Alcoholics Anonymous

Philipld · Philipld

Step 10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong PROMPTLY admitted it. Notice that the Tenth Step says that when we were wrong we promptly ADMIT it. It doesn't say that when we were wrong we promptly JUSTIFY it. The first three Steps are designed to bring us to the point where we beco...

Angell · Angell

It seems ironic to me the cyclic nature of life once I got into recovery. So much of what I did in the past, I have adopted once again. My behavior looks similar, but it is for entirely different reasons. I once put myself last, because I believed I wasn't good enough. Then I risked believing that I was...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

I wanted to share this.... Just some more shi@ about me which had so much to do with leading up to where I am now. It is pretty long-winded so there is a back arrow in the upper left hand corner of your computer for your convenience if you start to get bored. About six years ago, I went to a therapist for marita...

Mike B. · Mike B.

May 19 "Each day I feel myself growing in recovery. I can honestly say I'm happier now than ever before in my adult life."

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

This am when we were having our morning coffee, a baby bird flew up to our porch and landed in the empty planter inches from my face. We talked gently to him and he didn't appear to be frightened because he sat there for a short while. I was surprised because I don't remember a bird choosing to stay that clos...

Angell · Angell

I have found, that as I grow, I move from: Unconscious self-centeredness to Conscious self-centeredness to Conscious other centeredness to Unconscious other centeredness

Enigma · Enigma

It was a very busy week. Started a new job worked 76hrs. Had two court appearances on seperate days which is finally hopefully behind me. Also getting to as many meetings as I could this week. I'm drained obviously and have the next two days off. My plans are to relax, take it easy slow down and recooperat...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

. . . we have some unfinished business between us.When we respond to the small signals that something is amiss, we prevent bigger problems. When we feel fear in our relationship, it signals that we have some unfinished business between us. When we ask the questions we have been avoiding, we create new...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.Jonathon Swift

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

Just read that it is on July 2-5, 2015....(what happened to this year??? Do they not have one every year?) Anyway, the one in 2015 is in Atlanta, GA. Have any of you been to one of these? Would love to hear shares if so. Is this something for mainly people who have been in the program a long time, or do you thi...

Lizmccal · Lizmccal

I love the program of AA. I learn everyday something about life, living and serenity rather it be challenges or blessings. Something I have realized in my fourth step is I am not the person I thought I was. Incomprehensible demoralization ruled my life and self perception until doing my forth step. Wh...

Philipld · Philipld

The PRESCRIPTION Bill W. We see so many people in meetings, and out on the streets, still stumbling around with the program, hurting, whining and crying, still all covered up with the Great 3 S's of our disease, Self-pity, Self-righteousness, and Self-Bullshit, and wondering why they can't g...

Philipld · Philipld

The Next Frontier: Emotional Sobriety by Bill Wilson January 1958(Aslo see: A Letter From Bill W. on Depression, from the memoirs of Tom Pike, an early California AA member, which is strikingly similar to this AA Grapevine Article, "The Next Frontier: Emotional Sobriety.") I t...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Nice guys finish last.--Leo DurocherSome of us are habitually victims, doormats, and "poor things." No matter what, we never say no. The more we practice being nice guys the less able we are to cope creatively. We place the blame, along with the responsibility, elsewhere.Darlene model...

Philipld · Philipld

Though clearly circulating in oral form earlier, the earliest established date for a written form of the prayer is various versions printed in newspaper articles in the early 1930s by or reporting on talks given by Winnifred Crane Wygal, a pupil and collaborator of Niebuhr's.[1] Wygal included th...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

I have been reading some articles about the success rate of Alcoholics Anonymous. There are some grim "findings" (or so they call them) and I question the accuracy of such articles because since it is an anonymous program how can any of these "results" possibly be accurate? I t...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Here are a few quotes I came across today and found especially meaningful: Here is a simple but powerful rulealways give people more than what they expect to get.-Nelson Boswell Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.-James Baldwin You get the b...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

"The most honorable thing is not to never make mistakes, but to admit to them when you do make them, and then to follow through and do your best to make the wrong things right. Mistakes are part of growing. They are a natural part of every worthwhile endeavor. If someone refuses to support you as yo...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

I realize I have gone into overdrive with my postings and apologize if they have been annoying. "Progress not perfection". Guess I have felt overly comfortable with this board. My week just keeps getting better.

