Alcoholics Anonymous

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

STATISTICS DON'T LIE!!! How to stay safe in the world today! Where IS the Safest Place? 1.. Avoid riding in automobiles because they are responsible for 20% of all fatal accidents. 2.. Do not stay home because 17% of all accidents occur in the home. 3... Avoid walking on streets or side...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Okay, tonight after our regular meeting, which was very good I might add, we had our 'group conscience' meeting ... ... ... it started off okay ... old business was quick to get out of the way and new business was brought to the floor ... this included a discussion on 'birthday eating meetings' ... (we ty...

Mike B. · Mike B.

April 12"My soul remained a mystery until my Higher Power settled inside me, appearing to me as a very real feeling of love and caring. Kindness slowly took precedence, and I became comfortable with the idea that I didn't need a drink."

John · John

A DEA Agent stopped at a ranch in Texas and talked to an old rancher. He told the rancher, "I need to inspect your ranch for illegally grown drugs." The rancher said, "okay, but don't go into that field over there...", as he pointed out the location. The DEA Agent verbally exploded and said, "look mister...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven. --Thomas Fuller We have all seen adventure movies in which the heroes or villains are caught on a bridge that collapses. As they fall to whatever lies below, they are perhaps able to cl...

nobeeronmars · nobeeronmars

I found a new life in AA. It took sometime in doing it, but after having a man approach me and say "Come with me, I can help you" He began to take me thorught the steps and literature that really made me feel good about myself. My early life as a child was filled with fear, criticism, and ridicule...

mandm · mandm

I'm at the two week mark now. Which to me is pretty amazing. I don't think I have gone this long without drinking before since I was 16 years old. The thing that I really find amazing is two weeks ago I was waking up from a black out state, my living room a caos not idea of what happened the night before. Now tha...

justadrunk · justadrunk

I woke this morning to see the world had been softly blanketed by 3 inches of snow, and it was so perfectly white out the window, I almost screamed in horror! People, places and things do not always behave and dance around happily for me as I'd have them do. A few winks earlier we were at the skating rink, a...

Bob K · Bob K

I can chair a meeting tonight at 9:00 pm eastern if people would care to have one. -- Edited by Bob K on Thursday 11th of April 2013 06:44:08 PM

mandm · mandm

I found this song by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, I feel like I can really relate to this guy. I never found a song speaking so open about AA and Soberity before. -- Edited by mandm on Tuesday 9th of April 2013 08:41:24 AM

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Well, I procrastinated long enough and decided to upend my 'tool belt' on my work bench and clean it out ... seems that I kept 'pocketing' other tools in this belt till it became hard for me to find the right tool even when I knew it was right there ... Wow ... there were about 6 pencils, 3 carpenter's pencil...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

A married couple I know were recently on vacation on an island in a foreign country. When the wife reached out to switch on the hotel lamp, she was surprised to be jolted by an electrical shock. Then she got another shock. Her husband just glanced at her briefly, and then said, "You'd better hurry u...

Mike B. · Mike B.

April 11 "An old-timer once told me that he believed that AA was a great leveler: When you're up high, your friends help bring you down a little bit. When you're down low, they help bring you up a little bit."

2granddaughters · 2granddaughters

http://stg.do/9LDc -- Edited by Rob84 on Thursday 11th of April 2013 12:46:59 AM

Mike B. · Mike B.

April 10 "AA is a caring community ... of people who understand how others can be trapped in deep loneliness and despair.""

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

There seemed to be endless obstacles preventing me from living with my eyes open, but as I gradually followed up clue after clue it seemed that the root cause of them all was fear. --Joanna Field How often have we complained that we would be able to do something if only another thing weren't preventing u...

Tanin · Tanin

April 7, 1941 - Ruth Hock reported there were 1,500 letters asking for help as a result of the March 31, 1941 Saturday Evening Post Article by Jack Alexander. -- Edited by Tanin on Sunday 7th of April 2013 10:05:27 PM

RubyTues · RubyTues

Anyone up for the meeting tonight?

