Alcoholics Anonymous

justadrunk · justadrunk

I have your avatar pic on my phone as you know, and my daughter and I were scrolling through pics. When we got to your picture my daughter had to stop and look a while. I did too. She asked who you were, and I said 'that's my friend' and she said you look nice. You are nice Col. How's it going?

John · John

Hi MIP folks! Nothing big to write about today. Life is getting rather simple and I like it like that. No drama, just me, my dogs, a bit of work, going to meetings, and trying to stay on top of things financially as we head into the winter season, which is always a rough time for me. Pressure Washing home...

Stepchild · Stepchild

I really like this guy...One of the original 100 that worked on the book. He was a strong headed alkie...I think he and Bill W. butted heads...Also a strong headed alkie. Some say he should have been one of the Co - Founders of AA...I just like how he kept it simple.He talks about the phases of the steps.....

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement." - Helen Keller

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Children do not know how their parents love them, and they never will till the grave closes over those parents, or till they have children of their own. --Edmund Vance Cooks As adults, we may feel we were cheated out of a "normal" childhood because of our parents' emotional, physical, or sp...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Welcome to MIP brigy, ... we're glad you'r here and Congrats on 8 months sober ... please share with us ...

Mike B. · Mike B.

October 11 "One night, in a moment of desperation, I got down on my knees and remembered a prayer an old sponsor had given me. It said, 'God, help me be of service ... to something or someone...' I knew intuitively it was the answer."

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued is always just beyond your grasp, but which if you will sit down quietly will light upon you." - Nathaniel Hawthorne

Mike D · Mike D

Hi everyone! I'd like to share with you a question that I've been asked many times by many sponsorees: "Will Step 4 be emotionally painful for me?" The only way I can ever answer that question is out of my own experience with doing a Fourth Step inventory myself. To begin with, we must est...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"The first duty of love is to listen." - Paul Tillich

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

CommunicatingHe said, "Let's go to the movies when we're done with our work." She said, "That's a great idea!" But when the work that she had in mind was finished, he still had several tasks that remained undone. So they got into a dispute. It was not a disagreement, it was a misun...

Jerry F · Jerry F

Yeppers...that was the topic at this mornings AA at the bay, Saturday version, home group meeting. Go figure...really?...alcoholics and alcoholic/addicts talking about love and tolerance of others who may be threatening their recovery? Has recovery become soooo valuable that a recoveri...

ElectricTwist · ElectricTwist

This is my 3rd time coming back to this board. Somehow, I guess I just keep getting myself stuck in the same messes, over and over. A lot has changed in the last few years. When I first started writing, I was new to Boston, in my early 20s, on my own, meeting new people, dating new people, and JUST starting to...

John · John

I am considering making a move to Monroe, outside of Athens... just curious... no decision made yet, but it is a possibility.John

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Hi harley kid, ... Glad you found us and we look forward to you sharing your ESH with us ... God Bless, Pappy

John · John

Some of you might remember the video i posted about an ex girlfriend drinking for 6 days and going into a alcoholic comatose state after a length of sobriety. Well, anyways that was about a year ago, and she was in the hospital for 11 days, and in coma for 9 of them. Upon her discharge on day 11, she was phy...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

I had been making excuses out of fear for not finding one. Been praying lately to my HP that if He wanted me to have one, please bring one into my life and lo and behold, I was introduced to someone the other night after a meeting. I have enjoyed this person's shares and feel a big sense of relief. Still a litt...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

If you want to be found, stand where the seeker seeks. --Sidney Lanier When does a good program turn into a bad program? When it becomes a hiding place. As adult children, we are good no, ingenious at finding hiding places. Sometimes we hide behind our work by staying super busy. We hide in prayer itself...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

To the rationally minded, the mental processes of the intuitive appear to work backward. His conclusions are reached before his premises. --Frances Wickes Intuition is a valuable form of wisdom that often seems mystical. We lose our keys and can't find them in any of the usual places and then an idea...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"Person to person, moment to moment, as we love, we change the world." - Samahria Kaufman

Jerry F · Jerry F

Recovering alcoholic use to work for NASA and use to counsel kids about alcoholism and drug addiction in life and yesterday I watch a news clip that NASA is sending an 11 year old boy into space soon and what will he do?....Brew Beer. Somebody please realign the thought here so I can get it better? Rea...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

This hit home for me like you wouldn't believe ... I had made it to step 8 a couple of times and just never had that 'change of heart' referred to here ... Once that did occur, I was able to complete the rest of the steps, and the miracle happened, I was 'free at last', I was now capable of 'love' like I'd never k...

