Alcoholics Anonymous

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Weekly Verse"Now is your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy." -John 16:22Weekly Quote"God made you. He knows how you operate best. And He knows what makes you happy. The happiness He gives doesn't stop when the party's over...

hunts31 · hunts31

How does or should a group handle the bad behavior directly outside the room. My home group leased a new room in a shopping center last year. The next door neighbor is a karate school for children. The landlord has received numerous complaints of smoking, loitering, and bad behavior/language in f...

Mike B. · Mike B.

October 21 "Only by accepting my powerlessness over alcohol did I begin to discover the powers that alcohol had obliterated: God, health, truth, love, nature, fellowship, humor, creativity, and even simple daily kindness."

butch · butch

I will be on a cruise to Bermuda soon. looking for suggestions on info. to take... butch - baltimore

Mike D · Mike D

Hi everybody....I've been thinking about this lately and I hope you won't mind if I share about it. I remember back some 15 years ago when I was attending my regular Home Group meeting on a Saturday night. The chairperson had chosen "Acceptance" as the topic of discussion. We had about 75...

bikerbill · bikerbill

Who'd a thought it? 7 years and one day ago I was in a plice cell, believeing my world had collapsed and my life was worthless. Now - it's rather different. I'm enjoying sobriety and promises are coming true - like we will intuitively know..... This morning, me and the lady I've been in a relationship wit...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

I have heard in AA about "drinking dreams" that some have had after quitting alcohol. Last night, I had a dream about I was holding a shot glass. I hit it against something and I looked to see if it was damaged. A crack started at the top edge and ran down all the way in a straight line to the bot...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as your dominant aspiration." - James Allen

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Today I Will TrustToday, I will stop straining to know what I don't know. To see what I can't see. To understand what I don't yet understand. I will trust that being is sufficient, And I will let go of my need to figure things out.

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Accepting our limitations Helen Keller said, "Life is a banquet and most of us are starving to death." Drinking and using sure kept us from seeing the beauty, the bounty in our lives. Since we recognized that we can't use or drink and got clean and sober - most of us today can get higher than ev...

Mike D · Mike D

Hi everybody! It's a beautiful day here in Iowa, and a great day to share something with you that means a lot to me. I'll start by saying that long ago, I came into A.A. with a whole lot of guilt about a whole lot of things I'd done wrong and plenty of shame about what I was....and with good reason. I'd done...

pinkchip · pinkchip

Ok...so now I'm attempting to add 2 more letters to my credentials. Hopefully within a month it will be Pinkchip, LMHC, CAP. The CAP part is what I'm going for now. It is Certified Addictions Counselor. Something I thought would be hard to attain, but as it turns out, if you have the first license th...

Jerry F · Jerry F

I can still be surprised by our disease. Cunning Powerful and Baffling and still with our program of recovery we can come out on top with more awareness and strength to keep it beat. I was working a client's home this afternoon and found myself very thirsty and of course the thirst triggered the need t...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things" - Robert Brault

Sober Strummer · Sober Strummer

life is pretty calm. Not much self generated stress or drama. It has been that way for a bit. I like real life. and i remember what i do :) Looking back after reading some great posts here today, I remember feeling a generalized anxious feeling in early sobriety.... when would the other shoe drop? W...

Mike B. · Mike B.

October 18 "One day leads to the next, no matter how unhappy I choose to be."

AdamMoz · AdamMoz

Last night I was the designated driver for my partner, who was celebrating a big work victory with colleagues at a local bar. I was happy eating peanuts and drinking Diet Pepsi for the night and we wrapped up at around 1am. For the record, bars never temp me, because my serious drinking was always done co...

bjc_nc · bjc_nc

There are no meetings near me right now and I have no one to talk to.

justadrunk · justadrunk

You are reading from the book Each Day a New Beginning When people bother you in any way, it is because their souls are trying to get your divine attention and your blessing. Catherine Ponder We are in constant communication with one another and with God in the spiritual realm. No matter how singular ou...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

This is a short 3 minute video clip that I found very meaningful ... turn your sound up ... you'll love it!!! Pappy

