Alcoholics Anonymous

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

September 16, 2013 Quote of the Week "Once you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change." I've always heard that alcoholism is a disease of perception. For example, when I first got sober I kept hearing that it was a disease, but I never really saw it that way. Once I s...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

How important is it? The young man in the meeting was very angry and upset. His lawnmower had broken down. He was having a cookout in his back yard that evening, the yard "looked terrible," and he'd paid a lot of money for that mower! After he went on for some time, an older woman gently interru...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"Many things will catch your eye, but only a few will catch your heart; pursue them." - Author Unknown

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness." - Napoleon Hill

Mike B. · Mike B.

September 16 "Am I strong enough? Am I willing to commit my life and my heart at an even deeper level to doing whatever it takes to keep moving forward?"

billyjack · billyjack

Daily Reflections HOPE Do not be discouraged. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 60 Few experiences are of less value to me than fast sobriety. Too many times discouragement has been the bonus for unrealistic expectations, not to mention self-pity or fatigue from my wanting to change the world by the weeken...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"Was yesterday a disappointment? I am sorry. But this is another day. The earth has turned around since yesterday. Face the New Day with good cheer!" - Henry F. Henrichs

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes. --Abigail Van BurenHow did we get so convinced that our way is usually best? That surely didn't come from a lifetime of constant success. How did we get fixed in our thinking on a given issue? Not from a track record of first exploring all other al...

Col · Col

There's this guy I know. He was pretty instrumental to my realizing I was an alcoholic, and getting sober. He introduced me to AA. In and out of the program himself for over a decade, he knows how to talk the talk- an expert at manipulation. After distancing myself from him, I have recently had to interve...

justadrunk · justadrunk

God's love is everywhere, in everything no matter where I go. -- Edited by justadrunk on Sunday 15th of September 2013 07:00:47 AM

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"One day in retrospect the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful." - Sigmund Freud

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

When one knows Thee, then alien there is none, then no door is shut. Oh, grant me my prayer that I may never lose the touch of the one in the play of many. --Rabindranath TagoreWhen we make a person-to-person telephone call, we want to be connected with one particular person. If that person is not in, we ma...

Zoomtopz · Zoomtopz

Just curious , has anyone bought a house or car because of th st # or st name , or a car because of th rego # or letters . If so can you share . My current addy & has been for 18yrs , is 8493 . I thunk 8+4 & 9+3 = 12 X 12 . Had to be a Great place for an alkie . And I just told th Everloving it had a great view, but thu...

RubyTues · RubyTues

I remember my sponsor saying to me when we first met that I would be surprised at how EVERYTHING would change. My attitudes towards all sorts of things that had nothing to do with drinking. I sort of thought 'yeah, yeah, okay'. Well, I'm finding that to be true now (of course). I am really starting to doub...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Communicating when I finally gave up on my partner. He believed that the love of his life, if he ever found the Right One, would fill all the gaps of his own personality. She dreamed that her perfect match would always respond gently, never willfully. After the honeymoon phase they naturally began to f...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"Planning is bringing the future into the present so you can do something about it now." - Alan Lakein

Mike B. · Mike B.

September 13 "I am learning how to cope with life, people, and situations, not as I want them to be, but as they really are."

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Kid's Voices========Ever notice how a 4-year-old's voice is louder than 200 adultvoices?Several years ago, I returned home from a trip just when a stormhit, with crashing thunder and severe lightning.As I came into my bedroom about 2 a.m., I found my two childrenin bed with my wife, Karey, appare...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"A true friend never gets in your way, unless you happen to be going down." - Arnold Glasgow

Mike B. · Mike B.

September 12 "Ever so slowly, I could feel myself changing. Things that had seemed important were no longer important. There was inside me a warming, a softening, a stirring, as the petals of a rosebud stir almost imperceptibly into a blossom."

John · John

http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2013/09/10/dnt-thief-returns-money-12-years-later.wtvf.html

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"God Bless America"

Mike B. · Mike B.

September 11 "Alcoholics Anonymous has given me something of real value that I can share with others."

