Alcoholics Anonymous

Mike B. · Mike B.

March 8 "We have grown from two people to two million ... We must be doing something right."

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Love it the way it is. --Thaddeus Colas It's easy to love people who are like us, who may have been raised the same way, educated the same way, share the same values, or have had many of the same experiences. It's not as easy to love people who seem different. But if we are to fulfill God's plan for us, we shou...

bikerbill · bikerbill

I've got an ear worm - even worse it's a mis heard lyric (y'know like the famous Hendrix 'scues me while I kiss this guy' the original is (I think) 'what you don't have you don't need right now' What's in my head is 'What you don't know you don't need to know.' it just tumbled out of my mouth when someone at wor...

Sober McHappy · Sober McHappy

Wouldn't it be great to be just like Spock from the sci-fi series Star Trek. To libe as a being of pure logic and reason unencumbered by irrational emotional responses and feelings to life. Maybe this metaphor won't rustle people's jimmies as much. Pre-edited jimmie rustling post - "Wouldn'...

John · John

This morning I woke up and sat in front of my laptop, read a few post on this and a few other MIP message boards, and was pretty much run over with memories of years gone by. I sat right here, 12 years ago today (2001), and wrote a letter to the NC Board of Social Workers and the NC State Attorney General, and co...

John · John

A Hazard to the Non-drinking Alcoholic When an alcoholic stops drinking, it’s cause for rejoicing. Unfortunately, sobriety is not guaranteed to last. It takes hard work and commitment and a keen eye for dangers. One danger to the non-drinking alcoholic is the dry drunk, a set of habits and attit...

ghostman1960 · ghostman1960

Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound, That saved a wretch like me.... I once was lost but now am found, Was blind, but now, I see.

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Courage: The power to let go of the familiar. --Raymond Lindquist Some days our recovery demands giant doses of courage. It is so hard to let go of slippery people, places, and things. We still miss our old using friends. Knowing that they're not good for us doesn't take the missing away. We feel like we...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

On a bitterly cold winter's morning a husband and wife in the North Hills of Pittsburgh were listening to the radio during breakfast. They heard the announcer say, "We are going to have 8 to 10 inches of snow today. You must park your car on the even-numbered side of the street, so snowpl...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

I can change only myself, but sometimes that is enough. --Ruth Humlecker Happiness is more fleeting for some of us than for others. We may ponder this notion but fail to grasp the reason. However, careful attention to how "the happy ones" go through life will enlighten us. We will note how s...

justadrunk · justadrunk

You're a real gift to this message board. Thank you for all the time you've spent listening, suggesting the right path, making us laugh and being here day or night when ever anyone really needs some one to be here. It has meant the world to me and I'm so happy for you! Congrats on your 5 years! You're a...

Tracey C · Tracey C

I broke down crying this afternoon while at my daughters house. Her boyfriend whom she lives with ended up stoned off his head. I had a melt down. On the way out I told her I won't be going back there while they are doing that. Her younger siblings don't need to be around it either. After leaving I had an urge...

Sober McHappy · Sober McHappy

I understand the importance of rigorous honesty and all that jazz but that question is getting a big fat "NO". I'm not screwing up my chances of ensuring my family is taken care of by answering that question truthfully. I guess some people need to learn the definition of "anonymous&q...

Dodsworth · Dodsworth

This is a rather silly question, but how do/did you set your milestones? Example: for six months sober- did you just celebrate it on the same date of the month but six months later? Or did you plot out like the 182nd/183rd day and just make that the day? All in all, sorta trivial but I'm just curious...

ron603 · ron603

http://www.ebay.com/itm/261179679930?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

gonee · gonee

There is much to be grateful for. When my prayer moved from petition to thanksgiving, I found such peace, despite my circumstances. Therefore my prayer is for you, my brothers and sisters. May God be with you as you travel this road of recovery.

Col · Col

Ive been thinking a lot lately about gratitude. Though I try to balance things, and am getting better at this, there are days when I tend towards beating up on myself. We have all been there. When I'm feeling this coming on- ok, I'm usually already thick into it before I realize what I'm doing... I make a q...

