them onto this wonderful fellowship That they may help themselves as they have helped us And thousands of others Bless those...

gonee · gonee

At our group meeting last night, we were asked to reflect on the year 2011. My sharing was about continued inventory [step10], prayer & meditation to improve my conscious contact with God [ step 11], and working with others [ step 12]. I have done this for 23 years and it works. God has restored me to...

Larry_H · Larry_H

I would like to know how those alcoholics of the Christian Faith handle Holy Communion? Specifically do you partake of the wine that is supposed to symbolize Christ's Blood? In my early days of sobriety my sponsor informed me that this was an individual choice and that some alcoholics do partake. My...

AMDFA · AMDFA

Hi my name is Jennifer. My husband and I goes to church and he was recently asked to come up with an idea on how our church can get more involved or help with the community. His idea was to start having AA/NA meetings at the church. So now hes in charge of settings these meetings up. The problems is he has NO...

AdamMoz · AdamMoz

When I was a college student and started drinking, I was obsessed with Charles Bukowski - along with many other literary drunks. There was something in his words that made me feel like getting drunk was a viable way to resist the dull and boring status quo of the middle class. Why go to work every day and l...

gonee · gonee

Speaker tonight was an ex cop. He spoke of how he arrested this lawyer for drunken driving, during his sober days. The lawyer got sober in AA. Many years later, this cop became an alcoholic & ended up in jail for assault. The lawyer fights the cop's case & 12 steps him into AA. Both are now in AA. La...

FlyingSquirrel · FlyingSquirrel

p. 233 The A.A. emphasis on personal inventory is heavy because a great many of us have never really acquired the habit of accurate self-appraisal. Once this healthy practice has become a habit, it will prove so interesting and profitable that the time it takes won't be missed. For these minutes and...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

All of A.A.'s Twelve Steps ask us to go contrary to our natural desires . . . they all deflate our egos. When it comes to ego deflation, few Steps are harder to take than Five. But scarcely any Step is more necessary- to longtime sobriety and peace of mind than this one. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS...

Wren · Wren

"When flowing water ... meets with obstacles on its path, a blockage in its journey, it pauses. It increases in volume and strength, filling up in front of the obstacle and eventually spilling past it.... "Do not turn and run, for there is nowhere worthwhile for you to go. Do not attempt to p...

Frodo · Frodo

Right this is a tad embarrassing but so be it. Since I stopped drinking I've become obsessed with sex which isn't like me. I've always been take it or leave it when it came to sex but now it's all I can think about. I chase girls with absolutely no shame which I have NEVER done before, and when I get the itch s...

Jim M D · Jim M D

I have a friend Bill working on Step 9 who has a big problem. He owes somebody an amends big time. He thinks he got a married woman pregnant, and she had the child. Bill was trying to get her to leave her husband and she adamantly said no! Tragically, she recently was killed in a car accident. The husba...

M-Charles · M-Charles

Hi:- I just joined this message board. I'm been sober since 1985. I've sponsored quite a few people, but and not a "guru" and don't "troll" for sponsees. On to the Subject: I'm sponsoring a young man -25 yrs old-who has 16 months of sobiety. He goes to meeting most every day. ...

schooner · schooner

Hi Brother & Sister In Sobriety This question has come up time and time again this past couple of months. I really don't think a new comer should sponsor anyone. I just wanted to through that out there. I know its stupid. I asked a guy to sponsor me and I though he had something I wanted. He had 3yrs. an...

lanchas · lanchas

I had to write a paper for my final exam in my Written communications course at college. I think I did a good job. Anyone want to see it? If you do just say so. Lanchas

nancyjo59 · nancyjo59

When the Student Is Ready if you can learn from hard knocks, you can also learn     

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.--Oprah Winfrey Blow, blow, thou winter wind,Thou are not so unkindAs man's ingratitude.--William Shakespeare (As You Like It) Develop an attitude of gratitude,...

