Alcoholics Anonymous

gonee · gonee

I remind myself, that I was in jail with alcohol. I also remind myself of the sheer joy of my release, when I realised that I could get sober and stay that way. I never want to forget the hell of active alcoholism, and gratitude is the only way not to forget. Pain has never been a cure for me to stay sober. Horr...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Being alone and feeling vulnerable. Like two separate themes, these two parts of myself unite in my being and sow the seeds of my longing for unconditional love. --Mary CaseyHow easily we slip into self-doubt, fearing we're incapable or unlovable, perhaps both. How common for us to look into the fac...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

I finally joined one! I love this group. Although the meetings are sometimes 100+, there are hardly any HG members. Does anyone have any ideas on how to encourage new members? I know I am a fine one to talk, however they are trying to come up with ideas to do that and I thought maybe someone here has some id...

Butterfinger · Butterfinger

Only I'm trying to work on my flesh and bone house. I signed up for a very lengthy and intensive physical fitness program. I have no doubt it will add years to my life. It never would've been something I considered while I was a practicing drunk. Don't worry, I won't be posting any nude before and afte...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

In God We Trust, WE DON'T HAVE LOTS & LOTS FRIENDS... JUST GOOD FRIENDS. Let's see if you send this back...<ATT00001.gif>L A farmer had some puppies he needed to sell. He painted a sign advertising the 4 pups and set about nailing it to a post on the edge of his yard. As he was driving the l...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Recovering takes practice. No one learns how to play golf in a day, or masters a musical instrument in a week, or builds a relationship in a month. Neither does recovery happen overnight. If we're ready and lucky, we may immediately take the direct path of abstinence and stay on it without making any de...

notsurewhattodo · notsurewhattodo

Before I get to my reason for this post... please do not jump to judgment without truly understanding what I'm saying. I am new to AA. The only places the meeting are being help are in the parts of town where I do not feel safe. Alcoholics come from many back grounds and walks of life. I have tried attendin...

justadrunk · justadrunk

http://discovermagazine.com/2013/may/13-grandmas-experiences-leave-epigenetic-mark-on-your-genes#.UxFvPngayc3

gonee · gonee

When someone brings a gift to our door, we receive it and say thank you. We have not opened the gift as yet, but the thank you is an acknowledgement of the gift. It's the same with prayer. When we pray we must not forget to thank God as an acknowledgement of the gift not yet opened.

Mike B. · Mike B.

March 6 "Today, my short version of the Third Step is this: Keep taking care of me, Lord, because I appreciate it now."

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

The Twelve Steps 1. I can't 2. God Can (or your Higher Power) 3. Let God (or your Higher Power) 4. Look within 5. Admit wrongs 6. Ready self for change 7. Seek God's help (or your Higher Power's help) 8. Become willing 9. Make amends 10. Daily inventory 11. Pray and meditate 12. Give it away (I am not sure wh...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

I just read one of Pappy's daily postings and it made me think of something painful (literally and just the memory of it) which happened to me a couple of years ago. We had gotten some "junk" together to take to a local auction house. The woman working there told us to get there before 11:30 a.m...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live. -- Flora WhittemoreWe often hear the phrase, "When one door shuts, another opens." It means everything has a beginning and an end. When our travels on one path are completed, another path lies ahead.It's not easy to feel a door cl...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

We all live under the same sky, but we dont have the same horizon.Konrad Adenauer

Mike B. · Mike B.

March 5 "I still don't have answers for all the eternal questions, like why bad things happen to good people, or why babies die. But I have found that life works better when I focus more on how I am contributing to God's world than musing about what he is or is not doing in mine."

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

"If you pray to God to move a mountain, be prepared to wake up next to a shovel". Anonymous (I am not sure if this quote was posted recently. If so, please forgive the repeat. I love this because it means to me not to expect my HP, who is God, to dig me out of the mess I got myself into. He will provide...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

You had better live your best and act your best and think your best today, for today is the sure preparation fortomorrow and all the other tomorrows that follow.--Harriet MartineauThe word "sanity" is derived from the Latin word sanitas, which means "health." In our group,...

annaes · annaes

Hi everyone, I picked up a drink 2 months ago after 13 years soberiety. What can I say, the old notion that I could control my drinking. Now I am back on the AA road today, nothing major happened but the feelings inside me are the same as before AA, the pain is sore but AA will see through this.

