Alcoholics Anonymous

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"God. Thank you for blessing me with one more day. This is the best day ever." - D. Ernest Green

Mike B. · Mike B.

October 3 "The measure of my sobriety isn't the distance between now and the last drink -- the measure of my sobriety is the distance between now and the next drink."

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

The lust of power is not rooted in strength, but in weakness. --Erich FrommWe believed alcohol or other drugs could help us control our happiness. But now we're learning to rely on faith for our happiness. Faith is about leaving things to our Higher Power's control. Instead of wanting the control ou...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Weekly Quote"I have found the paradox that if I love until it hurts, then there is no hurt, but only more love." -Mother TeresaWeekly ThoughtAuthor Leo Buscaglia told about a contest he was asked to judge. The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child. The winner was a four-y...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving and that's your own self." - Aldous Huxly

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

The seed of God is in us. Pear seeds grow into pear trees, nut seeds into nut trees, and God seeds into God.--Meister EckhartOften we may feel critical and judgmental about our maturity or personality. When we read we have God seeds within us, we may find that difficult to believe. How can we have the God...

Mike B. · Mike B.

October 2 "We can always come up with a reason to drink. The secret is, how many reasons can we come up with to stay sober?"

Closer · Closer

Hi, Just returning to online AA. Coming back mainly to support those who are still sick, doing well thanks to program and others Ive met. Brian

bikerbill · bikerbill

We have a young man here, Paul Gascoigne - I'm not breaking his anonymity here - he was hte willing subject of a three month documentary covering his contiuing battle with alcoholism so the sstrap line read. Gazza is 45 years old and has been a drunk for years and years. He's very wealthy and used to be a st...

hhwoman · hhwoman

he's having more frequent seizures and hospitalizations

mandm · mandm

Hello everyone its been awhile since I've started a thread. I've been clean and sober now for about 6 months now, much thanks to my girlfriend who had a huge influence on this, her religion prohibits the drinking of alcohol and she has been a great influence for me. However I'm stuck in a bit of a proble...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

September 30, 2013 Quote of the Week "The minute I take control,that's when I lose control." I used to try to control my drinking and using all the time. I'd give myself a limit as to how many drinks I would have; I'd practice drinking a glass of water between cocktails; I wou...

franky · franky

im trying to go to rehab in mn and i need some help getting threre

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly." - John F. KennedyPlease look at this quote in the context it was written ... if we never try, then we never grow ...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

THE EVOLVING RELATIONSHIP.... open up to hope and new possibilities...Some mornings we may awaken filled with thoughts of what is wrong in our lives. Perhaps we obsess about our failures or the limits of our relationships. If we let ourselves sink into self-loathing, we build a wall that separates...

Mike B. · Mike B.

October 1 "Keeping a Tenth Step journal about my day-to-day life, my relations with other people, and the stuff that still roiled around in my head helped me see patterns in my thoughts and behavior, which I could discuss with my sponsor. And once I began to sit quietly, reflect on what I'd writ...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Okay, most of you know me pretty well by now, well, my sponsor knows me even better ... LOL ... so when I was having a 'bad' day a couple weeks ago, my sponsor told me this new slogan that helped 'turn my day around' ... thought I would share it since the thread about 'gossip' recently appeared ... "Do...

RubyTues · RubyTues

The other day a friend of mine (in the program) told me she thought it would be good for me to go to more meetings. I felt a bit bristly at her suggestion and had some 'I know what's best for me' 'who does she think she is' thoughts but I decided to get past me controlling things and being right and really thoug...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing. --Albert SchweitzerThroughout our life we've been influenced by other people's behavior and opinions. Many of us were influenced by very poor examples in earlier years. And we may have to pray for help rather than continuing...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Welcome to MIP Heidi, ... ... ... We're glad you found us ... and it is my knowledge and belief that in God's sight, 'everyone' IS important ... sorry, I just had to get that out ... I sincerely hope that you will continue to share your thoughts and your story with us here ... We are here to accomplish one thi...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"The currents that determine our dreams and shape our lives flow from the attitudes we nurture every day" - Author Unknown

Mike B. · Mike B.