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	STICKY: Post your AA birthday here. ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 7 ) Register your Anniversary (Preview) Use this thread to post your sobriety date and any other related stuff like where you got sober, and what group if you like. I got this idea from the NA board, which has 3 pages of replies, most of which are less than a year. Mine is July 25th, 1989. I got sober at the Unity Club in Falls Church, Va. -- Edited...	StPeteDean	641	411459	September 30th by idadana
	STICKY: Letter To A Woman Alcoholic (Preview) Source: Good Housekeeping, March 1954 A Letter To A Woman Alcoholic Wherever you are, at whatever stage in the long descent, this is for you. It says nothing of shame or scorn or ridicule; it brings only love and understanding. And help If I lived across the street from you and saw you gallantly but hop...	John	63	36485	September 23rd by idadana
	STICKY: Looking for Speakers Speaker Search AA Story Military (Preview) Hi Folks, Next month I'll be chairing my home group's weekly, open AA meeting on Zoom, and I'm looking for folks that want to tell their stories. Our format, like many others, starts with some readings, reminding folks of ground rules, then introductions before the meat of the meeting (see what I di...	The1nonly36	13	12257	September 9th by Slava Bodnar
	STICKY: MIP Business Board (Preview) The MIP Business board has been set up at https://mipbusiness.activeboard.com MIP Business is a place where members of all the fellowships in Miracles in Progress can be informed and have a say in changes that affect the MIP website pages. This is a place to communicate, discuss, and, when necess...	WebHelper	16	17895	August 21st by VernonnPerkinsd
	STICKY: Step Work Board Info (Merged) (Preview) Please accept this as your personal invitation to join us at the Miracles In Progress 12 Step Recovery Forums Step Work Board and share with us, your own experience, strength and hope. If you are new to recovery, you can ask questions related to the 12 Steps here, see how others work and apply the step...	John	16	48349	August 21st by VernonnPerkinsd
	STICKY: Share Your AA Story Here ( 1 2 ) (Preview) This thread is an archive for members to post their "Story" in a collection in a convenient location for others to read. Please be sure to include the post sobriety portion. Please create an original thread for your story, so that others can reply. After your thread is a few days old, cut...	StPeteDean	128	210410	August 5th by VernonnPerkinsd
	STICKY: Donations needed for web hosting renewal (Preview) Our GoDaddy annual subscription of $187.87 for web hosting is due May 15, 2021. A MIP member has graciously volunteered to collect donations via PayPal and use the funds to pay our bill. Please use PayPal to send donations of any amount to lightning711@yahoo.com For our Sparklit account, which m...	WebHelper	6	15441	July 13th by anjhella43
	STICKY: Website Links To Recovery Based Sites, AA Speaker tapes, etc (Preview) Please use this thread to post (and find) links to sites containing AA literature, step work, or other spiritual material that has helped you. No spam, self promotion, or sites that could be deemed as controversial with regards to the program or specific religious content, thanks. I found this wh...	StPeteDean	59	322917	Jul 29, 2018 by Pythonpappy
	STICKY: MIP Funding Drive (Preview) Reply DeleteKennyFenderjazz Hi everyone the bills to cover the operations of the MIP Boards are again due I have established a pay pal account to receive funds for the Go Daddy bill of: $187.05 and urge all to contribute . Remember a contribution of as little as $5.-- helps. Please note...	hotrod990	2	36476	May 3, 2018 by hotrod990
	FREEDOM FROM GUILT - Daily Reflections - 1/27 (Preview) FREEDOM FROM GUILT Where other people were concerned, we had to drop the word "blame" from our speech and thought. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 47 When I become willing to accept my own powerlessness, I begin to realize that blaming myself for all the trouble in my life can be an eg...	Doll	5	3479	6h ago by WebHelper
	Donna: Step 1. (Preview)	WebHelper	0	15	9h ago by WebHelper
	Gina: a Step 1 share (Preview)	WebHelper	0	8	9h ago by WebHelper
	Personality Change (Preview) Personality Change "It has often been said of A.A. that we are interested only in alcoholism. That is not true. We have to get over drinking in order to stay alive. But anyone who knows the alcoholic personality by firsthand contact knows that no true alky ever stops drinking permanently wit...	Jane05	9	5712	yesterday by WebHelper
