Alcoholics Anonymous

gonee · gonee

When you spend 25 years of your life and many hours in the life of our AA, Alanon and Alateen family, then a bond develops that no one can explain in human terms. It is by suffering that we have bonded. As a family we cannot even count the people that have graced our lives and made it richer for what it is today...

AlcoHater · AlcoHater

Okay, folks, here's a kooky problem. I ask myself "do I still have character defects BESIDES the anger?" If so, what are they? None of you can answer that because you've never met me. But there are PLENTY of folks in face2face who do. So would it be appropriate to offer them the opputunity to t...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

All I can say is..if you don't laugh out loud at this one you are having a bad day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A great coffee ad. Ok ladies, I promise you a laugh.

Angell · Angell

Its been an eventful year thus far. Amidst the chaos Ive enjoyed my time and have trudged the road with a smile on my face for the most part. There was one event that shook me but my higher power was able to steady me quickly. Im sharing the following to catch up with old friends and give hope to those who...

John · John

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

DONT QUITWhen things go wrong, as they sometimes will,When the road youre trudging seems all uphill,When the funds are low, and debts are high,And you want to smile, but have to sigh,When care is pressing you down a bit,Rest if you must, but dont you quit.Life is queer with its twists and turns,As ever...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

He that plants trees loves others besides himself. --Thomas Fuller Trees take many years to become beautiful. They start out small and scrawny, and they need attention and care. Planting them is a lot of work for very little payback in the short-term. But over time, trees become big, beautiful, and u...

justadrunk · justadrunk

Tuesday, July 9, 2013You are reading from the book Today's Gift A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary. Dorothy Canfield Fisher A strong, healthy tree is one which is free to grow straight and tall. A weak tree often must lean against another for support. It is not t...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Got home late last night and the wife left a message in the kitchen. I guess she wants me to eat more fruit.

bikerbill · bikerbill

After more than seven years in rented property ...... I'm buying my own house. At 57 years old and not quite 7 years sober I'm taking on a mortgage and putting down roots. Affordability is well within budget. Funds arranged. Mortgage will be less than rent. A modest house. Two small doubles and a si...

justadrunk · justadrunk

Monday, July 8, 2013You are reading from the book The Language of Letting Go Going with the Flow Go with the flow. Let go of fear and your need to control. Relinquish anxiety. Let it slip away, as you dive into the river of the present moment, the river of your life, your place in the universe. Stop trying t...

GoJo · GoJo

"Sober Mercies"; I chose to read this book because of this one simple line..."Where do you turn for hope when you already have the answer--but the answer isn't working? I am still in the grips of our disease and the insanity it holds hands with. Fully confess to being utterly defeate...

Bodyunderconstruction · Bodyunderconstruction

Late last night I helped a drunk neighbor attend to her drunk company whom were so messed up from drinking they could not walk and messed themselves. A hour or so passed by the time I had 2 sets of keys and two drunks cleaned up and sleeping ( passed out ). As I walked home I started to cry as I was overwhelmed w...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

July 8, 2013 Quote of the Week "Negativity is my disease asking me tocome out to play." Before recovery, I had just one voice in my head. Sometimes it was encouraging, even optimistic, but most of the time it was negative and defeatist. It told me things weren't going to get...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. --Ralph Waldo Emerson Many of us can probably recount the details of the "last straw," the turning point, the moment we began the journey on the road to recovery. Up until then all roads, however different, led downhill. For some of us t...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Ousting the Green Demon Victory over Jealousy. We hear of successful people who drop their old friends after moving up the ladder. Maybe, however, it wasn't their choice. Maybe they were driven to do so because their friends' jealousy made the friendship unworkable. We have little trouble accepti...

HJF454 · HJF454

Well my mom is here to pick up the kids for 30 days. Very stressed in the house for my wife. We opted to put our differences aside for two days so we could both be supportive of each other and kind of tag team her controlling active alcoholic behavior together. Gods arm is on my shoulder and his hand over my mo...

justadrunk · justadrunk

Going to give this a whirl on this board... attempted it on another and am still sad over it. Triggered a deep pain within I'm finding out. I realized through writing here that I have a deep resentment that didn't get worked out in my 4th step. It's at alanon. In my mind - my pain has been a result of alano...