September 30 "Since today marks not only the last day of my life to this date, but also the first day of the rest of my life, and since I have come to believe that the best is yet to come, I think today has been my best day sober."

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"A vision is not just a picture of what could be; it is an appeal to our better selves, a call to become something more." - Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

To love is to place our happiness in the happiness of another.--G. Wilhelm LeibnizTo desire personal happiness is normal and healthy. Most of our plans, choices, and dreams about the present and future regarding jobs, relationships, and hoped-for achievements are geared to make us happy. It's ne...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Sorry, I got this one very late in the day ... plus, I been busy ... better late than never I always say!!! "I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past." - Thomas Jefferson

justadrunk · justadrunk

I was a vocal major in college. I was trained to sing operatic type stuff mostly. The professors were always telling me to translate the words into English so I knew what I was singing about. That work was assigned in the hope that I would then be able to put emotion into it. Well, I would translate the w...

JayBee · JayBee

Just joined though I have been in and out of AA fora couple of years. I really want to be the person I feel I am inside but drink stops me. I am to all intents sober, I don't drink socially or with friends but do still sneak booze when I think I can get away with it, even at work. I'm terrified of losing everythin...

jj · jj

hi all, i have been checking out the different posts... just read about AA gossip. gossip is so destructive. each person has to decide for their own growth to stop it or walk away from it. if it builds someone up, it is not gossip. if it builds the teller up at someone elses expense it is gossip. t...

pinkchip · pinkchip

HP has a funny way of presenting opportunities. I reconnected with an old friend on facebook messaging. Someone who I counted days with in the first year and we have drifted some since our meetings don't over lap now. He asked me to speak at a meeting next Friday night. The meeting has moved sites bu...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Practice being spontaneous. Practice having fun. The joy of recovery is that we finally get to experiment. We get to learn new behaviors, and we don't have to do them perfectly. We only need to find a way that works for us. We even have fun experimenting, learning what we like, and how to do what we like....

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Let go of the fear. Feel it, and then breathe it out. Let go of the frustration, the overwhelmed feelings, and the panic. Quiet yourself. Then pick one task, one simple thing to do. Then focus on only that. Or go to your calendar and circle today. Today is the only day you've got, and today is enough. Actio...

Mike B. · Mike B.

September 27 "Always a heady wine, success may sometimes cause us to forget that each of us lives on borrowed time."

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." - Maya Angelou

Angell · Angell

As many of you know, I have become disabled and can no longer work. I am awaiting Social Security disability benefits but that can take forever. In the meantime, my wife and I have been doing our best to make ends meet and my higher power has been picking up our slack. Sunday my wife was injured at work a...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have." - Thomas A. Edison

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Self-knowledge and self-improvement are very difficult for most people. It usually needs great courage and long struggle.--Abraham MaslowThis is a simple program but it isn't easy. We cannot take the principles we learn and thereby possess them as if we were taking a class or reading a book. We nee...

Jackson · Jackson

In my home group we are torn as to whether to offer White Red Blue chips to newcomers, or not? Half of the group says Yes, it has helped them to stay sober and reminded them to surrender. The other half says absolutely not, because it's a token instead of Gods message and braeks traditions. So, the other ...

Mike B. · Mike B.

September 26 "The beauty of sobriety is that sometimes I am the one supported, and other times the one supporting. One act helps destroy my ego, the other my self-centeredness. I need to practice both actions if I want to survive"

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

I don't think you're suddenly going to begin to look at the world with new eyes when you're 80 if you haven't been doing it when you're 30. --Janice Clark We are creatures of habit as evidenced by our getting stuck in old viewpoints long after they have quit serving us. However, that fact doesn't restric...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

September 23, 2013 Quote of the Week "The less full of ourselves we are, the more room there is for others." During my first year of recovery I worked as a municipal bond broker, and I hated every minute of it and barely made enough money to survive. As I drove to a meeting one night I was obs...

