Alcoholics Anonymous

DayTrader069 · DayTrader069

Ran into a snag with this quote the other day at a speaker mtg. Long and short, three individuals were talking throughout the mtg (2 guys fighting over the attention of a girl - and her lapping up the attention), thus being disrespectful to the speakers as well as other attendees. Neither the Secreta...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

"One AA member recalls that, even during the worst of her drinking career, she never lost her faith. "I had a firm, unshakable belief--in disaster." she explains. "Every morning, almost my first conscious thought was "Oh, my God, I wonder what new troubles are going to h...

Lizmccal · Lizmccal

My reaction to reading the BB this morning was "ya ya ya I've been through this for years". I only have 5 weeks sober. I'm an a-hole sometimes and that will take me out. I know nothing and will read before I start my day. Anythoughts are nice. I just wanted to tell someone before the day starts...

Mike B. · Mike B.

January 8 "If it were not for the 'we' of AA, there would be no 'I'."

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at t...

Jerry F · Jerry F

I've been put on alert. I've been blessed for such a long time and HP wanted to let me know that I'm still human and subject to "humaness".Friday tried to finish a bathroom remodel for a client and thought (lol) I had all my ducks in line and then of course learned "you don't take a duc...

abe · abe

how is it that although they are very moody and can't tell the truth, when you ask them anything, they are never at fault, and you are to blame for everything? How do you constructively deal with this and still maintain a decent relationship

Tracey C · Tracey C

Hi Its been a while since Ive posted. Yesterday a male friend called asking if I would help him to give up the grog. He had seen the alanon pampblets I had sent to his wife so he thougbt he could talk to me. Im aware that its not a good thing long term for male/female. Hopefully Ill get him connected with a mal...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

I have developed a friendship with another alcoholic. We along with my SO have had long chats before and after the meetings, gone out for coffee and meals, etc. for a few months now. This person said recently that they became so angry with another person (not an AA'er, but a stranger) that they actuall...

debird17 · debird17

Happy New Year All. I have been off line for a while. Was away on a boating trip which was very good to get all of my thoughts together. I am on day 79 of my sobriety and have had some days that where harder than others but I am still standing strong. Christmas Day I had 16 family and friends over for the day....

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart. - Helen Keller

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

While it's always tempting to over-indulge during the holidays, don't let YOUR picture end up on this holiday warning brochure I picked up at the Humane Society!!! 5 beers 2 glasses of wine 2 bottles of wine - Shared of course too many margaritas 3 Kamikazes 7 rum & cokes 1 large purple h...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Just so you know.. I appreciate that you have been in my life !!Wishing you aHappy New Year Some thoughts that are good year round To realize the value of a sister/brother: Ask someone who doesn't have one. To realize the value of ten years: Ask a newly divorced couple. To realize the value of four year...

Mike B. · Mike B.

January 7 "Each of us must conform reasonably well to AA's Steps and Traditions, or else we shall go mad or die of alcoholism."

gonee · gonee

After 4 months of heavy drinking, after relapsing in AA, I am glad that those old timers had kept those doors open. These are the lessons I had learned. AA's 12 steps is not an individual program, but rather a program for the individual. I cannot work it my way. "At some of these we balked. We though...

Mike B. · Mike B.

January 6 "The word powerless ... described my situation with alcohol perfectly and completely. My life was more than unmanageable, it was illegal."

SolanoGypsy · SolanoGypsy

So this guy walks into a bar... Just playing...I wouldn't know the end of that joke cuz I wasn't there. In fact, I can't remember the last time I was in one of those but I could certainly describe the front door of the bar that shares a building with the Alano club I sometimes frequent. Imagine t...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

An old guy goes to his doctor for his physical and Gets sent to the Urologist as a precaution. When he gets there, he discovers the Urologist is a Very pretty female doctor. The female doctor says,"I'm going to check your Prostate today, but this new procedure is a little ...

