Alcoholics Anonymous

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

This is for all the Mothers out there, or if you had a Mother ... enjoy:http://play.simpletruths.com/movie/heart-of-a-mother/?cm_mmc=ExactTarget-_-FR-_-05.10.13-_-HOAMmovie&j=129570&e

Tracey C · Tracey C

Well I went to a f2f meeting tonight for the first time. Not sure when or if I can make it back again but at least I went. One fellow said something that struck me. He said putting grog, people etc aside the problem is me. It comes back to me. Tracey

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Real friends are those who, when you've made a fool of yourself, don't feel that you've done a permanent job. --Erwin T. Randall What kind of friends do we have? Are they people who complain a lot? Are they people who laugh at us or put others down? The kind of people we want to be will decide what kind of fri...

AdamMoz · AdamMoz

Dear MIP, 90 days ago I woke up feeling deep regret and sickness. I'm not sure what made this particular day any more miserable than every other day I had woken up feeling the same (read: the past 10 years), but I finally came to terms with the fact that I was totally powerless over alcohol and I was a prison...

Stepchild · Stepchild

http://anonpress.org/bb/docsopin.htmWE OF Alcoholics Anonymous believe that the reader will be interested in the medical estimate of the plan of recovery described in this book. Convincing testimony must surely come from medical men who have had experience with the sufferings of our members...

LB · LB

I personally believe I have to be sober physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. So there are exercises that I attempt to practice on a daily basis. The disease is 3 fold; an allergy of the body, an obsession of the mind and a malady of the spirit. Just not drinking takes care of the allergy. I...

mandm · mandm

So i've been doing really good with my soberity. There is only one problem, i'm finding myself bored out of my skull at night. And sundays , sometimes I litterly watch paint dry :) A little background on myself i'm 29 years old, single guy, and I work from home, I'm an online seller and I have a few clients...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Hey Family, ... My youngest, the one in the wheelchair, underwent major back surgery last week in Nashville ... couple days ago, he was try to get his socks on and pulled his leg up close to him and 'snapped' the big bone in his leg, the one from the hip, right in to ... broke it clean at an angle ... now, in a...

Col · Col

I have been feeling profoundly grateful as of late. I'm not sure why, but a lot of the inner turmoil that is usually my constant companion seems to have settled a tad as of late. Just a quick list of reasons off the top of my head. 1) I'm sober 2) my HP is always with me- He's my buddy 3) I'm not a TOTAL bitch all t...

Bob K · Bob K

Maturity is the ability to control anger and settle differences without violence or destruction. Maturity is patience. It is the willingness to pass up immediate pleasure in favor of the long-term gain. Maturity is perseverance, the ability to sweat out a project or a situation in spite of heavy op...

Stepchild · Stepchild

http://anonpress.org/bb/Page_1.htmThe first time I read this story...I didn't really get a lot out of it. I was in rehab still defogging...And as someone mentioned before...It seemed like a novel about a guy in the 1930's who had nothing in common with me. I've heard this from other AA members as we...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

My relationship with nature and plants is almost like religion with me. --Monty Cralley Feeling connected to something outside of ourselves is important to our perception of life. And being alive assures us of many new situations. Maybe it's a move to a smaller residence or our recovery from the dea...

Col · Col

It seems every time I think "ah-ha! The fog has lifted!" something happens to remind me that it is still a bit foggy. As a prime example- I have a love\hate relationship with one particular meeting. It's the first meeting I went to... And is known for being a bit rough. I walked into this meeti...

Bob K · Bob K

I'll chair a meeting tonight if anyone wants to join me.

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

May 9 "It's not the wonderful people I've met from throughout these great lands who have helped keep me sober most of the time, but those wonderful people sitting around the table in my hometown who loved me when I could not love, who waited for me to quit lying, who tolerated me when I would b...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

If we see only ourselves, it's a very lonely world.We can learn the difference between taking care of ourselves positively and being so negatively self-centered that we are forced into solitary confinement, where we dry up for lack of genuine interchange. We should know who we are. But we should als...