Mike B. · Mike B.

March 6 "AA isn't for the people who need it or for the people who want it; it's for the people who are willing to do the work to get it."

B4-2MARO · B4-2MARO

So here's a brief synopsis of my history. I had 15 years of sobriety and quit going to meetings, working the program, etc.... I relapsed for five years and through God's good graces, re-entered the program. I should be dead. I now have 10 months again and got a new sponsor. Today he tells me to not raise my...

Picaposie · Picaposie

Just curious.... Is selfish and sel-centered a part of the disease or a moral issue?

gonee · gonee

I just got back from a weekend 4&5th step retreat, which our group combined both the alcoholics and drug addicts. It was such a wonderful experience and a huge eye opener for me. Mostly it was laughter, fun and games, underneath all the seriousness that was shared. One of our members had to be rushe...

joby · joby

6 Months today, could not make my home group meeting tonight, night shift sucks!!! Will be able to make home group meeting on Tue night for my chip. Older friend with 30 yrs. sobriety has ordered me a copper 6 month chip, I think he is as excited about it as I am. He is a very close friend that I have met throu...

Rebecca51 · Rebecca51

Tonight I am going to be in a situation that I haven't been in for awhile. I have to attend a 60th birthday party for my best friend. It is going to be in a private dining room of a local restaurant. Of course there is going to be alcohol. I'm not worried about a slip. My HP will be right by my side. But it is still...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

The art of life is to show your hand. --C.V. Lucas Newcomer I've been thinking about talking to another sponsor. Not to replace you - our relationship is important to me, and I get a lot from it - but in addition to you. Sponsor We're lucky to have such an abundance of sober experience in this fellowship. T...

Mike B. · Mike B.

March 5 "Today, the two most important things in recovery for me are willingness and action ... Today, I have a smile that I can offer other alcoholics."

ellie · ellie

getting old ,having health problems & feeling family no longer wants me

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

This is beautiful and has a lot for us to think about!!! ... enjoy!

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

I don't think any amount of beer I drank back then made her look like this ... !!! ... How 'bout you older farts out there??? ... (we are not a glum lot!) Can you guess who this blonde beauty is? Look closely and after you guess or give up, scroll down below the photo. SCROLL DOWN ...

justadrunk · justadrunk

I realized a while ago that I've been going to all topic meetings this whole year. It must be the thing to do at 6:30 when I can get to meetings! LOL So the past month or so I've been making a point to go to a step meeting on Sunday nights while my husband goes to alanon in the same church. I've enjoyed hearin...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

March 4, 2013 Quote of the Week "Keep the lesson, but throw away the experience." Boy this quote gave me a jolt when I first heard it. For years I'd been so wrapped up in the drama of my life, I never stopped to look at what I could have learned from it. Events seemed to descend on me, each like...

Sober McHappy · Sober McHappy

During the last year or so of my drinking I used to wake up in the middle of the night completely soaked in perspiration. It didn't matter what I'd been drinking or how much (it was always a lot) but I could pretty much set my watch to it that I'd be awake a few hours after passing out and as wet as if I'd taken a s...

leeu · leeu

"Two or three years ago the Central Office asked the groups to list their membership rules and send them in. After they arrived we set them all down. They took a great many sheets of paper. A little reflection upon these many rules brough...

Rebecca51 · Rebecca51

I have 4 months of sobriety. I first got sober in 2009 and went back out but now I am back with a great sponsor and working a good program. At my home group I have some friends who I have known since I got sober the first time. One of these friends (Sally) is going through a really tough time personally w...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul And sings the tune without the words And never stops at all. --Emily DickinsonWe often hum and sing to ourselves because it makes us feel content. It is the melody itself that makes us feel good--words and thoughts do not matter.Having hope for ou...

mandm · mandm

After another week long journey of trueling partying like a rockstar, I am back. I give up I quit I can't drink no matter how much I say I think i can. Alot of your where very very right about controlled drinking.

brokenrecord · brokenrecord

A gentleman in my sunday night meeting just recently took one of his sponsees to visit Akron, OH and he met a man who gave him a stack of these cards that he passed out to everyone at the meeting. On one side it has the 12 steps and on the other it has the 12 rewards... 1. Hope instead of desperation 2. Faith in...

