Alcoholics Anonymous

davep12and12 · davep12and12

Hi All,I just found out that one of the projects I am working on is going to involve some trips to Hong Kong this summer. I'll be doing a ten day trip starting four weeks from today, and then another ten day trip at the end of August. It's likely there will be several more after that.I used to do quite a lot of b...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Dont wait. The time will never be just right.Napoleon Hill

Philipld · Philipld

Going Through The Steps A.A. Sponsorship Pamphlet by Clarence Snyder© 1944 This is the first pamphlet ever written concerning sponsorship. It was written by Clarence H. Snyder in early 1944. Its original title was to be "A.A. Sponsorship...Its Obligations and Its Responsibilities."...

myownhell · myownhell

Last night I was listening one sermon and the woman, who was preaching said: "It's okay to not be okay." I don't know why I remembered it, but I have past with it. She said that it's not necessary when we are not okay to play role in front of people, saying that we are okay and all the false smiles ....

Mike B. · Mike B.

June 13 "The compulsion among most of us to survive and to grow soon becomes far stronger than the temptation to drink, or to misbehave. Literally, we must 'do or die.' So we make the choice to live. This, in turn, means the choice of AA principles, practices and attitudes that can salvage us from...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Failure is the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.Henry Ford

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Fine friendship requires duration rather than fitful intensity.--AristotleOnce we have embarked upon this program, we find spiritual recovery through relationships more than any other single factor. We find it through relationships with other people, with ourselves, and with our Higher Pow...

Philipld · Philipld

In AAs First Five Years Lois W., wife of AAs co-founder, Bill W., recalls the time in AA when there were few members and no Big Book. In the early days of AA things were really different. For five years there was no Big Book. The only way to communicate with other people was to go and tell them, so that...

Mike B. · Mike B.

June 12 "Today, as I look back over 27-plus years of sobriety, I can simply thank Him for being wherever I am going before I even get there."

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Dust on diamonds, tears we cry, first we walk, then we fly.--Mark Chapple"First things first," "Easy does it," and "Keep it simple" are the touchstones of our recovery. At first, we may grasp recovery like a drowning person. We find that the harder we hold on to our l...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

You can tell when you are on the road to success. It's uphill all the way.Paul Harvey

Philipld · Philipld

I'm a Nurse in an Alcoholic Ward Anonymous The author--a onetime alcoholic--has nursed 5000 drunks through the fading hours of their most spectacular sprees. Here is what she has faced in salvaging doctors, lawyers, ministers, priests, housewives and stenographers from drink and the devil A re...

AdamMoz · AdamMoz

Hey All, Like many folks, I haven't been around in a while. When I logged in this morning, though, I was really impacted by recent posts about pathological lying, the benefits of criticism, and gratitude for the program. I had a major self-pity episode through the majority of last night that's been cu...

John · John

Hi everyone,Previously the post at the top of the board would be based on the date it was started. Now, I have changed it so that when a post is replied to, it is moved to the top of the board, so the reply doesn't get lost at the bottom of the board and can be seen and replied to by both the original poster, a...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Having loosened our grip on the past, we are free to reach for the future. --Ann D. Clark Everyday of our lives we think of some situation we wish we had handled differently. Perhaps we left a job we now miss, disciplined a child needlessly, or responded rudely to a friend. Our Fourth Step inventory abu...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.Maori Proverb

Mike B. · Mike B.

June 11 "Asking for help is not just a path to humility; it is a path to connection with my fellows and with God."

bikerbill · bikerbill

I know I haven't been on here for a while, been lots of stuff going on. what's the cadillac problem. It's a problem that's good to have in a way. last week I was told there was no more funding for my job. I was expecting this but hoped it would run until September. So as of today I don't have a role in the c...

gonee · gonee

.Happy birthday, Alcoholics Anonymous 10 June 1935. 79 years of helping alcoholics and their families. Thank you Dr Bob and Bill W. The doors were open for me on that 13 April 1988. As Bill always said: "PASS IT ON"

Tasha · Tasha

The Benefits of CriticismPersonal Growth 1. Looking for seeds of truth in criticism encourages humility. Its not easy to take an honest look at yourself and your weaknesses, but you can only grow if youre willing to try. 2. Learning from criticism allows you to improve. Almost every critique gives y...