NDEAccounts · NDEAccounts

A very heart touching story. John want's nothing more than to share his story all over the world. He even prints out brochures and gives to people about his experience. Hope you enjoy, if you've had any experiences like this please share!...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

No extra words are needed. Subject: How Southern boys start a stubborn boat motor with mosquito spray Redneck Starting fluid with a kick!Just click below on the Date and TimeDec 19, 2012 11:22pm (CLICK here on the date)Now I know why you can't use Mosquito sprayin place of Ethyl ether (sta...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"You will never stub your toe standing still. The faster you go, the more chance there is of stubbing your toe, but the more chance you have of getting somewhere." - Charles F. Kettering

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years of trying to get other people interested in you.--Dale CarnegieWe wanted friends, but our addiction wanted all our attention. We had no time to be close to others.Well, stand aside addiction! The p...

shellbd · shellbd

As I sit here with 22+ years of sobriety and then an awful divorce convinced me that I am not an alcohlic, just a social drinker as I only drank from 19-23. Fast forward to age 50...been divorced twice and managed to stay sober for most of the second one and all of the first one... And now in a relationship (...

gonee · gonee

I try to practice these legacies daily. Recovery is 1st for me. The number one offender is resentment. I ask God to remove all resentment from me every single day. Once that is accomplished and I am resentment free. I move on to Unity. Unity is 2nd for me. Those things in AA that cause disunity I gently try...

PurpleRayn · PurpleRayn

I am currently six and a half months sober. I have a sponsor as well. Last night I decided to have a few sips of a wine cooler. I had maybe a quarter of a mikes hard lemonade. I didn't get drunk or even tipsy. Does that mean I should reset my sobriety date. I'm too nervous to tell my sponsor.

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Acceptance is not submission; it is acknowledgment of the facts of a situation. Then deciding what you're going to do about it. --Kathleen Casey Theisen Recovery offers us courage to make choices about the events of our lives. Passive compliance with whatever is occurring need no longer dominate o...

Mike B. · Mike B.

October 17 "A new spiritual awakening can come at every meeting."

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"There is no doubt in my mind that there are many ways to be a winner, but there is only one way to be a loser and that is to fail and not look beyond that failure."- Kyle Rote, Jr.

Zoomtopz · Zoomtopz

I pointed to the two old drunks across the bar and said to my mate, "That'l be us in ten years. He said, "That's a mirror, you idiot"!!!

Standing_Tall · Standing_Tall

Had a really rough week last week. Was out of the office with the flu. Did not get to attend any meetings, go to any sponsored events........was just rough. And I won't lie, I wanted a drink in the worst way. Was on my knees a LOT last week..........prayer and meditation........and other . If you can't ma...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

First I started with just a few minutes at a time on this board, and it kept increasing and now I am at two hours at a time...just reading posts, responding to some. Lots of learning here! I have a noon AA meeting and guys and gals, I love this board so much I just cannot get enough! After my meeting, I'll hav...

Bdi_chopper · Bdi_chopper

Hello all. Binge drinking has nearly taken everything from me. I'm an Alcoholic, I have known that for years. I am a successful businessman have a fabulous life, plenty of cash and lovely kids. I have now got to the stage where it is affecting everything. I have to stop. The remorse is killing me from th...

Zoomtopz · Zoomtopz

My wife hosted a dinner party for all our friends, some we hadn't seen for quite a while, and everyone was encouraged to bring their children as well. Dinner Party All during dinner my wife's best friend's four-year-old stared at me sitting across from her. The girl could hardly eat her food for starin...

Standing_Tall · Standing_Tall

Okay, this has been on my mind today.......I am sure that a lot of you have or are dealing with this topic. I have not seen my children in almost 4 weeks (basically since getting out of rehab). I talk to them every single day and they are happy to hear my voice. My two oldest know what has gone on and they supp...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment." - Marcus Aurelius

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

I posted awhile back that my SO was going to a wedding which is out of town. Been worried a lot about being alone--I haven't been by myself much at all over the last couple of decades. I had an invite but since there was going to be drinking, and I haven't been sober but just a few months, I didn't think I could...