AdamMoz · AdamMoz

This morning I decided to conduct a thorough cleaning of my kitchen. I cook frequently, but my kitchen is generally fine with an evening counter wipe and a light sweep. Today, though, I wanted to go into all of my cabinets, drawers, and other hidden areas to make sure that everything was cleared out and...

gonee · gonee

The Full Version of the Serenity Prayer God, grant me the Serenity To accept the things I cannot change... Courage to change the things I can, And Wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time, Enjoying one moment at a time, Accepting hardship as the pathway to peace. Taking, as He did, this sin...

kevbo · kevbo

There is a new fellow that is having trouble staying sober. For various reasons he connects better with me than most. He wants me to be his sponsor, but I know for a fact I am too green. Won't be good for me, won't help him. Yet I have been trying to work with him some while he finds a sponsor. I have asked f...

Col · Col

So, I've been having this feeling lately that I just don't quite fit in anywhere. Call it a funk- a bad funk. After a somewhat humurous breakdown about my physical appearance, I'm not all that comfortable in my skin. I don't like what I see in the mirror, and have increased my calorie consumption accord...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Okay, this one is for Mr. David, ... ... ... Before going to Nashville about 3 weeks ago, Adam and Tasha talked me into and through making a good healthy 'smoothie' ... ... ... Adam said to add Spirulina or some gawd awful looking green powder to the smoothie for reasons I can't remember, Tasha gave me a l...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

You have freedom when you're easy in your harness. --Robert Frost Flowing with whatever comes to us in life eases us through each day's demands. When we resist change and the unfamiliar, we imprison ourselves and hide from God's invitations to grow. Only when we willingly experience God's lessons w...

RubyTues · RubyTues

Before I got sober I did not understand the need for balance in life. So, I am currently in a rather insane work-education situation for the next month which is a product of the unbalanced situation I got myself into. Things should improve in the summer. Today I have not felt well. I was in a work situatio...

justadrunk · justadrunk

I'm going to chair a meeting tonight at the meeting I've been going to this entire year, where they require you to have a year sobriety to do it. It's a very very large meeting, and people take it pretty seriously, coming up with things ahead of time to talk about etc. I've chaired lots and lots of meetin...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

April 9 "When I go to a meeting today, I no longer have the delusion that I am supporting a good cause. I need AA; AA did quite well without me during my ten years of self-exile. I go to AA meetings today to hear and see how God is working. When I share at a meeting, it is not to try and 'help' those poor wr...

justadrunk · justadrunk

Is it just me... or does it feel like we're just searching and searching for something our whole drinking lives... and when we come to AA we either find it, or we don't? I went to a fairly large meeting tonight. I thought I could tell who was finding what they were looking for, and who was still searching...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Talk doesn't cook rice. --Chinese proverb Some of us are crazy about self-help books, inspirational tapes, and personal improvement seminars. We'll buy or sign up for anything, whatever the price, if it promises revolutionary insights or a foolproof new system. We want relief in a day and deliver...

mandm · mandm

I'm very happy to say i'm on day Seven, I had a small craving to drink something yesterday for no paticular reason, but instead I called my sponser and talked to her about work, which completely got my mind off things. i've been hitting the gym, and really focusing on my art business. I even dodged my dri...

Tanin · Tanin

Is Alcoholism a Sin or a Disease? Choices1. Alcoholism is a disease with no aspect of sin.2. Alcoholism is definitely a sin. Calling it a disease is a modern copout.3. Alcoholism is an addiction. It starts out as a sin but ends up being a strong force of habit that takes away free will.4. I really don't k...

Col · Col

Good wine- GREAT wine. A good vintage for this vineyards Cabernet. At over 250$ a bottle, I was more than pleased to serve several bottles to a table I had recently. At the end of the meal, the host of the group offered me the remainder left- close to a full bottle. This is a very generous gesture, and graci...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Never too late to start another career.Someone asked me what I do since I have retired.... Do I have a partime job?I replied, I am my wife's sexual advisor."Somewhat shocked, they said, "I beg your pardon, but what do you mean by that?""Very simple. My wife told me that when she w...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Got home Fri. and all is well (after three weeks)... ... ... Got in long 'nap' yesterday and sat down today to watch Nascar race today and slept through the whole thing ... LOL ... woke up when they were presenting the trophy ... ... ... Ann(my wife) is going to Houston, Tx this week on business, so I wil...

learning · learning

First and foremost, I want to thank everyone who along the way has been so helpful and given me your wisdom in the past years. It has given me the tools to cope with this dreadful disease. It has now come to pass that although, I thought with the passing of my ex.AH that so much misery, heartache, ect. th...