Mike B. · Mike B.

June 10 "Alone in the town, I was scared to death of getting drunk. I was no longer a teacher or a preacher, I was an alcoholic who knew that he needed another alcoholic, as much as that one could possibly need me. Driven by that urge, I was soon face to face with Dr. Bob."

Philipld · Philipld

AN INTERVIEW WITH DR. PAUL AUTHOR OF "DOCTOR, ALCOHOLIC, ADDICT" July 1995 Dr. Paul's story "Doctor, Alcoholic, Addict" was published in the Third Edition of the Big Book; his remarks on acceptance, which appear on pages 449 and 450, have been helpful to many AA members over t...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Theres no straighter road to success than exceeding expectations one day at a time.Robin Crow

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Why wait? Life is not a dress rehearsal. Quit practicing what you are going to do, and just do it.Marilyn Grey

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.-- Chinese proverbLife holds so many choices now that we are sober. We'd like to go so many places. We'd like to see so many things. We have so much to do.We are slowly learning how to trust our dreams and reach for them. Our program teaches us that w...

Wren · Wren

I'm sharing this because I love it. And wish it. Please can I have a God (after Selima Hill) not fossilized, hardened, stiff, unshaken, not contained in creeds and testimonies, judgments and stone tablets, but in the wound breaking open. Please can I have a God who asks me to worship at the altar of my...

Wren · Wren

Hi All, I know that I've become very hit and miss quiet on the board for a few years now. I stop in, read, see how things are going, and then wander off into life and its terms. Life has been good to me. I've been blessed in so many ways. The things that weren't blessings were lessons. They may have seemed like...

Wren · Wren

Our perception of what "failure" is, subjective as it is to each of us, awakens us to how sensitive we are to our concept of self power. When we feel a loss of control, we sorta stumble thru this external blindness, and can only trust in our inner light to help us navigate the terrain in this 'st...

Philipld · Philipld

Alcoholics Anonymous by Gurdon Simmons The smartly groomed woman, showing no self-consciousness before her audience of several hundred, launched into a graphic recital of her recovery from chronic alcoholism. The doctors, she said, had pronounced her case hopeless. Unable to "take a dri...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

June 9, 2014Quote of the Week"I don't have to like the situation, but it's important that I like myself in it." When I first got sober, I took a job in Beverly Hills as an investment broker selling municipal bonds. I hated getting up at 4:45 in the morning to drive to work, hated making co...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

We need the courage to start and continue what we should do, and courage to stop what we shouldn't do. --Richard L. EvansWhat is courage? Many of us think it involves surviving against all odds. Some of us believe courage is personified by an individual like Helen Keller, who coped with many physical d...

Mike B. · Mike B.

June 9 "I can change my viewpoint anytime I want to. I can look at things from down, by lying back and waiting for someone to rescue me. Or I can stand tall and look at the way things are as the way they're meant to be."

Angell · Angell

I am not able to contribute at this time and frankly, though I do know that such feelings have no intrinsic value whatsoever, I still feel twinges of guilt from time to time as I wait to see references to the request scroll onto page two... Anyway, so there I was, wrapped up in what I can't do and totally mis...

lateforthesky2 · lateforthesky2

http://aa.activeboard.com/t23228527/my-name-is-bill-w-movie/?page=1

Stepchild · Stepchild

J/K Phil....Listen to Bob.

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

She walks around all day quietly, but underneath it she's electric; angry energy inside a passive form. The common woman is as common as a thunderstorm.--Judy GrahnMany people spend their days in anger and aren't aware of it. The conditions of work and life make many of us angry; we feel powerless to c...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Weekly VerseMake sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always try to be kind to each other and to everyone else. 1 Thessalonians 5:15Weekly QuoteBe thankful for the smallest blessing, and you will deserve to receive greater. Value the least gifts no less than the greatest and simple grac...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

NOTHING

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

When we have done our best, we can await the results in peace.J. Lubbock

Philipld · Philipld

BASIC CONCEPTS OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS N.Y. STATE JOURNAL OF MEDICINE© Vol. 44, Aug.,1944. William G. Wilson Alcoholics Anonymous is an informal fellowship of about 12,000 formerly alcoholic men and women who are to be found banded together as groups in about three hundred and twenty-five Ameri...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.Desiderius Erasmus

Philipld · Philipld

There are a few of us.....that when we went on the board this morning...saw old "responded to Posts" going to the top of the main page...which is something weve never seen before..and Ive NEVER seen it happen before..and Ive been here since DIRT was formed I deleted a couple of them...and s...