AdamMoz · AdamMoz

I had an unusual moment a couple of days ago that helped me understand that I am making good progress in my recovery. Basically, when I was drinking I had a really difficult time looking at myself in the mirror. That might sound weird, but it's true. When I was drunk I hated seeing my eyes because they look...

turninggrey · turninggrey

For some reason, I have been trying lately to figure out how I would fix all the problems of the world if somehow I was made King Of The World. Why? I don't know--I have been having trouble sleeping lately and I find if I put my mind to work on something difficult, I fall asleep faster. Anyhoo, I have actuall...

PhotoPhreak · PhotoPhreak

I have had a 'relapse' of CEAS!!!!! Camera Equipment Acquisition Syndrome!!!! I have been socking away $$ for a new lens and am almost there!!! *doing the Happy dance*

Fyne Spirit · Fyne Spirit

Recent experience with a fellow AA member reminds me just what it means to be powerless. It means to have no power, no choice, no option. Powerless over alcohol means I have no choice of my own, whether I drink, whether I control the amount, or whether I don't drink, it's all beyond my power. Lack of power...

PhotoPhreak · PhotoPhreak

God is mentioned often in AA. But 'who' do we believe in? 'God' is our HP. Our Higher Power. What our Higher Power is does not matter, as long as we trust. As has been mentioned, Religion does not have a place in AA. Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Muslim, Pagan or whatever. I will be honest and say I am a Pag...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

. . .we may surprise ourselves by discovering a treasure.Not all secrets are bad. Some secrets are more like unspoken, unacknowledged mysteries than sinister destructive forces. We may quietly know what it is like to be a man or a woman in an intimate relationship, but we may never have told anyone in...

Mike B. · Mike B.

May 8 "Only mutual trust can be the foundation for great love -- each of us for the other, and all of us for God."

justadrunk · justadrunk

Hello - Hubby is working late - I GET TO do the bedtime routine and baths... so I will not be able to chair a meeting : ( Sorry - maybe next wednesday!

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Often happiness calls but we are too busy to answer. --Ellen H. In the pursuit of happiness many people are too busy to find that which they seek. Frequently the happiness we so passionately desire is found in little events that are but whispered. If we don't pay attention, we miss them. There can be hap...

mich · mich

My wife and I planted lettuce today. I cannot remember a time when I just was a human being and not a human doing. We lost track of time playing the dirt. The only thing that mattered was the moment. I have nine months sober and I could cry because I am so damn happy. My higher power has blessed me more th...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. --Joseph AddisonHaving someone to bestow our love on - a child, friend, or lover, perhaps a pet - will provide us with a time each day for intimacy, a time for sharing affection, a time, wh...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

May 6, 2013 Quote of the Week "If you want to feel rich, just count all the things you have that money can't buy." Gratitude lists have been an important tool in my spiritual tool kit for a long time. Whenever I feel the old self-pity creep back in, I get out a piece of paper, number it from on...

Mike B. · Mike B.

May 7 "It is our experience as alcoholics that makes us of unique value ... We can approach sufferers as no one else can."

justadrunk · justadrunk

mikef · mikef

A blessed family period with my son Michael on left(46) from Tejas for a week,my daughter Sarah(25) and my other son Eric(27)in from New York for 22 days..My other daughter Michelle(47) coulndn't make it from Tejas...God has truly blessed our family and has reunited all after years of devastation...

gonee · gonee

20 years ago, I was fired from my job. I had done nothing to warrant my dismissal. As I left the office I prayed: "Lord, you have changed my direction. Please let know what your will is for me." I suddenly was faced with a very large financial burden, which humanly speaking were impossible to s...