Mike B. · Mike B.

October 9 "With the clock ticking like it is, I do not have time for anger, resentment, or self-pity. Time is far too precious."

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"The two most powerful warriors are patience and time."- Leo Tolstoy

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

October 7, 2013 Quote of the Week "You need to spend some time with God this morning and then let your day go." I can start my day two different ways: the way I usually do which means rushing through my morning preparing for work and thinking (or worrying) about how I'm going to control eve...

Mike B. · Mike B.

October 9 "The slogans are simple things ... these AA tranquilizers do not solve our problems, but they can calm us down, remind us of a better way to proceed, and perhaps even put us in a mood to make better decisions."

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

I like not only to be loved, but also to be told that I am loved . . . the realm of silence is large enough beyond the grave. --George Eliot We've all heard many times that we must love ourselves if we're ever to love another. Too often we mistakenly think that means we shouldn't need to hear someone's affirm...

AdamMoz · AdamMoz

Hi All, This morning, I am really internalizing the extent to which alcohol has at times made me an unpleasant person. I have been playing out past behavior in my head and realizing that even being *around* alcohol has made me feel the compulsion to lie, to sneak, and be a really negative person. Being a...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate." - Albert Schweitzer

Mike B. · Mike B.

October 8 "I know what the temptation of fame and money really is ... I was once a breaker of anonymity myself. I thank God that years ago the voice of experience and the urging of wise friends took me out of that perilous path into which I might have led our entire Society."

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"No one would have crossed the ocean if he could have gotten off the ship in the storm" - Paul Boese

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no man can sincerely try to help another without also helping himself. --Ralph Waldo Emerson When Albert Schweitzer said, "The only ones of you who will be truly happy are those who have found and learned how to serve," he was st...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

I didn't want to post on the board because I feel like I am sounding like a broken record and worry about getting criticized for it. I just feel like I have no where else to turn and you have been so nice in giving me advice during my sobriety. I am extremely grateful. A while back when I was at a meeting to get...

AdamMoz · AdamMoz

About a year ago I read a book called Undrunk: A Skeptic's Guide to AA by A.J. Adams. At one point in the book the author writes that once you have spent time working the AA program, any remnants of fun you had drinking is pretty much ruined. I was intrigued by that idea at first and now am pretty sure I unders...

Mike B. · Mike B.

October 7 "As of this moment I repose serenely on Cloud 9, being thankful in silent meditation. I know the grim realism of this troubled world will bring me sharply back to earth at any moment, but I pray I may make a safe, happy landing."

Finn Felton · Finn Felton

I do not need any alarm clock anymore... for now, it is my PASSION that wakes me up every morning! _________ World's most expensive coffee till date :: Kopi Luwak -- Edited by Finn Felton on Monday 30th of September 2013 10:04:23 PM

pinkchip · pinkchip

5 years sober today. Couldn't have done it with out my MIPeeps! P.S. - Happy 7th anniversary Danielle - SobrietySpell if you read this!!

Mike D · Mike D

Hi to all of you at MIP. I'm Mike and I'm an alcoholic. I'd like to share some things I've learned about myself regarding forgiveness at Step 4, and the things I share with my sponsorees that seems to help them. In the process of dealing with resentments at Step 4, I always point out that keeping a resen...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Self importance is our greatest enemy. Think about it - what weakens us is feeling offended by the deeds and misdeeds of our fellowmen. Our self importance requires that we spend most of our lives offended by someone. --Carlos Castaneda Were we offended by someone yesterday? Do we harbor resentment...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other." - Desiderius Erasmus

Raeear · Raeear

Im an alcoholic. I havent been able to admit it to anyone but myself yet. But I know that I have a problem. I'm a young girl, married tto a man also a like me... A drunk... I just don't know if I should be posting here because I am no where near recovery. I just feel so alone and have no where to turn. but, i thoug...

soldier78 · soldier78

Well I am in program and trying to live a spiritual life but in real life i have to deal with lot of people who are really BAD, dishonest, cruel, shameless, they can do anything for their own benefits , In real world i see that bad people are always more successful, powerful and very influential I feel very...