Col · Col

One of the great gifts of sobriety for me is clarity. Clarity in regards to many things, but most profoundly in terms of recognizing character defects within myself and either accepting or working on changing these. I'm pretty honest with myself. Ok- I'm very selfish. I carry a lot of self- centered f...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Thank you again so much for the recipe you gave me for the Peanutbutter Pie ... ummmmm ... it's heaven on a spoon ... Just wanted everyone out here on the board to know that you are an angel ... you remembered my wife loves Butterfinger candy bars and thought to send me this recipe ... WOW ... it doesn't get...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

I've been debating with myself as to whether or not to post this ... I won, so I'm going to post an email I got from Kendra today ... she said to say hello to the group here ... Okay, for those of you who remember Kendra, from about May/June of last year, she kept coming back with new board names because she k...

turninggrey · turninggrey

I do some hobby construction, and I am trying to finish up another house project. It seems like this job should be easy after finishing the last job 10 days ago, but I am really having trouble getting it done. I have an advanced plan that includes painting and flooring then trim work, and they are all laid...

brokenrecord · brokenrecord

Getting ready to start this and I would reaally appreciate some advice? My sponsor gave me four colomns - resentments - fears - harm to others - sexual conduct. She alsoc told me to read chapter 5 in the big book, which i did, but I didnt get much out of it. Mind you I don't have an awful horror story like th...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Trying to ignore our worries only pushes them underground. Pretending we are not anxious, when we are, is a tactic that fools no one, especially not ourselves. Attempting to deny or repress our fears and worries does not work. The result is often depression or a physical ailment, indicating that in o...

Col · Col

Growing up, I really had no exposure to booze. My parents never drank around us, if at all. It wasn't mentioned, there was no booze in our house. I was pretty sheltered from it. I truly didn't know it existed until I began drinking myself at 12. 'Dry drunk' was a term used by my mother to describe my father....

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. -2 Corinthians 4:18Weekly QuoteBy perseverance the snail reached the ark. -C. H. SpurgeonWeekly ThoughtA woman planted a rare rosebush, fussed over it, fertilized it, watered...

Picaposie · Picaposie

It has been a trying week so far but that's life. My pen-pal in the UK wrote and told me one day that he wasn't feeling well and I haven't heard from him since. Then today (yesterday now) my daughter had to be taken to the hospital and we're still not sure what's wrong. I breathe in and I breathe out and I don't...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

WHO IS JACK SCHITT?????? For some time many of us have wondered just who is Jack Schitt? We find ourselves at a loss when someone says, 'You don't know Jack Schitt!' Well, thanks to genealogy efforts, you can now respond in an intellectual way. Jack Schitt is the only son of Awe Schitt. Awe Schitt was mar...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

THE BOTTLE OF WINE For all of us who are married, were married, wish you were married, or wish you weren't married, this is something to smile about the next time you see a bottle of wine: Sally was driving home from one of her business trips in Northern Arizona when she saw an elderly Navajo woman walkin...

nezyb · nezyb

There's a church reader board I drive by pretty much daily. I usually glance at it. Sometimes it's announcing a new group or meeting, kids programs, or an inspirational message. One day last week, for only one day, it had the question "When did you become who you are?" Two years ago I probabl...

justadrunk · justadrunk

Doing the steps again with a new sponsor. Her and I are the same age - but she's been sober 9 years. She had drifted away from the program for the past year or so - which is why I'd never met her. She popped into the meeting the other day, and I commented on how much I liked her boots. We spoke in the parking l...