Stepchild · Stepchild

Step One....We admitted we were powerless over alcohol - that our lives had become unmanageable.Would love to hear your feedback on this step...When I first saw this step it made no sense to me at all....None of them did really...I had a drinking problem that cost me everything and damn near killed me...

justadrunk · justadrunk

Yippee for you!

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Becoming forgiving The lack of a forgiving spirit hurts our spiritual progress. Being unforgiving causes resentment, which is always a danger to our new way of life. We have learned that if we forgive, we will be forgiven; but if we do not forgive, we will not be forgiven. So it seems we are just hurtin...

pinkchip · pinkchip

Stpetedean and pinkchip aka Dean and Mark

justadrunk · justadrunk

I have 3 close friends in AA - we all came in around the same time. One has a young girl the same age as my daughter, and we did many play dates this summer. One has been off and on sober. One I found out has pretty much never stopped drinking, but was hiding it. Anyway - they all crashed and burned last wee...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

It is the act of forgiveness that opens up the only possible way to think creatively about the future at all. -- Father Desmond WilsonToday is full of endless possibilities and dreams. In many cases, we are limited only by our fear and lack of hope, in others and ourselves. Each new day we are given a clea...

Mike B. · Mike B.

October 15 "I found I had to exert every ounce of will and action to cut off these faulty emotional dependencies upon people, upon AA, indeed, upon any set of circumstances whatever. Then only could I be free to love."

pinkchip · pinkchip

I think someone that posts here lives near here...not sure who...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Welcome to MIP Curly, ... glad you found us ... looking forward to you sharing your ESH here ... God Bless, Pappy

AdamMoz · AdamMoz

I just spent the past half hour Google searching various iterations of "alcohol and the soul" and "addiction and the soul". I was looking for articles or blog posts by people who have written about what alcohol does to the "soul" while we are drinking, both in the sho...

justadrunk · justadrunk

This time the grapevine let me know they are going to publish another one of my posts from here at MIP. It was from about 2 yrs ago - when I first came to MIP and drank again after about a month. It's going to say "my recent relapse" in one of the paragraphs, now mind you - this will be 2 years old....

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"Comfort and prosperity have never enriched the world as much as adversity has." - Billy Graham