Mike B. · Mike B.

July 8 "Once the miracle of sobriety has been received ... Providence expects all of us to work and to grow -- to do our part in maintaining our blessings in full force. A perpetual miracle -- with no effort or responsibility on our part -- simply isn't in the cards. We all understand that the price...

justadrunk · justadrunk

I would pick doing this in a meeting - in my experience... a message board isn't the place to practice venting. I will keep trying this - but only in live meetings where there would likely be no feed back, and just open space to vent. Still hurting from my last experience trying to vent - but now after rea...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Meditation The first time I heard about meditation, it sounded like a foreign concept to me. I could understand prayer - that was talking to God. It made sense. But people said meditation was important too. Someone told me, "That's when you're being quiet, so God can talk to you."Over the...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Weekly Verse"Be transformed by the renewing of your mind." -Romans 12:2Weekly Quote"Seek to cultivate a buoyant, joyous sense of the crowded kindnesses of God in your daily life." -Alexander MaclarenWeekly ThoughtBetween personnel problems and cranky patients, Amy...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"Change your thoughts and change your world." -Norman Vincent Peale "Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless." -Mother Teresa "Sometimes in the winds of change we find our true direction." -Unknown "The best and most b...

Bob K · Bob K

Are we having a meeting tonight?

pinkchip · pinkchip

I posted about this before. I was going to do part time work in substance abuse....working in IOP. Nothing panned out. Well, now it panned out. Submitted 2 week notice at my current job to start a job working in a rehab. I know a large part of this is motivated by the 12th step but I also am wary of havin...

justadrunk · justadrunk

I thought all the slogans and rituals and people reading and holding hands was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooo cheesy when I first started. I mean really - did they have to make it so uncomfortable for MEEEE??? LOL - oooo I can change the font and stuff... and actually see what I'm typing lol yeah - small joys : ) An...

justadrunk · justadrunk

I'm spinning out - as I just got the very worst news I've ever gotten in my life. So here it is: What recovery looks like when the real trauma hits... and actually... I prepared myself for falling apart (as I would have done in the past). I started isolating. I started expecting to shut down... but none of t...

Johny Depp · Johny Depp

Let's share what you are feeling for today - Lucky or Unlucky Please don't break the format. You have to tell two things - Mood (lucky or unlucky) and Reason (Description). Mood: Lucky Reason: I got my cash for my 1 month of Internet marketing work from my 7 clients. Now it's your turn guys _____________...

Pablomoses · Pablomoses

Does it ever really stop? Fractured families, inappropriate boundaries, loving people who we really don't like or wouldn't choose to be around on a regular basis? I find myself in a difficult situation. Between loving my family members, who are still practicing our disease, and maintaining m...

gonee · gonee

For all of us who are weary and heavy laden, I just want to say that God is with us. I was like that a few days ago. I found that gentle prayer and subtle meditation gives me rest. I am fortunate to have many of you brothers and sisters on this board who give so freely of themselves.

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

There is nothing permanent except change. --Heraclitus Most of us don't like change very much. Getting sober is like stepping into a rushing river of change that will take us to new places in our lives. We sense that. We are learning to trust it more each day. But even though life keeps getting better fo...

justadrunk · justadrunk

You are reading from the book The Language of Letting Go Near the Top I know you're tired. I know you feel overwhelmed. You may feel as though this crisis, this problem, this hard time will last forever. It won't. You are almost through. You don't just think it has been hard; it has been hard. You have been...

mandm · mandm

GREAT! So I've been working as the head chef at a resturant by my house. Yesterday I walked in and I was informed that the resturant was going to close for renos for 6 months and that I would be hired back on when the Reno are done. I was a bit upset because I was enjoying the position but apperently even tho...

gonee · gonee

He was 2 years old when I sobered up in AA. 27 now and involved in church ministry work and AACA. I could have written a different story without AA's 12 steps of recovery. Last year my first sponsor's 30 year old son committed suicide after being on drugs for a long time. My sponsor relapsed after 8 years of...

justadrunk · justadrunk

Friday, July 5, 2013You are reading from the book The Language of Letting Go Survivor Guilt We begin recovering. We begin taking care of ourselves. Our recovery program starts to work in our life, and we begin to feel good about ourselves. Then it hits. Guilt. Whenever we begin to experience the fulln...