Mike B. · Mike B.

March 4 "Alcoholics have short memories."

Mike B. · Mike B.

March 3 "Ever deepening humility, accompanied by an ever greater willingness to accept and to act upon clear obligations -- these are truly our touchstones for all growth in the life of the spirit."

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

In this world everything changes except good deeds and bad deeds; these follow you as the shadows follow the body. --Ruth Benedict Our identity, our being at any moment, is a composite of all we have been in the past. Some of our actions have made us wiser. Others haunt us because we didn't put forth our...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

May you always find new roads to travel; new horizons to explore; new dreams to call your own.Unknown

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

March 3, 2014Quote of the Week"I would love to, but I need to talk to my sponsor first." Before recovery I listened to my own best thinking, and you can imagine where that got me. Time and time again I'd follow one "good idea" with another until I was in so much trouble I didn't kno...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

"I would rather go through life sober, believing I am an alcoholic than go through life drunk trying to convince myself that I am not." unknown (if anyone knows who quoted this, I will update it. I couldn't find the source.) (I spent so many years telling myself that "I got this" a...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

"Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion." Pythagoras 570 BC-495 BC (Wise words for an old dude. ) BTY

Tomas · Tomas

: I read about those coming back on this site..I said nothing..I went to take a nap on my boat.. The wind is howling but on the other hand..it has cooled things here in Samoa.. Three hours earlier than it is in HollywoodI thought,,lying there, maybe Ill be there some day but that is all in the Hands of God...

Philipld · Philipld

The one day at a time....holds true..It doesn't matter how long weve been sober...If we stop doing the DO THINGS?Shit will happen...and we revert right back to our old thinking.. At 22 years sober?I had the world by the ass..I had raised 3 kids on my own for 13 years..I was DCM over 32 groups..in the are...

Jerry F · Jerry F

Sunday morning version "AA By The Bay"...more than just a meeting a reacquaintance of several levels. Some one led it off on the Daily Reflection and we chipped a member who had been out of the area and not drinking for 3 years. He remade the acquaintance of so many members he has not seen...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Redneck 'Snowshoes' ... ... ...

AdamMoz · AdamMoz

I've been thinking about this theme a lot lately because it is very much how I started with the program. It took me a long time to stop being afraid of meetings and connecting with others about our disease. I have been surprised at how many people I have met who have done the same thing. Like all alcoholics...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade.--Arabian proverbWe need to remember what got us well. The Twelve Steps heal us. The meetings we attend heal us. Reading and listening to program tapes heal us. Talking with our sponsor heals us. The time we spend with program friends heals us.Sometimes we...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

For today and its blessings, I owe the world an attitude of gratitude.Clarence E. Hodges

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Jenny Craig for men I called the company and ordered their 5-day, 10 lb. weight loss program. The next day, there's a knock on the door and there stands before me a voluptuous, athletic, 19 year old babe dressed in nothing but a pair of Nike running shoes and a sign around her neck. She introduces hersel...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Have a Great Day !!!

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Captain Jack's A group of 15 year old boys discussed where they should meet for dinner. It was agreed they would meet at the McDonald's next to Captain Jack's Seafood Grille because they only had six dollars among them, they could ride their bikes and that cute girl in Social Studies, lives on the same...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Sorry guys, ... I got sick a couple days ago ... the wife brought a stomach virus home from work ... just when I got her back on her feet, I got it ... found out later that nearly everyone in her office had had it ... then I felt sorry for those with kids, they had to deal with it all at one time ... Here's yester...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

If what you are doing is not moving you towards your goals, then it's moving you away from your goals.Brian Tracy

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Be Patient with Everyone --from writings by St. Francis de Sales Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself . . . do not be disappointed by your imperfections, but always rise up with fresh courage. How are you to be patient in dealing with your neighbor's faults if you are impatient in deal...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.Lao Tzu

Mike D · Mike D

My wife and I were looking through a Crock Pot cookbook today and we found a recipe that we wanted to try in our slow cooker. But, when we went to the store, there was one ingredient that we couldn't find that was included in the recipe. I first thought about substituting it for something else, but I quic...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Leaders keep their eyes on the horizon, not just on the bottom line.Warren G. Bennis