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	Caution! ... This Post contains a Religious spiritual message, if that offends you, just pass over this post! (Preview) Weekly Verse"Now is your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy." -John 16:22Weekly Quote"God made you. He knows how you operate best. And He knows what makes you happy. The happiness He gives doesn't stop when the party's over...	Pythonpappy	10	440	Oct 21, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Bad Behavior bad behavior loss of meeting room (Preview) How does or should a group handle the bad behavior directly outside the room. My home group leased a new room in a shopping center last year. The next door neighbor is a karate school for children. The landlord has received numerous complaints of smoking, loitering, and bad behavior/language in f...	hunts31	15	993	Oct 21, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Grapevine (Preview) October 21 "Only by accepting my powerlessness over alcohol did I begin to discover the powers that alcohol had obliterated: God, health, truth, love, nature, fellowship, humor, creativity, and even simple daily kindness."	Mike B.	1	133	Oct 21, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	a.a. meeting - cruise ship (Preview) I will be on a cruise to Bermuda soon. looking for suggestions on info. to take... butch - baltimore	butch	13	4334	Oct 21, 2013 by chris
	"ANYONE ELSE HAVING TROUBLE WITH THIS STEP?" (Preview) Hi everybody....I've been thinking about this lately and I hope you won't mind if I share about it. I remember back some 15 years ago when I was attending my regular Home Group meeting on a Saturday night. The chairperson had chosen "Acceptance" as the topic of discussion. We had about 75...	Mike D	16	475	Oct 21, 2013 by Sober Strummer
	7 years today (Preview) Who'd a thought it? 7 years and one day ago I was in a plice cell, believeing my world had collapsed and my life was worthless. Now - it's rather different. I'm enjoying sobriety and promises are coming true - like we will intuitively know..... This morning, me and the lady I've been in a relationship wit...	bikerbill	12	384	Oct 21, 2013 by Fyne Spirit
	Strange But Comforting Dreams I Had Last Night (Preview) I have heard in AA about "drinking dreams" that some have had after quitting alcohol. Last night, I had a dream about I was holding a shot glass. I hit it against something and I looked to see if it was damaged. A crack started at the top edge and ran down all the way in a straight line to the bot...	betterthanyesterday52	10	481	Oct 21, 2013 by betterthanyesterday52
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as your dominant aspiration." - James Allen	Pythonpappy	0	173	Oct 20, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift -- Have Anxiety? ... Worry A Lot? ... This One is for You! (Preview) Today I Will TrustToday, I will stop straining to know what I don't know. To see what I can't see. To understand what I don't yet understand. I will trust that being is sufficient, And I will let go of my need to figure things out.	Pythonpappy	6	223	Oct 20, 2013 by betterthanyesterday52
	Today's Gift (Preview) Accepting our limitations Helen Keller said, "Life is a banquet and most of us are starving to death." Drinking and using sure kept us from seeing the beauty, the bounty in our lives. Since we recognized that we can't use or drink and got clean and sober - most of us today can get higher than ev...	Pythonpappy	2	149	Oct 20, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	How He sees me! (Preview) Hi everybody! It's a beautiful day here in Iowa, and a great day to share something with you that means a lot to me. I'll start by saying that long ago, I came into A.A. with a whole lot of guilt about a whole lot of things I'd done wrong and plenty of shame about what I was....and with good reason. I'd done...	Mike D	11	513	Oct 20, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	More credentials (hopefully) (Preview) Ok...so now I'm attempting to add 2 more letters to my credentials. Hopefully within a month it will be Pinkchip, LMHC, CAP. The CAP part is what I'm going for now. It is Certified Addictions Counselor. Something I thought would be hard to attain, but as it turns out, if you have the first license th...	pinkchip	9	322	Oct 20, 2013 by RubyTues
	ism not was'm... (Preview) I can still be surprised by our disease. Cunning Powerful and Baffling and still with our program of recovery we can come out on top with more awareness and strength to keep it beat. I was working a client's home this afternoon and found myself very thirsty and of course the thirst triggered the need t...	Jerry F	11	444	Oct 20, 2013 by Mike D
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things" - Robert Brault	Pythonpappy	1	146	Oct 20, 2013 by Mike D
	The pond is pretty calm..... (Preview) life is pretty calm. Not much self generated stress or drama. It has been that way for a bit. I like real life. and i remember what i do :) Looking back after reading some great posts here today, I remember feeling a generalized anxious feeling in early sobriety.... when would the other shoe drop? W...	Sober Strummer	7	383	Oct 20, 2013 by gonee
	Grapevine (Preview) October 18 "One day leads to the next, no matter how unhappy I choose to be."	Mike B.	3	162	Oct 20, 2013 by Mike D