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

We don't always understand the ways of Almighty God (or your Higher Power)(I added that) - the crosses sent us, the sacrifices demanded . . . But we accept with faith and resignation the holy will with no looking back, and we are at peace. --Anonymous Acceptance of our past, acceptance of the conditio...

vixen · vixen

Two years...two amazing, challenging, awesome, soulful, enlightening years sober. I am still as tickled pink as I was when I picked up a one month chip, still as grateful and hopeful, but much less fearful. It's been quite the journey to get here. This past year has brought some sad good-byes but it h...

Jerry F · Jerry F

yet to be done. Elite's post created a bit more urgency because I've been waiting for assurance or maybe a guarantee(?) that "them and others wouldn't be hurt". I contacted the fellowship in that country for support so that I can start and then hand it back to HP for review and suggestio...

John · John

bikerbill · bikerbill

Because sometimes only a chickin tika calzone will do. There's summst on the tv miley cyrus....ain't that achy breaky heart cyrus' daughter? He must be so proud. Jees. Electronically 'enhanced' voice. Dressed like a stripper dancing like a pole dancer.i feel old. What's the world coming to.

Sober Strummer · Sober Strummer

One of the delusions I had when drinking is that I was a man of actions! Self destruction count? i knew I wanted many things and wanted them on my terms and immediately! truth is, most all did never happen. Hard to do more than dream from a barstool or sitting around the couch getting lit up. So I have noti...

Drunkenbitter · Drunkenbitter

I am in the revolving door of sobriety and relapse. I am in danger of losing my family, my job, everything. I nearly died from withdrawal in February of 2011. I've tried all of the drugs to combat my alcoholism. The only one that worked, Antibuse, nearly killed me faster than the alcohol. I am agnostic an...

mrpeel · mrpeel

I pointed to two old drunks across the bar and told my mate, "That will be us in ten years." He said, "That's a mirror, you dickhead!"

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

Sobrietyspell (Danielle) had a very close call of the medical kind, and is recovering from a procedure. Please send positive thoughts, prayers, her way. Thanks Dean

bikerbill · bikerbill

Had that nagging feeling yesterday. Yesterday was supposed to be significant and I couldn't think why. I felt disturbed all day. Worked hard. Was productive. Got things done. But felt edgy. Went to my home group. Met a man 69 days sober who toldd me he was living five minutes at a time because his head...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.--Hannah ArendtResentments keep us in the past, a past that can never be relived. Resentments keep a stranglehold on our mind. They keep us from appreciating the beauty of a moment. They stop us from hearing the loving voices of friends. We forget that we h...

elite2010 · elite2010

hey all im new here and just needed to vent i guess so here is my story and i guess i am looking for someone that has been in the place i am right now just to share some words on what helped them if that makes sense so to be 100% honest i am i guess a mean drunk ( never to my wife or kids ) just people around me i gues...

Violet260709 · Violet260709

Need help.../ advice/// reached out to a few ppl I know, not had any response A sponsee of mine and my boyfriend are becoming very friendly. (he's also AA, been around for a while but very much a newcomer) My jealousy is consuming me///// I think boundaries are being crossed and their friendship is not a...

Mike B. · Mike B.

September 10 "We who live in the haven of AA cling together with an intensity of purpose which the outside world seldom comprehends. The anarchy of the individual melts away. Self-love subsides and democracy becomes a reality. We begin to know true freedom of the spirit."

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Real love pours itself out upon the object of its affection, without demanding any return. --Florence Scovel Shinn Loving another wholly, purely, with no strings attached promises ecstasy, and yet seldom do we dare chance it. Often we want the promise of love in return if we're to offer it. Our fragi...

Mike B. · Mike B.

September 9 "When I'm willing to pay the price for top-shelf sobriety, 'action' is still the magic word."