Baltazar · Baltazar

Common? i think so. Are a lot of alcoholics suffering from bipolar dissorder? Speaking Personally, yes. Does anyone else have any thoughts on this?

leeu · leeu

I smell OK, hair is clean, can walk steady, am safe to drive. I take myself over to the 11:30 AM Wednesday "Seminary Self-Study" group in Northside Richmond. (It's still going, on Thursday now!) I feel shame and guilt for the risk and danger I subjected my child to, but I have no reservati...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

April 7 "Sometimes taking somebody else's inventory can be most beneficial. When I was doing my Fourth Step, an old-timer suggested I list the names of those against whom I held resentments, followed by two or three sentences describing what they had done to earn my displeasure. Then, after...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

There can be a lot of hurt in love, and there is always risk, and one can't help wondering sometimes if there couldn't be a better way to live. --Merle Shain We want to love and be loved, and we mistakenly believe the right significant other will complete our world. The pain and troubling times that feste...

leeu · leeu

My last drink was April 3rd 1983. I am celebrating my 30th, April 6 being the date I picked up my last while chip. I have been taking myself--and you guys --on a 6 day retro-recall of "what it was like & what happened", and tried to convey the depth of my gratitude for "what it is like no...

Col · Col

Nothing major happened today- just another 24 hours under the belt. I did realize a few things about myself, though. Often when I have realizations about my own behavior, things I've heard others say in meetings run through my head. I understand that I'm not all that unique, much to my dismay at times....

leeu · leeu

I remember finally getting someone to take my child to school. And I remember them bringing her home with a bag of easy-to-fix groceries. Apaprently she let it slip that she hadn't eaten for two days because mommy was sick and there was no food in the house. I remember nothing else of day five in the seque...

Col · Col

-- Edited by Col on Saturday 6th of April 2013 12:28:31 AM

mikef · mikef

A truly blessed celebration of LIFE...I'd make you a cake(cyber) but little limited in my laptop skills!!!! and thanks so much for continuing to give back what you have been given and for your ESH and help through the years ,one day at a time.(((lee))).

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

It takes more courage to reveal insecurities than to hide them, more strength to relate to people than to dominate them, more "manhood" to abide by thought-out principles rather than blind reflex. Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles and an immature mind. --Alex Karras In o...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

April 6 "Sobriety does interesting things to the mind - clears it up some, lets a bit of honesty and truth filter in, and begins to demand reality."

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

In my search for what describes, or rather what is it that makes up the perfect person, I've come across the following ... (hope this helps, Tasha)(excerpt from the writings of Henry Drummond): The spectrum of love has nine ingredients: Patience ----- "Love suffereth long."Kindnes...

Tanin · Tanin

Came across this today on the way to looking up something else.Seems like a pretty good description. AA meeting secretsJune 13, 2011By: Kris BestEver wonder what goes on at your local AA meeting? Yes, thats Alcoholics Anonymous which has been in effect since the 1930s. Actually, it was Bill W.s wif...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

> Subject: Logic of a Beer Drinker > > Lady Interviewer: Do you drink every day? > > Man: Yes. > > Lady Interviewer: How much a day? > > Man: Around 3 six-packs starting at noon. > > Lady Interviewer: How much does a 6-pack cost? > > Man: Roughly $10...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

People who make the biggest mistakes are often the holiest. --Mary Kassan We've heard it said that it takes a brave person to make a mistake and keep trying. We used to get down on ourselves too much for messing up. We are learning to accept our humanness. It's not such a big deal to be imperfect. We learn t...