HJF454 · HJF454

So last night I go to check on my 11 y/o son after he had still been alone for the last 7 hrs all day and now the wife was at a Alanon meeting. He had already bugged his Mom at a meeting telling him he was scared when are you coming home. So she asks me to check on him until she gets home. So I say ok. She tells me she's...

BLUESMAN · BLUESMAN

I just wanted to Thank Dean for posting PAW It was a big help for a friend of mine . Russell

Chikky · Chikky

Not sure where to post this. Do not like.the new format..Light blue font on white background is very.difficult to see. Is it just me?

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

A.A. Thought for the Day People often ask what makes the AA program work. One of the answers is that AA works because it gets us away from ourselves as the center of the universe. And it teaches us to rely more on the fellowship of others and on strength from God. Are these things keeping me sober? Medita...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

I had Pandora running in the background a little while ago and I don't know why, but the song that came on stuck me right about where I am in recovery at this point ... it's by Fleetwood Mac and a happy sort of tune ... When the phrase 'You don't know what it's like to win' came across, I was thinking about 'win...

learning · learning

Happy 4th of July! First and foremost as we all celebrate today in our respective ways, let us remember those brave men and women, both past and present, who have valiantly fought so that the people of the USA could enjoy so many wonderful freedoms! Thank a soldier they deserve the honor! My very ow...

Bob K · Bob K

Twelve Steps to Insanity We admitted we were powerless over nothing - that we could manage our lives perfectly. We could also perfectly manage the lives of those around us. Came to believe that there was no power greater than ourselves and that the rest of the world was insane. Made a decision to have ou...

gonee · gonee

(J. C. Philpot) By five minutes real communion with the Lord . . . we learn more, we know more, we receive more, we feel more, and we experience more than by a thousand years of merely studying the Scriptures, or using external forms, rites, and ceremonies. One truth written by the Spirit in the heart, wi...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Independence, like honour, is a rocky island without a beach. --Napoleon BonaparteWho hasn't taken pride in doing something that no one thought could be done? It gives us satisfaction to do something difficult, to lift our head high and say, "I did this alone." We take pride in being the b...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

I think most of us have an idea of what to expect when we take certain actions throughout any given day ... I, for one, have become accustomed to practicing the principles of AA in pretty much every area of my life ... over time, great changes have occurred in my life that are so good, I couldn't have imaged...

AlcoHater · AlcoHater

To my American friends out there, happy 4th of July! To all my non-American friends, what the heck, happy 4th of July, as well! In our country, this is one of the big party holidays of the year, and I'm gonna be partying hard by staying home, watching the *"Leave It To Beaver" marathon, and eat...

mich · mich

Kathy here... 11 months June 30th. I am sober. I feel relatively good. Some looming sadness. I just keep heaping pressure on my self to be MS. AA Totally not my personality. I work two jobs, sometimes three. Now I have nothing to do because its summer. I'm off. I am afraid of people, to get invol...

HJF454 · HJF454

My spouse is always flirting with other men. I talked to her about it and she says she will not stop flirting or going out with men as friends on dates 1 on 1. I've known about this as of recent. I can't Change or control another. I accept the situation but don't like the behavior. I forgive but am hurt becaus...

pinkchip · pinkchip

I will go to my regular home group meeting in a half an hour or so. Today there will be a meeting of trusted servants after the meeting to the group to address someone lingering after the meeting and groping one of the employess of the center where the meeting is held (this will be done with the "offe...

Db1105 · Q

OK, this is just me, but I generally avoid Open Discussion meetings because they tend to be all over the map. It's just my personality, but I prefer Big Book and Step meetings because I feel like I get more program out of them: we read the texts and the comments tend to stay on topic. I like the classroom fee...