Stepchild · Stepchild

http://anonpress.org/bb/foreword.htm There is quite a bit loaded into these few paragraphs. I like how they how they start right off the bat that this is a "We" program. We, OF Alcoholics Anonymous, are more than one hundred men and women who have recovered from a seemingly hopeles...

Bob K · Bob K

justadrunk · justadrunk

Sometimes my husband and I are both 'on' and we have such a wonderful go of it. Other times, one or the other is 'off' and I'm not even going to talk about the days we're both off! Yesterday, we went out for our anniversary, and it was a joy. We were both 'on' during the day in regards to working our program....

mrpeel · mrpeel

An atheist was seated next to a little girl on an airplane and he turned to her and said "Do you want to talk? Flights go quicker if you strike up a conversation with your fellow passenger." The little girl who had just started to read her book replied to the total stranger, "What do you wa...

mandm · mandm

Hello, its saturday night, I missed the meeting tonight for someone reason I fell asleep at 830 after making myself too big of a dinner and just woke up now at almost midnight. (i might be getting old) I've been sober for awhile now , two or three weeks, I don't count, i have it written down somewhere. bu...

Col · Col

A friend of mine called it this- a term I hadn't heard yet. What 'it' is? A strange, anxious, bewildered, exhausted 'WOW'... Like what the F just happened within the past year? And before that? Being in the position of looking for a job in a new arena is also adding to this. What am I qualified to do? What ca...

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

Hey Jerry, I'm headed your way tomorrow, albeit Maui. I know one of your friends must have a helicopter. Cruise over and pick me up. The rest of you's Behave!

-- Edited by StPeteDean on Friday 3rd of M...

PhotoPhreak · PhotoPhreak

I drank again. I met hy husband of 25 years, soon to be. 05.07 in AA. He started drinking before I did. I do not blame him. I used his drinking as an excuse to drink. After all, he is my Husband and he is so I can. Please.

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Col and I have become good friends over the last few months ... recently we got to gether to share a hug ... she insisted on giving me a kiss, ... ... ... I wasn't ready for that!!!

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

To be alive is power, Existing in itself, Without a further function, Omnipotence enough. --Emily Dickinson Being a person in this world is an amazing gift. A spiritual awakening promised by this program is open to us. But today, not all of us feel powerful and alive. We may feel weak, inadequate to ou...

justadrunk · justadrunk

We got a foot of snow - it's 32 degree's. 2 days ago, the snow finally melted, and it shot up to 80. Everyone ran around with spring fever for 48 hours... and I packed away the kids snow suits. Then the blizzard of all blizzards hit us last night. Count your blessings my friends... remember to put 'no sn...

Stepchild · Stepchild

Anybody interested in doing one? I was thinking putting up a chapter a week....Starting with the forward and Doctor's Opinion. Read it...Discuss it...Quote from it...Maybe learn something from it. Any of you alkies up that?

justadrunk · justadrunk

awesOME! It's been great having you on the board... congrats!

Bob K · Bob K

Meeting this morning 5/4 at 11 am eastern. hope to see you there

evoliroc4178 · evoliroc4178

I remember thinking this time last week, while being heavily intoxicated already (11:27) that this was the start of a great weekend. I had just gotten out of the hospital the night before for taking around 16 or so pills because I was ridiciously drunk and fighting with my husband (attention getter...

Bob K · Bob K

Broken ToysAs children bring their broken toys, With tears, for us to mend; I brought my broken dreams to God because he was my friend. But then instead of leaving him in peace to work alone, I hung around and tried to help with ways that were my own. At last, I snatched them back and cried, "How cou...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Reflection for the Day My courage must come each day, as does my desire to avoid a single drink or a single addictive act. It must be a continuing courage, without deviations and procrastination, without rashness, and without fear of obstacles. This would seem like a large order indeed, were it not fo...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Recovery can belong to every one of us. Without exception our lives can get better. --Sam Friend Amy lived for cocaine and partying. The party ended one morning when she woke up and couldn't feel the left side of her body. She was hospitalized and sent to a rehab program. Amy got sober, but didn't get hap...