RubyTues · RubyTues

Hello MIP-ers. My question today is: how did you feel when you were closing in on your first year of sobriety? Were there new challenges that arose? Did you feel great? Not great? I feel kind of... mixed. A big mixed bag. Would love to hear some ESH.

Stepchild · Stepchild

Everyday I check the arrest listings for the county where I live in Florida...Two reasons really...One to see if my nephew made it back in there...The other to see if I recognize any of of my AA brothers and sisters. Do you know on average I see two or three a week. Mostly DUI...Trespassing...Driving...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others." - Barbara Bush

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Look, the wind vane fluttering in the autumn breezeTakes hold of certain things that cannot be held.--Feng ChihWhen we think we are losing our grip, we have good reason to look up. Consider the moon suspended in the sky, how it continues to come and go, follows its natural law, and never really loses fa...

Mike D · Mike D

Hi everyone! I'm Mike D. and I'd like to share a topic that has always been important to me throughout my 25 years of sobriety. It's prayer. I want to talk about prayer because so many old-timers talked about it around the tables when I was new to A.A. While I've never been religious, I knew about pra...

Standing_Tall · Standing_Tall

Hello all. Am new to these forums..... As I am sure is the case with many of us, our stories are very similar. Am recently out of rehab and have been clean and sober for 107 days. But am struggling, REALLY struggling to get back into the swing of things, especially my marriage. The marriage is not on th...

justadrunk · justadrunk

I slipped into this comfortable stage of recovery, where things seem too good. I got to discover why I'm waiting for the ball to drop in ACOA meetings. Why comfortable is too boring and scary. There were times I still wanted to fix others so I could stop the pain I would encounter as a human every once a...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"There is only one way in the world to be distinguished. Follow your instinct! Be yourself, and you'll be somebody." - Bliss Carman