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	The joy of recovery! (Preview) When you spend 25 years of your life and many hours in the life of our AA, Alanon and Alateen family, then a bond develops that no one can explain in human terms. It is by suffering that we have bonded. As a family we cannot even count the people that have graced our lives and made it richer for what it is today...	gonee	4	711	Jul 10, 2013 by Mike B.
	Take my inventory, PLEASE! (Preview) Okay, folks, here's a kooky problem. I ask myself "do I still have character defects BESIDES the anger?" If so, what are they? None of you can answer that because you've never met me. But there are PLENTY of folks in face2face who do. So would it be appropriate to offer them the opputunity to t...	AlcoHater	13	445	Jul 10, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	For you Coffee Nuts Out There --- Especially Women (Preview) All I can say is..if you don't laugh out loud at this one you are having a bad day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A great coffee ad. Ok ladies, I promise you a laugh.	Pythonpappy	0	165	Jul 9, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Update (Preview) Its been an eventful year thus far. Amidst the chaos Ive enjoyed my time and have trudged the road with a smile on my face for the most part. There was one event that shook me but my higher power was able to steady me quickly. Im sharing the following to catch up with old friends and give hope to those who...	Angell	7	311	Jul 10, 2013 by RubyTues
	My dysFUNCTIONAL Family... (Preview)	John	3	305	Jul 9, 2013 by 2granddaughters
	Don't Quit (Preview) DONT QUITWhen things go wrong, as they sometimes will,When the road youre trudging seems all uphill,When the funds are low, and debts are high,And you want to smile, but have to sigh,When care is pressing you down a bit,Rest if you must, but dont you quit.Life is queer with its twists and turns,As ever...	Pythonpappy	2	183	Jul 9, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 07-09 (Preview) He that plants trees loves others besides himself. --Thomas Fuller Trees take many years to become beautiful. They start out small and scrawny, and they need attention and care. Planting them is a lot of work for very little payback in the short-term. But over time, trees become big, beautiful, and u...	Pythonpappy	2	139	Jul 9, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift (Preview) Tuesday, July 9, 2013You are reading from the book Today's Gift A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary. Dorothy Canfield Fisher A strong, healthy tree is one which is free to grow straight and tall. A weak tree often must lean against another for support. It is not t...	justadrunk	1	171	Jul 9, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Eat More Fruit? (Preview) Got home late last night and the wife left a message in the kitchen. I guess she wants me to eat more fruit.	Pythonpappy	5	186	Jul 9, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	on the move (Preview) After more than seven years in rented property ...... I'm buying my own house. At 57 years old and not quite 7 years sober I'm taking on a mortgage and putting down roots. Affordability is well within budget. Funds arranged. Mortgage will be less than rent. A modest house. Two small doubles and a si...	bikerbill	7	245	Jul 9, 2013 by justadrunk
	Thought for the day (Preview) Monday, July 8, 2013You are reading from the book The Language of Letting Go Going with the Flow Go with the flow. Let go of fear and your need to control. Relinquish anxiety. Let it slip away, as you dive into the river of the present moment, the river of your life, your place in the universe. Stop trying t...	justadrunk	5	240	Jul 9, 2013 by justadrunk
	Sober Mercies (Preview) "Sober Mercies"; I chose to read this book because of this one simple line..."Where do you turn for hope when you already have the answer--but the answer isn't working? I am still in the grips of our disease and the insanity it holds hands with. Fully confess to being utterly defeate...	GoJo	24	629	Jul 9, 2013 by justadrunk
	That was me (Preview) Late last night I helped a drunk neighbor attend to her drunk company whom were so messed up from drinking they could not walk and messed themselves. A hour or so passed by the time I had 2 sets of keys and two drunks cleaned up and sleeping ( passed out ). As I walked home I started to cry as I was overwhelmed w...	Bodyunderconstruction	10	394	Jul 9, 2013 by Zoomtopz
