Alcoholics Anonymous

RubyTues · RubyTues

Hi folks. Hoping to hear some experiences on sponsorship. Have you maintained the same sponsor through your time in the program? If you have changed sponsors, what precipitated it? Thanks.

Lizmccal · Lizmccal

Sitting at home with the dogs. Quit smoking and still sober almost two months not a drop and a little over two not smoking. Tonight I decided to be bad and got a pack of trident my favorite gum. I'm xylotol sensitive so it gives me horrific gas. One of my dogs just left the room the other is giving me evil look...

Mike B. · Mike B.

January 27 "I didn't need to learn how to meditate before meditating. It turned out to be one of those learn-as-you-go things -- just as learning how to stay sober is part of staying sober a day at a time."

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Being trueWe believe we can become beautiful people, free of addiction. With belief in a Power greater than ourselves, our Twelve Step program, and the fellowship, we don't have to stay where we were. Our purpose in life is to stay sober and clean. Our Higher Power knows our true purpose in life and wil...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Success is ninety-nine per cent mental attitude. It calls for love, joy, optimism, confidence, serenity, poise, faith, courage, cheerfulness, imagination, initiative, tolerance, honesty, humility, patience and enthusiasm.Wilferd A. Peterson

Philipld · Philipld

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

I had the flu the week before last and was unable to go to my meetings. That was a good reason for me not to go. I went to some last week and all was well. I had some other members ask me how I was, where I was --very concerned. I even got asked if I had a sponsor and haven't been asked that in quite a while. That's fi...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

A vision is not just a picture of what could be; it is an appeal to our better selves, a call to become something more.Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Being able to be wrong We had to compete with everyone, sometimes subtly, sometimes less subtly. We always had to be right, to be wrong seemed unbearable. We could never seem to bring ourselves to say simply, "I was wrong." We were afraid of what would happen to us if we did. Our egos were very...

Zoomtopz · Zoomtopz

Catholic shampooTwo nuns were shopping at a 7-11 store. As they passed the beer cooler, one nun said to the other, "Wouldn't a nice cold beer or two taste wonderful on a hot summer evening?" The second nun answered, "Indeed it would, Sister, but I would not feel comfortable buying b...

justadrunk · justadrunk

I believe that back in the day when people were first 12 stepping... they were literally ripping people off bar stools and out of hospitals. There was some serious gusto and guts involved. Some real 'in your face' sort of stuff. I'm 35, I dunno what this really looked like as it's been watered down treme...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Senior motel moment!Last week, she checked into a motel on her 65th birthday and she was a bit lonely. She thought, "I'll call one of those men you see advertised in phone books for escorts and sensual massages." She looked through the phone book, found a full page ad for a guy calling himsel...

june · june

I gt to meetings and I get lots of help. I have a small share I want (need) to share here.... I only go to open meetings......know why.......if I go to closed meeting they will I know I have a drinking problem. I have a sickness that I hide, even at meetings. BUT....I want to go to closed meetings...I just...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

A woman went to a pet shop and immediately spotted a large, beautiful parrot. There was a sign on the cage that said $50.00. "Why so little?" she asked the pet store owner. The owner looked at her and said, "Look, I should tell you first that this bird used to live in a house of prostituti...

gonee · gonee

William Griffith Wilson (November 26, 1895 January 24, 1971), also known as Bill Wilson or Bill W., was the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), an international mutual aid fellowship with over two million members belonging to 100,800 groups of alcoholics helping other alcoholics achieve a...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Example is the lesson that all men can read. -- Gilbert WestPatterning our lives after others is familiar. Maybe as kids we emulated "toughies" or the teacher's pet. As we grew, the criteria changed, but we sought role models, nonetheless. The career we chose and the family relationship...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

If you neglect to recharge a battery, it dies. And if you run full speed ahead without stopping for water, you lose momentum to finish the race.Oprah Winfrey

justadrunk · justadrunk

A kid opens his lunch box and looks inside. "Ah $HIt", he goes to the kid sitting next to him... PB&J AGAIN! "Why don't you ask your Mom to make you something else"? Says the other kid. "I make my own lunch". He says. How's your lunch lookin?