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Col (Preview) I have your avatar pic on my phone as you know, and my daughter and I were scrolling through pics. When we got to your picture my daughter had to stop and look a while. I did too. She asked who you were, and I said 'that's my friend' and she said you look nice. You are nice Col. How's it going?	justadrunk	4	250	Oct 14, 2013 by StPeteDean
	Just a simple "Hello" to everyone! (Preview) Hi MIP folks! Nothing big to write about today. Life is getting rather simple and I like it like that. No drama, just me, my dogs, a bit of work, going to meetings, and trying to stay on top of things financially as we head into the winter season, which is always a rough time for me. Pressure Washing home...	John	4	344	Oct 14, 2013 by StPeteDean
	THE STEPS OF A.A. - AN INTERPRETATION (Preview) I really like this guy...One of the original 100 that worked on the book. He was a strong headed alkie...I think he and Bill W. butted heads...Also a strong headed alkie. Some say he should have been one of the Co - Founders of AA...I just like how he kept it simple.He talks about the phases of the steps.....	Stepchild	8	458	Oct 14, 2013 by Stepchild
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement." - Helen Keller	Pythonpappy	0	202	Oct 13, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift (Preview) Children do not know how their parents love them, and they never will till the grave closes over those parents, or till they have children of their own. --Edmund Vance Cooks As adults, we may feel we were cheated out of a "normal" childhood because of our parents' emotional, physical, or sp...	Pythonpappy	0	171	Oct 13, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Welcome 'brigy' (Preview) Welcome to MIP brigy, ... we're glad you'r here and Congrats on 8 months sober ... please share with us ...	Pythonpappy	1	178	Oct 13, 2013 by RubyTues
	Grapevine (Preview) October 11 "One night, in a moment of desperation, I got down on my knees and remembered a prayer an old sponsor had given me. It said, 'God, help me be of service ... to something or someone...' I knew intuitively it was the answer."	Mike B.	2	225	Oct 13, 2013 by Mr_David
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued is always just beyond your grasp, but which if you will sit down quietly will light upon you." - Nathaniel Hawthorne	Pythonpappy	2	144	Oct 13, 2013 by Mr_David
	"Will Step Four be painful for me?" (Preview) Hi everyone! I'd like to share with you a question that I've been asked many times by many sponsorees: "Will Step 4 be emotionally painful for me?" The only way I can ever answer that question is out of my own experience with doing a Fourth Step inventory myself. To begin with, we must est...	Mike D	5	412	Oct 12, 2013 by Mr_David
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "The first duty of love is to listen." - Paul Tillich	Pythonpappy	0	139	Oct 12, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift (Preview) CommunicatingHe said, "Let's go to the movies when we're done with our work." She said, "That's a great idea!" But when the work that she had in mind was finished, he still had several tasks that remained undone. So they got into a dispute. It was not a disagreement, it was a misun...	Pythonpappy	0	176	Oct 12, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Love and Tolerance (Preview) Yeppers...that was the topic at this mornings AA at the bay, Saturday version, home group meeting. Go figure...really?...alcoholics and alcoholic/addicts talking about love and tolerance of others who may be threatening their recovery? Has recovery become soooo valuable that a recoveri...	Jerry F	4	881	Oct 13, 2013 by RubyTues
	Can someone help me, please? guilt help remorse hurting (Preview) This is my 3rd time coming back to this board. Somehow, I guess I just keep getting myself stuck in the same messes, over and over. A lot has changed in the last few years. When I first started writing, I was new to Boston, in my early 20s, on my own, meeting new people, dating new people, and JUST starting to...	ElectricTwist	20	7399	Oct 13, 2013 by justadrunk
	Any one live in Georgia?? (Preview) I am considering making a move to Monroe, outside of Athens... just curious... no decision made yet, but it is a possibility.John	John	3	285	Oct 12, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Welcome to the MIP Board 'harley kid 67' (Preview) Hi harley kid, ... Glad you found us and we look forward to you sharing your ESH with us ... God Bless, Pappy	Pythonpappy	2	180	Oct 12, 2013 by Mr_David
	Just when I thought life was getting simple and drama free!! (Preview) Some of you might remember the video i posted about an ex girlfriend drinking for 6 days and going into a alcoholic comatose state after a length of sobriety. Well, anyways that was about a year ago, and she was in the hospital for 11 days, and in coma for 9 of them. Upon her discharge on day 11, she was phy...	John	15	467	Oct 12, 2013 by Mr_David
	I Finally Got a Sponsor!!!! Happy Happy Joy Joy!!! (Preview) I had been making excuses out of fear for not finding one. Been praying lately to my HP that if He wanted me to have one, please bring one into my life and lo and behold, I was introduced to someone the other night after a meeting. I have enjoyed this person's shares and feel a big sense of relief. Still a litt...	betterthanyesterday52	12	353	Oct 11, 2013 by pinkchip