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	Happy Mother's Day (Preview) This is for all the Mothers out there, or if you had a Mother ... enjoy:http://play.simpletruths.com/movie/heart-of-a-mother/?cm_mmc=ExactTarget-_-FR-_-05.10.13-_-HOAMmovie&j=129570&e	Pythonpappy	0	243	May 12, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	1st f2f meeting (Preview) Well I went to a f2f meeting tonight for the first time. Not sure when or if I can make it back again but at least I went. One fellow said something that struck me. He said putting grog, people etc aside the problem is me. It comes back to me. Tracey	Tracey C	5	374	May 12, 2013 by Tracey C
	Today's Gift 05-11 (Preview) Real friends are those who, when you've made a fool of yourself, don't feel that you've done a permanent job. --Erwin T. Randall What kind of friends do we have? Are they people who complain a lot? Are they people who laugh at us or put others down? The kind of people we want to be will decide what kind of fri...	Pythonpappy	0	186	May 11, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	90 Day Sober (Preview) Dear MIP, 90 days ago I woke up feeling deep regret and sickness. I'm not sure what made this particular day any more miserable than every other day I had woken up feeling the same (read: the past 10 years), but I finally came to terms with the fact that I was totally powerless over alcohol and I was a prison...	AdamMoz	14	818	May 12, 2013 by RubyTues
	MIPBB Study: The Doctor's Opinion (Preview) http://anonpress.org/bb/docsopin.htmWE OF Alcoholics Anonymous believe that the reader will be interested in the medical estimate of the plan of recovery described in this book. Convincing testimony must surely come from medical men who have had experience with the sufferings of our members...	Stepchild	29	1212	May 11, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Sobriety is more than about just not drinking. (Preview) I personally believe I have to be sober physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. So there are exercises that I attempt to practice on a daily basis. The disease is 3 fold; an allergy of the body, an obsession of the mind and a malady of the spirit. Just not drinking takes care of the allergy. I...	LB	12	650	May 11, 2013 by Sports dude
	back to the bar agian.. (Preview) So i've been doing really good with my soberity. There is only one problem, i'm finding myself bored out of my skull at night. And sundays , sometimes I litterly watch paint dry :) A little background on myself i'm 29 years old, single guy, and I work from home, I'm an online seller and I have a few clients...	mandm	21	658	May 11, 2013 by RubyTues
	On the Road Again! (Preview) Hey Family, ... My youngest, the one in the wheelchair, underwent major back surgery last week in Nashville ... couple days ago, he was try to get his socks on and pulled his leg up close to him and 'snapped' the big bone in his leg, the one from the hip, right in to ... broke it clean at an angle ... now, in a...	Pythonpappy	5	340	May 11, 2013 by RubyTues
	A basic gratitude list (Preview) I have been feeling profoundly grateful as of late. I'm not sure why, but a lot of the inner turmoil that is usually my constant companion seems to have settled a tad as of late. Just a quick list of reasons off the top of my head. 1) I'm sober 2) my HP is always with me- He's my buddy 3) I'm not a TOTAL bitch all t...	Col	9	707	May 11, 2013 by Col
	Maturity (Preview) Maturity is the ability to control anger and settle differences without violence or destruction. Maturity is patience. It is the willingness to pass up immediate pleasure in favor of the long-term gain. Maturity is perseverance, the ability to sweat out a project or a situation in spite of heavy op...	Bob K	2	313	May 11, 2013 by Jerry F
	MIPBB Study: Bill's Story (Preview) http://anonpress.org/bb/Page_1.htmThe first time I read this story...I didn't really get a lot out of it. I was in rehab still defogging...And as someone mentioned before...It seemed like a novel about a guy in the 1930's who had nothing in common with me. I've heard this from other AA members as we...	Stepchild	18	3647	May 10, 2013 by Fyne Spirit