	Blue Lights (Preview) Last night I was the designated driver for my partner, who was celebrating a big work victory with colleagues at a local bar. I was happy eating peanuts and drinking Diet Pepsi for the night and we wrapped up at around 1am. For the record, bars never temp me, because my serious drinking was always done co...	AdamMoz	2	263	Oct 19, 2013 by Jerry F
	Is there anyone on here right now? I need someone. (Preview) There are no meetings near me right now and I have no one to talk to.	bjc_nc	10	464	Oct 19, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Hey Dean (Preview) You are reading from the book Each Day a New Beginning When people bother you in any way, it is because their souls are trying to get your divine attention and your blessing. Catherine Ponder We are in constant communication with one another and with God in the spiritual realm. No matter how singular ou...	justadrunk	6	305	Oct 19, 2013 by 2granddaughters
	The Road to Happiness (Preview) This is a short 3 minute video clip that I found very meaningful ... turn your sound up ... you'll love it!!! Pappy	Pythonpappy	0	198	Oct 19, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	A man leaves his AA meeting and is hit by a drunk driver - Has a near death experience and visited by 3 angels. near death experience nde alcoholics anonymous stories (Preview) A very heart touching story. John want's nothing more than to share his story all over the world. He even prints out brochures and gives to people about his experience. Hope you enjoy, if you've had any experiences like this please share!...	NDEAccounts	10	2639	Oct 19, 2013 by NDEAccounts
	Even Sober, Southern boys are Tops ! (Preview) No extra words are needed. Subject: How Southern boys start a stubborn boat motor with mosquito spray Redneck Starting fluid with a kick!Just click below on the Date and TimeDec 19, 2012 11:22pm (CLICK here on the date)Now I know why you can't use Mosquito sprayin place of Ethyl ether (sta...	Pythonpappy	12	1115	Oct 19, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "You will never stub your toe standing still. The faster you go, the more chance there is of stubbing your toe, but the more chance you have of getting somewhere." - Charles F. Kettering	Pythonpappy	0	132	Oct 18, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift (Preview) You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years of trying to get other people interested in you.--Dale CarnegieWe wanted friends, but our addiction wanted all our attention. We had no time to be close to others.Well, stand aside addiction! The p...	Pythonpappy	0	192	Oct 18, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	So tired (Preview) As I sit here with 22+ years of sobriety and then an awful divorce convinced me that I am not an alcohlic, just a social drinker as I only drank from 19-23. Fast forward to age 50...been divorced twice and managed to stay sober for most of the second one and all of the first one... And now in a relationship (...	shellbd	13	502	Oct 18, 2013 by nezyb
	AA's 3 legacies; Recovery, Unity, Service. Let's share on it. (Preview) I try to practice these legacies daily. Recovery is 1st for me. The number one offender is resentment. I ask God to remove all resentment from me every single day. Once that is accomplished and I am resentment free. I move on to Unity. Unity is 2nd for me. Those things in AA that cause disunity I gently try...	gonee	3	663	Oct 18, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	I had a few sips One drink help sobriety date (Preview) I am currently six and a half months sober. I have a sponsor as well. Last night I decided to have a few sips of a wine cooler. I had maybe a quarter of a mikes hard lemonade. I didn't get drunk or even tipsy. Does that mean I should reset my sobriety date. I'm too nervous to tell my sponsor.	PurpleRayn	12	4979	Oct 18, 2013 by betterthanyesterday52
	Today's Gift (Preview) Acceptance is not submission; it is acknowledgment of the facts of a situation. Then deciding what you're going to do about it. --Kathleen Casey Theisen Recovery offers us courage to make choices about the events of our lives. Passive compliance with whatever is occurring need no longer dominate o...	Pythonpappy	2	128	Oct 18, 2013 by Mr_David
	Grapevine (Preview) October 17 "A new spiritual awakening can come at every meeting."	Mike B.	2	175	Oct 18, 2013 by Mr_David
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "There is no doubt in my mind that there are many ways to be a winner, but there is only one way to be a loser and that is to fail and not look beyond that failure."- Kyle Rote, Jr.	Pythonpappy	1	195	Oct 18, 2013 by Mr_David
	Th mirror (Preview) I pointed to the two old drunks across the bar and said to my mate, "That'l be us in ten years. He said, "That's a mirror, you idiot"!!!	Zoomtopz	5	186	Oct 18, 2013 by Mr_David
	Why am I struggling so?? (Preview) Had a really rough week last week. Was out of the office with the flu. Did not get to attend any meetings, go to any sponsored events........was just rough. And I won't lie, I wanted a drink in the worst way. Was on my knees a LOT last week..........prayer and meditation........and other . If you can't ma...	Standing_Tall	24	583	Oct 18, 2013 by betterthanyesterday52