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

The guys at the barber shop asked me what actress I would like to be stuck in an elevator with.I told them the one who knows how to fix elevators.I'm old, tired and need to pee a lot!

Mike D · Mike D

Just wanted to share that today, on January 24th, God has blessed me with 26 years of sobriety. I'm grateful to all those who have helped me through the years. Blessings, Mike D.

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

For those of you that haven't been around for a year or two, Dean made a recommendation to me a year or so ago that included the use of Neti pot and some Zinc ... ... ... Okay, the rest of the story, LOL ... Yesterday I got up with some nasal congestion that was irritating at best ... by the end of the day, I kn...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

What we say is important. Our vocabulary should be filled with words of hope and dreams. Be known as someone who speaks positively.Recently I saw a sign under a mounted large mouth bass. It read, "If I had kept my mouth shut I wouldn't be here." How true! Don't jump into trouble mouth first. L...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

I haven't had control over my own thinking for years and years. The alcohol was my Higher Power and I did everything it told me to do while I was under its influence. Also, I have been a people pleaser most of my life, and because of this, I have allowed myself to be in controlling relationships where I was t...

Nanners80 · Nanners80

I have ebbs sober for 22 days from alcohol and was unable to get funding together to go to treatment for drugs a nd alcohol I start counseling tomorrow but am just looking for direction

Mike B. · Mike B.

January 23 "Sincerity of purpose, humility in the knowledge of our own power to help, and confidence in our understanding of our capacities in AA are likely to help in working with others."

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Focusing on SolutionsIf we are to learn to cope with our illness and our life, we must begin focusing on solutions, not just on our problems.But this means we must change our attitude and outlook. We can no longer live as if there are only problems in our lives. We can no longer consider ourselves victim...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees.Amelia Earhart

Butterfinger · Butterfinger

I was driving down a street in my old neighborhood yesterday and noticed all of these cool new pubs and watering holes that Tipsy McStagger would have loved. It sent me into this grumpy, irritable, restless funk that I can't seem to shake. I'm happy, I feel physically great, my home life is loving, rich...

justadrunk · justadrunk

Way to go lady - you have been such a sweet silent and humble supporter to me. Love ya!

Mike B. · Mike B.

January 22 "By helping to insure the sobriety of others to come, we insure our own sobriety today."

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

I am a little sad over this for some reason... I go to a Step Meeting once a week. They never give out chips. My thought is....if this is the first meeting someone is attending and is ready to pick up a white chip and they don't give them out, what affect, if any, this may have on them. I have been to quite a few m...

AlcoHater · AlcoHater

I'm here because I know of nowhere else to go with this. No real drama or tragedy,just a goofy little fluke. All of my life I've suffered from anxiety and depression, and it showed. I never smiled. But a couple of nights ago, my bad feelings went into hyper-drive so I tried something I've never tried befo...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

One of the biggest issues I have heard other alcoholics have about this program is the "believing in a Power greater than ourselves" ....aka "Higher Power". (Step Two) * Meetings have turned into unruly debates with raised voices, insults and people even leaving meetings wh...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

A crisis is an opportunity to rely on our Higher Power. When we came to this program, we were told right away that a Higher Power is watching out for us and that we can look to that Power whenever we want guidance or peacefulness. Let's not resist this invitation. Most of us had daily crises before turning...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.Ralph Waldo Emerson

justadrunk · justadrunk

My body responded to the alcohol before I ever took a drink. All I had to do was 'know I was about to'. So anywhere from 5 to 10 minutes before drinking I was already having many bodily reactions... most of which are not 'lady like'. Then.... The Drink - the flush of my face - and some minutes of 'high' follo...

justadrunk · justadrunk

Pg 25 of the big bookThere is a solution.Almost none of us liked the self-searching, the leveling of our pride, the confession ofshortcomings which the process requires for its successful consummation. But we saw that it reallyworked in others, and we had come to believe in thehopelessness and fu...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

Step 3: Made a decision to turn our will and our lives our to the care of God as we understood Him." This is probably the biggest, most important decision I have made and will ever make in my life. I had admitted I was powerless over alcohol several times in the past, but I never got much further than th...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