justadrunk · justadrunk

I've been sick in bed with my computer, my remote, my books and my bottle of advil by my side. I've gone through the sweats a few times, and they really reminded me of the sweats I had quite often through the night in my drinking life. I have the sore throat that feels like barbwire stapled to your uvula aft...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Grapevine (Preview) March 8 "We have grown from two people to two million ... We must be doing something right."	Mike B.	0	146	Mar 8, 2013 by Mike B.
	Today's Gift 03-08 (Preview) Love it the way it is. --Thaddeus Colas It's easy to love people who are like us, who may have been raised the same way, educated the same way, share the same values, or have had many of the same experiences. It's not as easy to love people who seem different. But if we are to fulfill God's plan for us, we shou...	Pythonpappy	6	270	Mar 9, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Earworm (Preview) I've got an ear worm - even worse it's a mis heard lyric (y'know like the famous Hendrix 'scues me while I kiss this guy' the original is (I think) 'what you don't have you don't need right now' What's in my head is 'What you don't know you don't need to know.' it just tumbled out of my mouth when someone at wor...	bikerbill	6	277	Mar 8, 2013 by bikerbill
	I wish I could become like Spock from Start Trek edited (Preview) Wouldn't it be great to be just like Spock from the sci-fi series Star Trek. To libe as a being of pure logic and reason unencumbered by irrational emotional responses and feelings to life. Maybe this metaphor won't rustle people's jimmies as much. Pre-edited jimmie rustling post - "Wouldn'...	Sober McHappy	34	2134	Mar 7, 2013 by justadrunk
	Today, 12 years ago.... (Preview) This morning I woke up and sat in front of my laptop, read a few post on this and a few other MIP message boards, and was pretty much run over with memories of years gone by. I sat right here, 12 years ago today (2001), and wrote a letter to the NC Board of Social Workers and the NC State Attorney General, and co...	John	4	417	Mar 7, 2013 by Jerry F
	Dry drunk sydrome (Preview) A Hazard to the Non-drinking Alcoholic When an alcoholic stops drinking, it’s cause for rejoicing. Unfortunately, sobriety is not guaranteed to last. It takes hard work and commitment and a keen eye for dangers. One danger to the non-drinking alcoholic is the dry drunk, a set of habits and attit...	John	12	737	Mar 7, 2013 by RubyTues
	These few words have done wonders. (Preview) Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound, That saved a wretch like me.... I once was lost but now am found, Was blind, but now, I see.	ghostman1960	7	351	Mar 7, 2013 by Sports dude
	Today's Gift 03-07 (Preview) Courage: The power to let go of the familiar. --Raymond Lindquist Some days our recovery demands giant doses of courage. It is so hard to let go of slippery people, places, and things. We still miss our old using friends. Knowing that they're not good for us doesn't take the missing away. We feel like we...	Pythonpappy	1	172	Mar 7, 2013 by Picaposie
	The Car and the Snow (and the wife) (Preview) On a bitterly cold winter's morning a husband and wife in the North Hills of Pittsburgh were listening to the radio during breakfast. They heard the announcer say, "We are going to have 8 to 10 inches of snow today. You must park your car on the even-numbered side of the street, so snowpl...	Pythonpappy	1	260	Mar 7, 2013 by tomsteve
	Today's Gift 03-06 (Preview) I can change only myself, but sometimes that is enough. --Ruth Humlecker Happiness is more fleeting for some of us than for others. We may ponder this notion but fail to grasp the reason. However, careful attention to how "the happy ones" go through life will enlighten us. We will note how s...	Pythonpappy	1	183	Mar 7, 2013 by Mike B.
	Congrats on 5 years Pappy! (Preview) You're a real gift to this message board. Thank you for all the time you've spent listening, suggesting the right path, making us laugh and being here day or night when ever anyone really needs some one to be here. It has meant the world to me and I'm so happy for you! Congrats on your 5 years! You're a...	justadrunk	24	689	Mar 7, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Broke Down (Preview) I broke down crying this afternoon while at my daughters house. Her boyfriend whom she lives with ended up stoned off his head. I had a melt down. On the way out I told her I won't be going back there while they are doing that. Her younger siblings don't need to be around it either. After leaving I had an urge...	Tracey C	9	444	Mar 7, 2013 by turninggrey