Johnflax · Johnflax

I have been using this blog to post it's content to my AA group but now it has gone private. How do I either contact the author or get access to this blog. Your help is greatly appreciated. Johnflax

gonee · gonee

"Selfishness--self-centeredness! That, we think, is the root of our troubles." pg61 AA book. When my prayer went from petition to thanksgiving that's when God started to do things for me. It was only AA's 12 steps that taught me how to find power and pray. From utter powerlessness in step...

hopee · hopee

Well I have slipped several times in the last couple of weeks. But I've still been going to AA just to listen and be quite. I have already picked up one white chip 2 months ago. Tomorrow I will start over at the noon meeting tomorrow I will pick up my final white chip. And will ask for a sponser to work the s...

justadrunk · justadrunk

http://www.renegademothering.com/2014/02/07/we-dont-start-with-a-needle-in-our-arm/

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

"Sobriety is not for the faint of heart. We have to want it more than anything we ever have before. And when we have that moment of clarity and truth and commitment, the whole world, in all its crazy beauty opens up to us." Jenifer M. (From the book, Living the Promises) BTY

John · John

“We shall be with you in the Fellowship of the Spirit as you trudge the Road of Happy Destiny." (Big Book pg 164)trudge verb \ˈtrəj\: to walk slowly and heavily because you are tired or working very hardtrudgedtrudg·ing Full Definition of TRUDGEintransitive verb: to walk or march...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

"The soul always know what to do to heal itself. The challenge is to silence the mind." Caroline Myss I used to blame other people for my problems. It wasn't until I stop drinking that I realized that my thinking was my biggest problem and my thinking was causing so many of my problems. It has a...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

"I once heard a sober alcoholic say that drinking never made him happy, but it made him feel like he was going to be happy in about fifteen minutes. That was exactly it, and I couldn't understand why the happiness never came, couldn't see the flaw in my thinking, couldn't see that alcohol kept me tr...

Mike B. · Mike B.

February 27 "Today, I don't have the home, the husband, the three cars in the garage. I have one old clunker that takes me to meetings. I am not financially well off, but I have a peace of mind I never dreamed possible. My needs are always met -- and even some of my wishes. I am truly happy for the first t...