	AA Speaker tape that deals with unemployment (Preview) Hello Everyone, I have been chronically un/underemployed for years. Can anyone suggest an AA speaker from a speaker tape website that addresses the issue of unemployment, and for me, the side-effects of anger, resentment, giving up hope... BigZen	BigZen	5	6993	yesterday by WebHelper
	AA speaker share: Ben S. (Preview) -- Edited by WebHelper on Wednesday 11th of November 2026 10:01:27 PM -- Edited by WebHelper on Wednesday 11th of November 2026 10:25:07 PM	WebHelper	1	54	2 days ago by WebHelper
	Pettiness Prayer (Preview) I just read this today. I'd heard it long ago, but forgotten it until now. And look who wrote it! Keep Us From Pettiness ~ Mary Stewart, Queen of ScotsKeep us, O God, from pettiness; let us be large in thought, in word, in deed. Let us be done with faultfinding and leave off self-seeking. May we put away al...	Wren	5	9673	3 days ago by WebHelper
	A New Topic From St. Pete Dean March 22, 2026 Howdy Old Timers! (Preview) It's been about 5 years since I last cleaned up the 1st page of the Time Machine. I'm really hoping to see some of the gang respond to this. It should be fun. ODAT Love to all. Dean	StPeteDean	1	346	4 days ago by WebHelper
	Got A Favorite "Guy walks into a bar" Joke? (Preview) One good thing came from years of riding a whiskey-saddle at the bar...a fair collection of "guy walks into a bar" jokes. My favorite? A baby seal walks into a bar and the barman asks "what'll it be?" and the baby seal says, "anything but a Canadian Club." Next?	Aquaman	21	8319	4 days ago by WebHelper
	Irma Livoni - The woman who was kicked out of AA - Tradition Three (Preview) I found this very informative writing while cruising the internet this morning and wanted to share it with the Miracles In Progress family. I believe it will move your heart to understand Tradition 3 in a new light. ************************************** The first woman kicked out of AA This wa...	John	16	10090	9 days ago by WebHelper
	The Degrading Social Network Of The Alcoholic (Preview) Disclaimer: This is not my writing but it is interesting and as an Alcoholic I can identify with it. Larry, ------------------- *The Degrading Social Network Of The Alcoholic* If the alcoholic is not a solitary drinker their social network will gradually degrade because their behavior, moods, an...	Larry_H	10	1939	10 days ago by WebHelper
	Just looking for some help and guidance (Preview) Hi there,I'm just reaching out online for the first time. I'm not particulairly new to the program but I am young (21). This time I've got just about 6 months sober in the program. I live in a remote northern community so at most there's 3 meetings a week. That being said I love the meetings (just wish we co...	slurms	6	1009	October 22nd by tonylarp
	What to do when someone else takes your inventory...Thoughts? (Preview) Had the weirdest experience today of meeting up with an old friend and having them spend some of the time taking MY inventory. I feel like I am centered enough to not become out right angry with the person. I figure this was their first experience in taking inventory and it is easier to explore why someon...	hime	5	9142	August 20th by chanchal01
	~As Bill Sees It~ (Preview) *A New Life* Is sobriety all that we are to expect of a spiritual awakening? No, sobriety is only a bare beginning; it is the first gift of the first awakening. If more gifts are to be received, our awakening has to go on. As it does go on, we find that bit by bit we can discard the old life-- the one that did not wo...	jonijoni	3	5591	July 11th by yuvi01
	WHERES THE RULE BOOK.... (Preview) I have to share this.. On two occassions now I have made comments at meetings and was told that "perhaps thats something you need to ask before the meeting, questions arent asked here, you should talk to your sponser, you dont put the money in the basket before its passed....Talk to so and so, mayb...	lani	7	2559	July 11th by yuvi01
	Is it possible to ban a person from a groups meeting?? (Preview) In our group we have three developementally delayed individuals. Two of the three cause few interruptions and are receptive to constructive criticism and are welcomed by our members and visitors alike. A third person has been in and out of our group for years and within the past year his behav...	Pablo	30	19648	Mar 22, 2026 by StPeteDean