Moserak · Moserak

Hello, I have been clean for over two years now and going strong, but my parents disowned me when I was drinking heavy six years ago and probably said things I do not remember, and I know you cannot take back. We live on separate coasts (east/west). Any suggestions at all on how to reconnect and prove al...

CaitKelly · CaitKelly

So I'm new here.. And after reading some posts I guess the thing to do is tell you a little bit about myself.... My name is Caitlyn, and I am an alcoholic. (Typing that sentence wasn't as hard as I thought it was going to be!) I am only 25, and I feel like this just isn't supposed to be happening to me. It ha...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes." - Marcel Proust

Mike B. · Mike B.

September 25 "Those little maxims 'Easy Does It' and 'Live and Let Live' have come to be deeply meaningful and significant."

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

When one door closes, fortune will usually open another. -- Fernando De Rojas Sometimes, especially in early recovery, we concentrate on our losses instead of our gains. We see a chapter in our life closing, and we mourn. We must leave some friends behind, or say good-bye to a social life we enjoyed. W...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves, to break our own records, to outstrip our yesterday by outperforming today" - Stuart B. Johnson To me this means to achieve another day of sobriety, to add another day being sober is to break my personal rec...

Mike B. · Mike B.

September 24 "While we readily share our views, perhaps one of the nicest things about the AA program is that we don't always have to agree with each other."

Fyne Spirit · Fyne Spirit

Hi all! This probably comes form a "strange mental blank spot" but I was thinking that the Big Book doesn't (and I stand to be corrected) place any importance on being sponsored, but does place great importance on being a sponsor (Into Action, A Vision for You)."Thus we grow. And so c...

Stepchild · Stepchild

It's great to have you with us.