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	Reminder. (Preview) I remind myself, that I was in jail with alcohol. I also remind myself of the sheer joy of my release, when I realised that I could get sober and stay that way. I never want to forget the hell of active alcoholism, and gratitude is the only way not to forget. Pain has never been a cure for me to stay sober. Horr...	gonee	4	446	Mar 7, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift - 3/7 (Preview) Being alone and feeling vulnerable. Like two separate themes, these two parts of myself unite in my being and sow the seeds of my longing for unconditional love. --Mary CaseyHow easily we slip into self-doubt, fearing we're incapable or unlovable, perhaps both. How common for us to look into the fac...	Pythonpappy	0	351	Mar 7, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Question About Home Group Meetings (Preview) I finally joined one! I love this group. Although the meetings are sometimes 100+, there are hardly any HG members. Does anyone have any ideas on how to encourage new members? I know I am a fine one to talk, however they are trying to come up with ideas to do that and I thought maybe someone here has some id...	betterthanyesterday52	6	825	Mar 7, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Inspired by anothe board member cleaning house I'm doing a little of my own... (Preview) Only I'm trying to work on my flesh and bone house. I signed up for a very lengthy and intensive physical fitness program. I have no doubt it will add years to my life. It never would've been something I considered while I was a practicing drunk. Don't worry, I won't be posting any nude before and afte...	Butterfinger	7	605	Mar 7, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Friendship and Love ... ... ... a Spiritual Foundation (Preview) In God We Trust, WE DON'T HAVE LOTS & LOTS FRIENDS... JUST GOOD FRIENDS. Let's see if you send this back...<ATT00001.gif>L A farmer had some puppies he needed to sell. He painted a sign advertising the 4 pups and set about nailing it to a post on the edge of his yard. As he was driving the l...	Pythonpappy	3	377	Mar 6, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift - 3/6 (Preview) Recovering takes practice. No one learns how to play golf in a day, or masters a musical instrument in a week, or builds a relationship in a month. Neither does recovery happen overnight. If we're ready and lucky, we may immediately take the direct path of abstinence and stay on it without making any de...	Pythonpappy	0	396	Mar 6, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	uncomfortable meeting places (Preview) Before I get to my reason for this post... please do not jump to judgment without truly understanding what I'm saying. I am new to AA. The only places the meeting are being help are in the parts of town where I do not feel safe. Alcoholics come from many back grounds and walks of life. I have tried attendin...	notsurewhattodo	9	1834	Mar 6, 2014 by John
	Grandma's experiences leave a mark (Preview) http://discovermagazine.com/2013/may/13-grandmas-experiences-leave-epigenetic-mark-on-your-genes#.UxFvPngayc3	justadrunk	5	722	Mar 6, 2014 by John
	Some thoughts on prayer.... (Preview) When someone brings a gift to our door, we receive it and say thank you. We have not opened the gift as yet, but the thank you is an acknowledgement of the gift. It's the same with prayer. When we pray we must not forget to thank God as an acknowledgement of the gift not yet opened.	gonee	4	501	Mar 6, 2014 by John
	Grapevine (Preview) March 6 "Today, my short version of the Third Step is this: Keep taking care of me, Lord, because I appreciate it now."	Mike B.	1	359	Mar 6, 2014 by Stepchild
	Sober Quote for the Day (Preview) The Twelve Steps 1. I can't 2. God Can (or your Higher Power) 3. Let God (or your Higher Power) 4. Look within 5. Admit wrongs 6. Ready self for change 7. Seek God's help (or your Higher Power's help) 8. Become willing 9. Make amends 10. Daily inventory 11. Pray and meditate 12. Give it away (I am not sure wh...	betterthanyesterday52	4	395	Mar 6, 2014 by Mike D
	Thanks Pappy, Your Posting Jogged a Memory (Preview) I just read one of Pappy's daily postings and it made me think of something painful (literally and just the memory of it) which happened to me a couple of years ago. We had gotten some "junk" together to take to a local auction house. The woman working there told us to get there before 11:30 a.m...	betterthanyesterday52	6	649	Mar 6, 2014 by Mike D
	Today's Gift - 3/5 (Preview) The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live. -- Flora WhittemoreWe often hear the phrase, "When one door shuts, another opens." It means everything has a beginning and an end. When our travels on one path are completed, another path lies ahead.It's not easy to feel a door cl...	Pythonpappy	2	416	Mar 5, 2014 by Mike B.
	Sunrise Quote - 3/5 (Preview) We all live under the same sky, but we dont have the same horizon.Konrad Adenauer	Pythonpappy	1	385	Mar 5, 2014 by Mike B.
	Grapevine (Preview) March 5 "I still don't have answers for all the eternal questions, like why bad things happen to good people, or why babies die. But I have found that life works better when I focus more on how I am contributing to God's world than musing about what he is or is not doing in mine."	Mike B.	2	361	Mar 5, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Sober Quote for the Day (Preview) "If you pray to God to move a mountain, be prepared to wake up next to a shovel". Anonymous (I am not sure if this quote was posted recently. If so, please forgive the repeat. I love this because it means to me not to expect my HP, who is God, to dig me out of the mess I got myself into. He will provide...	betterthanyesterday52	2	400	Mar 5, 2014 by june