	'Twas the night before Christmas (Preview) 'Twas the night before Christmas, we were all in the club, Enjoying the meeting, instead of the pub; The ashtrays were clean and the coffee was made, The Big Books were out, and all had prayed. When out in the lot, there arose such a clatter, We jumped up from the table to see what was the matter. The Chair w...	Doll	1	5622	Mar 22, 2026 by StPeteDean
	Handling Insecurity (Preview) What is insecurity? Insecurity is:Feeling of not being ``good enough'' to meet the challenge of a situation you face in life.Sense of helplessness in the face of problems, conflict, or concerns. Belief that one is inadequate or incompetent to handle life's challenges. Fear of being...	Phil	3	2841	Mar 22, 2026 by StPeteDean
	A TA-DA Moment (Preview) A little background first: I am native American. My belief system includes a spirit animal which in my particular case is the mountain lion. My inner child is also personified by a mountain lion - they are the same to me: inner child = spirit animal. So anyway, my wife is driving to work last night in o...	Angell	4	978	Mar 22, 2026 by StPeteDean
	Pen Pals (Preview) Hi! My name is Allison and I am an alcoholic. I am disabled and online a lot now and would love to have some recovery friends to email with and I also have windows messenger. If you would like to pen pal with me let me know.	nique	15	4896	Mar 22, 2026 by StPeteDean
	Today's Gift 9/20 (Preview) The only way out is through. The only way to heal the pain is to embrace the pain.--Fritz PerlsYou are like a diamond that is continually being polished and perfected. As this purification proceeds, old thought forms and negative patterns rise to the surface to be released. Past unfinished business...	Pythonpappy	1	714	Mar 20, 2026 by kirurumaru
	Thoughts on my 12 step breakdown article 12 steps (Preview) Hi Everyone. I hope this is a good place for this. I am an old-school 12 step guy. I have been sober and practicing the steps for over 15 years now. I have taken to a new position where I am providing articles for addiction websites. I just finished one that I would like some feedback on (I am pretty proud of...	12Stepper	0	1164	Sep 30, 2024 by 12Stepper
	What does this mean? (from The Doctor's Opinion) (Preview) I'll ask my sponsor when I talk to her again but I thought I might be able to get an explanation here tonight or before I talk to her. My assignment right now is reading the Doctor's Opinion and going paragraph by paragraph and writing my feelings on what's said. I got to one paragraph, didn't understand i...	LisaF	7	15005	Sep 20, 2024 by Wolfie55
	Hazelden Literature: A note for the newbies (Preview) Just thought I'd post this for any of the newbies who find themselves a little confused by anything they are seeing that has the word "Hazelden" stamped on it. Don't worry if you don't find yourself in line with the philosophy of some of the sentiments, Hazelden literature is not Genera...	lukin	7	8768	Sep 16, 2024 by ryananderes
	Abstinence is the leading cause of relapse (Preview) A friend of mine wrote this, and I have seen him post it a few times, I was reading it tonight and I thought I would pass it along, I would post the link but it is a private AA forum, similar to a "closed" meeting, I can provide the link in response to PMs to alcoholics: Abstinence is the leading cau...	AGO	11	2220	Aug 29, 2024 by Wease12423
	Alcoholic prayer (Preview) ALCOHOLICS PRAYER God bless all the alcoholics wherever they may be Bless those unfortunates who are in most need of sobriety Look upon them with compassion and mercy And lead them onto this wonderful fellowship That they may help themselves as they have helped us And thousands of others Bless those...	Bob K	5	3970	Aug 26, 2024 by Bijesh Chauhan
	A design for living. (Preview) At our group meeting last night, we were asked to reflect on the year 2011. My sharing was about continued inventory [step10], prayer & meditation to improve my conscious contact with God [ step 11], and working with others [ step 12]. I have done this for 23 years and it works. God has restored me to...	gonee	3	4691	Aug 20, 2024 by artene
	Communion Wine - a question for those of the Christian Faith (Preview) I would like to know how those alcoholics of the Christian Faith handle Holy Communion? Specifically do you partake of the wine that is supposed to symbolize Christ's Blood? In my early days of sobriety my sponsor informed me that this was an individual choice and that some alcoholics do partake. My...	Larry_H	15	6144	Aug 15, 2024 by ryananderes