Col · Col

So , I came up with the brilliant idea to quit smoking 3 weeks ago. I wonder now if this was a mistake LOL. I am irritable, depressed, anxious, resentful, angry, bitter, lonely... Pretty much runs the gamut of emotions associated with withdrawals. My maturity level has dropped down to about the age of 4...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"A true commitment is a heart-felt promise to yourself from which you will not back down." - David McNally

bikerbill · bikerbill

US alcoholics tend to have really good ideas and tend to act on impulse. April this year I had a really good idea - I bought a pedal cycle. First couple trips out less than 2 miles each, ended with me vomiting by the side of the road. But I perservered, because I wanted one day to go to a meeting on my pushie. In...

John · John

Boy meets girl on AA campus is a analogy in the AA Big Book, which points out that rarely does early recovery love relationships work out... here is why, I call it my version of Step 13.Boy; "She looked at me from across the hallway before the meetings started, I think she wants my body!"Friend; "have you...

mikef · mikef

Good morning and blessings of this day! I must have missed something here in the communications of this forum(I come here often) but reading through the posts this reminds me of one of my favorite spiritual readings. For me, one who in the past, could not utter a sentence without an expletive or som...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"Wanting something is not enough. You must hunger for it. Your motivation must be absolutely compelling in order to overcome the obstacles that will invariably come your way." - Les Brown

RubyTues · RubyTues

In many parts of Canada, cities have proclaimed September 8th to be Recovery Day and hold big rallies. This is I believe the second year of this movement: http://www.recoveryday.ca/ Happy Recovery Day, everyone!

stayhumble · stayhumble

I posted this in a response and just thought I'd share it as a new topic. Sometimes we get so caught up in the Steps we don't remember the Traditions. Tradition One- Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon A.A. unity. To me this tradition is very important in that "P...

RubyTues · RubyTues

I didn't go to a meeting for a couple of weeks. Almost three weeks, truth be told. It was a combination of an extremely busy time (I know, who isn't busy), a couple of illnesses, and some travel. I went to a meeting tonight and it was - of course - exactly where I needed to be. I shared, I met some great new peop...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

A.A. Thought for the DayLet us consider the term "spiritual experience" as given in Appendix II of the Big Book, Alcoholics Anonymous. A spiritual experience is something that brings about a personality change. By surrendering our lives to God as we understand Him, we are changed. The...

justadrunk · justadrunk

Friday, September 6, 2013You are reading from the book Today's GiftI never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun. Katharine Hepburn The first good news each day is that we wake up. We are breathing. Our hearts are beating, our minds working. The adventure of living begins. What does the day hol...