Lizmccal · Lizmccal

Well I am ok with one lie I am telling myself infact it is changing me and becoming the truth. It started after hitting my bottom and pitiful and incomprehensible demoralization seemed like a step up from where I was. I was afraid with no hope I would kill myself. I told myself a simple lie on the day I deci...

John · John

Won't go into any details, but 2014 started showing itself to be a good year right off the bat. Got a check for work I did almost 2 years ago and had given up on ever getting, got several very good, well paying jobs back to back, bought and sold a car (1998 Cadillac DeVille) and while I didn't make any real m...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

I just wanted to wish everyone a wonderful Happy New Year! Thank you all for helping me so much with your words of encouragement, love and support. Had I not found this board, I am sure I would have quit AA, started drinking and be hungover this a.m. after celebrating another New Year's Eve drunk. Happy &...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

As the first day of another New Year starts, I realized that I had all these anticipations and expectations of the first day of the new year. I have let myself down as I am totally exhausted and depressed from something that happened which hurt my feelings and made me feel like a piece of cra*. I haven't...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

If we dont change we dont grow. It we dont grow we are not really living. Gail Sheehy

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Later is now. --Roseanne Barr Newcomer I guess I do have some addiction problems, but right now is a terrible time for me. I know you'd like me to be more involved, use the program more, but I need time - there's something else I have to deal with first. I've tried talking about it at meetings, but no one rea...

Standing_Tall · Standing_Tall

Just got off the phone with my sponsor and I have a lot of guilt today. Guilt for not being with my children, guilt for not being in Oklahoma to help with a house that is falling apart, guilt for the things that I have said to my wife in the past while I was under the influence.........just a lot of guilt. Good...

Gleek22 · Gleek22

This year has had its ups and downs and I am proud to say that January 24 I will have 1 year sober if I continue on the right path! I have been reflecting these past couple days and I was wondering how anyone felt at 11 months sober?

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

A Year To GrowThis new year can be a time of growth in sobriety. While we have no crystal ball that tells us what luck and fortune the year will bring, we do have a program that gives us the power to make the best of this year, to grow in sobriety. We can make progress in overcoming resentment and selfishness...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

I will radiate love and good will to others that I may open a channel for God's love to come to all. --Paramahansa Yogananda Our spiritual well-being is hindered whenever we isolate ourselves, whenever we withhold our care and attention from the group or a friend. During these moments, our self-cent...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

You have to sniff out joy, keep your nose to the joy-trail. --Buffy Sainte-MarieNewcomer I heard an old-timer say, "You can be right, or you can be happy." What does that mean? When something is wrong, am I supposed to deny what I can see with my own eyes? Sponsor This program saying is not mea...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Serenity = Reality = Inner peace and strength. --Anonymous Most of us chased an elusive thing called serenity for years. We thought our journeys outside reality brought us peace and serenity. When we returned to reality we found harshness and pain that caused us to run back to using. So it went, day af...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

December 30, 2013 Quote of the Week "When I did my 4th step it felt as if my life was being turned upside down - but it was really being turned right side up." I first heard this saying right when I needed it most - when I was in the middle of my 4th step and I thought I was losing my mind. I remembe...

Mike B. · Mike B.

December 31 "Remembering to observe the Traditions of anonymity and nonendorsement, the AA member can carry AA's message into every troubled area of this very troubled world"

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

I still cannot get over this. If you are a resident of Colorado you can buy an ounce, if a non-resident you can buy a quarter of an ounce. Isn't this a drug? I have heard shares in meetings where people say they relapsed by smoking pot--not alcohol--and go up and get another white chip in an AA meeting. Very...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Ben_K · Ben_K

I'm writing a book about the Denver Young People's Group, and the daily meditation book written by some of their members, Day By Day. I would like to include testimonials from people who use Day By Day to support their recoveries. If you're interested in submitting your experience with Day By Day for i...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

I think the title I used to do my previous post caused me to remember a dream I had last night.... In my dream there was a baby who needed her diapers changed. I didn't recognize the baby (didn't look like my daughter did when she was a baby) but no one else in the room picked her up to change her, so I did. (Yuck...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

I kind of blew yesterday...and had a wake up call from another poster which made me realize that I was the one who chose to feel the way I was feeling yesterday, which caused me to feel blahhhh and not use the time my HP gave me wisely. (Except for coming to this board and going to a meeting yesterday as I don'...