	how do i go about starting an AA meeting/group/franchise????? (Preview) Hi my name is Jennifer. My husband and I goes to church and he was recently asked to come up with an idea on how our church can get more involved or help with the community. His idea was to start having AA/NA meetings at the church. So now hes in charge of settings these meetings up. The problems is he has NO...	AMDFA	9	2933	Aug 15, 2024 by ryananderes
	Charles Bukowski (Preview) When I was a college student and started drinking, I was obsessed with Charles Bukowski - along with many other literary drunks. There was something in his words that made me feel like getting drunk was a viable way to resist the dull and boring status quo of the middle class. Why go to work every day and l...	AdamMoz	14	8339	Aug 15, 2024 by ryananderes
	The lawyer & the cop. (Preview) Speaker tonight was an ex cop. He spoke of how he arrested this lawyer for drunken driving, during his sober days. The lawyer got sober in AA. Many years later, this cop became an alcoholic & ended up in jail for assault. The lawyer fights the cop's case & 12 steps him into AA. Both are now in AA. La...	gonee	9	2051	Jul 24, 2024 by KieranWallace
	~ As Bill Sees It: Everyday Living ~ (Preview) p. 233 The A.A. emphasis on personal inventory is heavy because a great many of us have never really acquired the habit of accurate self-appraisal. Once this healthy practice has become a habit, it will prove so interesting and profitable that the time it takes won't be missed. For these minutes and...	FlyingSquirrel	4	2463	Jul 19, 2024 by ryananderes
	Daily Reflections ~ A Resting Place & 24hrs a Day (Preview) All of A.A.'s Twelve Steps ask us to go contrary to our natural desires . . . they all deflate our egos. When it comes to ego deflation, few Steps are harder to take than Five. But scarcely any Step is more necessary- to longtime sobriety and peace of mind than this one. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS...	Sobrietyspell	2	992	Jul 18, 2024 by ryananderes
	Water Wisdom (Preview) "When flowing water ... meets with obstacles on its path, a blockage in its journey, it pauses. It increases in volume and strength, filling up in front of the obstacle and eventually spilling past it.... "Do not turn and run, for there is nowhere worthwhile for you to go. Do not attempt to p...	Wren	3	1493	Jul 16, 2024 by artene
	Sex (Preview) Right this is a tad embarrassing but so be it. Since I stopped drinking I've become obsessed with sex which isn't like me. I've always been take it or leave it when it came to sex but now it's all I can think about. I chase girls with absolutely no shame which I have NEVER done before, and when I get the itch s...	Frodo	15	3133	Jul 14, 2024 by Klais
	Sticky Step 9 Amends Problem, What to Do? (Preview) I have a friend Bill working on Step 9 who has a big problem. He owes somebody an amends big time. He thinks he got a married woman pregnant, and she had the child. Bill was trying to get her to leave her husband and she adamantly said no! Tragically, she recently was killed in a car accident. The husba...	Jim M D	0	629	Jul 9, 2024 by Jim M D
	Should I dump Sponsee? Sponsee 13th Step (Preview) Hi:- I just joined this message board. I'm been sober since 1985. I've sponsored quite a few people, but and not a "guru" and don't "troll" for sponsees. On to the Subject: I'm sponsoring a young man -25 yrs old-who has 16 months of sobiety. He goes to meeting most every day. ...	M-Charles	40	18351	Jun 28, 2024 by ryananderes
	How Much Time Do You Have To Have To SPONSOR & HOW MANY (Preview) *Hi Brother & Sister In Sobriety* *This question has come up time and time again this past couple of months.* *I really don't think a new comer should sponsor anyone. I just wanted to through that out there.* *I know its stupid. I asked a guy to sponsor me and I though he had something I wanted. He had* *3yrs. an...*	schooner	14	3605	Jun 25, 2024 by ryananderes
	I wrote something (Preview) I had to write a paper for my final exam in my Written communications course at college. I think I did a good job. Anyone want to see it? If you do just say so. Lanchas	lanchas	9	3361	Jun 24, 2024 by ryananderes
	When the student Is Ready (Preview) *When the Student Is Ready* *if you can learn from hard knocks, you can also learn* *    *	nancyjo59	5	2502	Jun 21, 2024 by MikaylaVaux
	Thankfulness from around the world..... (Preview) Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.--Oprah Winfrey Blow, blow, thou winter wind,Thou are not so unkindAs man's ingratitude.--William Shakespeare (As You Like It) Develop an attitude of gratitude,...	jonijoni1	18	4942	Jun 11, 2024 by LoneStar
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