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	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) September 16, 2013 Quote of the Week "Once you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change." I've always heard that alcoholism is a disease of perception. For example, when I first got sober I kept hearing that it was a disease, but I never really saw it that way. Once I s...	Pythonpappy	2	365	Sep 17, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift (Preview) How important is it? The young man in the meeting was very angry and upset. His lawnmower had broken down. He was having a cookout in his back yard that evening, the yard "looked terrible," and he'd paid a lot of money for that mower! After he went on for some time, an older woman gently interru...	Pythonpappy	4	320	Sep 16, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "Many things will catch your eye, but only a few will catch your heart; pursue them." - Author Unknown	Pythonpappy	1	277	Sep 16, 2013 by Mike B.
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness." - Napoleon Hill	Pythonpappy	3	341	Sep 16, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Grapevine (Preview) September 16 "Am I strong enough? Am I willing to commit my life and my heart at an even deeper level to doing whatever it takes to keep moving forward?"	Mike B.	1	277	Sep 16, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Daily Reflections / As Bill Sees It (Preview) Daily Reflections HOPE Do not be discouraged. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 60 Few experiences are of less value to me than fast sobriety. Too many times discouragement has been the bonus for unrealistic expectations, not to mention self-pity or fatigue from my wanting to change the world by the weeken...	billyjack	3	13675	Sep 16, 2013 by Starvin Artist
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "Was yesterday a disappointment? I am sorry. But this is another day. The earth has turned around since yesterday. Face the New Day with good cheer!" - Henry F. Henrichs	Pythonpappy	0	345	Sep 15, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift (Preview) People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes. --Abigail Van BurenHow did we get so convinced that our way is usually best? That surely didn't come from a lifetime of constant success. How did we get fixed in our thinking on a given issue? Not from a track record of first exploring all other al...	Pythonpappy	0	366	Sep 15, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Man! Active alcoholics are a pain in the a** (Preview) There's this guy I know. He was pretty instrumental to my realizing I was an alcoholic, and getting sober. He introduced me to AA. In and out of the program himself for over a decade, he knows how to talk the talk- an expert at manipulation. After distancing myself from him, I have recently had to interve...	Col	6	550	Sep 15, 2013 by SolanoGypsy
	All Natural (Preview) God's love is everywhere, in everything no matter where I go. -- Edited by justadrunk on Sunday 15th of September 2013 07:00:47 AM	justadrunk	8	542	Sep 15, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "One day in retrospect the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful." - Sigmund Freud	Pythonpappy	1	279	Sep 15, 2013 by Mr_David
	Today's Gift (Preview) When one knows Thee, then alien there is none, then no door is shut. Oh, grant me my prayer that I may never lose the touch of the one in the play of many. --Rabindranath TagoreWhen we make a person-to-person telephone call, we want to be connected with one particular person. If that person is not in, we ma...	Pythonpappy	1	277	Sep 15, 2013 by Mr_David
	Curious , numbers & letters. (Preview) Just curious , has anyone bought a house or car because of th st # or st name , or a car because of th rego # or letters . If so can you share . My current addy & has been for 18yrs , is 8493 . I thunk 8+4 & 9+3 = 12 X 12 . Had to be a Great place for an alkie . And I just told th Everloving it had a great view, but thu...	Zoomtopz	3	448	Sep 14, 2013 by RubyTues
	Everything changes (Preview) I remember my sponsor saying to me when we first met that I would be surprised at how EVERYTHING would change. My attitudes towards all sorts of things that had nothing to do with drinking. I sort of thought 'yeah, yeah, okay'. Well, I'm finding that to be true now (of course). I am really starting to doub...	RubyTues	15	566	Sep 14, 2013 by Sober Strummer
	Today's Gift (Preview) Communicating when I finally gave up on my partner. He believed that the love of his life, if he ever found the Right One, would fill all the gaps of his own personality. She dreamed that her perfect match would always respond gently, never willfully. After the honeymoon phase they naturally began to f...	Pythonpappy	1	263	Sep 13, 2013 by Mike B.
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "Planning is bringing the future into the present so you can do something about it now." - Alan Lakein	Pythonpappy	1	293	Sep 13, 2013 by Mike B.