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	Statistics Don't Lie! (Preview) STATISTICS DON'T LIE!!! How to stay safe in the world today! Where IS the Safest Place? 1.. Avoid riding in automobiles because they are responsible for 20% of all fatal accidents. 2.. Do not stay home because 17% of all accidents occur in the home. 3... Avoid walking on streets or side...	Pythonpappy	0	220	Apr 12, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Maybe I was Wrong! (Preview) Okay, tonight after our regular meeting, which was very good I might add, we had our 'group conscience' meeting ... ... ... it started off okay ... old business was quick to get out of the way and new business was brought to the floor ... this included a discussion on 'birthday eating meetings' ... (we ty...	Pythonpappy	7	305	Apr 12, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Grapevine (Preview) April 12"My soul remained a mystery until my Higher Power settled inside me, appearing to me as a very real feeling of love and caring. Kindness slowly took precedence, and I became comfortable with the idea that I didn't need a drink."	Mike B.	0	120	Apr 12, 2013 by Mike B.
	A funny (Preview) A DEA Agent stopped at a ranch in Texas and talked to an old rancher. He told the rancher, "I need to inspect your ranch for illegally grown drugs." The rancher said, "okay, but don't go into that field over there...", as he pointed out the location. The DEA Agent verbally exploded and said, "look mister...	John	3	215	Apr 12, 2013 by Mike B.
	Today's Gift 04-12 (Preview) He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven. --Thomas Fuller We have all seen adventure movies in which the heroes or villains are caught on a bridge that collapses. As they fall to whatever lies below, they are perhaps able to cl...	Pythonpappy	1	143	Apr 12, 2013 by Mike B.
	Crosstalk (Preview) I found a new life in AA. It took sometime in doing it, but after having a man approach me and say "Come with me, I can help you" He began to take me thorught the steps and literature that really made me feel good about myself. My early life as a child was filled with fear, criticism, and ridicule...	nobeeronmars	10	1903	Apr 12, 2013 by Tanin
	Two weeks now under my belt. (Preview) I'm at the two week mark now. Which to me is pretty amazing. I don't think I have gone this long without drinking before since I was 16 years old. The thing that I really find amazing is two weeks ago I was waking up from a black out state, my living room a caos not idea of what happened the night before. Now tha...	mandm	13	436	Apr 12, 2013 by vixen
	He knows what's best for me. (Preview) I woke this morning to see the world had been softly blanketed by 3 inches of snow, and it was so perfectly white out the window, I almost screamed in horror! People, places and things do not always behave and dance around happily for me as I'd have them do. A few winks earlier we were at the skating rink, a...	justadrunk	6	419	Apr 12, 2013 by Rob84
	Meeting (Preview) I can chair a meeting tonight at 9:00 pm eastern if people would care to have one. -- Edited by Bob K on Thursday 11th of April 2013 06:44:08 PM	Bob K	2	194	Apr 11, 2013 by Bob K
	Great song on AA and relapsing (Preview) I found this song by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, I feel like I can really relate to this guy. I never found a song speaking so open about AA and Soberity before. -- Edited by mandm on Tuesday 9th of April 2013 08:41:24 AM	mandm	8	508	Apr 11, 2013 by Tanin
	Cleaned out my 'Tool' Belt (Preview) Well, I procrastinated long enough and decided to upend my 'tool belt' on my work bench and clean it out ... seems that I kept 'pocketing' other tools in this belt till it became hard for me to find the right tool even when I knew it was right there ... Wow ... there were about 6 pencils, 3 carpenter's pencil...	Pythonpappy	1	241	Apr 11, 2013 by mandm
	Today's Gift 04-11 (Preview) A married couple I know were recently on vacation on an island in a foreign country. When the wife reached out to switch on the hotel lamp, she was surprised to be jolted by an electrical shock. Then she got another shock. Her husband just glanced at her briefly, and then said, "You'd better hurry u...	Pythonpappy	0	175	Apr 11, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Grapevine (Preview) April 11 "An old-timer once told me that he believed that AA was a great leveler: When you're up high, your friends help bring you down a little bit. When you're down low, they help bring you up a little bit."	Mike B.	0	129	Apr 11, 2013 by Mike B.