Venera · Venera

Hi, my AH has been drinking for 5+ days, and this is is the worst what I had seen, he does t seem to stop himself, which he could before on about day 4. This is already day 6 and I am sure he got more. he is saying no to go to a doctor, he never did before. He is in the worst shape I ever saw him. I am afraid he is going to...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

"Thoughts of a drink seem to sneak into our minds much more smoothly and slyly when we are alone. And when we feel lonesome and an urge for a drink strikes, it seems to have special speed and strength." "Such ideas and desires are much less likely to occur when we are with other people, e...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

It's a slow night tonight on MIP and I am alone. I hope no one minds another post by me. One of those cop shows just came on and I usually change the channel, but didn't. In this show, they have arrested two people for drinking and driving, there was a fight between a couple--the husband walked in and caug...

Mike B. · Mike B.

January 2 "Let it never be said that the spiritual way is a cowardly or escapist approach to life. On the contrary, it requires maximum diligence and persistence to seek divine guidance when all the evidence of our eyes and ears tries to tell us that life is largely physical, intellectual and e...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

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

Lizmccal · Lizmccal

Step one seems easy for me now. Powerless and unmanageable are obvious in my life alcohol has kicked my butt. Step two seemed an easy quick duh step, but the longer I'm sober the more my insanity hits me. Daily I'm realizing how insaine I've been. Even perceptions from the day before are clearing up and m...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"Dance like no one is watching. Sing like no one is listening. Love like you've never been hurt and live like its heaven on earth." - William Purkey

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

I read something which I want to share, but before I do I wanted to share this first..... One of the meetings I attend is one which breaks up into three different meetings depending on the steps being discussed. I have been attending a Beginner's Meeting (Steps 1, 2 and 3)since I first became sober. At fi...

Mike D · Mike D

Hi everyone! I can't remember if I've ever posted on this topic before...so, this might be a re-run. I'm posting this because I'm seeing that there are quite a few new folks who are approaching Step Four right now, and nearly all of us have a lot of trouble with getting to a place where we can forgive tho...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

I learned early in AA to be aware of these four things which could lead me to drink. Being aware of these things that are going on can save your life and H.A.L.T. your desire to drink. Are you..... HUNGRY

ANGRY

LONELY

TIRED

The two times during my sobriety when I was...

bebe · bebe

They make me very anxious and uncomfortable : not just because I don't want to talk with strangers, although that is A big thing : I am a housewife, have been for at least 4.5 years, and about 5 before that. No, it isn't just that. I can't stand the business: everyone pushed me to get a sponsor,after one...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

On a bitterly cold winter morning a husband and wife were listening to the radio during breakfast. They heard the announcer say, "We are going to have 8 to 10 inches of snow today. You must park your car on the even-numbered side of the street, so the Snow plows can get through". So the...

John · John

Hi everyone, I took a trip to Georgia for Christmas to spend it with my sister and her husband. Watched a few movies on the road, from my tablet on the dashboard. LOL They really put together a really nice dinner for me and my lady friend. Then gave us a really nice surprise... a high end hotel room with a...