	Grapevine (Preview) September 13 "I am learning how to cope with life, people, and situations, not as I want them to be, but as they really are."	Mike B.	1	278	Sep 13, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	More of 'Kids Say The Darndest Things!!!' (Preview) Kid's Voices========Ever notice how a 4-year-old's voice is louder than 200 adultvoices?Several years ago, I returned home from a trip just when a stormhit, with crashing thunder and severe lightning.As I came into my bedroom about 2 a.m., I found my two childrenin bed with my wife, Karey, appare...	Pythonpappy	4	408	Sep 13, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "A true friend never gets in your way, unless you happen to be going down." - Arnold Glasgow	Pythonpappy	1	274	Sep 12, 2013 by Mike B.
	Grapevine (Preview) September 12 "Ever so slowly, I could feel myself changing. Things that had seemed important were no longer important. There was inside me a warming, a softening, a stirring, as the petals of a rosebud stir almost imperceptibly into a blossom."	Mike B.	1	276	Sep 12, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Amends after 12 years... "I am an addict"... (Preview) http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2013/09/10/dnt-thief-returns-money-12-years-later.wtvf.html	John	3	475	Sep 12, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote --- This one is 'extra' Special! (Preview) "God Bless America"	Pythonpappy	2	422	Sep 12, 2013 by mrpeel
	Grapevine (Preview) September 11 "Alcoholics Anonymous has given me something of real value that I can share with others."	Mike B.	1	297	Sep 11, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift (Preview) We don't always understand the ways of Almighty God (or your Higher Power)(I added that) - the crosses sent us, the sacrifices demanded . . . But we accept with faith and resignation the holy will with no looking back, and we are at peace. --Anonymous Acceptance of our past, acceptance of the conditio...	Pythonpappy	1	266	Sep 11, 2013 by Mike B.
	Two Years! (Preview) Two years...two amazing, challenging, awesome, soulful, enlightening years sober. I am still as tickled pink as I was when I picked up a one month chip, still as grateful and hopeful, but much less fearful. It's been quite the journey to get here. This past year has brought some sad good-byes but it h...	vixen	16	515	Sep 11, 2013 by vixen
	The major amends... (Preview) yet to be done. Elite's post created a bit more urgency because I've been waiting for assurance or maybe a guarantee(?) that "them and others wouldn't be hurt". I contacted the fellowship in that country for support so that I can start and then hand it back to HP for review and suggestio...	Jerry F	14	638	Sep 11, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Just sharing a piece of the MIP story and me at a speaking at a convention. (Preview)	John	8	434	Sep 11, 2013 by mikef
	sittin'in the takeaway (Preview) Because sometimes only a chickin tika calzone will do. There's summst on the tv miley cyrus....ain't that achy breaky heart cyrus' daughter? He must be so proud. Jees. Electronically 'enhanced' voice. Dressed like a stripper dancing like a pole dancer.i feel old. What's the world coming to.	bikerbill	5	388	Sep 11, 2013 by nezyb
	Learning to wait. (Preview) One of the delusions I had when drinking is that I was a man of actions! Self destruction count? i knew I wanted many things and wanted them on my terms and immediately! truth is, most all did never happen. Hard to do more than dream from a barstool or sitting around the couch getting lit up. So I have noti...	Sober Strummer	7	515	Sep 11, 2013 by davep12and12
	Revolving door (Preview) I am in the revolving door of sobriety and relapse. I am in danger of losing my family, my job, everything. I nearly died from withdrawal in February of 2011. I've tried all of the drugs to combat my alcoholism. The only one that worked, Antibuse, nearly killed me faster than the alcohol. I am agnostic an...	Drunkenbitter	30	2075	Sep 11, 2013 by RubyTues
	It doesn't have to be (Preview) I pointed to two old drunks across the bar and told my mate, "That will be us in ten years." He said, "That's a mirror, you dickhead!"	mrpeel	4	348	Sep 11, 2013 by Jerry F
	Thoughts and Prayers needed for one of our members (Preview) Sobrietyspell (Danielle) had a very close call of the medical kind, and is recovering from a procedure. Please send positive thoughts, prayers, her way. Thanks Dean	StPeteDean	24	660	Sep 10, 2013 by Sobrietyspell
	odd sort of day yesterday (Preview) Had that nagging feeling yesterday. Yesterday was supposed to be significant and I couldn't think why. I felt disturbed all day. Worked hard. Was productive. Got things done. But felt edgy. Went to my home group. Met a man 69 days sober who toldd me he was living five minutes at a time because his head...	bikerbill	3	377	Sep 10, 2013 by RubyTues
	Today's Gift (Preview) Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.--Hannah ArendtResentments keep us in the past, a past that can never be relived. Resentments keep a stranglehold on our mind. They keep us from appreciating the beauty of a moment. They stop us from hearing the loving voices of friends. We forget that we h...	Pythonpappy	1	256	Sep 10, 2013 by Mike B.