	Life Insurance Form Question "Have you ever been a member of AA?" (Preview) I understand the importance of rigorous honesty and all that jazz but that question is getting a big fat "NO". I'm not screwing up my chances of ensuring my family is taken care of by answering that question truthfully. I guess some people need to learn the definition of "anonymous&q...	Sober McHappy	15	4811	Mar 7, 2013 by AlcoHater
	Keeping track of sober "time" (Preview) This is a rather silly question, but how do/did you set your milestones? Example: for six months sober- did you just celebrate it on the same date of the month but six months later? Or did you plot out like the 182nd/183rd day and just make that the day? All in all, sorta trivial but I'm just curious...	Dodsworth	18	1094	Mar 7, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	First edition 1st print Big Book for sale on Ebay AA 1st edition 1st print Big Book Tom Original 1939 (Preview) http://www.ebay.com/itm/261179679930?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649	ron603	3	4190	Mar 7, 2013 by Rob84
	Just gratitude. (Preview) There is much to be grateful for. When my prayer moved from petition to thanksgiving, I found such peace, despite my circumstances. Therefore my prayer is for you, my brothers and sisters. May God be with you as you travel this road of recovery.	gonee	6	277	Mar 7, 2013 by leeu
	A great day to be sober (Preview) Ive been thinking a lot lately about gratitude. Though I try to balance things, and am getting better at this, there are days when I tend towards beating up on myself. We have all been there. When I'm feeling this coming on- ok, I'm usually already thick into it before I realize what I'm doing... I make a q...	Col	14	731	Mar 6, 2013 by mrpeel
	Grapevine (Preview) March 6 "AA isn't for the people who need it or for the people who want it; it's for the people who are willing to do the work to get it."	Mike B.	1	168	Mar 6, 2013 by Jerry F
	Sponsorship (Preview) So here's a brief synopsis of my history. I had 15 years of sobriety and quit going to meetings, working the program, etc.... I relapsed for five years and through God's good graces, re-entered the program. I should be dead. I now have 10 months again and got a new sponsor. Today he tells me to not raise my...	B4-2MARO	20	425	Mar 6, 2013 by Tanin
	selfish...self-centered (Preview) Just curious.... Is selfish and sel-centered a part of the disease or a moral issue?	Picaposie	7	3415	Mar 6, 2013 by AlcoHater
	AA and NA retreat. (Preview) I just got back from a weekend 4&5th step retreat, which our group combined both the alcoholics and drug addicts. It was such a wonderful experience and a huge eye opener for me. Mostly it was laughter, fun and games, underneath all the seriousness that was shared. One of our members had to be rushe...	gonee	3	439	Mar 6, 2013 by Col
	6 Months !! (Preview) 6 Months today, could not make my home group meeting tonight, night shift sucks!!! Will be able to make home group meeting on Tue night for my chip. Older friend with 30 yrs. sobriety has ordered me a copper 6 month chip, I think he is as excited about it as I am. He is a very close friend that I have met throu...	joby	17	366	Mar 5, 2013 by Tanin
	Tested (Preview) Tonight I am going to be in a situation that I haven't been in for awhile. I have to attend a 60th birthday party for my best friend. It is going to be in a private dining room of a local restaurant. Of course there is going to be alcohol. I'm not worried about a slip. My HP will be right by my side. But it is still...	Rebecca51	6	394	Mar 5, 2013 by neely
	Today's Gift 03-05 (Preview) The art of life is to show your hand. --C.V. Lucas Newcomer I've been thinking about talking to another sponsor. Not to replace you - our relationship is important to me, and I get a lot from it - but in addition to you. Sponsor We're lucky to have such an abundance of sober experience in this fellowship. T...	Pythonpappy	2	193	Mar 5, 2013 by Picaposie
	Grapevine (Preview) March 5 "Today, the two most important things in recovery for me are willingness and action ... Today, I have a smile that I can offer other alcoholics."	Mike B.	3	171	Mar 5, 2013 by Picaposie
	feeling alone (Preview) getting old ,having health problems & feeling family no longer wants me	ellie	11	386	Mar 5, 2013 by Sober McHappy