Enigma · Enigma

It's never a good thing to find out from another person your STBXW was in fact cheating on you with another man for past 6 months who is also married to a abusive alcoholic wife. What makes me mad the whole time my wife blamed my disease and character defects stating nothing was going on that she was being f...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Welcome to MIP earthm0m, ... glad you found us and we look forward to your sharing your ESH with us ... Love ya and God Bless, Pappy

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Not only then has each man his individual relation to God, but each man has his peculiar relation to God. -- George MacDonaldEach of us sees and experiences God in a way somehow unique to us. No two people see things exactly alike. That's why our program has no dogma. Each of us is encouraged to follow a sp...

Raeanne · Raeanne

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2014. I am writing this letter to myself as well as my family, as a commitment to better my life. If I dont change now I never will. And I am tired of being a failure. I want my life back. The life that alcoholism has stolen from me. I may pretend to think that I have control over this diseas...

lateforthesky2 · lateforthesky2

does it have a facebook page? if i ran it id post in large letters at top"if you're an alcoholic start here" and then post a beginners thread

myownhell · myownhell

Our book is meant to be suggestive only. We realize we know only a little. God will constantly disclose more to you and to us. Ask Him in your morning meditation what you can do each day for the man who is still sick. The answers will come, if your own house is in order. But obviously you cannot transmit some...

lateforthesky · lateforthesky

my name is bill w movie with james garner and woods i saw that movie and thought it was good since then ive bought no beer but had some wine guess ive cut back and saved money at least but maybe you dont like posts like this? with you its all or nothing? -- Edited by lateforthesky at 12:00, 2008-12-17

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

I heard from a few AA'ers varying views about the third step. I've finished this step and am just curious what some of you might think...... Some said that they believe that the Third Step can only be worked once. That if you turn your will over to God (or your HP) you cannot take your will back and even if yo...

