Alcoholics Anonymous

Stepchild · Stepchild

I went to a meeting today...And as usual....Nobody was busting out with a topic. So I brought up....The book. Let's talk about the Big Book. I asked with a show of hands....How may people have read it? Would you believe 6 out of the 24 people there had even read it?I mean if you open the book to the forewar...

Wolfy1 · Wolfy1

I'm an alcoholic.. a Bad one, I don't hurt the people I meat, but I blow hundreds of dollars a month, and I make the family I have sad, I hate this.

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is the lightning that does the work. --Mark TwainThunder demands our attention. From the ear-splitting boom overhead to the faint rumble in the distance, it is an impressive part of nature. Yet, it is the lightning that discharges electricity from one...

Mike B. · Mike B.

August 6 "Each night I pray that when the alarm clock goes off in the morning, I'll have a spiritual awakening."

Namaste78 · Namaste78

I've been struggling a lot with my resentments for my ex, and my resentments for myself regarding that relationship. Also a lot of fear around what/who the future will bring. I have this thought that I'm not a whole person if I'm not in a relationship. That there's something wrong with me. I've been vis...

Enigma · Enigma

Well anyone who knows me it's been a tough 3 months. Avoiding jail twice, a divorce, and uprooted to my brothers house. I've been looking for a place to live for the past couple of weeks and my brother has been on my ass to move. I suspect more like his wife maybe in the shadows. It came to the point I felt unwe...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

When they take your smile away they might just as well shoot you. --Violet HensleyViolet is one big smile. And it's not the result of having an easy life. On the contrary, she has worked doubly hard all her life to support her family. However, she has a joyful attitude, and it has made the difference in he...

myownhell · myownhell

Before time, I shared that there is one person, who I miss really much and who helped me a lot with recovery (alcoholic, too). In time he stopped writing me and I was really not okay with this, but I had to accept that there is time, when people came in my life and after that they can disappear and sometime...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

August 4, 2014Quote of the Week"Our neighbor's window looks much cleaner if we first wash our own." Now that it's hot again, I've begun sleeping with the windows open to let some of the cooler evening air in. My neighbor must have the same idea because her window is open as well, and the sou...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.~ Winston Churchill

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Whatever men attempt, they seem driven to overdo. --Bernard BaruchIt's usually very difficult for us to bring balance into our lives. We may find it hard not to put in overtime at work. We may be obsessed about housework or yard work to the extent that we work long hours at it. Whatever we do, whatever we...

Mike B. · Mike B.

August 5 "What has happened in the past is just that -- the past! What I should have done about certain issues no longer matters. What I do now is of greatest concern."

Mike B. · Mike B.

August 4 "I am grateful to AA that I have learned some humility, so when offered help, I can now say, 'Yes, I can use your assistance.'"

tomsteve · tomsteve

as some of ya's know, I was diagnosed stage 3 metastatic melanoma back in 2006, 13 months into recovery. I went through a lot foor the next 3 1/2 years9ish) fighting it and it even went stage 4. over the last few years its been nothing more than PET scans, Ct,scans, MRI's, and blood draws and was up to every...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

The most important move is to begin.We begin weaving by stringing vertical threads on a loom to form the foundation of a new cloth. Then horizontal threads are interlaced back and forth, and we create a fabric. As the cloth begins to form, new possibilities open before us. After we weave in the first co...

Flynn · Flynn

Deep down, the things we all really want most are love and acceptance. Thats it. Strangely, its practically universal. We want others to care about our existence. We want people to think: Hey, theyre not so bad. To gain this love and acceptance, we all want to be unique. After all, we think, if someone j...

gonee · gonee

"If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through." The words, painstaking, development and amazed were words that caught my attention in early recovery. They spoke of growth. AA is all about growth and I realised that if I sincere...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Weekly VerseIf anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? 1 John 3:17Weekly QuoteIf you cant feed a hundred people, then feed just one. Mother TeresaWeekly ThoughtActions speak louder than words. We all know the common bit o...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

The future starts today, not tomorrow.~ Pope John Paul II

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Things that matter most must never be at the mercy of things that matter least.~ Goethe

AdamMoz · AdamMoz

During today's meeting someone told the group that their sponsor advised them to introduce themselves as: "Hi. I'm _____ , and I'm the problem." I was really hit hard by this because I think for me it was one of the biggest hurdles I had to face in getting sober. When I was drinking, all I did wa...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

At 70, my dad is just like he was at 35 - only more so. It's frightening that the same thing could happen to me. --Jerry Z.More of the same gets more of the same. What we were given to practice, we practiced. What we practiced, we became. What we became, we are continuing to become - only more so - every day of o...