	I Am Addicted to The MIP Board (Preview) First I started with just a few minutes at a time on this board, and it kept increasing and now I am at two hours at a time...just reading posts, responding to some. Lots of learning here! I have a noon AA meeting and guys and gals, I love this board so much I just cannot get enough! After my meeting, I'll hav...	betterthanyesterday52	15	533	Oct 18, 2013 by AlcoHater
	This is it! (Preview) Hello all. Binge drinking has nearly taken everything from me. I'm an Alcoholic, I have known that for years. I am a successful businessman have a fabulous life, plenty of cash and lovely kids. I have now got to the stage where it is affecting everything. I have to stop. The remorse is killing me from th...	Bdi_chopper	15	549	Oct 18, 2013 by betterthanyesterday52
	Dinner Party (Preview) My wife hosted a dinner party for all our friends, some we hadn't seen for quite a while, and everyone was encouraged to bring their children as well. Dinner Party All during dinner my wife's best friend's four-year-old stared at me sitting across from her. The girl could hardly eat her food for starin...	Zoomtopz	8	505	Oct 17, 2013 by betterthanyesterday52
	The Alcoholic and His Children (Preview) Okay, this has been on my mind today.......I am sure that a lot of you have or are dealing with this topic. I have not seen my children in almost 4 weeks (basically since getting out of rehab). I talk to them every single day and they are happy to hear my voice. My two oldest know what has gone on and they supp...	Standing_Tall	16	559	Oct 17, 2013 by Stepchild
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment." - Marcus Aurelius	Pythonpappy	0	140	Oct 16, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	....But I Didn't Have to Drink (Preview) I posted awhile back that my SO was going to a wedding which is out of town. Been worried a lot about being alone--I haven't been by myself much at all over the last couple of decades. I had an invite but since there was going to be drinking, and I haven't been sober but just a few months, I didn't think I could...	betterthanyesterday52	16	603	Oct 16, 2013 by betterthanyesterday52
	Let's talk about the first step. (Preview) Step One....We admitted we were powerless over alcohol - that our lives had become unmanageable.Would love to hear your feedback on this step...When I first saw this step it made no sense to me at all....None of them did really...I had a drinking problem that cost me everything and damn near killed me...	Stepchild	23	1447	Oct 16, 2013 by betterthanyesterday52
	congrats on one week gtt... i think its time for a new thread!!! (Preview) Yippee for you!	justadrunk	2	256	Oct 16, 2013 by betterthanyesterday52
	Today's Gift (Preview) Becoming forgiving The lack of a forgiving spirit hurts our spiritual progress. Being unforgiving causes resentment, which is always a danger to our new way of life. We have learned that if we forgive, we will be forgiven; but if we do not forgive, we will not be forgiven. So it seems we are just hurtin...	Pythonpappy	1	135	Oct 16, 2013 by Standing_Tall
	Meeting of the mods! (Preview) Stpetedean and pinkchip aka Dean and Mark	pinkchip	17	471	Oct 16, 2013 by vixen
	All my friends relapsed this week. (Preview) I have 3 close friends in AA - we all came in around the same time. One has a young girl the same age as my daughter, and we did many play dates this summer. One has been off and on sober. One I found out has pretty much never stopped drinking, but was hiding it. Anyway - they all crashed and burned last wee...	justadrunk	17	669	Oct 16, 2013 by justadrunk
	Today's Gift (Preview) It is the act of forgiveness that opens up the only possible way to think creatively about the future at all. -- Father Desmond WilsonToday is full of endless possibilities and dreams. In many cases, we are limited only by our fear and lack of hope, in others and ourselves. Each new day we are given a clea...	Pythonpappy	0	155	Oct 15, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Grapevine (Preview) October 15 "I found I had to exert every ounce of will and action to cut off these faulty emotional dependencies upon people, upon AA, indeed, upon any set of circumstances whatever. Then only could I be free to love."	Mike B.	1	186	Oct 15, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	I am in St. Pete (Preview) I think someone that posts here lives near here...not sure who...	pinkchip	11	303	Oct 15, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Welcome Curly (Preview) Welcome to MIP Curly, ... glad you found us ... looking forward to you sharing your ESH here ... God Bless, Pappy	Pythonpappy	8	196	Oct 15, 2013 by StPeteDean
	Alcohol and the Soul (Preview) I just spent the past half hour Google searching various iterations of "alcohol and the soul" and "addiction and the soul". I was looking for articles or blog posts by people who have written about what alcohol does to the "soul" while we are drinking, both in the sho...	AdamMoz	4	475	Oct 14, 2013 by Jerry F
	I did not relapse (Preview) This time the grapevine let me know they are going to publish another one of my posts from here at MIP. It was from about 2 yrs ago - when I first came to MIP and drank again after about a month. It's going to say "my recent relapse" in one of the paragraphs, now mind you - this will be 2 years old....	justadrunk	8	375	Oct 15, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "Comfort and prosperity have never enriched the world as much as adversity has." - Billy Graham	Pythonpappy	0	356	Oct 14, 2013 by Pythonpappy
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