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) July 8, 2013 Quote of the Week "Negativity is my disease asking me tocome out to play." Before recovery, I had just one voice in my head. Sometimes it was encouraging, even optimistic, but most of the time it was negative and defeatist. It told me things weren't going to get...	Pythonpappy	1	144	Jul 8, 2013 by Pablomoses
	Today's Gift 07-08 (Preview) Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. --Ralph Waldo Emerson Many of us can probably recount the details of the "last straw," the turning point, the moment we began the journey on the road to recovery. Up until then all roads, however different, led downhill. For some of us t...	Pythonpappy	2	150	Jul 8, 2013 by Mike B.
	Today's Gift 05-02 (Preview) Ousting the Green Demon Victory over Jealousy. We hear of successful people who drop their old friends after moving up the ladder. Maybe, however, it wasn't their choice. Maybe they were driven to do so because their friends' jealousy made the friendship unworkable. We have little trouble accepti...	Pythonpappy	3	354	Jul 8, 2013 by Sports dude
	Mothers visit (Preview) Well my mom is here to pick up the kids for 30 days. Very stressed in the house for my wife. We opted to put our differences aside for two days so we could both be supportive of each other and kind of tag team her controlling active alcoholic behavior together. Gods arm is on my shoulder and his hand over my mo...	HJF454	3	307	Jul 8, 2013 by 2granddaughters
	Vent attempt # 2 (Preview) Going to give this a whirl on this board... attempted it on another and am still sad over it. Triggered a deep pain within I'm finding out. I realized through writing here that I have a deep resentment that didn't get worked out in my 4th step. It's at alanon. In my mind - my pain has been a result of alano...	justadrunk	6	381	Jul 8, 2013 by Frodo
	Grapevine (Preview) July 8 "Once the miracle of sobriety has been received ... Providence expects all of us to work and to grow -- to do our part in maintaining our blessings in full force. A perpetual miracle -- with no effort or responsibility on our part -- simply isn't in the cards. We all understand that the price...	Mike B.	1	115	Jul 8, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Had a bad experience with this - Thought for the day (Preview) I would pick doing this in a meeting - in my experience... a message board isn't the place to practice venting. I will keep trying this - but only in live meetings where there would likely be no feed back, and just open space to vent. Still hurting from my last experience trying to vent - but now after rea...	justadrunk	8	383	Jul 8, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 07-07 (Preview) Meditation The first time I heard about meditation, it sounded like a foreign concept to me. I could understand prayer - that was talking to God. It made sense. But people said meditation was important too. Someone told me, "That's when you're being quiet, so God can talk to you."Over the...	Pythonpappy	1	164	Jul 8, 2013 by Pablomoses
	Devotional (Preview) Weekly Verse"Be transformed by the renewing of your mind." -Romans 12:2Weekly Quote"Seek to cultivate a buoyant, joyous sense of the crowded kindnesses of God in your daily life." -Alexander MaclarenWeekly ThoughtBetween personnel problems and cranky patients, Amy...	Pythonpappy	1	147	Jul 7, 2013 by Pablomoses
	Notable Quotes (Preview) "Change your thoughts and change your world." -Norman Vincent Peale "Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless." -Mother Teresa "Sometimes in the winds of change we find our true direction." -Unknown "The best and most b...	Pythonpappy	1	1985	Jul 7, 2013 by Pablomoses
	Meeting (Preview) Are we having a meeting tonight?	Bob K	0	152	Jul 7, 2013 by Bob K
	Career change (Preview) I posted about this before. I was going to do part time work in substance abuse....working in IOP. Nothing panned out. Well, now it panned out. Submitted 2 week notice at my current job to start a job working in a rehab. I know a large part of this is motivated by the 12th step but I also am wary of havin...	pinkchip	6	348	Jul 6, 2013 by Jerry F
	Life on life's terms (Preview) I thought all the slogans and rituals and people reading and holding hands was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooo cheesy when I first started. I mean really - did they have to make it so uncomfortable for MEEEE??? LOL - oooo I can change the font and stuff... and actually see what I'm typing lol yeah - small joys : ) An...	justadrunk	8	623	Jul 7, 2013 by AlcoHater