BTY -- Edited by betterthanyesterday52 on Friday 16th of May...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising after you fall.Vince Lombardi

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

Ok you guys...my mind is a bit in overload and I have really done so much praying today. I think it is like I heard that this disease doesn't want me sober and it will do anything to derail me. First of all...I don't want to drink and I do not have any desire to drink at all. However, (I am trying to stop using &q...

Philipld · Philipld

MORNING PRAYER God direct my thinking today so that it be divorced of self pity, dishonesty, self-will, self-seeking and fear. God inspire my thinking, decisions and intuitions. Help me to relax and take it easy. Free me from doubt and indecision. Guide me through this day and show me my next step. Go...

Angell · Angell

I mentioned the other day in my first post since returning, that I had just come from the doctors with a host of new diagnosis's. The truth is, there are some serious things wrong. But here's the thing: The pain level is the same as it was last week. The weakness is the same as it was last week. The fatigue...

aabeliever · aabeliever

it speaks for its self i need some serious help i used to be in here years ago.. its been a progression and i know i am better than this thats why i am back .. i miss the me i found .. and i know it was my will that got me here and my choices.. i need to get off drinking.. and drugs... ...

Stepchild · Stepchild

Look forward to having you share your ESH with us. Welcome.

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

Bonanza series: Relatives were visiting the Cartwright's. They were "well-to-do" and one of them was making hurtful remarks about the lesser-to-do man at the table a woman had chosen to marry. The woman replied to her..... "I've had enough upbringing to know you don't make fun of p...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

I had the mistaken idea that once I got sober and attended AA meetings my life would get so much better. It did get better in some ways. In others, it didn't... and I guess I was what some call a "dry drunk". I didn't need a sponsor or need to work those Steps. In my mind, as long as I did the first one...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

The Fox without a TailOne day a fox became caught in a trap. In his struggle to free himself, he left his tail behind. On his way home, he devised a way to head off being made the butt of jokes. He trotted back into the forest and called together all the foxes."Foxes are much more attractive when they d...

d_willing · d_willing

Hello MIP! I am happy to say that I have made it to 6 months without a drink or substitute. I have learned a lot of patience through the months and I am now understanding that the longer I stay sober, the more that is revealed. I am not in a hurry today for all of my thoughts to change, but I am ready to work on...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Weekly VerseThrough us [He] diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place. For we are to God the fragrance of Christ. 2 Corinthians 2:14-15 (NKJV)Weekly QuoteMy Mother planted seeds of faith and watered them with love. Alice GrayWeekly ThoughtMothers are a lot like flowerseach one is u...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

This week has been a bit hairy for me. I had slipped back into the kind of thinking which led me to slip back into drinking in the past. More prayer, more study, more meetings and more trying to be more into helping others and less into "me" is the key, I believe. I had a conversation with a member...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

The crisis of our time . . . is a crisis not of the hands but of the hearts.--Archibald MacLeishWe singlemindedly search for love, for belonging, for affirmation from others that will wipe out the torment of alienation that haunts our wakefulness and our dreams. "Does he truly care?" we wo...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

It isnt the big pleasures that count the most; it is making a great deal out of the little ones.Anonymous

Mike B. · Mike B.

May 15 "During days and nights of darkness as I face the demons of self, the knowledge that my God is always in charge keeps me trudging to the end of each journey. With God, AA, and willingness I can meet the other me and begin putting my fractured self together again."

Mike D · Mike D

Monday was one of those crazy Mondays that usually causes people to hate Mondays. Seemed like everything was going wrong. First this happened...then that happened...then...something else. And, everything that happened seemed to lead to another thing going sour. Yet, I tackled each little...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

"I wish to live because life has within it that which is good, that which is beautiful, and that which is love. Therefore, since I have known all of these things, I have found them to be reason enough and--I wish to live. Moreover, because this is so, I wish others to live for generations and generat...

debird17 · debird17

I have been out of the forum for a while. Not because I wanted to but I was having computer problems then I lost my pass word and was having all kinds of technical problems but this morning I was able to reset my password and I'm back. I hope you are all well.......It has been 7 months sober and I'm feeling go...