Stepchild · Stepchild

This is a transcript of parts of a share done by Clancy I. He's an AA longtimer from California. I like this guy....He's pretty funny but carries a great message. He has quite a few shares available here... http://www.xa-speakers.org/pafiledb.php "The Invisible Boat" "... Th...

Zoomtopz · Zoomtopz

worth thinking about only did it a couple of times (that I know of) , but I Do remember what They thought

Tipsy McStagger · Tipsy McStagger

I have two baby girls and I can honestly say that I would jump in front of grizzly bear or leap on a grenade to protect them without even a nanosecond of hesitation. Yet I couldn't put down the bottle and be the father I wanted to be. I couldn't stop being a drunk for them. I would look into their eyes and swear...

MakingWaves · MakingWaves

I am sober quite a long time and been thru the steps. I am in an emotionally abusive/controlling relationship with my live-in BF. If I had the $ I would have gotten out A few years ago when I realized what was really going on. I can't go to a DV shelter because there's no police record or children involved. I...

DocDeAngelo · DocDeAngelo

hello, i don't even know what to write. how does this work?

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Without discipline, there's no life at all. --Katharine HepburnWe all have deadlines we must meet. We have bills to pay, responsibilities at work, children with school projects - all the innumerable small markers that push life forward. When we realize we're procrastinating, we need to be commit...

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

Hello and welcome to all of you. All of us (100's of regular sober posters here) were new comers once trying to find our way and get away from booze, which was killing us. This board is a good place to get information about getting / staying sober, which would be utilizing the AA program. It's not the on...

AdamMoz · AdamMoz

Hi All, Just wanted to check in and say hello. I've been going to a lot of meetings lately and been almost overwhelmed by the amount of great stuff I've been hearing. During today's meeting, it really sunk in for me how much of this disease is accompanied by crushing loneliness and how awesome (blissful...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Dwell in possibility.~ Emily Dickinson

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

The darkness was encumbering only because I relied upon my sight for everything I did, not knowing that another way was to let power be the guide. --Carlos CastanedaWe don't need to be blind in order not to see. Remember how long it took for us to "see" our addictions? Remember how the blindf...

Drench · Drench

Hi. I'm 37 and I have a serious problems. I gave up hope of ever becoming sober 17 years ago. I decided to drink myself to death. It didn't work. After destroying my kids' lives and losing our home, car and my job, I became temporarily sober for periods of 6 months or so -- never lasting more than a year on th...

OG Stiggs · OG Stiggs

Determined to make it this time.

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Ive learned that making a living is not the same thing as making a life.~ Maya Angelou

Mike B. · Mike B.

July 29 "Every day, every meeting, there's something more to learn."

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

The winds of grace are blowing all the time. You have only to raise your sail. --Sri RamakrishnaIf God seems far away, who moved? At the center of our being a fullness of life exists that wants to flow through us as vitality, love, harmony, happiness, and success. Why, then, are we not more in touch with i...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Other people's actions need not affect us.Our program friends are showing us how to detach from other people and their problems. We have learned we aren't the cause of a family member's alcoholism or the never-ending trauma in a friend's life, though our family and friends may try to blame us for thei...

Capital K · Capital K

I've had a rough month. I'm feeling things I haven't in a very long time. Anger, jealousy, fear, you get the idea. I haven't made many meetings, and when I do Im not really listing. Just forcing my way through it. Tonight was no different. I show up 5 min late. I make a cup of coffee and sit in the corner with t...

Flynn · Flynn

Warning: Im here to interrupt your regularly scheduled life to bring you a completely optional announcement. This post may or may not momentarily screw your day up, then make it orders of magnitude better, and finally, proceed to send your life on a detour. Results may vary, and are not guaranteed. H...