	Tragedy strikes (Preview) I'm spinning out - as I just got the very worst news I've ever gotten in my life. So here it is: What recovery looks like when the real trauma hits... and actually... I prepared myself for falling apart (as I would have done in the past). I started isolating. I started expecting to shut down... but none of t...	justadrunk	25	624	Jul 7, 2013 by Angell
	Are you lucky today? (Preview) Let's share what you are feeling for today - Lucky or Unlucky Please don't break the format. You have to tell two things - Mood (lucky or unlucky) and Reason (Description). Mood: Lucky Reason: I got my cash for my 1 month of Internet marketing work from my 7 clients. Now it's your turn guys _____________...	Johny Depp	8	272	Jul 6, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Dysfunctional Family Dynamics (Preview) Does it ever really stop? Fractured families, inappropriate boundaries, loving people who we really don't like or wouldn't choose to be around on a regular basis? I find myself in a difficult situation. Between loving my family members, who are still practicing our disease, and maintaining m...	Pablomoses	7	400	Jul 6, 2013 by gonee
	Weary. (Preview) For all of us who are weary and heavy laden, I just want to say that God is with us. I was like that a few days ago. I found that gentle prayer and subtle meditation gives me rest. I am fortunate to have many of you brothers and sisters on this board who give so freely of themselves.	gonee	6	212	Jul 6, 2013 by gonee
	Today's Gift 07-06 (Preview) There is nothing permanent except change. --Heraclitus Most of us don't like change very much. Getting sober is like stepping into a rushing river of change that will take us to new places in our lives. We sense that. We are learning to trust it more each day. But even though life keeps getting better fo...	Pythonpappy	0	169	Jul 6, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Thought for the day (Preview) You are reading from the book The Language of Letting Go Near the Top I know you're tired. I know you feel overwhelmed. You may feel as though this crisis, this problem, this hard time will last forever. It won't. You are almost through. You don't just think it has been hard; it has been hard. You have been...	justadrunk	5	303	Jul 6, 2013 by Pablomoses
	Bad Tuesday got fired ...no meeting.... woke up feeling ...... (Preview) GREAT! So I've been working as the head chef at a resturant by my house. Yesterday I walked in and I was informed that the resturant was going to close for renos for 6 months and that I would be hired back on when the Reno are done. I was a bit upset because I was enjoying the position but apperently even tho...	mandm	8	441	Jul 6, 2013 by Pablomoses
	My son's birthday. (Preview) He was 2 years old when I sobered up in AA. 27 now and involved in church ministry work and AACA. I could have written a different story without AA's 12 steps of recovery. Last year my first sponsor's 30 year old son committed suicide after being on drugs for a long time. My sponsor relapsed after 8 years of...	gonee	5	222	Jul 6, 2013 by Pablomoses
	Thought for the day (Preview) Friday, July 5, 2013You are reading from the book The Language of Letting Go Survivor Guilt We begin recovering. We begin taking care of ourselves. Our recovery program starts to work in our life, and we begin to feel good about ourselves. Then it hits. Guilt. Whenever we begin to experience the fulln...	justadrunk	3	168	Jul 6, 2013 by justadrunk
	Craziness (Preview) So last night I go to check on my 11 y/o son after he had still been alone for the last 7 hrs all day and now the wife was at a Alanon meeting. He had already bugged his Mom at a meeting telling him he was scared when are you coming home. So she asks me to check on him until she gets home. So I say ok. She tells me she's...	HJF454	4	345	Jul 6, 2013 by Pablomoses
	PAW (Preview) I just wanted to Thank Dean for posting PAW It was a big help for a friend of mine . Russell	BLUESMAN	0	152	Jul 6, 2013 by BLUESMAN
	What is up with the mobile site? (Preview) Not sure where to post this. Do not like.the new format..Light blue font on white background is very.difficult to see. Is it just me?	Chikky	2	425	Jul 6, 2013 by Chikky
	Today's Gift 07-05 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day People often ask what makes the AA program work. One of the answers is that AA works because it gets us away from ourselves as the center of the universe. And it teaches us to rely more on the fellowship of others and on strength from God. Are these things keeping me sober? Medita...	Pythonpappy	5	269	Jul 5, 2013 by Frodo