January 20, 2013 Quote of the Week "My definition of balance is being able to obsessequally in all areas of my life!" As an alcoholic I completely understand all or nothing thinking. When I was in my disease, I used to obsessively plan out my drinking and using, always making s...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.Saint Augustine

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Let every man be occupied in the highest employment of which he is capable and die conscious that he has done his best. --Sidney Smith Doing something that we feel good about never loses its importance to our lives. And it need not be a prestigious occupation for our work to be important. In fact, who are...

patisserie-luv · patisserie-luv

Hi there! I'm not sure if this is the place to post this, so please forgive me if it isn't. I'm looking for a young person's AA (for in person meetings AND for online chats as well..(I know that online could be based anywhere, but an online chat with its members being primarily in Austin would be extremely...

Mike B. · Mike B.

January 21 "We shall always have to deal with the fearful forces which are released when the human ego runs amok -- the same forces that are shattering the world of our time. Deliver us from temptation must therefore continue to be a prime ingredient of our every attitude, practice, and prayer.&...

davep12and12 · davep12and12

Hi all, I went down to the parking garage in my condo building at 8AM this morning to drive across the bridge into San Francisco for my Sunday morning AA meeting, only to discover that my car was not in my parking space..... Yup, it was stolen some time last night. From a secured parking garage in my build...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.Oliver Wendell Holmes

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

If it werent for the dark days, we wouldnt know what it is to walk in the light.Earl Campbell

AdamMoz · AdamMoz

Hey All, Long time, no write. I am doing well, though, and wanted to stop in to ask a question. Basically, do any of you have experience being in both AA and Al-Anon? I recently started reading the book Adult Children of Alcoholics and have been floored by how accurately the book describes much of my life...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"I can't help it" . . . that's what we all say when we don't want to exert ourselves. --Eva LathburyIrresponsible behavior is not unfamiliar to us. Passivity is equally familiar. In the past, excusing ourselves of all responsibility prevented us from being blamed. We have learned that it...

Lizmccal · Lizmccal

For the past week I have been eating so much at night I can't move. I have lost weight but eating seems to be my new thing. I dont like it. I'm not drinking but I'm being a pig. Anyone deal with this. I eat until it hurts then get mad at myself then do yoga for an hour and a half. I'm exhausted trying to be healthy w...

annushka1979 · annushka1979

Is anyone in Montego Bay this week? No AA meetings the week I'm there/here.. maybe meet up at a coffee shop for a quick one?