	Today's Gift (Preview) If you want to be found, stand where the seeker seeks. --Sidney Lanier When does a good program turn into a bad program? When it becomes a hiding place. As adult children, we are good no, ingenious at finding hiding places. Sometimes we hide behind our work by staying super busy. We hide in prayer itself...	Pythonpappy	1	161	Oct 11, 2013 by Mike B.
	Today's Gift (Preview) To the rationally minded, the mental processes of the intuitive appear to work backward. His conclusions are reached before his premises. --Frances Wickes Intuition is a valuable form of wisdom that often seems mystical. We lose our keys and can't find them in any of the usual places and then an idea...	Pythonpappy	1	176	Oct 10, 2013 by Mike B.
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "Person to person, moment to moment, as we love, we change the world." - Samahria Kaufman	Pythonpappy	1	143	Oct 10, 2013 by Mike B.
	Ohhhh I don't know... (Preview) Recovering alcoholic use to work for NASA and use to counsel kids about alcoholism and drug addiction in life and yesterday I watch a news clip that NASA is sending an 11 year old boy into space soon and what will he do?....Brew Beer. Somebody please realign the thought here so I can get it better? Rea...	Jerry F	6	261	Oct 10, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift - THIS was an Extremely Hard Lesson for me!!! ... A Must Read!!! (Preview) This hit home for me like you wouldn't believe ... I had made it to step 8 a couple of times and just never had that 'change of heart' referred to here ... Once that did occur, I was able to complete the rest of the steps, and the miracle happened, I was 'free at last', I was now capable of 'love' like I'd never k...	Pythonpappy	4	291	Oct 10, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Grapevine (Preview) October 9 "With the clock ticking like it is, I do not have time for anger, resentment, or self-pity. Time is far too precious."	Mike B.	1	173	Oct 10, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "The two most powerful warriors are patience and time."- Leo Tolstoy	Pythonpappy	0	180	Oct 9, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) October 7, 2013 Quote of the Week "You need to spend some time with God this morning and then let your day go." I can start my day two different ways: the way I usually do which means rushing through my morning preparing for work and thinking (or worrying) about how I'm going to control eve...	Pythonpappy	2	170	Oct 9, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Grapevine (Preview) October 9 "The slogans are simple things ... these AA tranquilizers do not solve our problems, but they can calm us down, remind us of a better way to proceed, and perhaps even put us in a mood to make better decisions."	Mike B.	1	229	Oct 9, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift (Preview) I like not only to be loved, but also to be told that I am loved . . . the realm of silence is large enough beyond the grave. --George Eliot We've all heard many times that we must love ourselves if we're ever to love another. Too often we mistakenly think that means we shouldn't need to hear someone's affirm...	Pythonpappy	1	161	Oct 9, 2013 by Mike B.
	What alcohol does to us (Preview) Hi All, This morning, I am really internalizing the extent to which alcohol has at times made me an unpleasant person. I have been playing out past behavior in my head and realizing that even being around alcohol has made me feel the compulsion to lie, to sneak, and be a really negative person. Being a...	AdamMoz	6	448	Oct 9, 2013 by Jerry F
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate." - Albert Schweitzer	Pythonpappy	1	180	Oct 8, 2013 by Mike B.
	Grapevine (Preview) October 8 "I know what the temptation of fame and money really is ... I was once a breaker of anonymity myself. I thank God that years ago the voice of experience and the urging of wise friends took me out of that perilous path into which I might have led our entire Society."	Mike B.	1	171	Oct 8, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "No one would have crossed the ocean if he could have gotten off the ship in the storm" - Paul Boese	Pythonpappy	0	175	Oct 8, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift (Preview) It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no man can sincerely try to help another without also helping himself. --Ralph Waldo Emerson When Albert Schweitzer said, "The only ones of you who will be truly happy are those who have found and learned how to serve," he was st...	Pythonpappy	0	230	Oct 8, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	here i go again.... (Preview) I didn't want to post on the board because I feel like I am sounding like a broken record and worry about getting criticized for it. I just feel like I have no where else to turn and you have been so nice in giving me advice during my sobriety. I am extremely grateful. A while back when I was at a meeting to get...	betterthanyesterday52	34	839	Oct 8, 2013 by justadrunk
	Lucky (Preview) About a year ago I read a book called Undrunk: A Skeptic's Guide to AA by A.J. Adams. At one point in the book the author writes that once you have spent time working the AA program, any remnants of fun you had drinking is pretty much ruined. I was intrigued by that idea at first and now am pretty sure I unders...	AdamMoz	4	410	Oct 8, 2013 by justadrunk