	Today's Gift - 3/4 (Preview) You had better live your best and act your best and think your best today, for today is the sure preparation fortomorrow and all the other tomorrows that follow.--Harriet MartineauThe word "sanity" is derived from the Latin word sanitas, which means "health." In our group,...	Pythonpappy	1	360	Mar 4, 2014 by Mike B.
	Picked up drink after 13 years continual soberiety (Preview) Hi everyone, I picked up a drink 2 months ago after 13 years soberiety. What can I say, the old notion that I could control my drinking. Now I am back on the AA road today, nothing major happened but the feelings inside me are the same as before AA, the pain is sore but AA will see through this.	annaes	15	778	Mar 4, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Grapevine (Preview) March 4 "Alcoholics have short memories."	Mike B.	1	359	Mar 4, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Grapevine (Preview) March 3 "Ever deepening humility, accompanied by an ever greater willingness to accept and to act upon clear obligations -- these are truly our touchstones for all growth in the life of the spirit."	Mike B.	2	358	Mar 4, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Today's Gift (Preview) In this world everything changes except good deeds and bad deeds; these follow you as the shadows follow the body. --Ruth Benedict Our identity, our being at any moment, is a composite of all we have been in the past. Some of our actions have made us wiser. Others haunt us because we didn't put forth our...	Pythonpappy	1	404	Mar 4, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) May you always find new roads to travel; new horizons to explore; new dreams to call your own.Unknown	Pythonpappy	2	415	Mar 4, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) March 3, 2014Quote of the Week"I would love to, but I need to talk to my sponsor first." Before recovery I listened to my own best thinking, and you can imagine where that got me. Time and time again I'd follow one "good idea" with another until I was in so much trouble I didn't kno...	Pythonpappy	2	437	Mar 4, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Sober Quote for the Day (Preview) "I would rather go through life sober, believing I am an alcoholic than go through life drunk trying to convince myself that I am not." unknown (if anyone knows who quoted this, I will update it. I couldn't find the source.) (I spent so many years telling myself that "I got this" a...	betterthanyesterday52	2	526	Mar 4, 2014 by Mike B.
	Sober Quote for the Day (Preview) "Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion." Pythagoras 570 BC-495 BC (Wise words for an old dude. ) BTY	betterthanyesterday52	0	312	Mar 4, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE COMING BACK....A REMINDER TO ALL (Preview) : I read about those coming back on this site..I said nothing..I went to take a nap on my boat.. The wind is howling but on the other hand..it has cooled things here in Samoa.. Three hours earlier than it is in HollywoodI thought,,lying there, maybe Ill be there some day but that is all in the Hands of God...	Tomas	3	470	Mar 3, 2014 by Fyne Spirit
	Doesnt matter how long we have been sober (Preview) The one day at a time....holds true..It doesn't matter how long weve been sober...If we stop doing the DO THINGS?Shit will happen...and we revert right back to our old thinking.. At 22 years sober?I had the world by the ass..I had raised 3 kids on my own for 13 years..I was DCM over 32 groups..in the are...	Philipld	9	765	Mar 3, 2014 by Fyne Spirit
	Get up and move.... (Preview) Sunday morning version "AA By The Bay"...more than just a meeting a reacquaintance of several levels. Some one led it off on the Daily Reflection and we chipped a member who had been out of the area and not drinking for 3 years. He remade the acquaintance of so many members he has not seen...	Jerry F	1	484	Mar 3, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	For Tasha and all our Canadians (Preview) Redneck 'Snowshoes' ... ... ...	Pythonpappy	3	405	Mar 2, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	One Foot In, One Foot Out (Preview) I've been thinking about this theme a lot lately because it is very much how I started with the program. It took me a long time to stop being afraid of meetings and connecting with others about our disease. I have been surprised at how many people I have met who have done the same thing. Like all alcoholics...	AdamMoz	9	740	Mar 2, 2014 by Zoomtopz
	Today's Gift - 3/2 (Preview) Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade.--Arabian proverbWe need to remember what got us well. The Twelve Steps heal us. The meetings we attend heal us. Reading and listening to program tapes heal us. Talking with our sponsor heals us. The time we spend with program friends heals us.Sometimes we...	Pythonpappy	1	416	Mar 2, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Sunrise Quote - 3/2 (Preview) For today and its blessings, I owe the world an attitude of gratitude.Clarence E. Hodges	Pythonpappy	1	389	Mar 2, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	An Old'y but Goodie - Humor (Preview) Jenny Craig for men I called the company and ordered their 5-day, 10 lb. weight loss program. The next day, there's a knock on the door and there stands before me a voluptuous, athletic, 19 year old babe dressed in nothing but a pair of Nike running shoes and a sign around her neck. She introduces hersel...	Pythonpappy	1	374	Mar 2, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Hope These Make Your Day..... (Preview) Have a Great Day !!!	