	Paul Harvey from 1965 (Preview) http://stg.do/9LDc -- Edited by Rob84 on Thursday 11th of April 2013 12:46:59 AM	2granddaughters	3	284	Apr 11, 2013 by 2granddaughters
	Grapevine (Preview) April 10 "AA is a caring community ... of people who understand how others can be trapped in deep loneliness and despair.""	Mike B.	0	130	Apr 10, 2013 by Mike B.
	Today's Gift 04-10 (Preview) There seemed to be endless obstacles preventing me from living with my eyes open, but as I gradually followed up clue after clue it seemed that the root cause of them all was fear. --Joanna Field How often have we complained that we would be able to do something if only another thing weren't preventing u...	Pythonpappy	2	130	Apr 10, 2013 by justadrunk
	On This Day In AA History - April 7 (Preview) April 7, 1941 - Ruth Hock reported there were 1,500 letters asking for help as a result of the March 31, 1941 Saturday Evening Post Article by Jack Alexander. -- Edited by Tanin on Sunday 7th of April 2013 10:05:27 PM	Tanin	3	345	Apr 10, 2013 by Tanin
	Meeting tonight? (Preview) Anyone up for the meeting tonight?	RubyTues	8	205	Apr 10, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Secrets under the sink (Preview) This morning I decided to conduct a thorough cleaning of my kitchen. I cook frequently, but my kitchen is generally fine with an evening counter wipe and a light sweep. Today, though, I wanted to go into all of my cabinets, drawers, and other hidden areas to make sure that everything was cleared out and...	AdamMoz	12	546	Apr 10, 2013 by Tracey C
	The Serenity prayer. (Preview) The Full Version of the Serenity Prayer God, grant me the Serenity To accept the things I cannot change... Courage to change the things I can, And Wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time, Enjoying one moment at a time, Accepting hardship as the pathway to peace. Taking, as He did, this sin...	gonee	8	941	Apr 10, 2013 by Tracey C
	First 12th step case, could use some support...or maybe just a kind ear. (Preview) There is a new fellow that is having trouble staying sober. For various reasons he connects better with me than most. He wants me to be his sponsor, but I know for a fact I am too green. Won't be good for me, won't help him. Yet I have been trying to work with him some while he finds a sponsor. I have asked f...	kevbo	7	427	Apr 10, 2013 by Tanin
	Terminally unique?? (Preview) So, I've been having this feeling lately that I just don't quite fit in anywhere. Call it a funk- a bad funk. After a somewhat humurous breakdown about my physical appearance, I'm not all that comfortable in my skin. I don't like what I see in the mirror, and have increased my calorie consumption accord...	Col	12	1133	Apr 10, 2013 by Jerry F
	As Paul Harvey would say ... 'The Rest of the Story' (Preview) Okay, this one is for Mr. David, ... ... ... Before going to Nashville about 3 weeks ago, Adam and Tasha talked me into and through making a good healthy 'smoothie' ... ... ... Adam said to add Spirulina or some gawd awful looking green powder to the smoothie for reasons I can't remember, Tasha gave me a l...	Pythonpappy	5	2162	Apr 10, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 04-09 (Preview) You have freedom when you're easy in your harness. --Robert Frost Flowing with whatever comes to us in life eases us through each day's demands. When we resist change and the unfamiliar, we imprison ourselves and hide from God's invitations to grow. Only when we willingly experience God's lessons w...	Pythonpappy	3	165	Apr 10, 2013 by Col
	Burnout (Preview) Before I got sober I did not understand the need for balance in life. So, I am currently in a rather insane work-education situation for the next month which is a product of the unbalanced situation I got myself into. Things should improve in the summer. Today I have not felt well. I was in a work situatio...	RubyTues	9	913	Apr 9, 2013 by RubyTues
	Chairing (Preview) I'm going to chair a meeting tonight at the meeting I've been going to this entire year, where they require you to have a year sobriety to do it. It's a very very large meeting, and people take it pretty seriously, coming up with things ahead of time to talk about etc. I've chaired lots and lots of meetin...	justadrunk	9	244	Apr 9, 2013 by justadrunk