	Today's Gift 05-10 (Preview) My relationship with nature and plants is almost like religion with me. --Monty Cralley Feeling connected to something outside of ourselves is important to our perception of life. And being alive assures us of many new situations. Maybe it's a move to a smaller residence or our recovery from the dea...	Pythonpappy	0	218	May 10, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	The fog lifting (Preview) It seems every time I think "ah-ha! The fog has lifted!" something happens to remind me that it is still a bit foggy. As a prime example- I have a love\hate relationship with one particular meeting. It's the first meeting I went to... And is known for being a bit rough. I walked into this meeti...	Col	11	765	May 10, 2013 by Rob84
	meeting tonight (Preview) I'll chair a meeting tonight if anyone wants to join me.	Bob K	1	209	May 10, 2013 by PhotoPhreak
	Grapevine (Preview) May 9 "It's not the wonderful people I've met from throughout these great lands who have helped keep me sober most of the time, but those wonderful people sitting around the table in my hometown who loved me when I could not love, who waited for me to quit lying, who tolerated me when I would b...	Pythonpappy	5	195	May 9, 2013 by vixen
	Today's Gift 05-09 (Preview) If we see only ourselves, it's a very lonely world.We can learn the difference between taking care of ourselves positively and being so negatively self-centered that we are forced into solitary confinement, where we dry up for lack of genuine interchange. We should know who we are. But we should als...	Pythonpappy	1	218	May 9, 2013 by Mike B.
	Looking in the mirror (Preview) I had an unusual moment a couple of days ago that helped me understand that I am making good progress in my recovery. Basically, when I was drinking I had a really difficult time looking at myself in the mirror. That might sound weird, but it's true. When I was drunk I hated seeing my eyes because they look...	AdamMoz	6	400	May 9, 2013 by mandm
	Conquer Yourself. (Preview) For some reason, I have been trying lately to figure out how I would fix all the problems of the world if somehow I was made King Of The World. Why? I don't know--I have been having trouble sleeping lately and I find if I put my mind to work on something difficult, I fall asleep faster. Anyhoo, I have actuall...	turninggrey	9	482	May 9, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Humor Time!!! (Preview) I have had a 'relapse' of CEAS!!!!! Camera Equipment Acquisition Syndrome!!!! I have been socking away $$ for a new lens and am almost there!!! doing the Happy dance	PhotoPhreak	5	535	May 9, 2013 by PhotoPhreak
	UNDERSTANDING POWERLESSNESS (Preview) Recent experience with a fellow AA member reminds me just what it means to be powerless. It means to have no power, no choice, no option. Powerless over alcohol means I have no choice of my own, whether I drink, whether I control the amount, or whether I don't drink, it's all beyond my power. Lack of power...	Fyne Spirit	4	910	May 9, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Our beliefs... (Preview) God is mentioned often in AA. But 'who' do we believe in? 'God' is our HP. Our Higher Power. What our Higher Power is does not matter, as long as we trust. As has been mentioned, Religion does not have a place in AA. Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Muslim, Pagan or whatever. I will be honest and say I am a Pag...	PhotoPhreak	11	1174	May 9, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 05-08 (Preview) . . .we may surprise ourselves by discovering a treasure.Not all secrets are bad. Some secrets are more like unspoken, unacknowledged mysteries than sinister destructive forces. We may quietly know what it is like to be a man or a woman in an intimate relationship, but we may never have told anyone in...	Pythonpappy	0	238	May 8, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Grapevine (Preview) May 8 "Only mutual trust can be the foundation for great love -- each of us for the other, and all of us for God."	Mike B.	1	615	May 8, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	online meeting tonight (Preview) Hello - Hubby is working late - I GET TO do the bedtime routine and baths... so I will not be able to chair a meeting : ( Sorry - maybe next wednesday!	justadrunk	2	296	May 8, 2013 by PhotoPhreak