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Sponsorship (Preview) Hi folks. Hoping to hear some experiences on sponsorship. Have you maintained the same sponsor through your time in the program? If you have changed sponsors, what precipitated it? Thanks.	RubyTues	13	678	Jan 27, 2014 by justadrunk
	My wild weekend night! (Preview) Sitting at home with the dogs. Quit smoking and still sober almost two months not a drop and a little over two not smoking. Tonight I decided to be bad and got a pack of trident my favorite gum. I'm xylotol sensitive so it gives me horrific gas. One of my dogs just left the room the other is giving me evil look...	Lizmccal	10	534	Jan 27, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Grapevine (Preview) January 27 "I didn't need to learn how to meditate before meditating. It turned out to be one of those learn-as-you-go things -- just as learning how to stay sober is part of staying sober a day at a time."	Mike B.	2	241	Jan 27, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Today's Gift (Preview) Being trueWe believe we can become beautiful people, free of addiction. With belief in a Power greater than ourselves, our Twelve Step program, and the fellowship, we don't have to stay where we were. Our purpose in life is to stay sober and clean. Our Higher Power knows our true purpose in life and wil...	Pythonpappy	2	253	Jan 27, 2014 by june
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) Success is ninety-nine per cent mental attitude. It calls for love, joy, optimism, confidence, serenity, poise, faith, courage, cheerfulness, imagination, initiative, tolerance, honesty, humility, patience and enthusiasm.Wilferd A. Peterson	Pythonpappy	2	257	Jan 27, 2014 by june
	Stress (Preview)	Philipld	1	366	Jan 26, 2014 by AlcoHater
	Been a Bit Too Lazy and Really Needed That AA Meeting Last Night (Preview) I had the flu the week before last and was unable to go to my meetings. That was a good reason for me not to go. I went to some last week and all was well. I had some other members ask me how I was, where I was --very concerned. I even got asked if I had a sponsor and haven't been asked that in quite a while. That's fi...	betterthanyesterday52	17	2699	Jan 26, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) A vision is not just a picture of what could be; it is an appeal to our better selves, a call to become something more.Rosabeth Moss Kanter	Pythonpappy	2	254	Jan 26, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Today's Gift (Preview) Being able to be wrong We had to compete with everyone, sometimes subtly, sometimes less subtly. We always had to be right, to be wrong seemed unbearable. We could never seem to bring ourselves to say simply, "I was wrong." We were afraid of what would happen to us if we did. Our egos were very...	Pythonpappy	1	286	Jan 26, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	religous shampoo (Preview) Catholic shampooTwo nuns were shopping at a 7-11 store. As they passed the beer cooler, one nun said to the other, "Wouldn't a nice cold beer or two taste wonderful on a hot summer evening?" The second nun answered, "Indeed it would, Sister, but I would not feel comfortable buying b...	Zoomtopz	5	343	Jan 26, 2014 by june
	Step 12 (Preview) I believe that back in the day when people were first 12 stepping... they were literally ripping people off bar stools and out of hospitals. There was some serious gusto and guts involved. Some real 'in your face' sort of stuff. I'm 35, I dunno what this really looked like as it's been watered down treme...	justadrunk	6	666	Jan 26, 2014 by june
	Time for a Joke ??? .... (has sexual overtones) (Preview) Senior motel moment!Last week, she checked into a motel on her 65th birthday and she was a bit lonely. She thought, "I'll call one of those men you see advertised in phone books for escorts and sensual massages." She looked through the phone book, found a full page ad for a guy calling himsel...	Pythonpappy	5	424	Jan 26, 2014 by John
	Going to meetings..... (Preview) I gt to meetings and I get lots of help. I have a small share I want (need) to share here.... I only go to open meetings......know why.......if I go to closed meeting they will I know I have a drinking problem. I have a sickness that I hide, even at meetings. BUT....I want to go to closed meetings...I just...	june	13	802	Jan 25, 2014 by Mike D
	'Nother Joke! (Preview) A woman went to a pet shop and immediately spotted a large, beautiful parrot. There was a sign on the cage that said $50.00. "Why so little?" she asked the pet store owner. The owner looked at her and said, "Look, I should tell you first that this bird used to live in a house of prostituti...	Pythonpappy	3	259	Jan 25, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	LEST WE FORGET! (Preview) William Griffith Wilson (November 26, 1895 January 24, 1971), also known as Bill Wilson or Bill W., was the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), an international mutual aid fellowship with over two million members belonging to 100,800 groups of alcoholics helping other alcoholics achieve a...	gonee	4	508	Jan 25, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Today's Gift (Preview) Example is the lesson that all men can read. -- Gilbert WestPatterning our lives after others is familiar. Maybe as kids we emulated "toughies" or the teacher's pet. As we grew, the criteria changed, but we sought role models, nonetheless. The career we chose and the family relationship...	Pythonpappy	2	237	Jan 25, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) If you neglect to recharge a battery, it dies. And if you run full speed ahead without stopping for water, you lose momentum to finish the race.Oprah Winfrey	Pythonpappy	2	219	Jan 25, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	AA and our program is what we make of it. (Preview) A kid opens his lunch box and looks inside. "Ah $HIt", he goes to the kid sitting next to him... PB&J AGAIN! "Why don't you ask your Mom to make you something else"? Says the other kid. "I make my own lunch". He says. How's your lunch lookin?	justadrunk	4	389	Jan 25, 2014 by Mike D