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	Going back to Hong Kong (Preview) Hi All,I just found out that one of the projects I am working on is going to involve some trips to Hong Kong this summer. I'll be doing a ten day trip starting four weeks from today, and then another ten day trip at the end of August. It's likely there will be several more after that.I used to do quite a lot of b...	davep12and12	7	692	Jun 14, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote - 6/14 (Preview) Dont wait. The time will never be just right.Napoleon Hill	Pythonpappy	0	381	Jun 14, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Clarence Snyder....1944 (Preview) Going Through The Steps A.A. Sponsorship Pamphlet by Clarence Snyder© 1944 This is the first pamphlet ever written concerning sponsorship. It was written by Clarence H. Snyder in early 1944. Its original title was to be "A.A. Sponsorship...Its Obligations and Its Responsibilities."...	Philipld	1	697	Jun 14, 2014 by 2granddaughters
	"It's okay to not be okay" (Preview) Last night I was listening one sermon and the woman, who was preaching said: "It's okay to not be okay." I don't know why I remembered it, but I have past with it. She said that it's not necessary when we are not okay to play role in front of people, saying that we are okay and all the false smiles ....	myownhell	15	972	Jun 13, 2014 by StPeteDean
	Grapevine (Preview) June 13 "The compulsion among most of us to survive and to grow soon becomes far stronger than the temptation to drink, or to misbehave. Literally, we must 'do or die.' So we make the choice to live. This, in turn, means the choice of AA principles, practices and attitudes that can salvage us from...	Mike B.	2	443	Jun 13, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote - 6/13 (Preview) Failure is the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.Henry Ford	Pythonpappy	0	399	Jun 13, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift - 6/13 (Preview) Fine friendship requires duration rather than fitful intensity.--AristotleOnce we have embarked upon this program, we find spiritual recovery through relationships more than any other single factor. We find it through relationships with other people, with ourselves, and with our Higher Pow...	Pythonpappy	0	456	Jun 13, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Lois W. (Preview) In AAs First Five Years Lois W., wife of AAs co-founder, Bill W., recalls the time in AA when there were few members and no Big Book. In the early days of AA things were really different. For five years there was no Big Book. The only way to communicate with other people was to go and tell them, so that...	Philipld	0	776	Jun 12, 2014 by Philipld
	Grapevine (Preview) June 12 "Today, as I look back over 27-plus years of sobriety, I can simply thank Him for being wherever I am going before I even get there."	Mike B.	1	381	Jun 12, 2014 by Philipld
	Today's Gift - 6/12 (Preview) Dust on diamonds, tears we cry, first we walk, then we fly.--Mark Chapple"First things first," "Easy does it," and "Keep it simple" are the touchstones of our recovery. At first, we may grasp recovery like a drowning person. We find that the harder we hold on to our l...	Pythonpappy	2	450	Jun 12, 2014 by AdamMoz
	Sunrise Quote - 6/12 (Preview) You can tell when you are on the road to success. It's uphill all the way.Paul Harvey	Pythonpappy	0	402	Jun 12, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	A Nurse In An Alcoholic Ward (Preview) I'm a Nurse in an Alcoholic Ward Anonymous The author--a onetime alcoholic--has nursed 5000 drunks through the fading hours of their most spectacular sprees. Here is what she has faced in salvaging doctors, lawyers, ministers, priests, housewives and stenographers from drink and the devil A re...	Philipld	2	907	Jun 11, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Heyo (Preview) Hey All, Like many folks, I haven't been around in a while. When I logged in this morning, though, I was really impacted by recent posts about pathological lying, the benefits of criticism, and gratitude for the program. I had a major self-pity episode through the majority of last night that's been cu...	AdamMoz	4	539	Jun 11, 2014 by Mike D
	Message board format changed slightly.. Please Read. (Preview) Hi everyone,Previously the post at the top of the board would be based on the date it was started. Now, I have changed it so that when a post is replied to, it is moved to the top of the board, so the reply doesn't get lost at the bottom of the board and can be seen and replied to by both the original poster, a...	John	2	591	Jun 11, 2014 by Stepchild
	Today's Gift - 6/11 (Preview) Having loosened our grip on the past, we are free to reach for the future. --Ann D. Clark Everyday of our lives we think of some situation we wish we had handled differently. Perhaps we left a job we now miss, disciplined a child needlessly, or responded rudely to a friend. Our Fourth Step inventory abu...	Pythonpappy	1	393	Jun 11, 2014 by Philipld
	Sunrise Quote - 6/11 (Preview) Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.Maori Proverb	Pythonpappy	0	428	Jun 11, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Grapevine (Preview) June 11 "Asking for help is not just a path to humility; it is a path to connection with my fellows and with God."	Mike B.	0	393	Jun 11, 2014 by Mike B.