	Today's Gift 05-07 (Preview) Often happiness calls but we are too busy to answer. --Ellen H. In the pursuit of happiness many people are too busy to find that which they seek. Frequently the happiness we so passionately desire is found in little events that are but whispered. If we don't pay attention, we miss them. There can be hap...	Pythonpappy	5	256	May 8, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	9 Months... (Preview) My wife and I planted lettuce today. I cannot remember a time when I just was a human being and not a human doing. We lost track of time playing the dirt. The only thing that mattered was the moment. I have nine months sober and I could cry because I am so damn happy. My higher power has blessed me more th...	mich	13	528	May 7, 2013 by StPeteDean
	Today's Gift 05-06 (Preview) Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. --Joseph AddisonHaving someone to bestow our love on - a child, friend, or lover, perhaps a pet - will provide us with a time each day for intimacy, a time for sharing affection, a time, wh...	Pythonpappy	1	190	May 7, 2013 by Mike B.
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) May 6, 2013 Quote of the Week "If you want to feel rich, just count all the things you have that money can't buy." Gratitude lists have been an important tool in my spiritual tool kit for a long time. Whenever I feel the old self-pity creep back in, I get out a piece of paper, number it from on...	Pythonpappy	1	287	May 7, 2013 by Mike B.
	Grapevine (Preview) May 7 "It is our experience as alcoholics that makes us of unique value ... We can approach sufferers as no one else can."	Mike B.	1	386	May 7, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	I miss Frodo (Preview)	justadrunk	21	588	May 6, 2013 by mrpeel
	The Joys and blessings of recovery a day at a time! (Preview) A blessed family period with my son Michael on left(46) from Tejas for a week,my daughter Sarah(25) and my other son Eric(27)in from New York for 22 days..My other daughter Michelle(47) coulndn't make it from Tejas...God has truly blessed our family and has reunited all after years of devastation...	mikef	12	635	May 6, 2013 by mrpeel
	Faith in God. (Preview) 20 years ago, I was fired from my job. I had done nothing to warrant my dismissal. As I left the office I prayed: "Lord, you have changed my direction. Please let know what your will is for me." I suddenly was faced with a very large financial burden, which humanly speaking were impossible to s...	gonee	11	419	May 6, 2013 by Stepchild
	MIPBB Study: Foreward (Preview) http://anonpress.org/bb/foreword.htm There is quite a bit loaded into these few paragraphs. I like how they how they start right off the bat that this is a "We" program. We, OF Alcoholics Anonymous, are more than one hundred men and women who have recovered from a seemingly hopeles...	Stepchild	19	911	May 6, 2013 by Stepchild
	The Arrow (Preview)	Bob K	1	456	May 6, 2013 by Col
	2 programs in sync (Preview) Sometimes my husband and I are both 'on' and we have such a wonderful go of it. Other times, one or the other is 'off' and I'm not even going to talk about the days we're both off! Yesterday, we went out for our anniversary, and it was a joy. We were both 'on' during the day in regards to working our program....	justadrunk	5	397	May 6, 2013 by Stepchild
	Time for a laugh! (Preview) An atheist was seated next to a little girl on an airplane and he turned to her and said "Do you want to talk? Flights go quicker if you strike up a conversation with your fellow passenger." The little girl who had just started to read her book replied to the total stranger, "What do you wa...	mrpeel	4	336	May 6, 2013 by mrpeel
	A note to myself (Preview) Hello, its saturday night, I missed the meeting tonight for someone reason I fell asleep at 830 after making myself too big of a dinner and just woke up now at almost midnight. (i might be getting old) I've been sober for awhile now , two or three weeks, I don't count, i have it written down somewhere. bu...	mandm	13	695	May 6, 2013 by RubyTues