	The Barber Shop (Preview) The guys at the barber shop asked me what actress I would like to be stuck in an elevator with.I told them the one who knows how to fix elevators.I'm old, tired and need to pee a lot!	Pythonpappy	2	404	Jan 25, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Sobriety Birthday Today (Preview) Just wanted to share that today, on January 24th, God has blessed me with 26 years of sobriety. I'm grateful to all those who have helped me through the years. Blessings, Mike D.	Mike D	11	523	Jan 25, 2014 by Mike D
	Thank you StPeteDean ... ... ... AGAIN!!! (Preview) For those of you that haven't been around for a year or two, Dean made a recommendation to me a year or so ago that included the use of Neti pot and some Zinc ... ... ... Okay, the rest of the story, LOL ... Yesterday I got up with some nasal congestion that was irritating at best ... by the end of the day, I kn...	Pythonpappy	9	784	Jan 25, 2014 by StPeteDean
	Words (Preview) What we say is important. Our vocabulary should be filled with words of hope and dreams. Be known as someone who speaks positively.Recently I saw a sign under a mounted large mouth bass. It read, "If I had kept my mouth shut I wouldn't be here." How true! Don't jump into trouble mouth first. L...	Pythonpappy	6	447	Jan 24, 2014 by june
	The Freedom to Think for Myself (Preview) I haven't had control over my own thinking for years and years. The alcohol was my Higher Power and I did everything it told me to do while I was under its influence. Also, I have been a people pleaser most of my life, and because of this, I have allowed myself to be in controlling relationships where I was t...	betterthanyesterday52	17	655	Jan 24, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	New and looking for help (Preview) I have ebbs sober for 22 days from alcohol and was unable to get funding together to go to treatment for drugs a nd alcohol I start counseling tomorrow but am just looking for direction	Nanners80	7	552	Jan 24, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Grapevine (Preview) January 23 "Sincerity of purpose, humility in the knowledge of our own power to help, and confidence in our understanding of our capacities in AA are likely to help in working with others."	Mike B.	2	271	Jan 24, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Today's Gift (Preview) Focusing on SolutionsIf we are to learn to cope with our illness and our life, we must begin focusing on solutions, not just on our problems.But this means we must change our attitude and outlook. We can no longer live as if there are only problems in our lives. We can no longer consider ourselves victim...	Pythonpappy	4	297	Jan 24, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees.Amelia Earhart	Pythonpappy	4	308	Jan 24, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	A wave of irritability... (Preview) I was driving down a street in my old neighborhood yesterday and noticed all of these cool new pubs and watering holes that Tipsy McStagger would have loved. It sent me into this grumpy, irritable, restless funk that I can't seem to shake. I'm happy, I feel physically great, my home life is loving, rich...	Butterfinger	27	874	Jan 23, 2014 by Stepchild
	Congrats Sheila (((JJ))) on 5 Years Sobriety! (Preview) Way to go lady - you have been such a sweet silent and humble supporter to me. Love ya!	justadrunk	13	448	Jan 23, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Grapevine (Preview) January 22 "By helping to insure the sobriety of others to come, we insure our own sobriety today."	Mike B.	3	249	Jan 23, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	No Chips at This Meeting (Preview) I am a little sad over this for some reason... I go to a Step Meeting once a week. They never give out chips. My thought is....if this is the first meeting someone is attending and is ready to pick up a white chip and they don't give them out, what affect, if any, this may have on them. I have been to quite a few m...	betterthanyesterday52	23	4093	Jan 23, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Risus Sardonicus (?) (Preview) I'm here because I know of nowhere else to go with this. No real drama or tragedy,just a goofy little fluke. All of my life I've suffered from anxiety and depression, and it showed. I never smiled. But a couple of nights ago, my bad feelings went into hyper-drive so I tried something I've never tried befo...	AlcoHater	6	419	Jan 23, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	The Right to Choose Our Own Higher Power (Preview) One of the biggest issues I have heard other alcoholics have about this program is the "believing in a Power greater than ourselves" ....aka "Higher Power". (Step Two) * Meetings have turned into unruly debates with raised voices, insults and people even leaving meetings wh...	betterthanyesterday52	11	534	Jan 23, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Today's Gift (Preview) A crisis is an opportunity to rely on our Higher Power. When we came to this program, we were told right away that a Higher Power is watching out for us and that we can look to that Power whenever we want guidance or peacefulness. Let's not resist this invitation. Most of us had daily crises before turning...	Pythonpappy	1	228	Jan 23, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.Ralph Waldo Emerson	Pythonpappy	1	306	Jan 23, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Steps and promises (Preview) My body responded to the alcohol before I ever took a drink. All I had to do was 'know I was about to'. So anywhere from 5 to 10 minutes before drinking I was already having many bodily reactions... most of which are not 'lady like'. Then.... The Drink - the flush of my face - and some minutes of 'high' follo...	justadrunk	7	536	Jan 23, 2014 by jj