Angell · Angell

I have a question. It's a little hard to word though. Can you think of any 'horrible' event or circumstance in your life, that hasn't set you on a road to a treasure that you would have gladly paid the price of that event? For instance, active alcoholism. If you haven't been there, words are of no use. ...

Mike B. · Mike B.

July 30 "The alcoholic is in no greater peril than when he takes his sobriety for granted."

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Happy Soberversary, Dean, my beautiful Big Brother! You were instrumental in my early recovery on so many levels & I love you forever for it. Also, because you're simply a swell guy & I know how much we all love you too! Watch... Thank you for staying sober it means the world to me. Love you, Dani...

Angell · Angell

...as advertised. The wife and I received an eviction notice of fifteen days. The wife was going to see her father who is on his death bed for a week (which means a week without income plus expenses to get there and back). We planned that trip with $3.12 in the bank and the eviction notice came while she...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

July 28, 2014Quote of the Week"GOD - Good Orderly Direction." Like many newcomers, I had a lot of conflicting feelings and ideas about the God concept in early recovery. I didn't trust the God I had grown up with and so had a hard time turning my will and life over to Him. I was growing pretty d...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Nobody's family can hang out the sign, "Nothing's the matter here." --Chinese ProverbNone of us come from a perfect family, but if we have any family at all, it's worth the effort to see what there is to enjoy about it. Sometimes it's difficult or impossible, because there's been so much da...

sweetness · sweetness

Hi all, I wanted to briefly introduce myself here. I am a 41 year old mother of two, married 13 years. I have been drinking heavily for at least 15 years. I received my first DUI this past June under highly upsetting circumstances. As a result of that emotional blow, I attempted suicide and ended u...

Namaste78 · Namaste78

Hi! Just sitting here enjoying a lazy lazy Saturday. I haven't even gotten up to leave the house. I haven't talked to anyone, only via text. I always start off my cherishing this down time, but many hours into it my mind starts going and going and the down time starts feeling depressing. My mind is such a d...

Stepchild · Stepchild

character.http://www.xa-speakers.org/pafiledb.php?action=file&id=1551

Capital K · Capital K

I'm new to MIP. I'm coming up on 6 months of sobriety on August 2nd. My sponsor is great but he travels for a living. Not easy to get ahold of. I'm attempting my 4th step and it's kicking amy ass. Got a lot of crap coming up that I buried a long time ago. Anyway I'm just putting myself out there.