	The Dash ... ... ... What's in your's? (Preview) This is beautiful and has a lot for us to think about!!! ... enjoy!	Pythonpappy	0	291	Mar 5, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Old TV Trivia Question --- I missed it! (Preview) I don't think any amount of beer I drank back then made her look like this ... !!! ... How 'bout you older farts out there??? ... (we are not a glum lot!) Can you guess who this blonde beauty is? Look closely and after you guess or give up, scroll down below the photo. SCROLL DOWN ...	Pythonpappy	0	266	Mar 4, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Rejected (Preview) I realized a while ago that I've been going to all topic meetings this whole year. It must be the thing to do at 6:30 when I can get to meetings! LOL So the past month or so I've been making a point to go to a step meeting on Sunday nights while my husband goes to alanon in the same church. I've enjoyed hearin...	justadrunk	13	423	Mar 5, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) March 4, 2013 Quote of the Week "Keep the lesson, but throw away the experience." Boy this quote gave me a jolt when I first heard it. For years I'd been so wrapped up in the drama of my life, I never stopped to look at what I could have learned from it. Events seemed to descend on me, each like...	Pythonpappy	0	267	Mar 4, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	A question regarding a physical symptom (Preview) During the last year or so of my drinking I used to wake up in the middle of the night completely soaked in perspiration. It didn't matter what I'd been drinking or how much (it was always a lot) but I could pretty much set my watch to it that I'd be awake a few hours after passing out and as wet as if I'd taken a s...	Sober McHappy	6	515	Mar 5, 2013 by ChristineG
	Not broke? Don't fix it!! (Preview) "Two or three years ago the Central Office asked the groups to list their membership rules and send them in. After they arrived we set them all down. They took a great many sheets of paper. A little reflection upon these many rules brough...	leeu	2	256	Mar 5, 2013 by Jerry F
	Helping others -- how much is too much? (Preview) I have 4 months of sobriety. I first got sober in 2009 and went back out but now I am back with a great sponsor and working a good program. At my home group I have some friends who I have known since I got sober the first time. One of these friends (Sally) is going through a really tough time personally w...	Rebecca51	9	618	Mar 4, 2013 by Rebecca51
	Today's Gift 03-04 (Preview) Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul And sings the tune without the words And never stops at all. --Emily DickinsonWe often hum and sing to ourselves because it makes us feel content. It is the melody itself that makes us feel good--words and thoughts do not matter.Having hope for ou...	Pythonpappy	1	214	Mar 4, 2013 by justadrunk
	MandM is back with Relpase, now to start writting recovery. (Preview) After another week long journey of trueling partying like a rockstar, I am back. I give up I quit I can't drink no matter how much I say I think i can. Alot of your where very very right about controlled drinking.	mandm	19	556	Mar 4, 2013 by chris
	The 12 Rewards (Preview) A gentleman in my sunday night meeting just recently took one of his sponsees to visit Akron, OH and he met a man who gave him a stack of these cards that he passed out to everyone at the meeting. On one side it has the 12 steps and on the other it has the 12 rewards... 1. Hope instead of desperation 2. Faith in...	brokenrecord	5	3700	Mar 4, 2013 by Sports dude
	Service... Aka attitude adjustment (Preview) One of the great gifts of sobriety for me is clarity. Clarity in regards to many things, but most profoundly in terms of recognizing character defects within myself and either accepting or working on changing these. I'm pretty honest with myself. Ok- I'm very selfish. I carry a lot of self- centered f...	Col	5	378	Mar 4, 2013 by pinkchip