stayhumble · stayhumble

I know things like this typically come up in meetings and such, but I'm from Louisville, KY and the AA support here is great. I know everyone is different but we have meetings everyday, all day. Our local website (louisvilleaa.org) lists 446 meetings in the Louisville Area. All within about a 20 m...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "God. Thank you for blessing me with one more day. This is the best day ever." - D. Ernest Green	Pythonpappy	1	318	Oct 3, 2013 by Mike B.
	Grapevine (Preview) October 3 "The measure of my sobriety isn't the distance between now and the last drink -- the measure of my sobriety is the distance between now and the next drink."	Mike B.	1	294	Oct 3, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift (Preview) The lust of power is not rooted in strength, but in weakness. --Erich FrommWe believed alcohol or other drugs could help us control our happiness. But now we're learning to rely on faith for our happiness. Faith is about leaving things to our Higher Power's control. Instead of wanting the control ou...	Pythonpappy	1	358	Oct 3, 2013 by Mike B.
	Weekly Thought (Preview) Weekly Quote"I have found the paradox that if I love until it hurts, then there is no hurt, but only more love." -Mother TeresaWeekly ThoughtAuthor Leo Buscaglia told about a contest he was asked to judge. The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child. The winner was a four-y...	Pythonpappy	2	294	Oct 3, 2013 by betterthanyesterday52
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving and that's your own self." - Aldous Huxly	Pythonpappy	0	291	Oct 2, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift (Preview) The seed of God is in us. Pear seeds grow into pear trees, nut seeds into nut trees, and God seeds into God.--Meister EckhartOften we may feel critical and judgmental about our maturity or personality. When we read we have God seeds within us, we may find that difficult to believe. How can we have the God...	Pythonpappy	0	378	Oct 2, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Grapevine (Preview) October 2 "We can always come up with a reason to drink. The secret is, how many reasons can we come up with to stay sober?"	Mike B.	1	338	Oct 2, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Returning to online forums. (Preview) Hi, Just returning to online AA. Coming back mainly to support those who are still sick, doing well thanks to program and others Ive met. Brian	Closer	8	443	Oct 2, 2013 by Jerry F
	Being Paul Gascoigne (Preview) We have a young man here, Paul Gascoigne - I'm not breaking his anonymity here - he was hte willing subject of a three month documentary covering his contiuing battle with alcoholism so the sstrap line read. Gazza is 45 years old and has been a drunk for years and years. He's very wealthy and used to be a st...	bikerbill	6	3522	Oct 2, 2013 by RubyTues
	anyone have any convincing "shock value" ideas for a young family friend who's so so sick (Preview) he's having more frequent seizures and hospitalizations	hhwoman	5	863	Oct 2, 2013 by Rob84
	restoring trust (Preview) Hello everyone its been awhile since I've started a thread. I've been clean and sober now for about 6 months now, much thanks to my girlfriend who had a huge influence on this, her religion prohibits the drinking of alcohol and she has been a great influence for me. However I'm stuck in a bit of a proble...	mandm	20	886	Oct 1, 2013 by mandm
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) September 30, 2013 Quote of the Week "The minute I take control,that's when I lose control." I used to try to control my drinking and using all the time. I'd give myself a limit as to how many drinks I would have; I'd practice drinking a glass of water between cocktails; I wou...	Pythonpappy	6	414	Oct 1, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	help (Preview) im trying to go to rehab in mn and i need some help getting threre	franky	3	429	Oct 1, 2013 by justadrunk
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly." - John F. KennedyPlease look at this quote in the context it was written ... if we never try, then we never grow ...	Pythonpappy	2	310	Oct 1, 2013 by Random68
	Today's Gift (Preview) THE EVOLVING RELATIONSHIP.... open up to hope and new possibilities...Some mornings we may awaken filled with thoughts of what is wrong in our lives. Perhaps we obsess about our failures or the limits of our relationships. If we let ourselves sink into self-loathing, we build a wall that separates...	Pythonpappy	1	302	Oct 1, 2013 by Mike B.
	Grapevine (Preview) October 1 "Keeping a Tenth Step journal about my day-to-day life, my relations with other people, and the stuff that still roiled around in my head helped me see patterns in my thoughts and behavior, which I could discuss with my sponsor. And once I began to sit quietly, reflect on what I'd writ...	Mike B.	1	300	Oct 1, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	I learned a new slogan from my sponsor! (Preview) Okay, most of you know me pretty well by now, well, my sponsor knows me even better ... LOL ... so when I was having a 'bad' day a couple weeks ago, my sponsor told me this new slogan that helped 'turn my day around' ... thought I would share it since the thread about 'gossip' recently appeared ... "Do...	Pythonpappy	8	527	Oct 1, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	How has the program been at work in your life lately? (Preview) The other day a friend of mine (in the program) told me she thought it would be good for me to go to more meetings. I felt a bit bristly at her suggestion and had some 'I know what's best for me' 'who does she think she is' thoughts but I decided to get past me controlling things and being right and really thoug...	RubyTues	11	583	Oct 1, 2013 by tomsteve