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	"Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern." (Preview) Ran into a snag with this quote the other day at a speaker mtg. Long and short, three individuals were talking throughout the mtg (2 guys fighting over the attention of a girl - and her lapping up the attention), thus being disrespectful to the speakers as well as other attendees. Neither the Secreta...	DayTrader069	3	768	Jan 8, 2014 by DayTrader069
	"I had a firm unshakeable belief -- in disaster" (Preview) "One AA member recalls that, even during the worst of her drinking career, she never lost her faith. "I had a firm, unshakable belief--in disaster." she explains. "Every morning, almost my first conscious thought was "Oh, my God, I wonder what new troubles are going to h...	betterthanyesterday52	2	453	Jan 8, 2014 by davep12and12
	I just had to humble myself the second this thought came up. (Preview) My reaction to reading the BB this morning was "ya ya ya I've been through this for years". I only have 5 weeks sober. I'm an a-hole sometimes and that will take me out. I know nothing and will read before I start my day. Anythoughts are nice. I just wanted to tell someone before the day starts...	Lizmccal	4	531	Jan 8, 2014 by SolanoGypsy
	Grapevine (Preview) January 8 "If it were not for the 'we' of AA, there would be no 'I'."	Mike B.	2	331	Jan 8, 2014 by SolanoGypsy
	Strength Quote (Preview) Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at t...	betterthanyesterday52	2	363	Jan 8, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Okay...Next!! (Preview) I've been put on alert. I've been blessed for such a long time and HP wanted to let me know that I'm still human and subject to "humaness".Friday tried to finish a bathroom remodel for a client and thought (lol) I had all my ducks in line and then of course learned "you don't take a duc...	Jerry F	5	511	Jan 8, 2014 by mikef
	why do alcoholics lie about unrelated, insignificate things? and don't recognize that you've changed (Preview) how is it that although they are very moody and can't tell the truth, when you ask them anything, they are never at fault, and you are to blame for everything? How do you constructively deal with this and still maintain a decent relationship	abe	6	908	Jan 7, 2014 by abe
	Question (Preview) Hi Its been a while since Ive posted. Yesterday a male friend called asking if I would help him to give up the grog. He had seen the alanon pampblets I had sent to his wife so he thougbt he could talk to me. Im aware that its not a good thing long term for male/female. Hopefully Ill get him connected with a mal...	Tracey C	5	353	Jan 7, 2014 by davep12and12
	Would Like Your Input on This (Preview) I have developed a friendship with another alcoholic. We along with my SO have had long chats before and after the meetings, gone out for coffee and meals, etc. for a few months now. This person said recently that they became so angry with another person (not an AA'er, but a stranger) that they actuall...	betterthanyesterday52	8	470	Jan 7, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Checking In (Preview) Happy New Year All. I have been off line for a while. Was away on a boating trip which was very good to get all of my thoughts together. I am on day 79 of my sobriety and have had some days that where harder than others but I am still standing strong. Christmas Day I had 16 family and friends over for the day....	debird17	3	413	Jan 7, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart. - Helen Keller	Pythonpappy	4	257	Jan 7, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Holiday Drinking Warning (Preview) While it's always tempting to over-indulge during the holidays, don't let YOUR picture end up on this holiday warning brochure I picked up at the Humane Society!!! 5 beers 2 glasses of wine 2 bottles of wine - Shared of course too many margaritas 3 Kamikazes 7 rum & cokes 1 large purple h...	Pythonpappy	4	513	Jan 7, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	wishing you good fortune (Preview) Just so you know.. I appreciate that you have been in my life !!Wishing you aHappy New Year Some thoughts that are good year round To realize the value of a sister/brother: Ask someone who doesn't have one. To realize the value of ten years: Ask a newly divorced couple. To realize the value of four year...	Pythonpappy	3	328	Jan 7, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Grapevine (Preview) January 7 "Each of us must conform reasonably well to AA's Steps and Traditions, or else we shall go mad or die of alcoholism."	Mike B.	0	341	Jan 7, 2014 by Mike B.