	cadillac problems (Preview) I know I haven't been on here for a while, been lots of stuff going on. what's the cadillac problem. It's a problem that's good to have in a way. last week I was told there was no more funding for my job. I was expecting this but hoped it would run until September. So as of today I don't have a role in the c...	bikerbill	4	810	Jun 11, 2014 by Mike D
	AA 79 years 10 June 1935. (Preview) .Happy birthday, Alcoholics Anonymous 10 June 1935. 79 years of helping alcoholics and their families. Thank you Dr Bob and Bill W. The doors were open for me on that 13 April 1988. As Bill always said: "PASS IT ON"	gonee	6	631	Jun 11, 2014 by Mike D
	An article that helped me today - reassurance - loving self. (Preview) The Benefits of CriticismPersonal Growth 1. Looking for seeds of truth in criticism encourages humility. Its not easy to take an honest look at yourself and your weaknesses, but you can only grow if youre willing to try. 2. Learning from criticism allows you to improve. Almost every critique gives y...	Tasha	4	679	Jun 11, 2014 by Mike D
	Grapevine (Preview) June 10 "Alone in the town, I was scared to death of getting drunk. I was no longer a teacher or a preacher, I was an alcoholic who knew that he needed another alcoholic, as much as that one could possibly need me. Driven by that urge, I was soon face to face with Dr. Bob."	Mike B.	2	404	Jun 10, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Doctor Paul (Preview) AN INTERVIEW WITH DR. PAUL AUTHOR OF "DOCTOR, ALCOHOLIC, ADDICT" July 1995 Dr. Paul's story "Doctor, Alcoholic, Addict" was published in the Third Edition of the Big Book; his remarks on acceptance, which appear on pages 449 and 450, have been helpful to many AA members over t...	Philipld	2	545	Jun 10, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote - 6/9 (Preview) Theres no straighter road to success than exceeding expectations one day at a time.Robin Crow	Pythonpappy	5	424	Jun 10, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote - 6/10 (Preview) Why wait? Life is not a dress rehearsal. Quit practicing what you are going to do, and just do it.Marilyn Grey	Pythonpappy	0	377	Jun 10, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift - 6/10 (Preview) The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.-- Chinese proverbLife holds so many choices now that we are sober. We'd like to go so many places. We'd like to see so many things. We have so much to do.We are slowly learning how to trust our dreams and reach for them. Our program teaches us that w...	Pythonpappy	0	445	Jun 10, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Sorta religious but not really (Preview) I'm sharing this because I love it. And wish it. Please can I have a God (after Selima Hill) not fossilized, hardened, stiff, unshaken, not contained in creeds and testimonies, judgments and stone tablets, but in the wound breaking open. Please can I have a God who asks me to worship at the altar of my...	Wren	2	574	Jun 10, 2014 by Tasha
	Just a drop by (Preview) Hi All, I know that I've become very hit and miss quiet on the board for a few years now. I stop in, read, see how things are going, and then wander off into life and its terms. Life has been good to me. I've been blessed in so many ways. The things that weren't blessings were lessons. They may have seemed like...	Wren	6	517	Jun 9, 2014 by John
	Is it really failure? (Preview) Our perception of what "failure" is, subjective as it is to each of us, awakens us to how sensitive we are to our concept of self power. When we feel a loss of control, we sorta stumble thru this external blindness, and can only trust in our inner light to help us navigate the terrain in this 'st...	Wren	1	551	Jun 9, 2014 by Stepchild
	AA 1944 (Preview) Alcoholics Anonymous by Gurdon Simmons The smartly groomed woman, showing no self-consciousness before her audience of several hundred, launched into a graphic recital of her recovery from chronic alcoholism. The doctors, she said, had pronounced her case hopeless. Unable to "take a dri...	Philipld	6	1637	Jun 9, 2014 by Philipld
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) June 9, 2014Quote of the Week"I don't have to like the situation, but it's important that I like myself in it." When I first got sober, I took a job in Beverly Hills as an investment broker selling municipal bonds. I hated getting up at 4:45 in the morning to drive to work, hated making co...	Pythonpappy	0	478	Jun 9, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift - 6/9 (Preview) We need the courage to start and continue what we should do, and courage to stop what we shouldn't do. --Richard L. EvansWhat is courage? Many of us think it involves surviving against all odds. Some of us believe courage is personified by an individual like Helen Keller, who coped with many physical d...	Pythonpappy	0	418	Jun 9, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Grapevine (Preview) June 9 "I can change my viewpoint anytime I want to. I can look at things from down, by lying back and waiting for someone to rescue me. Or I can stand tall and look at the way things are as the way they're meant to be."	Mike B.	0	382	Jun 9, 2014 by Mike B.
	Re: MIP Site Hosting and Domain Reg. Funding (Preview) I am not able to contribute at this time and frankly, though I do know that such feelings have no intrinsic value whatsoever, I still feel twinges of guilt from time to time as I wait to see references to the request scroll onto page two... Anyway, so there I was, wrapped up in what I can't do and totally mis...	Angell	2	596	Jun 8, 2014 by John