Pythonpappy	1	504	Mar 2, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	One more for the Road ... humor (Preview) Captain Jack's A group of 15 year old boys discussed where they should meet for dinner. It was agreed they would meet at the McDonald's next to Captain Jack's Seafood Grille because they only had six dollars among them, they could ride their bikes and that cute girl in Social Studies, lives on the same...	Pythonpappy	1	415	Mar 2, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Today's Gift - 2/28 (Preview) Sorry guys, ... I got sick a couple days ago ... the wife brought a stomach virus home from work ... just when I got her back on her feet, I got it ... found out later that nearly everyone in her office had had it ... then I felt sorry for those with kids, they had to deal with it all at one time ... Here's yester...	Pythonpappy	1	376	Mar 2, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Sunrise Quote 2/28 (Preview) If what you are doing is not moving you towards your goals, then it's moving you away from your goals.Brian Tracy	Pythonpappy	2	381	Mar 2, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Today's Gift - 3/1 (Preview) Be Patient with Everyone --from writings by St. Francis de Sales Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself . . . do not be disappointed by your imperfections, but always rise up with fresh courage. How are you to be patient in dealing with your neighbor's faults if you are impatient in deal...	Pythonpappy	2	413	Mar 2, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Sunrise Quote 3/1 (Preview) The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.Lao Tzu	Pythonpappy	3	345	Mar 2, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Sticking to the recipe (Preview) My wife and I were looking through a Crock Pot cookbook today and we found a recipe that we wanted to try in our slow cooker. But, when we went to the store, there was one ingredient that we couldn't find that was included in the recipe. I first thought about substituting it for something else, but I quic...	Mike D	5	853	Mar 1, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote - 2/27 (Preview) Leaders keep their eyes on the horizon, not just on the bottom line.Warren G. Bennis	Pythonpappy	4	339	Mar 1, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Now Private - How to access "A.A. Thoughts For Today" ~ Blog changes Daily - Blogger (Preview) I have been using this blog to post it's content to my AA group but now it has gone private. How do I either contact the author or get access to this blog. Your help is greatly appreciated. Johnflax	Johnflax	1	549	Mar 1, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Thanksgiving always. (Preview) "Selfishness--self-centeredness! That, we think, is the root of our troubles." pg61 AA book. When my prayer went from petition to thanksgiving that's when God started to do things for me. It was only AA's 12 steps that taught me how to find power and pray. From utter powerlessness in step...	gonee	3	426	Mar 1, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	What happens when you slip (Preview) Well I have slipped several times in the last couple of weeks. But I've still been going to AA just to listen and be quite. I have already picked up one white chip 2 months ago. Tomorrow I will start over at the noon meeting tomorrow I will pick up my final white chip. And will ask for a sponser to work the s...	hopee	18	826	Mar 1, 2014 by Stepchild
	I sure don't look sick - do I? (Preview) http://www.renegademothering.com/2014/02/07/we-dont-start-with-a-needle-in-our-arm/	justadrunk	9	631	Mar 1, 2014 by nezyb
	Sober Quote For The Day (Preview) "Sobriety is not for the faint of heart. We have to want it more than anything we ever have before. And when we have that moment of clarity and truth and commitment, the whole world, in all its crazy beauty opens up to us." Jenifer M. (From the book, Living the Promises) BTY	betterthanyesterday52	4	392	Mar 1, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Head up, shoulders back and keep trudging! (Preview) “We shall be with you in the Fellowship of the Spirit as you trudge the Road of Happy Destiny." (Big Book pg 164)trudge verb \ˈtrəj\: to walk slowly and heavily because you are tired or working very hardtrudgedtrudg·ing Full Definition of TRUDGEintransitive verb: to walk or march...	John	3	3531	Mar 1, 2014 by Mike D
	Sober Quote for the Day (Preview) "The soul always know what to do to heal itself. The challenge is to silence the mind." Caroline Myss I used to blame other people for my problems. It wasn't until I stop drinking that I realized that my thinking was my biggest problem and my thinking was causing so many of my problems. It has a...	betterthanyesterday52	1	417	Mar 1, 2014 by Mike D
	Sober Quote for the Day (Preview) "I once heard a sober alcoholic say that drinking never made him happy, but it made him feel like he was going to be happy in about fifteen minutes. That was exactly it, and I couldn't understand why the happiness never came, couldn't see the flaw in my thinking, couldn't see that alcohol kept me tr...	betterthanyesterday52	6	620	Feb 28, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Grapevine (Preview) February 27 "Today, I don't have the home, the husband, the three cars in the garage. I have one old clunker that takes me to meetings. I am not financially well off, but I have a peace of mind I never dreamed possible. My needs are always met -- and even some of my wishes. I am truly happy for the first t...	Mike B.	3	418	Feb 28, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
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