	Today's Gift (Preview) Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing. --Albert SchweitzerThroughout our life we've been influenced by other people's behavior and opinions. Many of us were influenced by very poor examples in earlier years. And we may have to pray for help rather than continuing...	Pythonpappy	2	385	Sep 30, 2013 by Stepchild
	Welcome 'nooneimportant' (Preview) Welcome to MIP Heidi, ... ... ... We're glad you found us ... and it is my knowledge and belief that in God's sight, 'everyone' IS important ... sorry, I just had to get that out ... I sincerely hope that you will continue to share your thoughts and your story with us here ... We are here to accomplish one thi...	Pythonpappy	2	361	Sep 30, 2013 by Stepchild
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "The currents that determine our dreams and shape our lives flow from the attitudes we nurture every day" - Author Unknown	Pythonpappy	1	284	Sep 30, 2013 by Mike B.
	Grapevine (Preview) September 30 "Since today marks not only the last day of my life to this date, but also the first day of the rest of my life, and since I have come to believe that the best is yet to come, I think today has been my best day sober."	Mike B.	1	313	Sep 30, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "A vision is not just a picture of what could be; it is an appeal to our better selves, a call to become something more." - Rosabeth Moss Kanter	Pythonpappy	0	292	Sep 29, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift (Preview) To love is to place our happiness in the happiness of another.--G. Wilhelm LeibnizTo desire personal happiness is normal and healthy. Most of our plans, choices, and dreams about the present and future regarding jobs, relationships, and hoped-for achievements are geared to make us happy. It's ne...	Pythonpappy	0	263	Sep 29, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) Sorry, I got this one very late in the day ... plus, I been busy ... better late than never I always say!!! "I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past." - Thomas Jefferson	Pythonpappy	3	388	Sep 29, 2013 by nooneimportant
	Looking back to an early post on a day of celebration in sobriety : ) (Preview) I was a vocal major in college. I was trained to sing operatic type stuff mostly. The professors were always telling me to translate the words into English so I knew what I was singing about. That work was assigned in the hope that I would then be able to put emotion into it. Well, I would translate the w...	justadrunk	6	537	Sep 29, 2013 by StPeteDean
	Hello (Preview) Just joined though I have been in and out of AA fora couple of years. I really want to be the person I feel I am inside but drink stops me. I am to all intents sober, I don't drink socially or with friends but do still sneak booze when I think I can get away with it, even at work. I'm terrified of losing everythin...	JayBee	10	537	Sep 29, 2013 by Mr_David
	Read this today (Preview) hi all, i have been checking out the different posts... just read about AA gossip. gossip is so destructive. each person has to decide for their own growth to stop it or walk away from it. if it builds someone up, it is not gossip. if it builds the teller up at someone elses expense it is gossip. t...	jj	3	469	Sep 28, 2013 by betterthanyesterday52
	Qualifying (Preview) HP has a funny way of presenting opportunities. I reconnected with an old friend on facebook messaging. Someone who I counted days with in the first year and we have drifted some since our meetings don't over lap now. He asked me to speak at a meeting next Friday night. The meeting has moved sites bu...	pinkchip	10	1683	Sep 28, 2013 by Stepchild
	Today's Gift (Preview) Practice being spontaneous. Practice having fun. The joy of recovery is that we finally get to experiment. We get to learn new behaviors, and we don't have to do them perfectly. We only need to find a way that works for us. We even have fun experimenting, learning what we like, and how to do what we like....	Pythonpappy	0	318	Sep 28, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift (Preview) Let go of the fear. Feel it, and then breathe it out. Let go of the frustration, the overwhelmed feelings, and the panic. Quiet yourself. Then pick one task, one simple thing to do. Then focus on only that. Or go to your calendar and circle today. Today is the only day you've got, and today is enough. Actio...	Pythonpappy	1	380	Sep 28, 2013 by Mr_David
	Grapevine (Preview) September 27 "Always a heady wine, success may sometimes cause us to forget that each of us lives on borrowed time."	Mike B.	2	284	Sep 28, 2013 by Mr_David
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." - Maya Angelou	Pythonpappy	2	387	Sep 28, 2013 by Mr_David