	P.M.S. ( no, it's not what you think boys...) (Preview) A friend of mine called it this- a term I hadn't heard yet. What 'it' is? A strange, anxious, bewildered, exhausted 'WOW'... Like what the F just happened within the past year? And before that? Being in the position of looking for a job in a new arena is also adding to this. What am I qualified to do? What ca...	Col	10	596	May 5, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Ping JerryF Headed for Hawaii tomorrow (Preview) Hey Jerry, I'm headed your way tomorrow, albeit Maui. I know one of your friends must have a helicopter. Cruise over and pick me up. The rest of you's Behave! -- Edited by StPeteDean on Friday 3rd of M...	StPeteDean	14	743	May 5, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Help? (Preview) I drank again. I met hy husband of 25 years, soon to be. 05.07 in AA. He started drinking before I did. I do not blame him. I used his drinking as an excuse to drink. After all, he is my Husband and he is so I can. Please.	PhotoPhreak	16	629	May 5, 2013 by SteveP
	Col and I (Preview) Col and I have become good friends over the last few months ... recently we got to gether to share a hug ... she insisted on giving me a kiss, ... ... ... I wasn't ready for that!!!	Pythonpappy	6	505	May 5, 2013 by PhotoPhreak
	Today's Gift 05-05 (Preview) To be alive is power, Existing in itself, Without a further function, Omnipotence enough. --Emily Dickinson Being a person in this world is an amazing gift. A spiritual awakening promised by this program is open to us. But today, not all of us feel powerful and alive. We may feel weak, inadequate to ou...	Pythonpappy	1	389	May 5, 2013 by vixen
	Couldn't make it to work - online meeting tonight at 9pm (Preview) We got a foot of snow - it's 32 degree's. 2 days ago, the snow finally melted, and it shot up to 80. Everyone ran around with spring fever for 48 hours... and I packed away the kids snow suits. Then the blizzard of all blizzards hit us last night. Count your blessings my friends... remember to put 'no sn...	justadrunk	16	763	May 5, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Big Book Study (Preview) Anybody interested in doing one? I was thinking putting up a chapter a week....Starting with the forward and Doctor's Opinion. Read it...Discuss it...Quote from it...Maybe learn something from it. Any of you alkies up that?	Stepchild	3	482	May 5, 2013 by Stepchild
	TOMSTEVE! Congrats on 8 yrs buddy - sorry this is 1 week late! (Preview) awesOME! It's been great having you on the board... congrats!	justadrunk	4	504	May 5, 2013 by Stepchild
	Meeting this morning (Preview) Meeting this morning 5/4 at 11 am eastern. hope to see you there	Bob K	0	336	May 4, 2013 by Bob K
	My weekend is finally here... (Preview) I remember thinking this time last week, while being heavily intoxicated already (11:27) that this was the start of a great weekend. I had just gotten out of the hospital the night before for taking around 16 or so pills because I was ridiciously drunk and fighting with my husband (attention getter...	evoliroc4178	6	544	May 4, 2013 by evoliroc4178
	Broken Toys (Preview) Broken ToysAs children bring their broken toys, With tears, for us to mend; I brought my broken dreams to God because he was my friend. But then instead of leaving him in peace to work alone, I hung around and tried to help with ways that were my own. At last, I snatched them back and cried, "How cou...	Bob K	6	410	May 4, 2013 by vixen
	Today's Gift 05-04 (Preview) Reflection for the Day My courage must come each day, as does my desire to avoid a single drink or a single addictive act. It must be a continuing courage, without deviations and procrastination, without rashness, and without fear of obstacles. This would seem like a large order indeed, were it not fo...	Pythonpappy	2	318	May 4, 2013 by vixen
	Today's Gift 05-3 (Preview) Recovery can belong to every one of us. Without exception our lives can get better. --Sam Friend Amy lived for cocaine and partying. The party ended one morning when she woke up and couldn't feel the left side of her body. She was hospitalized and sent to a rehab program. Amy got sober, but didn't get hap...	Pythonpappy	3	322	May 4, 2013 by vixen
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