Tasha · Tasha

Property Lines A helpful tool in our recovery, especially in the behavior we call detachment, is learning to identify who owns what. Then we let each person own and possess his or her rightful property. If another person has an addiction, a problem, a feeling, or a self-defeating behavior, that is th...

gonee · gonee

Sad to lose a 32 year old to alcoholism. Came to AA but remained in denial. Alcoholics Anonymous offers a life time solution to the problem of alcoholism, but few take it. People with other life threatening diseases easily accept their plan of recovery, but not with alcoholism.

whi9484 · whi9484

Hello everyone. Alcohol has completely ruined my life. How I'm not in jail or worse is nothing short of a miracle. I got pulled over this weekend and somehow the cop didn't arrest me. He just took my home, I couldn't believe it. The next morning I woke up with bruises from stumbling into my furnitur...

Angell · Angell

Hello all. I lost internet service for a long bit but I've got it back. Good to be back. I hope everyone is doing well. Oh, and I celebrated 22 years on Saturday. :)

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

I thought yesterday was just the crappiest day for me. One thing happened which upset me. Then another and I felt depressed and drained most of the day. When my sponsor made up my list of character defects "angry" was not one of them. I realized today that I needed to add that to my list, as I hav...

Mike B. · Mike B.

May 14 "Sometimes I wonder if this illness isn't a gift rather than a problem."

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Is he related to something infinite or not? That is the telling question of life.--Carl JungThe times that life works best are when we get out of the way and let the power work through us. The writer says of an inspired short story, "I didn't write this story; it seemed to write itself." After...

Zoomtopz · Zoomtopz

Thank God

BarbaraLu · BarbaraLu

How do you all handle a resentment that is justified and of no fault of the sponsee? Such as an verbally abusive, degrading mother? Or the case of a step father who physically molests the sponsee and a mother who turns a blind eye. These are currently two sponsee situations I am dealing with. I have be...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

343 for Me!

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

Child, when do you think is the time to love somebody the most? When they done good and made things easy for everybody? Well then, you ain't through learning-because that ain't the time at all...when you starts measuring somebody, measure him right, child, measure him right. Make sure you done taken...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Welcome fiberfreak ... glad you found us ... please let us know a little about you ... Pappy

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Having boundaries doesn't complicate life; boundaries simplify life.--Beyond CodependencyThere is a positive aspect to boundary setting. We learn to listen to ourselves and identify what hurt us and what we don't like. But we also learn to identify what feels good.When we are willing to take som...