	hey im new new to the board (Preview) hey all im new here and just needed to vent i guess so here is my story and i guess i am looking for someone that has been in the place i am right now just to share some words on what helped them if that makes sense so to be 100% honest i am i guess a mean drunk ( never to my wife or kids ) just people around me i gues...	elite2010	16	589	Sep 10, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Jealousy: character defect - need help (Preview) Need help.../ advice/// reached out to a few ppl I know, not had any response A sponsee of mine and my boyfriend are becoming very friendly. (he's also AA, been around for a while but very much a newcomer) My jealousy is consuming me///// I think boundaries are being crossed and their friendship is not a...	Violet260709	16	4384	Sep 10, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Grapevine (Preview) September 10 "We who live in the haven of AA cling together with an intensity of purpose which the outside world seldom comprehends. The anarchy of the individual melts away. Self-love subsides and democracy becomes a reality. We begin to know true freedom of the spirit."	Mike B.	1	277	Sep 10, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift (Preview) Real love pours itself out upon the object of its affection, without demanding any return. --Florence Scovel Shinn Loving another wholly, purely, with no strings attached promises ecstasy, and yet seldom do we dare chance it. Often we want the promise of love in return if we're to offer it. Our fragi...	Pythonpappy	0	299	Sep 9, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Grapevine (Preview) September 9 "When I'm willing to pay the price for top-shelf sobriety, 'action' is still the magic word."	Mike B.	1	286	Sep 9, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	I am not a nice person (Preview) So , I came up with the brilliant idea to quit smoking 3 weeks ago. I wonder now if this was a mistake LOL. I am irritable, depressed, anxious, resentful, angry, bitter, lonely... Pretty much runs the gamut of emotions associated with withdrawals. My maturity level has dropped down to about the age of 4...	Col	17	653	Sep 9, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "A true commitment is a heart-felt promise to yourself from which you will not back down." - David McNally	Pythonpappy	1	279	Sep 9, 2013 by Mike B.
	Well Lance Armstrong, Bradley Wiggins et all don't have anything to worry about.........................this year! (Preview) US alcoholics tend to have really good ideas and tend to act on impulse. April this year I had a really good idea - I bought a pedal cycle. First couple trips out less than 2 miles each, ended with me vomiting by the side of the road. But I perservered, because I wanted one day to go to a meeting on my pushie. In...	bikerbill	5	470	Sep 9, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Boy meets girl... (Preview) Boy meets girl on AA campus is a analogy in the AA Big Book, which points out that rarely does early recovery love relationships work out... here is why, I call it my version of Step 13.Boy; "She looked at me from across the hallway before the meetings started, I think she wants my body!"Friend; "have you...	John	13	5512	Sep 9, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	The untamable tongue (Preview) Good morning and blessings of this day! I must have missed something here in the communications of this forum(I come here often) but reading through the posts this reminds me of one of my favorite spiritual readings. For me, one who in the past, could not utter a sentence without an expletive or som...	mikef	8	622	Sep 9, 2013 by Fyne Spirit
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "Wanting something is not enough. You must hunger for it. Your motivation must be absolutely compelling in order to overcome the obstacles that will invariably come your way." - Les Brown	Pythonpappy	1	258	Sep 9, 2013 by Mr_David
	Recovery Day (Preview) In many parts of Canada, cities have proclaimed September 8th to be Recovery Day and hold big rallies. This is I believe the second year of this movement: http://www.recoveryday.ca/ Happy Recovery Day, everyone!	RubyTues	3	261	Sep 9, 2013 by Mr_David
	Don't Forget About the Traditions... Tradition 1... (Preview) I posted this in a response and just thought I'd share it as a new topic. Sometimes we get so caught up in the Steps we don't remember the Traditions. Tradition One- Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon A.A. unity. To me this tradition is very important in that "P...	stayhumble	3	350	Sep 9, 2013 by Mr_David
	The many different parts of this program (Preview) I didn't go to a meeting for a couple of weeks. Almost three weeks, truth be told. It was a combination of an extremely busy time (I know, who isn't busy), a couple of illnesses, and some travel. I went to a meeting tonight and it was - of course - exactly where I needed to be. I shared, I met some great new peop...	RubyTues	14	614	Sep 9, 2013 by Fyne Spirit
	Today's Gift (Preview) A.A. Thought for the DayLet us consider the term "spiritual experience" as given in Appendix II of the Big Book, Alcoholics Anonymous. A spiritual experience is something that brings about a personality change. By surrendering our lives to God as we understand Him, we are changed. The...	Pythonpappy	0	293	Sep 8, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	It's a new day!!! (Preview) Friday, September 6, 2013You are reading from the book Today's GiftI never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun. Katharine Hepburn The first good news each day is that we wake up. We are breathing. Our hearts are beating, our minds working. The adventure of living begins. What does the day hol...	justadrunk	3	383	Sep 8, 2013 by stayhumble
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