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Baffling. (Preview) I went to a meeting today...And as usual....Nobody was busting out with a topic. So I brought up....The book. Let's talk about the Big Book. I asked with a show of hands....How may people have read it? Would you believe 6 out of the 24 people there had even read it?I mean if you open the book to the forewar...	Stepchild	11	886	Aug 6, 2014 by Stepchild
	Newbie (Preview) I'm an alcoholic.. a Bad one, I don't hurt the people I meat, but I blow hundreds of dollars a month, and I make the family I have sad, I hate this.	Wolfy1	6	770	Aug 6, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift - 8/6 (Preview) Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is the lightning that does the work. --Mark TwainThunder demands our attention. From the ear-splitting boom overhead to the faint rumble in the distance, it is an impressive part of nature. Yet, it is the lightning that discharges electricity from one...	Pythonpappy	0	519	Aug 6, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Grapevine (Preview) August 6 "Each night I pray that when the alarm clock goes off in the morning, I'll have a spiritual awakening."	Mike B.	0	497	Aug 6, 2014 by Mike B.
	Kind of a rough weekend. (Preview) I've been struggling a lot with my resentments for my ex, and my resentments for myself regarding that relationship. Also a lot of fear around what/who the future will bring. I have this thought that I'm not a whole person if I'm not in a relationship. That there's something wrong with me. I've been vis...	Namaste78	22	900	Aug 5, 2014 by Mike D
	HP has got my back! (Preview) Well anyone who knows me it's been a tough 3 months. Avoiding jail twice, a divorce, and uprooted to my brothers house. I've been looking for a place to live for the past couple of weeks and my brother has been on my ass to move. I suspect more like his wife maybe in the shadows. It came to the point I felt unwe...	Enigma	3	583	Aug 5, 2014 by Mike D
	Today's Gift - 8/5 (Preview) When they take your smile away they might just as well shoot you. --Violet HensleyViolet is one big smile. And it's not the result of having an easy life. On the contrary, she has worked doubly hard all her life to support her family. However, she has a joyful attitude, and it has made the difference in he...	Pythonpappy	0	513	Aug 5, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	If I am explaining something, If I am defending something - I am wrong (Preview) Before time, I shared that there is one person, who I miss really much and who helped me a lot with recovery (alcoholic, too). In time he stopped writing me and I was really not okay with this, but I had to accept that there is time, when people came in my life and after that they can disappear and sometime...	myownhell	3	771	Aug 5, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) August 4, 2014Quote of the Week"Our neighbor's window looks much cleaner if we first wash our own." Now that it's hot again, I've begun sleeping with the windows open to let some of the cooler evening air in. My neighbor must have the same idea because her window is open as well, and the sou...	Pythonpappy	0	544	Aug 5, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote - 8/4 (Preview) Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.~ Winston Churchill	Pythonpappy	0	456	Aug 5, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift - 8/4 (Preview) Whatever men attempt, they seem driven to overdo. --Bernard BaruchIt's usually very difficult for us to bring balance into our lives. We may find it hard not to put in overtime at work. We may be obsessed about housework or yard work to the extent that we work long hours at it. Whatever we do, whatever we...	Pythonpappy	0	457	Aug 5, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Grapevine (Preview) August 5 "What has happened in the past is just that -- the past! What I should have done about certain issues no longer matters. What I do now is of greatest concern."	Mike B.	0	487	Aug 5, 2014 by Mike B.
	Grapevine (Preview) August 4 "I am grateful to AA that I have learned some humility, so when offered help, I can now say, 'Yes, I can use your assistance.'"	Mike B.	0	566	Aug 4, 2014 by Mike B.
	choices- take the positive ones or negative ones? (Preview) as some of ya's know, I was diagnosed stage 3 metastatic melanoma back in 2006, 13 months into recovery. I went through a lot foor the next 3 1/2 years9ish) fighting it and it even went stage 4. over the last few years its been nothing more than PET scans, Ct,scans, MRI's, and blood draws and was up to every...	tomsteve	5	821	Aug 4, 2014 by IamDarryl
	Today's Gift - 8/3 (Preview) The most important move is to begin.We begin weaving by stringing vertical threads on a loom to form the foundation of a new cloth. Then horizontal threads are interlaced back and forth, and we create a fabric. As the cloth begins to form, new possibilities open before us. After we weave in the first co...	Pythonpappy	3	557	Aug 4, 2014 by IamDarryl
	Uniquely Genuine (Preview) Deep down, the things we all really want most are love and acceptance. Thats it. Strangely, its practically universal. We want others to care about our existence. We want people to think: Hey, theyre not so bad. To gain this love and acceptance, we all want to be unique. After all, we think, if someone j...	Flynn	3	812	Aug 4, 2014 by IamDarryl