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	Step 10 (Preview) Step 10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong PROMPTLY admitted it. Notice that the Tenth Step says that when we were wrong we promptly ADMIT it. It doesn't say that when we were wrong we promptly JUSTIFY it. The first three Steps are designed to bring us to the point where we beco...	Philipld	9	903	May 20, 2014 by Stepchild
	Can you see me down here? (Preview) It seems ironic to me the cyclic nature of life once I got into recovery. So much of what I did in the past, I have adopted once again. My behavior looks similar, but it is for entirely different reasons. I once put myself last, because I believed I wasn't good enough. Then I risked believing that I was...	Angell	12	799	May 20, 2014 by Mike D
	Therapists Don't Walk on Water (Preview) I wanted to share this.... Just some more shi@ about me which had so much to do with leading up to where I am now. It is pretty long-winded so there is a back arrow in the upper left hand corner of your computer for your convenience if you start to get bored. About six years ago, I went to a therapist for marita...	betterthanyesterday52	8	667	May 19, 2014 by Philipld
	Grapevine (Preview) May 19 "Each day I feel myself growing in recovery. I can honestly say I'm happier now than ever before in my adult life."	Mike B.	0	354	May 19, 2014 by Mike B.
	Instinct to Protect (Preview) This am when we were having our morning coffee, a baby bird flew up to our porch and landed in the empty planter inches from my face. We talked gently to him and he didn't appear to be frightened because he sat there for a short while. I was surprised because I don't remember a bird choosing to stay that clos...	betterthanyesterday52	5	928	May 18, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	A Road Map (Preview) I have found, that as I grow, I move from: Unconscious self-centeredness to Conscious self-centeredness to Conscious other centeredness to Unconscious other centeredness	Angell	3	411	May 18, 2014 by Philipld
	Haven't shared in a while (Preview) It was a very busy week. Started a new job worked 76hrs. Had two court appearances on seperate days which is finally hopefully behind me. Also getting to as many meetings as I could this week. I'm drained obviously and have the next two days off. My plans are to relax, take it easy slow down and recooperat...	Enigma	7	617	May 18, 2014 by Enigma
	Today's Gift - 5/18 (Preview) . . . we have some unfinished business between us.When we respond to the small signals that something is amiss, we prevent bigger problems. When we feel fear in our relationship, it signals that we have some unfinished business between us. When we ask the questions we have been avoiding, we create new...	Pythonpappy	2	415	May 18, 2014 by Mike D
	Sunrise Quote - 5/18 (Preview) Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.Jonathon Swift	Pythonpappy	3	324	May 18, 2014 by Mike D
	Have any of you attended AA's International Convention? (Preview) Just read that it is on July 2-5, 2015....(what happened to this year??? Do they not have one every year?) Anyway, the one in 2015 is in Atlanta, GA. Have any of you been to one of these? Would love to hear shares if so. Is this something for mainly people who have been in the program a long time, or do you thi...	betterthanyesterday52	6	2029	May 17, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Finding out who I am not. (Preview) I love the program of AA. I learn everyday something about life, living and serenity rather it be challenges or blessings. Something I have realized in my fourth step is I am not the person I thought I was. Incomprehensible demoralization ruled my life and self perception until doing my forth step. Wh...	Lizmccal	2	390	May 17, 2014 by Mike D
	The Prescription (Preview) The PRESCRIPTION Bill W. We see so many people in meetings, and out on the streets, still stumbling around with the program, hurting, whining and crying, still all covered up with the Great 3 S's of our disease, Self-pity, Self-righteousness, and Self-Bullshit, and wondering why they can't g...	Philipld	2	515	May 17, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Emotional Sobriety (Preview) The Next Frontier: Emotional Sobriety by Bill Wilson January 1958(Aslo see: A Letter From Bill W. on Depression, from the memoirs of Tom Pike, an early California AA member, which is strikingly similar to this AA Grapevine Article, "The Next Frontier: Emotional Sobriety.") I t...	Philipld	6	707	May 17, 2014 by Lizmccal
	Today's Gift - 5/17 (Preview) Nice guys finish last.--Leo DurocherSome of us are habitually victims, doormats, and "poor things." No matter what, we never say no. The more we practice being nice guys the less able we are to cope creatively. We place the blame, along with the responsibility, elsewhere.Darlene model...	Pythonpappy	0	345	May 17, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	The Serenity Prayer (Preview) Though clearly circulating in oral form earlier, the earliest established date for a written form of the prayer is various versions printed in newspaper articles in the early 1930s by or reporting on talks given by Winnifred Crane Wygal, a pupil and collaborator of Niebuhr's.[1] Wygal included th...	Philipld	5	2213	May 17, 2014 by gonee
	Warning About AA's Success Rate Articles (Preview) I have been reading some articles about the success rate of Alcoholics Anonymous. There are some grim "findings" (or so they call them) and I question the accuracy of such articles because since it is an anonymous program how can any of these "results" possibly be accurate? I t...	betterthanyesterday52	17	894	May 17, 2014 by Mike D