	On my return...... (Preview) After 4 months of heavy drinking, after relapsing in AA, I am glad that those old timers had kept those doors open. These are the lessons I had learned. AA's 12 steps is not an individual program, but rather a program for the individual. I cannot work it my way. "At some of these we balked. We though...	gonee	3	377	Jan 6, 2014 by Jerry F
	Grapevine (Preview) January 6 "The word powerless ... described my situation with alcohol perfectly and completely. My life was more than unmanageable, it was illegal."	Mike B.	1	292	Jan 6, 2014 by Stepchild
	Wow, but the months do pass... (Preview) So this guy walks into a bar... Just playing...I wouldn't know the end of that joke cuz I wasn't there. In fact, I can't remember the last time I was in one of those but I could certainly describe the front door of the bar that shares a building with the Alano club I sometimes frequent. Imagine t...	SolanoGypsy	4	504	Jan 6, 2014 by Stepchild
	Time for a Joke ... Female Urologist ... 'X' (Preview) An old guy goes to his doctor for his physical and Gets sent to the Urologist as a precaution. When he gets there, he discovers the Urologist is a Very pretty female doctor. The female doctor says,"I'm going to check your Prostate today, but this new procedure is a little ...	Pythonpappy	3	722	Jan 6, 2014 by John
	When lying to myself is good. (Preview) Well I am ok with one lie I am telling myself infact it is changing me and becoming the truth. It started after hitting my bottom and pitiful and incomprehensible demoralization seemed like a step up from where I was. I was afraid with no hope I would kill myself. I told myself a simple lie on the day I deci...	Lizmccal	15	602	Jan 5, 2014 by Stepchild
	A woman can surely bring a lot of change into my life... with a quickness! LOL (Preview) Won't go into any details, but 2014 started showing itself to be a good year right off the bat. Got a check for work I did almost 2 years ago and had given up on ever getting, got several very good, well paying jobs back to back, bought and sold a car (1998 Cadillac DeVille) and while I didn't make any real m...	John	3	471	Jan 5, 2014 by Mike D
	Happy New Year! (Preview) I just wanted to wish everyone a wonderful Happy New Year! Thank you all for helping me so much with your words of encouragement, love and support. Had I not found this board, I am sure I would have quit AA, started drinking and be hungover this a.m. after celebrating another New Year's Eve drunk. Happy &...	betterthanyesterday52	5	560	Jan 5, 2014 by RubyTues
	SOS but don't have to drink (Preview) As the first day of another New Year starts, I realized that I had all these anticipations and expectations of the first day of the new year. I have let myself down as I am totally exhausted and depressed from something that happened which hurt my feelings and made me feel like a piece of cra*. I haven't...	betterthanyesterday52	3	420	Jan 4, 2014 by Mike D
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) If we dont change we dont grow. It we dont grow we are not really living. Gail Sheehy	Pythonpappy	0	261	Jan 4, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift - 1/4 (Preview) Later is now. --Roseanne Barr Newcomer I guess I do have some addiction problems, but right now is a terrible time for me. I know you'd like me to be more involved, use the program more, but I need time - there's something else I have to deal with first. I've tried talking about it at meetings, but no one rea...	Pythonpappy	0	314	Jan 4, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Guilt...... (Preview) Just got off the phone with my sponsor and I have a lot of guilt today. Guilt for not being with my children, guilt for not being in Oklahoma to help with a house that is falling apart, guilt for the things that I have said to my wife in the past while I was under the influence.........just a lot of guilt. Good...	Standing_Tall	10	1011	Jan 4, 2014 by Stepchild