	Step 8 & 9. (Preview) "If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through." The words, painstaking, development and amazed were words that caught my attention in early recovery. They spoke of growth. AA is all about growth and I realised that if I sincere...	gonee	1	1108	Aug 3, 2014 by Mike D
	Weekly Thought --- (religious concept) (Preview) Weekly VerseIf anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? 1 John 3:17Weekly QuoteIf you cant feed a hundred people, then feed just one. Mother TeresaWeekly ThoughtActions speak louder than words. We all know the common bit o...	Pythonpappy	0	517	Aug 3, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote - 8/2 (Preview) The future starts today, not tomorrow.~ Pope John Paul II	Pythonpappy	3	492	Aug 3, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote - 8/3 (Preview) Things that matter most must never be at the mercy of things that matter least.~ Goethe	Pythonpappy	0	496	Aug 3, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	"I'm _____ , and I'm the problem." (Preview) During today's meeting someone told the group that their sponsor advised them to introduce themselves as: "Hi. I'm _____ , and I'm the problem." I was really hit hard by this because I think for me it was one of the biggest hurdles I had to face in getting sober. When I was drinking, all I did wa...	AdamMoz	9	1444	Aug 3, 2014 by Mike D
	Today's Gift - 8/2 (Preview) *At 70, my dad is just like he was at 35 - only more so. It's frightening that the same thing could happen to me.* --Jerry Z.More of the same gets more of the same. What we were given to practice, we practiced. What we practiced, we became. What we became, we are continuing to become - only more so - every day of o...	Pythonpappy	1	483	Aug 2, 2014 by Stepchild
	The invisible boat. (Preview) This is a transcript of parts of a share done by Clancy I. He's an AA longtimer from California. I like this guy....He's pretty funny but carries a great message. He has quite a few shares available here... http://www.xa-speakers.org/pafiledb.php "The Invisible Boat" "... Th...	Stepchild	4	1236	Aug 2, 2014 by Stepchild
	do You know wot time it is (Preview) worth thinking about only did it a couple of times (that I know of) , but I Do remember what They thought	Zoomtopz	3	726	Aug 2, 2014 by AdamMoz
	Why I finally stopped playing games with AA (Preview) I have two baby girls and I can honestly say that I would jump in front of grizzly bear or leap on a grenade to protect them without even a nanosecond of hesitation. Yet I couldn't put down the bottle and be the father I wanted to be. I couldn't stop being a drunk for them. I would look into their eyes and swear...	Tipsy McStagger	3	698	Aug 2, 2014 by StPeteDean
	Trauma - How To Heal? (Preview) I am sober quite a long time and been thru the steps. I am in an emotionally abusive/controlling relationship with my live-in BF. If I had the $ I would have gotten out A few years ago when I realized what was really going on. I can't go to a DV shelter because there's no police record or children involved. I...	MakingWaves	21	1000	Aug 1, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	first timer here, not really sure what i'm looking for (Preview) hello, i don't even know what to write. how does this work?	DocDeAngelo	19	883	Aug 1, 2014 by davep12and12
	Today's Gift - 7/31 (Preview) Without discipline, there's no life at all. --Katharine HepburnWe all have deadlines we must meet. We have bills to pay, responsibilities at work, children with school projects - all the innumerable small markers that push life forward. When we realize we're procrastinating, we need to be commit...	Pythonpappy	5	576	Aug 1, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	To the Newcomers welcome (Preview) Hello and welcome to all of you. All of us (100's of regular sober posters here) were new comers once trying to find our way and get away from booze, which was killing us. This board is a good place to get information about getting / staying sober, which would be utilizing the AA program. It's not the on...	StPeteDean	4	870	Aug 1, 2014 by Hello its me
	People (Preview) Hi All, Just wanted to check in and say hello. I've been going to a lot of meetings lately and been almost overwhelmed by the amount of great stuff I've been hearing. During today's meeting, it really sunk in for me how much of this disease is accompanied by crushing loneliness and how awesome (blissful...	AdamMoz	5	853	Aug 1, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote - 8/1 (Preview) Dwell in possibility.~ Emily Dickinson	Pythonpappy	0	444	Aug 1, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift - 8/1 (Preview) The darkness was encumbering only because I relied upon my sight for everything I did, not knowing that another way was to let power be the guide. --Carlos CastanedaWe don't need to be blind in order not to see. Remember how long it took for us to "see" our addictions? Remember how the blindf...	Pythonpappy	0	534	Aug 1, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Help, I just can't stop (Preview) Hi. I'm 37 and I have a serious problems. I gave up hope of ever becoming sober 17 years ago. I decided to drink myself to death. It didn't work. After destroying my kids' lives and losing our home, car and my job, I became temporarily sober for periods of 6 months or so -- never lasting more than a year on th...	Drench	33	1375	Aug 1, 2014 by Drench
	New here (Preview) Determined to make it this time.	OG Stiggs	16	924	Jul 31, 2014 by Hello its me