	Ch-ch-ch-changes (Preview) As many of you know, I have become disabled and can no longer work. I am awaiting Social Security disability benefits but that can take forever. In the meantime, my wife and I have been doing our best to make ends meet and my higher power has been picking up our slack. Sunday my wife was injured at work a...	Angell	9	630	Sep 26, 2013 by StPeteDean
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have." - Thomas A. Edison	Pythonpappy	2	321	Sep 27, 2013 by jj
	Today's Gift (Preview) Self-knowledge and self-improvement are very difficult for most people. It usually needs great courage and long struggle.--Abraham MaslowThis is a simple program but it isn't easy. We cannot take the principles we learn and thereby possess them as if we were taking a class or reading a book. We nee...	Pythonpappy	1	254	Sep 26, 2013 by Mike B.
	In my home group we are torn as to whether or not to offer White Red Blue chips to newcomers? (Preview) In my home group we are torn as to whether to offer White Red Blue chips to newcomers, or not? Half of the group says Yes, it has helped them to stay sober and reminded them to surrender. The other half says absolutely not, because it's a token instead of Gods message and braeks traditions. So, the other ...	Jackson	14	698	Sep 26, 2013 by tomsteve
	Grapevine (Preview) September 26 "The beauty of sobriety is that sometimes I am the one supported, and other times the one supporting. One act helps destroy my ego, the other my self-centeredness. I need to practice both actions if I want to survive"	Mike B.	1	352	Sep 26, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift (Preview) I don't think you're suddenly going to begin to look at the world with new eyes when you're 80 if you haven't been doing it when you're 30. --Janice Clark We are creatures of habit as evidenced by our getting stuck in old viewpoints long after they have quit serving us. However, that fact doesn't restric...	Pythonpappy	2	336	Sep 25, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) September 23, 2013 Quote of the Week "The less full of ourselves we are, the more room there is for others." During my first year of recovery I worked as a municipal bond broker, and I hated every minute of it and barely made enough money to survive. As I drove to a meeting one night I was obs...	Pythonpappy	2	515	Sep 25, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Reconnet to my parents that disowned me?! (Preview) Hello, I have been clean for over two years now and going strong, but my parents disowned me when I was drinking heavy six years ago and probably said things I do not remember, and I know you cannot take back. We live on separate coasts (east/west). Any suggestions at all on how to reconnect and prove al...	Moserak	11	712	Sep 25, 2013 by Mike D
	First Timer... (Preview) So I'm new here.. And after reading some posts I guess the thing to do is tell you a little bit about myself.... My name is Caitlyn, and I am an alcoholic. (Typing that sentence wasn't as hard as I thought it was going to be!) I am only 25, and I feel like this just isn't supposed to be happening to me. It ha...	CaitKelly	21	943	Sep 25, 2013 by Mike D
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes." - Marcel Proust	Pythonpappy	1	295	Sep 25, 2013 by Mike B.
	Grapevine (Preview) September 25 "Those little maxims 'Easy Does It' and 'Live and Let Live' have come to be deeply meaningful and significant."	Mike B.	1	285	Sep 25, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift (Preview) When one door closes, fortune will usually open another. -- Fernando De Rojas Sometimes, especially in early recovery, we concentrate on our losses instead of our gains. We see a chapter in our life closing, and we mourn. We must leave some friends behind, or say good-bye to a social life we enjoyed. W...	Pythonpappy	2	452	Sep 25, 2013 by RubyTues
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves, to break our own records, to outstrip our yesterday by outperforming today" - Stuart B. Johnson To me this means to achieve another day of sobriety, to add another day being sober is to break my personal rec...	Pythonpappy	1	493	Sep 24, 2013 by Mike B.
	Grapevine (Preview) September 24 "While we readily share our views, perhaps one of the nicest things about the AA program is that we don't always have to agree with each other."	Mike B.	1	445	Sep 24, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	THE BIG BOOK AND SPONSORSHIP (Preview) Hi all! This probably comes form a "strange mental blank spot" but I was thinking that the Big Book doesn't (and I stand to be corrected) place any importance on being sponsored, but does place great importance on being a sponsor (Into Action, A Vision for You)."Thus we grow. And so c...	Fyne Spirit	2	2247	Sep 24, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Welcome To MIP Lins.... (Preview) It's great to have you with us.	Stepchild	2	393	Sep 24, 2013 by mikef
	How Much Support Is Available In Your Area (Preview) I know things like this typically come up in meetings and such, but I'm from Louisville, KY and the AA support here is great. I know everyone is different but we have meetings everyday, all day. Our local website (louisvilleaa.org) lists 446 meetings in the Louisville Area. All within about a 20 m...	stayhumble	19	1034	Sep 24, 2013 by Pythonpappy
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