	almost a year (Preview) This year has had its ups and downs and I am proud to say that January 24 I will have 1 year sober if I continue on the right path! I have been reflecting these past couple days and I was wondering how anyone felt at 11 months sober?	Gleek22	5	348	Jan 4, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift (Preview) A Year To GrowThis new year can be a time of growth in sobriety. While we have no crystal ball that tells us what luck and fortune the year will bring, we do have a program that gives us the power to make the best of this year, to grow in sobriety. We can make progress in overcoming resentment and selfishness...	Pythonpappy	3	277	Jan 4, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift (Preview) I will radiate love and good will to others that I may open a channel for God's love to come to all. --Paramahansa Yogananda Our spiritual well-being is hindered whenever we isolate ourselves, whenever we withhold our care and attention from the group or a friend. During these moments, our self-cent...	Pythonpappy	2	275	Jan 4, 2014 by Mr_David
	Today's Gift (Preview) You have to sniff out joy, keep your nose to the joy-trail. --Buffy Sainte-MarieNewcomer I heard an old-timer say, "You can be right, or you can be happy." What does that mean? When something is wrong, am I supposed to deny what I can see with my own eyes? Sponsor This program saying is not mea...	Pythonpappy	2	276	Jan 4, 2014 by Mr_David
	Today's Gift (Preview) Serenity = Reality = Inner peace and strength. --Anonymous Most of us chased an elusive thing called serenity for years. We thought our journeys outside reality brought us peace and serenity. When we returned to reality we found harshness and pain that caused us to run back to using. So it went, day af...	Pythonpappy	2	262	Jan 4, 2014 by Mr_David
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) December 30, 2013 Quote of the Week "When I did my 4th step it felt as if my life was being turned upside down - but it was really being turned right side up." I first heard this saying right when I needed it most - when I was in the middle of my 4th step and I thought I was losing my mind. I remembe...	Pythonpappy	3	301	Jan 4, 2014 by Mr_David
	Grapevine (Preview) December 31 "Remembering to observe the Traditions of anonymity and nonendorsement, the AA member can carry AA's message into every troubled area of this very troubled world"	Mike B.	3	406	Jan 4, 2014 by Mr_David
	Marajuana Legal in Colorado (Preview) I still cannot get over this. If you are a resident of Colorado you can buy an ounce, if a non-resident you can buy a quarter of an ounce. Isn't this a drug? I have heard shares in meetings where people say they relapsed by smoking pot--not alcohol--and go up and get another white chip in an AA meeting. Very...	betterthanyesterday52	12	3556	Jan 4, 2014 by Mr_David
	Hope This Prints ... for Tasha (Preview) Sunday, 548 \| 8 °FRainChance of Precipitation100% Monday, 611 \| 3 °FClearChance of Precipitation0% Tuesday, 722 \| 13 °F We get cold too!!! Revised:Sunday, 548 \| 8 °FRainChance of Precipitation100% Monday, 611 \| 2 °FClearChance of Precipitation0% Tuesday, 722 \| 13 °FClearCha...	Pythonpappy	1	350	Jan 4, 2014 by Mr_David
	Do you read the "Day By Day" book? (Preview) I'm writing a book about the Denver Young People's Group, and the daily meditation book written by some of their members, Day By Day. I would like to include testimonials from people who use Day By Day to support their recoveries. If you're interested in submitting your experience with Day By Day for i...	Ben_K	1	402	Jan 4, 2014 by Mr_David
	Strange Dream (Preview) I think the title I used to do my previous post caused me to remember a dream I had last night.... In my dream there was a baby who needed her diapers changed. I didn't recognize the baby (didn't look like my daughter did when she was a baby) but no one else in the room picked her up to change her, so I did. (Yuck...	betterthanyesterday52	8	315	Jan 3, 2014 by Jerry F
	2014 New Year's Resolution (Preview) I kind of blew yesterday...and had a wake up call from another poster which made me realize that I was the one who chose to feel the way I was feeling yesterday, which caused me to feel blahhhh and not use the time my HP gave me wisely. (Except for coming to this board and going to a meeting yesterday as I don'...	betterthanyesterday52	8	895	Jan 3, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Withdrawal (Preview) Hi, my AH has been drinking for 5+ days, and this is is the worst what I had seen, he does t seem to stop himself, which he could before on about day 4. This is already day 6 and I am sure he got more. he is saying no to go to a doctor, he never did before. He is in the worst shape I ever saw him. I am afraid he is going to...	