	Sunrise Quote - 7/31 (Preview) Ive learned that making a living is not the same thing as making a life.~ Maya Angelou	Pythonpappy	0	431	Jul 31, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Grapevine (Preview) July 29 "Every day, every meeting, there's something more to learn."	Mike B.	1	487	Jul 30, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift - 7/30 (Preview) The winds of grace are blowing all the time. You have only to raise your sail. --Sri RamakrishnaIf God seems far away, who moved? At the center of our being a fullness of life exists that wants to flow through us as vitality, love, harmony, happiness, and success. Why, then, are we not more in touch with i...	Pythonpappy	0	497	Jul 30, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift - 7/29 (Preview) Other people's actions need not affect us.Our program friends are showing us how to detach from other people and their problems. We have learned we aren't the cause of a family member's alcoholism or the never-ending trauma in a friend's life, though our family and friends may try to blame us for thei...	Pythonpappy	0	483	Jul 30, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Gods work (Preview) I've had a rough month. I'm feeling things I haven't in a very long time. Anger, jealousy, fear, you get the idea. I haven't made many meetings, and when I do Im not really listing. Just forcing my way through it. Tonight was no different. I show up 5 min late. I make a cup of coffee and sit in the corner with t...	Capital K	10	820	Jul 30, 2014 by davep12and12
	What If You Had Gotten Everything You Ever Wanted? (Preview) Warning: Im here to interrupt your regularly scheduled life to bring you a completely optional announcement. This post may or may not momentarily screw your day up, then make it orders of magnitude better, and finally, proceed to send your life on a detour. Results may vary, and are not guaranteed. H...	Flynn	4	743	Jul 30, 2014 by The Goat
	Can you think of one? (Preview) I have a question. It's a little hard to word though. Can you think of any 'horrible' event or circumstance in your life, that hasn't set you on a road to a treasure that you would have gladly paid the price of that event? For instance, active alcoholism. If you haven't been there, words are of no use. ...	Angell	7	839	Jul 30, 2014 by 7exasaurus
	Grapevine (Preview) July 30 "The alcoholic is in no greater peril than when he takes his sobriety for granted."	Mike B.	0	467	Jul 30, 2014 by Mike B.
	25 Years, Dean! XXV (Preview) Happy Soberversary, Dean, my beautiful Big Brother! You were instrumental in my early recovery on so many levels & I love you forever for it. Also, because you're simply a swell guy & I know how much we all love you too! Watch... Thank you for staying sober it means the world to me. Love you, Dani...	Sobrietyspell	14	1067	Jul 29, 2014 by tlcstuff2005
	Rockin' agent comes through (Preview) ...as advertised. The wife and I received an eviction notice of fifteen days. The wife was going to see her father who is on his death bed for a week (which means a week without income plus expenses to get there and back). We planned that trip with $3.12 in the bank and the eviction notice came while she...	Angell	9	790	Jul 29, 2014 by StPeteDean
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) July 28, 2014Quote of the Week"GOD - Good Orderly Direction." Like many newcomers, I had a lot of conflicting feelings and ideas about the God concept in early recovery. I didn't trust the God I had grown up with and so had a hard time turning my will and life over to Him. I was growing pretty d...	Pythonpappy	3	614	Jul 29, 2014 by Part VII
	Today's Gift - 7/28 (Preview) Nobody's family can hang out the sign, "Nothing's the matter here." --Chinese ProverbNone of us come from a perfect family, but if we have any family at all, it's worth the effort to see what there is to enjoy about it. Sometimes it's difficult or impossible, because there's been so much da...	Pythonpappy	1	488	Jul 28, 2014 by Stepchild
	Recently out of rehab and new here (Preview) Hi all, I wanted to briefly introduce myself here. I am a 41 year old mother of two, married 13 years. I have been drinking heavily for at least 15 years. I received my first DUI this past June under highly upsetting circumstances. As a result of that emotional blow, I attempted suicide and ended u...	sweetness	13	943	Jul 28, 2014 by IamDarryl
	The line between relaxation and isolation. (Preview) Hi! Just sitting here enjoying a lazy lazy Saturday. I haven't even gotten up to leave the house. I haven't talked to anyone, only via text. I always start off my cherishing this down time, but many hours into it my mind starts going and going and the down time starts feeling depressing. My mind is such a d...	Namaste78	11	938	Jul 27, 2014 by Stepchild
	This is a really good talk. I highly recommend it. (Preview) character.http://www.xa-speakers.org/pafiledb.php?action=file&id=1551	Stepchild	3	612	Jul 27, 2014 by Stepchild
	Early sobriety (Preview) I'm new to MIP. I'm coming up on 6 months of sobriety on August 2nd. My sponsor is great but he travels for a living. Not easy to get ahold of. I'm attempting my 4th step and it's kicking amy ass. Got a lot of crap coming up that I buried a long time ago. Anyway I'm just putting myself out there.	Capital K	8	953	Jul 27, 2014 by Pythonpappy
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