	Our disease wants us terrified, lonely and depressed - but There is a Solution (Preview) Pg 25 of the big bookThere is a solution.Almost none of us liked the self-searching, the leveling of our pride, the confession ofshortcomings which the process requires for its successful consummation. But we saw that it reallyworked in others, and we had come to believe in thehopelessness and fu...	justadrunk	6	500	Jan 23, 2014 by jj
	The Big Decision (Step 3) (Preview) Step 3: Made a decision to turn our will and our lives our to the care of God as we understood Him." This is probably the biggest, most important decision I have made and will ever make in my life. I had admitted I was powerless over alcohol several times in the past, but I never got much further than th...	betterthanyesterday52	8	498	Jan 22, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) January 20, 2013 Quote of the Week "My definition of balance is being able to obsessequally in all areas of my life!" As an alcoholic I completely understand all or nothing thinking. When I was in my disease, I used to obsessively plan out my drinking and using, always making s...	Pythonpappy	4	597	Jan 22, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.Saint Augustine	Pythonpappy	0	235	Jan 21, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift (Preview) Let every man be occupied in the highest employment of which he is capable and die conscious that he has done his best. --Sidney Smith Doing something that we feel good about never loses its importance to our lives. And it need not be a prestigious occupation for our work to be important. In fact, who are...	Pythonpappy	0	204	Jan 21, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Young person's aa in North Texas and online? (Preview) Hi there! I'm not sure if this is the place to post this, so please forgive me if it isn't. I'm looking for a young person's AA (for in person meetings AND for online chats as well..(I know that online could be based anywhere, but an online chat with its members being primarily in Austin would be extremely...	patisserie-luv	7	1178	Jan 21, 2014 by davep12and12
	Grapevine (Preview) January 21 "We shall always have to deal with the fearful forces which are released when the human ego runs amok -- the same forces that are shattering the world of our time. Deliver us from temptation must therefore continue to be a prime ingredient of our every attitude, practice, and prayer.&...	Mike B.	1	316	Jan 21, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	My car was stolen (Preview) Hi all, I went down to the parking garage in my condo building at 8AM this morning to drive across the bridge into San Francisco for my Sunday morning AA meeting, only to discover that my car was not in my parking space..... Yup, it was stolen some time last night. From a secured parking garage in my build...	davep12and12	14	559	Jan 21, 2014 by justadrunk
	Sunrise Quote - Jan 19 (Preview) What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.Oliver Wendell Holmes	Pythonpappy	1	240	Jan 21, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Sunrise Quote - 20th (Preview) If it werent for the dark days, we wouldnt know what it is to walk in the light.Earl Campbell	Pythonpappy	1	256	Jan 21, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Self-Disclosure at Al-Anon? (Preview) Hey All, Long time, no write. I am doing well, though, and wanted to stop in to ask a question. Basically, do any of you have experience being in both AA and Al-Anon? I recently started reading the book Adult Children of Alcoholics and have been floored by how accurately the book describes much of my life...	AdamMoz	10	1002	Jan 21, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Today's Gift (Preview) "I can't help it" . . . that's what we all say when we don't want to exert ourselves. --Eva LathburyIrresponsible behavior is not unfamiliar to us. Passivity is equally familiar. In the past, excusing ourselves of all responsibility prevented us from being blamed. We have learned that it...	Pythonpappy	0	261	Jan 20, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Eating??? (Preview) For the past week I have been eating so much at night I can't move. I have lost weight but eating seems to be my new thing. I dont like it. I'm not drinking but I'm being a pig. Anyone deal with this. I eat until it hurts then get mad at myself then do yoga for an hour and a half. I'm exhausted trying to be healthy w...	Lizmccal	20	634	Jan 20, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Montego Bay Monday/Tues/Wed? (Preview) Is anyone in Montego Bay this week? No AA meetings the week I'm there/here.. maybe meet up at a coffee shop for a quick one?	annushka1979	1	494	Jan 20, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
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