	Some Interesting Short Quotes (Preview) Here are a few quotes I came across today and found especially meaningful: Here is a simple but powerful rulealways give people more than what they expect to get.-Nelson Boswell Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.-James Baldwin You get the b...	Pythonpappy	2	461	May 16, 2014 by Mike D
	Making Mistakes Quote (Preview) "The most honorable thing is not to never make mistakes, but to admit to them when you do make them, and then to follow through and do your best to make the wrong things right. Mistakes are part of growing. They are a natural part of every worthwhile endeavor. If someone refuses to support you as yo...	betterthanyesterday52	4	794	May 16, 2014 by Mike D
	What others say (Preview) I realize I have gone into overdrive with my postings and apologize if they have been annoying. "Progress not perfection". Guess I have felt overly comfortable with this board. My week just keeps getting better. BTY -- Edited by betterthanyesterday52 on Friday 16th of May...	betterthanyesterday52	4	611	May 16, 2014 by Mike D
	Sunrise Quote - 5/16 (Preview) The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising after you fall.Vince Lombardi	Pythonpappy	1	313	May 16, 2014 by Philipld
	The Flapping of the Tongue (Preview) Ok you guys...my mind is a bit in overload and I have really done so much praying today. I think it is like I heard that this disease doesn't want me sober and it will do anything to derail me. First of all...I don't want to drink and I do not have any desire to drink at all. However, (I am trying to stop using &q...	betterthanyesterday52	6	689	May 16, 2014 by Tasha
	Whoa!! (Preview) MORNING PRAYER God direct my thinking today so that it be divorced of self pity, dishonesty, self-will, self-seeking and fear. God inspire my thinking, decisions and intuitions. Help me to relax and take it easy. Free me from doubt and indecision. Guide me through this day and show me my next step. Go...	Philipld	3	586	May 16, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	It's a fine day for disillusionment. (Preview) I mentioned the other day in my first post since returning, that I had just come from the doctors with a host of new diagnosis's. The truth is, there are some serious things wrong. But here's the thing: The pain level is the same as it was last week. The weakness is the same as it was last week. The fatigue...	Angell	3	551	May 16, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	did more research (Preview) it speaks for its self i need some serious help i used to be in here years ago.. its been a progression and i know i am better than this thats why i am back .. i miss the me i found .. and i know it was my will that got me here and my choices.. i need to get off drinking.. and drugs... ...	aabeliever	8	654	May 16, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Welcome to the site Gus! (Preview) Look forward to having you share your ESH with us. Welcome.	Stepchild	3	374	May 16, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Confusing Point....Bonanza Quote (Preview) Bonanza series: Relatives were visiting the Cartwright's. They were "well-to-do" and one of them was making hurtful remarks about the lesser-to-do man at the table a woman had chosen to marry. The woman replied to her..... "I've had enough upbringing to know you don't make fun of p...	betterthanyesterday52	2	352	May 16, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Duck! (Preview) I had the mistaken idea that once I got sober and attended AA meetings my life would get so much better. It did get better in some ways. In others, it didn't... and I guess I was what some call a "dry drunk". I didn't need a sponsor or need to work those Steps. In my mind, as long as I did the first one...	betterthanyesterday52	5	448	May 16, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift - 5/16 (Preview) The Fox without a TailOne day a fox became caught in a trap. In his struggle to free himself, he left his tail behind. On his way home, he devised a way to head off being made the butt of jokes. He trotted back into the forest and called together all the foxes."Foxes are much more attractive when they d...	Pythonpappy	0	342	May 16, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Checking In (Preview) Hello MIP! I am happy to say that I have made it to 6 months without a drink or substitute. I have learned a lot of patience through the months and I am now understanding that the longer I stay sober, the more that is revealed. I am not in a hurry today for all of my thoughts to change, but I am ready to work on...	d_willing	9	573	May 15, 2014 by Days eye
	Weekly Thought --- (warning religious content) (Preview) Weekly VerseThrough us [He] diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place. For we are to God the fragrance of Christ. 2 Corinthians 2:14-15 (NKJV)Weekly QuoteMy Mother planted seeds of faith and watered them with love. Alice GrayWeekly ThoughtMothers are a lot like flowerseach one is u...	Pythonpappy	3	394	May 15, 2014 by Days eye
	Being Into "Me" is Sometimes a Scarey Place To Be (Preview) This week has been a bit hairy for me. I had slipped back into the kind of thinking which led me to slip back into drinking in the past. More prayer, more study, more meetings and more trying to be more into helping others and less into "me" is the key, I believe. I had a conversation with a member...	betterthanyesterday52	9	685	May 15, 2014 by Philipld
	Today's Gift - 5/15 (Preview) The crisis of our time . . . is a crisis not of the hands but of the hearts.--Archibald MacLeishWe singlemindedly search for love, for belonging, for affirmation from others that will wipe out the torment of alienation that haunts our wakefulness and our dreams. "Does he truly care?" we wo...	Pythonpappy	2	307	May 15, 2014 by Mike B.