	Grapevine (Preview) April 9 "When I go to a meeting today, I no longer have the delusion that I am supporting a good cause. I need AA; AA did quite well without me during my ten years of self-exile. I go to AA meetings today to hear and see how God is working. When I share at a meeting, it is not to try and 'help' those poor wr...	Pythonpappy	1	148	Apr 9, 2013 by gonee
	What are we searching for in that bottle anyway? (Preview) Is it just me... or does it feel like we're just searching and searching for something our whole drinking lives... and when we come to AA we either find it, or we don't? I went to a fairly large meeting tonight. I thought I could tell who was finding what they were looking for, and who was still searching...	justadrunk	27	644	Apr 9, 2013 by justadrunk
	Today's Gift 04-08 (Preview) Talk doesn't cook rice. --Chinese proverb Some of us are crazy about self-help books, inspirational tapes, and personal improvement seminars. We'll buy or sign up for anything, whatever the price, if it promises revolutionary insights or a foolproof new system. We want relief in a day and deliver...	Pythonpappy	4	223	Apr 9, 2013 by RubyTues
	Day 7 and feeling much better! (Preview) I'm very happy to say i'm on day Seven, I had a small craving to drink something yesterday for no paticular reason, but instead I called my sponser and talked to her about work, which completely got my mind off things. i've been hitting the gym, and really focusing on my art business. I even dodged my dri...	mandm	16	548	Apr 8, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Poll: Is Alcoholism a Sin or a Disease? (Preview) Is Alcoholism a Sin or a Disease? Choices1. Alcoholism is a disease with no aspect of sin.2. Alcoholism is definitely a sin. Calling it a disease is a modern copout.3. Alcoholism is an addiction. It starts out as a sin but ends up being a strong force of habit that takes away free will.4. I really don't k...	Tanin	17	1298	Apr 8, 2013 by chris
	Schafer 2008 (Preview) Good wine- GREAT wine. A good vintage for this vineyards Cabernet. At over 250$ a bottle, I was more than pleased to serve several bottles to a table I had recently. At the end of the meal, the host of the group offered me the remainder left- close to a full bottle. This is a very generous gesture, and graci...	Col	9	389	Apr 8, 2013 by John
	New Career (Humor) (Preview) Never too late to start another career.Someone asked me what I do since I have retired.... Do I have a partime job?I replied, I am my wife's sexual advisor."Somewhat shocked, they said, "I beg your pardon, but what do you mean by that?""Very simple. My wife told me that when she w...	Pythonpappy	1	289	Apr 8, 2013 by mikef
	Home, Sweet Home! (Preview) Got home Fri. and all is well (after three weeks)... ... ... Got in long 'nap' yesterday and sat down today to watch Nascar race today and slept through the whole thing ... LOL ... woke up when they were presenting the trophy ... ... ... Ann(my wife) is going to Houston, Tx this week on business, so I wil...	Pythonpappy	7	412	Apr 8, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Prayers (Preview) First and foremost, I want to thank everyone who along the way has been so helpful and given me your wisdom in the past years. It has given me the tools to cope with this dreadful disease. It has now come to pass that although, I thought with the passing of my ex.AH that so much misery, heartache, ect. th...	learning	9	268	Apr 8, 2013 by Mr_David
	Mania and alcohol abuse (Preview) Common? i think so. Are a lot of alcoholics suffering from bipolar dissorder? Speaking Personally, yes. Does anyone else have any thoughts on this?	Baltazar	6	811	Apr 8, 2013 by Baltazar
	April 6, 1983 (Preview) I smell OK, hair is clean, can walk steady, am safe to drive. I take myself over to the 11:30 AM Wednesday "Seminary Self-Study" group in Northside Richmond. (It's still going, on Thursday now!) I feel shame and guilt for the risk and danger I subjected my child to, but I have no reservati...	leeu	10	267	Apr 7, 2013 by nezyb
	Grapevine 04-07 (Preview) April 7 "Sometimes taking somebody else's inventory can be most beneficial. When I was doing my Fourth Step, an old-timer suggested I list the names of those against whom I held resentments, followed by two or three sentences describing what they had done to earn my displeasure. Then, after...	Pythonpappy	1	183	Apr 7, 2013 by Mr_David