	Grapevine (Preview) October 7 "As of this moment I repose serenely on Cloud 9, being thankful in silent meditation. I know the grim realism of this troubled world will bring me sharply back to earth at any moment, but I pray I may make a safe, happy landing."	Mike B.	1	165	Oct 8, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Motivational Quote of The Day (Preview) I do not need any alarm clock anymore... for now, it is my PASSION that wakes me up every morning! _________ World's most expensive coffee till date :: Kopi Luwak -- Edited by Finn Felton on Monday 30th of September 2013 10:04:23 PM	Finn Felton	5	376	Oct 8, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Woot! I got my marbles back (maybe) (Preview) 5 years sober today. Couldn't have done it with out my MIPeeps! P.S. - Happy 7th anniversary Danielle - SobrietySpell if you read this!!	pinkchip	21	797	Oct 8, 2013 by Dodsworth
	"How can I forgive?" (Preview) Hi to all of you at MIP. I'm Mike and I'm an alcoholic. I'd like to share some things I've learned about myself regarding forgiveness at Step 4, and the things I share with my sponsorees that seems to help them. In the process of dealing with resentments at Step 4, I always point out that keeping a resen...	Mike D	8	1071	Oct 7, 2013 by Mike B.
	Today's Gift (Preview) Self importance is our greatest enemy. Think about it - what weakens us is feeling offended by the deeds and misdeeds of our fellowmen. Our self importance requires that we spend most of our lives offended by someone. --Carlos Castaneda Were we offended by someone yesterday? Do we harbor resentment...	Pythonpappy	1	185	Oct 7, 2013 by Mike B.
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other." - Desiderius Erasmus	Pythonpappy	1	189	Oct 7, 2013 by Mike B.
	i dont know if I should be here (Preview) Im an alcoholic. I havent been able to admit it to anyone but myself yet. But I know that I have a problem. I'm a young girl, married tto a man also a like me... A drunk... I just don't know if I should be posting here because I am no where near recovery. I just feel so alone and have no where to turn. but, i thoug...	Raeear	9	341	Oct 7, 2013 by betterthanyesterday52
	How to deal with dishonest, corrupt and shameless people (BAD People) in real world (Preview) Well I am in program and trying to live a spiritual life but in real life i have to deal with lot of people who are really BAD, dishonest, cruel, shameless, they can do anything for their own benefits , In real world i see that bad people are always more successful, powerful and very influential I feel very...	soldier78	10	5444	Oct 7, 2013 by betterthanyesterday52
	The eleventh month (Preview) Hello MIP-ers. My question today is: how did you feel when you were closing in on your first year of sobriety? Were there new challenges that arose? Did you feel great? Not great? I feel kind of... mixed. A big mixed bag. Would love to hear some ESH.	RubyTues	8	506	Oct 5, 2013 by pinkchip
	Mugshots... (Preview) Everyday I check the arrest listings for the county where I live in Florida...Two reasons really...One to see if my nephew made it back in there...The other to see if I recognize any of of my AA brothers and sisters. Do you know on average I see two or three a week. Mostly DUI...Trespassing...Driving...	Stepchild	8	717	Oct 5, 2013 by Stepchild
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others." - Barbara Bush	Pythonpappy	0	163	Oct 5, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift (Preview) Look, the wind vane fluttering in the autumn breezeTakes hold of certain things that cannot be held.--Feng ChihWhen we think we are losing our grip, we have good reason to look up. Consider the moon suspended in the sky, how it continues to come and go, follows its natural law, and never really loses fa...	Pythonpappy	0	164	Oct 5, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	WHO TAUGHT ME TO PRAY? (Preview) Hi everyone! I'm Mike D. and I'd like to share a topic that has always been important to me throughout my 25 years of sobriety. It's prayer. I want to talk about prayer because so many old-timers talked about it around the tables when I was new to A.A. While I've never been religious, I knew about pra...	Mike D	7	410	Oct 5, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Starting Fresh (Preview) Hello all. Am new to these forums..... As I am sure is the case with many of us, our stories are very similar. Am recently out of rehab and have been clean and sober for 107 days. But am struggling, REALLY struggling to get back into the swing of things, especially my marriage. The marriage is not on th...	Standing_Tall	17	504	Oct 5, 2013 by Mike D
	Living (Preview) I slipped into this comfortable stage of recovery, where things seem too good. I got to discover why I'm waiting for the ball to drop in ACOA meetings. Why comfortable is too boring and scary. There were times I still wanted to fix others so I could stop the pain I would encounter as a human every once a...	justadrunk	6	297	Oct 5, 2013 by Mike D
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "There is only one way in the world to be distinguished. Follow your instinct! Be yourself, and you'll be somebody." - Bliss Carman	Pythonpappy	1	203	Oct 5, 2013 by Closer
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