	Sunrise Quote - 5/15 (Preview) It isnt the big pleasures that count the most; it is making a great deal out of the little ones.Anonymous	Pythonpappy	2	327	May 15, 2014 by Mike B.
	Grapevine (Preview) May 15 "During days and nights of darkness as I face the demons of self, the knowledge that my God is always in charge keeps me trudging to the end of each journey. With God, AA, and willingness I can meet the other me and begin putting my fractured self together again."	Mike B.	2	384	May 15, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	But, it was all a blessing.... (Preview) Monday was one of those crazy Mondays that usually causes people to hate Mondays. Seemed like everything was going wrong. First this happened...then that happened...then...something else. And, everything that happened seemed to lead to another thing going sour. Yet, I tackled each little...	Mike D	6	544	May 15, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	"I Wish to Live" quote (Preview) "I wish to live because life has within it that which is good, that which is beautiful, and that which is love. Therefore, since I have known all of these things, I have found them to be reason enough and--I wish to live. Moreover, because this is so, I wish others to live for generations and generat...	betterthanyesterday52	2	623	May 14, 2014 by Mike D
	It's Good To Be Back (Preview) I have been out of the forum for a while. Not because I wanted to but I was having computer problems then I lost my pass word and was having all kinds of technical problems but this morning I was able to reset my password and I'm back. I hope you are all well.......It has been 7 months sober and I'm feeling go...	debird17	6	476	May 14, 2014 by Mike D
	Detachment - Melody Beattie (Preview) Property Lines A helpful tool in our recovery, especially in the behavior we call detachment, is learning to identify who owns what. Then we let each person own and possess his or her rightful property. If another person has an addiction, a problem, a feeling, or a self-defeating behavior, that is th...	Tasha	4	2803	May 14, 2014 by Philipld
	Denial. (Preview) Sad to lose a 32 year old to alcoholism. Came to AA but remained in denial. Alcoholics Anonymous offers a life time solution to the problem of alcoholism, but few take it. People with other life threatening diseases easily accept their plan of recovery, but not with alcoholism.	gonee	3	862	May 14, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	My story/Help (Preview) Hello everyone. Alcohol has completely ruined my life. How I'm not in jail or worse is nothing short of a miracle. I got pulled over this weekend and somehow the cop didn't arrest me. He just took my home, I couldn't believe it. The next morning I woke up with bruises from stumbling into my furnitur...	whi9484	13	686	May 14, 2014 by Tasha
	Good moment all (Preview) Hello all. I lost internet service for a long bit but I've got it back. Good to be back. I hope everyone is doing well. Oh, and I celebrated 22 years on Saturday. :)	Angell	12	529	May 14, 2014 by Tasha
	Anger (Preview) I thought yesterday was just the crappiest day for me. One thing happened which upset me. Then another and I felt depressed and drained most of the day. When my sponsor made up my list of character defects "angry" was not one of them. I realized today that I needed to add that to my list, as I hav...	betterthanyesterday52	7	734	May 14, 2014 by Stepchild
	Grapevine (Preview) May 14 "Sometimes I wonder if this illness isn't a gift rather than a problem."	Mike B.	2	313	May 14, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift - 5/14 (Preview) Is he related to something infinite or not? That is the telling question of life.--Carl JungThe times that life works best are when we get out of the way and let the power work through us. The writer says of an inspired short story, "I didn't write this story; it seemed to write itself." After...	Pythonpappy	1	328	May 14, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	certainly (Preview) Thank God	Zoomtopz	2	367	May 14, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Step 4 with a sponsee (Preview) How do you all handle a resentment that is justified and of no fault of the sponsee? Such as an verbally abusive, degrading mother? Or the case of a step father who physically molests the sponsee and a mother who turns a blind eye. These are currently two sponsee situations I am dealing with. I have be...	BarbaraLu	16	7418	May 14, 2014 by Fyne Spirit
	IT WORKS! How Many Days of Sobriety Do You Have? (Preview) 343 for Me!	betterthanyesterday52	23	917	May 13, 2014 by Fyne Spirit
	When You Measure Somebody Quote I LOVE THIS (Preview) Child, when do you think is the time to love somebody the most? When they done good and made things easy for everybody? Well then, you ain't through learning-because that ain't the time at all...when you starts measuring somebody, measure him right, child, measure him right. Make sure you done taken...	betterthanyesterday52	2	376	May 13, 2014 by Mike D
	Welcome to MIP fiberfreak (Preview) Welcome fiberfreak ... glad you found us ... please let us know a little about you ... Pappy	Pythonpappy	0	320	May 13, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift - 5/13 (Preview) Having boundaries doesn't complicate life; boundaries simplify life.--Beyond CodependencyThere is a positive aspect to boundary setting. We learn to listen to ourselves and identify what hurt us and what we don't like. But we also learn to identify what feels good.When we are willing to take som...	Pythonpappy	1	281	May 13, 2014 by Mike B.
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