	Never Goin' Back Again (Preview) I had Pandora running in the background a little while ago and I don't know why, but the song that came on stuck me right about where I am in recovery at this point ... it's by Fleetwood Mac and a happy sort of tune ... When the phrase 'You don't know what it's like to win' came across, I was thinking about 'win...	Pythonpappy	4	270	Jul 5, 2013 by Pablomoses
	Independence Day (Preview) Happy 4th of July! First and foremost as we all celebrate today in our respective ways, let us remember those brave men and women, both past and present, who have valiantly fought so that the people of the USA could enjoy so many wonderful freedoms! Thank a soldier they deserve the honor! My very ow...	learning	6	243	Jul 5, 2013 by Pablomoses
	12 Steps to Insanity (Preview) Twelve Steps to Insanity We admitted we were powerless over nothing - that we could manage our lives perfectly. We could also perfectly manage the lives of those around us. Came to believe that there was no power greater than ourselves and that the rest of the world was insane. Made a decision to have ou...	Bob K	7	1572	Jul 5, 2013 by Sports dude
	Just thought I'd share this. (Preview) (J. C. Philpot) By five minutes real communion with the Lord . . . we learn more, we know more, we receive more, we feel more, and we experience more than by a thousand years of merely studying the Scriptures, or using external forms, rites, and ceremonies. One truth written by the Spirit in the heart, wi...	gonee	2	163	Jul 5, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 07-04 (Preview) Independence, like honour, is a rocky island without a beach. --Napoleon BonaparteWho hasn't taken pride in doing something that no one thought could be done? It gives us satisfaction to do something difficult, to lift our head high and say, "I did this alone." We take pride in being the b...	Pythonpappy	0	139	Jul 4, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Getting What I Deserve? (Preview) I think most of us have an idea of what to expect when we take certain actions throughout any given day ... I, for one, have become accustomed to practicing the principles of AA in pretty much every area of my life ... over time, great changes have occurred in my life that are so good, I couldn't have imaged...	Pythonpappy	22	539	Jul 4, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Happy 4th, Everyone! (Preview) To my American friends out there, happy 4th of July! To all my non-American friends, what the heck, happy 4th of July, as well! In our country, this is one of the big party holidays of the year, and I'm gonna be partying hard by staying home, watching the *"Leave It To Beaver" marathon, and eat...	AlcoHater	2	195	Jul 4, 2013 by mikef
	I am not a social being. (Preview) Kathy here... 11 months June 30th. I am sober. I feel relatively good. Some looming sadness. I just keep heaping pressure on my self to be MS. AA Totally not my personality. I work two jobs, sometimes three. Now I have nothing to do because its summer. I'm off. I am afraid of people, to get invol...	mich	14	385	Jul 4, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Acceptance (Preview) My spouse is always flirting with other men. I talked to her about it and she says she will not stop flirting or going out with men as friends on dates 1 on 1. I've known about this as of recent. I can't Change or control another. I accept the situation but don't like the behavior. I forgive but am hurt becaus...	HJF454	6	394	Jul 4, 2013 by HJF454
	Personalities and sensitivity (Preview) I will go to my regular home group meeting in a half an hour or so. Today there will be a meeting of trusted servants after the meeting to the group to address someone lingering after the meeting and groping one of the employess of the center where the meeting is held (this will be done with the "offe...	pinkchip	7	656	Jul 4, 2013 by Tanin
	Ugh, another gratitude meeting, zzzzz.... (Preview) OK, this is just me, but I generally avoid Open Discussion meetings because they tend to be all over the map. It's just my personality, but I prefer Big Book and Step meetings because I feel like I get more program out of them: we read the texts and the comments tend to stay on topic. I like the classroom fee...	Q	13	604	Jul 3, 2013 by Db1105
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