	Neophyte to the Rescue (Preview) Thank you again so much for the recipe you gave me for the Peanutbutter Pie ... ummmmm ... it's heaven on a spoon ... Just wanted everyone out here on the board to know that you are an angel ... you remembered my wife loves Butterfinger candy bars and thought to send me this recipe ... WOW ... it doesn't get...	Pythonpappy	0	337	Mar 4, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Mail from Kendra L (Preview) I've been debating with myself as to whether or not to post this ... I won, so I'm going to post an email I got from Kendra today ... she said to say hello to the group here ... Okay, for those of you who remember Kendra, from about May/June of last year, she kept coming back with new board names because she k...	Pythonpappy	0	274	Mar 3, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Keeping it simple... (Preview) I do some hobby construction, and I am trying to finish up another house project. It seems like this job should be easy after finishing the last job 10 days ago, but I am really having trouble getting it done. I have an advanced plan that includes painting and flooring then trim work, and they are all laid...	turninggrey	8	361	Mar 4, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Fourth Step (Preview) Getting ready to start this and I would reaally appreciate some advice? My sponsor gave me four colomns - resentments - fears - harm to others - sexual conduct. She alsoc told me to read chapter 5 in the big book, which i did, but I didnt get much out of it. Mind you I don't have an awful horror story like th...	brokenrecord	10	610	Mar 4, 2013 by Sports dude
	Today's Gift 03-03 (Preview) Trying to ignore our worries only pushes them underground. Pretending we are not anxious, when we are, is a tactic that fools no one, especially not ourselves. Attempting to deny or repress our fears and worries does not work. The result is often depression or a physical ailment, indicating that in o...	Pythonpappy	0	216	Mar 3, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Nature, nurture, or both? (Preview) Growing up, I really had no exposure to booze. My parents never drank around us, if at all. It wasn't mentioned, there was no booze in our house. I was pretty sheltered from it. I truly didn't know it existed until I began drinking myself at 12. 'Dry drunk' was a term used by my mother to describe my father....	Col	10	320	Mar 4, 2013 by Fyne Spirit
	Weekly (Preview) So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. -2 Corinthians 4:18Weekly QuoteBy perseverance the snail reached the ark. -C. H. SpurgeonWeekly ThoughtA woman planted a rare rosebush, fussed over it, fertilized it, watered...	Pythonpappy	1	200	Mar 3, 2013 by Frodo
	On the worry train... (Preview) It has been a trying week so far but that's life. My pen-pal in the UK wrote and told me one day that he wasn't feeling well and I haven't heard from him since. Then today (yesterday now) my daughter had to be taken to the hospital and we're still not sure what's wrong. I breathe in and I breathe out and I don't...	Picaposie	11	409	Mar 3, 2013 by Picaposie
	Who is Jack Schitt? ... ... ... We are not a glum lot!!! (Preview) WHO IS JACK SCHITT?????? For some time many of us have wondered just who is Jack Schitt? We find ourselves at a loss when someone says, 'You don't know Jack Schitt!' Well, thanks to genealogy efforts, you can now respond in an intellectual way. Jack Schitt is the only son of Awe Schitt. Awe Schitt was mar...	Pythonpappy	2	361	Mar 3, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	The Bottle of Wine (Preview) THE BOTTLE OF WINE For all of us who are married, were married, wish you were married, or wish you weren't married, this is something to smile about the next time you see a bottle of wine: Sally was driving home from one of her business trips in Northern Arizona when she saw an elderly Navajo woman walkin...	Pythonpappy	1	273	Mar 3, 2013 by vixen
	When did you become who you are (Preview) There's a church reader board I drive by pretty much daily. I usually glance at it. Sometimes it's announcing a new group or meeting, kids programs, or an inspirational message. One day last week, for only one day, it had the question "When did you become who you are?" Two years ago I probabl...	nezyb	6	411	Mar 3, 2013 by vixen
	New sponsor (Preview) Doing the steps again with a new sponsor. Her and I are the same age - but she's been sober 9 years. She had drifted away from the program for the past year or so - which is why I'd never met her. She popped into the meeting the other day, and I commented on how much I liked her boots. We spoke in the parking l...	justadrunk	10	323	Mar 3, 2013 by vixen
	3 days... (Preview) I've been sick in bed with my computer, my remote, my books and my bottle of advil by my side. I've gone through the sweats a few times, and they really reminded me of the sweats I had quite often through the night in my drinking life. I have the sore throat that feels like barbwire stapled to your uvula aft...	justadrunk	7	336	Mar 3, 2013 by StPeteDean
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