	do posts get bumped to top? (Preview) http://aa.activeboard.com/t23228527/my-name-is-bill-w-movie/?page=1	lateforthesky2	4	574	Jun 8, 2014 by John
	I'm trying to find an old thread I really liked....Little help.... (Preview) J/K Phil....Listen to Bob.	Stepchild	6	651	Jun 8, 2014 by Stepchild
	Today's Gift - 6/8 (Preview) She walks around all day quietly, but underneath it she's electric; angry energy inside a passive form. The common woman is as common as a thunderstorm.--Judy GrahnMany people spend their days in anger and aren't aware of it. The conditions of work and life make many of us angry; we feel powerless to c...	Pythonpappy	1	420	Jun 8, 2014 by Philipld
	Weekly Thought --- (religious concept) (Preview) Weekly VerseMake sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always try to be kind to each other and to everyone else. 1 Thessalonians 5:15Weekly QuoteBe thankful for the smallest blessing, and you will deserve to receive greater. Value the least gifts no less than the greatest and simple grac...	Pythonpappy	0	411	Jun 8, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	This Is What I Will Have If I Start Drinking Again........ (Preview) NOTHING	betterthanyesterday52	8	641	Jun 8, 2014 by StPeteDean
	Sunrise Quote - 6/8 (Preview) When we have done our best, we can await the results in peace.J. Lubbock	Pythonpappy	0	382	Jun 8, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	More AA history (Preview) BASIC CONCEPTS OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS N.Y. STATE JOURNAL OF MEDICINE© Vol. 44, Aug.,1944. William G. Wilson Alcoholics Anonymous is an informal fellowship of about 12,000 formerly alcoholic men and women who are to be found banded together as groups in about three hundred and twenty-five Ameri...	Philipld	0	707	Jun 7, 2014 by Philipld
	Sunrise Quote - 6/7 (Preview) Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.Desiderius Erasmus	Pythonpappy	1	377	Jun 7, 2014 by Mike D
	My apoligies.... (Preview) There are a few of us.....that when we went on the board this morning...saw old "responded to Posts" going to the top of the main page...which is something weve never seen before..and Ive NEVER seen it happen before..and Ive been here since DIRT was formed I deleted a couple of them...and s...	Philipld	7	571	Jun 7, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Unreal (Preview) It's never a good thing to find out from another person your STBXW was in fact cheating on you with another man for past 6 months who is also married to a abusive alcoholic wife. What makes me mad the whole time my wife blamed my disease and character defects stating nothing was going on that she was being f...	Enigma	14	863	Jun 7, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Welcome 'earthm0m' (Preview) Welcome to MIP earthm0m, ... glad you found us and we look forward to your sharing your ESH with us ... Love ya and God Bless, Pappy	Pythonpappy	0	371	Jun 7, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift - 6/7 (Preview) Not only then has each man his individual relation to God, but each man has his peculiar relation to God. -- George MacDonaldEach of us sees and experiences God in a way somehow unique to us. No two people see things exactly alike. That's why our program has no dogma. Each of us is encouraged to follow a sp...	Pythonpappy	0	444	Jun 7, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	A letter to my former self. (Preview) Tuesday, June 3rd, 2014. I am writing this letter to myself as well as my family, as a commitment to better my life. If I dont change now I never will. And I am tired of being a failure. I want my life back. The life that alcoholism has stolen from me. I may pretend to think that I have control over this diseas...	Raeanne	21	1241	Jun 6, 2014 by 2granddaughters
	this board may be too confusing for a drunk (Preview) does it have a facebook page? if i ran it id post in large letters at top"if you're an alcoholic start here" and then post a beginners thread	lateforthesky2	4	555	Jun 6, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Our book ... (Preview) Our book is meant to be suggestive only. We realize we know only a little. God will constantly disclose more to you and to us. Ask Him in your morning meditation what you can do each day for the man who is still sick. The answers will come, if your own house is in order. But obviously you cannot transmit some...	myownhell	9	711	Jun 6, 2014 by Stepchild
	my name is bill w movie (Preview) my name is bill w movie with james garner and woods i saw that movie and thought it was good since then ive bought no beer but had some wine guess ive cut back and saved money at least but maybe you dont like posts like this? with you its all or nothing? -- Edited by lateforthesky at 12:00, 2008-12-17	lateforthesky	11	2625	Jun 6, 2014 by lateforthesky2
	Questions about the 3rd Step (Preview) I heard from a few AA'ers varying views about the third step. I've finished this step and am just curious what some of you might think...... Some said that they believe that the Third Step can only be worked once. That if you turn your will over to God (or your HP) you cannot take your will back and even if yo...	betterthanyesterday52	18	2481	Jun 6, 2014 by Stepchild
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