	Today's Gift 04-07 (Preview) There can be a lot of hurt in love, and there is always risk, and one can't help wondering sometimes if there couldn't be a better way to live. --Merle Shain We want to love and be loved, and we mistakenly believe the right significant other will complete our world. The pain and troubling times that feste...	Pythonpappy	0	178	Apr 7, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	@ Dean & all who misunderstood gratitude (Preview) My last drink was April 3rd 1983. I am celebrating my 30th, April 6 being the date I picked up my last while chip. I have been taking myself--and you guys --on a 6 day retro-recall of "what it was like & what happened", and tried to convey the depth of my gratitude for "what it is like no...	leeu	4	4706	Apr 7, 2013 by SteveP
	Another 24 hours (Preview) Nothing major happened today- just another 24 hours under the belt. I did realize a few things about myself, though. Often when I have realizations about my own behavior, things I've heard others say in meetings run through my head. I understand that I'm not all that unique, much to my dismay at times....	Col	4	388	Apr 7, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Countdown continues gratitude (Preview) I remember finally getting someone to take my child to school. And I remember them bringing her home with a bag of easy-to-fix groceries. Apaprently she let it slip that she hadn't eaten for two days because mommy was sick and there was no food in the house. I remember nothing else of day five in the seque...	leeu	1	5157	Apr 7, 2013 by Jerry F
	Egomaniac with an inferiority complex (Preview) -- Edited by Col on Saturday 6th of April 2013 12:28:31 AM	Col	7	4022	Apr 7, 2013 by AlcoHater
	Happy Anniversary Lee (Preview) A truly blessed celebration of LIFE...I'd make you a cake(cyber) but little limited in my laptop skills!!!! and thanks so much for continuing to give back what you have been given and for your ESH and help through the years ,one day at a time.(((lee))).	mikef	9	251	Apr 6, 2013 by AlcoHater
	Today's Gift 04-06 (Preview) It takes more courage to reveal insecurities than to hide them, more strength to relate to people than to dominate them, more "manhood" to abide by thought-out principles rather than blind reflex. Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles and an immature mind. --Alex Karras In o...	Pythonpappy	2	204	Apr 6, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Grapevine (Preview) April 6 "Sobriety does interesting things to the mind - clears it up some, lets a bit of honesty and truth filter in, and begins to demand reality."	Pythonpappy	2	179	Apr 6, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	The Perfect Person! (Preview) In my search for what describes, or rather what is it that makes up the perfect person, I've come across the following ... (hope this helps, Tasha)(excerpt from the writings of Henry Drummond): The spectrum of love has nine ingredients: Patience ----- "Love suffereth long."Kindnes...	Pythonpappy	6	367	Apr 6, 2013 by Sports dude
	AA meeting secrets (Preview) Came across this today on the way to looking up something else.Seems like a pretty good description. AA meeting secretsJune 13, 2011By: Kris BestEver wonder what goes on at your local AA meeting? Yes, thats Alcoholics Anonymous which has been in effect since the 1930s. Actually, it was Bill W.s wif...	Tanin	6	1645	Apr 6, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	'Logic' of a Beer Drinker (Preview) > Subject: Logic of a Beer Drinker > > Lady Interviewer: Do you drink every day? > > Man: Yes. > > Lady Interviewer: How much a day? > > Man: Around 3 six-packs starting at noon. > > Lady Interviewer: How much does a 6-pack cost? > > Man: Roughly $10...	Pythonpappy	3	293	Apr 6, 2013 by mandm
	Today's Gift 04-05 (Preview) People who make the biggest mistakes are often the holiest. --Mary Kassan We've heard it said that it takes a brave person to make a mistake and keep trying. We used to get down on ourselves too much for messing up. We are learning to accept our humanness. It's not such a big deal to be imperfect. We learn t...	Pythonpappy	0	223	Apr 6, 2013 by Pythonpappy
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