Venera	5	550	Jan 3, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Lonliness and the Urge to Drink (Preview) "Thoughts of a drink seem to sneak into our minds much more smoothly and slyly when we are alone. And when we feel lonesome and an urge for a drink strikes, it seems to have special speed and strength." "Such ideas and desires are much less likely to occur when we are with other people, e...	betterthanyesterday52	2	420	Jan 2, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Bad Boys Bad Boys (Preview) It's a slow night tonight on MIP and I am alone. I hope no one minds another post by me. One of those cop shows just came on and I usually change the channel, but didn't. In this show, they have arrested two people for drinking and driving, there was a fight between a couple--the husband walked in and caug...	betterthanyesterday52	3	709	Jan 2, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Grapevine (Preview) January 2 "Let it never be said that the spiritual way is a cowardly or escapist approach to life. On the contrary, it requires maximum diligence and persistence to seek divine guidance when all the evidence of our eyes and ears tries to tell us that life is largely physical, intellectual and e...	Mike B.	3	256	Jan 2, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "No one would have crossed the ocean if he could have gotten off the ship in the storm" - Paul Boese	Pythonpappy	2	290	Jan 2, 2014 by Mike B.
	Step 1-2-3 (Preview) Step one seems easy for me now. Powerless and unmanageable are obvious in my life alcohol has kicked my butt. Step two seemed an easy quick duh step, but the longer I'm sober the more my insanity hits me. Daily I'm realizing how insaine I've been. Even perceptions from the day before are clearing up and m...	Lizmccal	8	890	Jan 1, 2014 by Bdub57
	Sunrise Quote ... Happy New Year ... It's good to be Sober! (Preview) "Dance like no one is watching. Sing like no one is listening. Love like you've never been hurt and live like its heaven on earth." - William Purkey	Pythonpappy	3	443	Jan 1, 2014 by BLUESMAN
	Self Esteem and AA (Preview) I read something which I want to share, but before I do I wanted to share this first..... One of the meetings I attend is one which breaks up into three different meetings depending on the steps being discussed. I have been attending a Beginner's Meeting (Steps 1, 2 and 3)since I first became sober. At fi...	betterthanyesterday52	5	789	Jan 1, 2014 by Fyne Spirit
	How Can I Forgive?? (Preview) Hi everyone! I can't remember if I've ever posted on this topic before...so, this might be a re-run. I'm posting this because I'm seeing that there are quite a few new folks who are approaching Step Four right now, and nearly all of us have a lot of trouble with getting to a place where we can forgive tho...	Mike D	9	740	Jan 1, 2014 by Fyne Spirit
	H.A.L.T. (Hungry Angry Lonely Tired) Important Acronym For Alcoholics Especially the Newcomers to AA (Preview) I learned early in AA to be aware of these four things which could lead me to drink. Being aware of these things that are going on can save your life and H.A.L.T. your desire to drink. Are you..... HUNGRY ANGRY LONELY TIRED The two times during my sobriety when I was...	betterthanyesterday52	7	1017	Jan 1, 2014 by Fyne Spirit
	I don't like meetings (Preview) They make me very anxious and uncomfortable : not just because I don't want to talk with strangers, although that is A big thing : I am a housewife, have been for at least 4.5 years, and about 5 before that. No, it isn't just that. I can't stand the business: everyone pushed me to get a sponsor,after one...	bebe	8	1115	Jan 1, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Funny - (In my mind, ... I see Tasha and her husband when I read this) (Preview) On a bitterly cold winter morning a husband and wife were listening to the radio during breakfast. They heard the announcer say, "We are going to have 8 to 10 inches of snow today. You must park your car on the even-numbered side of the street, so the Snow plows can get through". So the...	Pythonpappy	19	630	Jan 1, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	How was your Christmas? (Preview) Hi everyone, I took a trip to Georgia for Christmas to spend it with my sister and her husband. Watched a few movies on the road, from my tablet on the dashboard. LOL They really put together a really nice dinner for me and my lady friend. Then gave us a really nice surprise... a high end hotel room with a...	John	6	472	Jan 1, 2014 by Mike D
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