Alcoholics Anonymous

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

There seemed to be endless obstacles preventing me from living with my eyes open, but as I gradually followed up clue after clue it seemed that the root cause of them all was fear. --Joanna Field How often have we complained that we would be able to do something if only another thing weren't preventing u...

Tanin · Tanin

April 7, 1941 - Ruth Hock reported there were 1,500 letters asking for help as a result of the March 31, 1941 Saturday Evening Post Article by Jack Alexander. -- Edited by Tanin on Sunday 7th of April 2013 10:05:27 PM

RubyTues · RubyTues

Anyone up for the meeting tonight?

AdamMoz · AdamMoz

This morning I decided to conduct a thorough cleaning of my kitchen. I cook frequently, but my kitchen is generally fine with an evening counter wipe and a light sweep. Today, though, I wanted to go into all of my cabinets, drawers, and other hidden areas to make sure that everything was cleared out and...

gonee · gonee

The Full Version of the Serenity Prayer God, grant me the Serenity To accept the things I cannot change... Courage to change the things I can, And Wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time, Enjoying one moment at a time, Accepting hardship as the pathway to peace. Taking, as He did, this sin...

kevbo · kevbo

There is a new fellow that is having trouble staying sober. For various reasons he connects better with me than most. He wants me to be his sponsor, but I know for a fact I am too green. Won't be good for me, won't help him. Yet I have been trying to work with him some while he finds a sponsor. I have asked f...

Col · Col

So, I've been having this feeling lately that I just don't quite fit in anywhere. Call it a funk- a bad funk. After a somewhat humurous breakdown about my physical appearance, I'm not all that comfortable in my skin. I don't like what I see in the mirror, and have increased my calorie consumption accord...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Okay, this one is for Mr. David, ... ... ... Before going to Nashville about 3 weeks ago, Adam and Tasha talked me into and through making a good healthy 'smoothie' ... ... ... Adam said to add Spirulina or some gawd awful looking green powder to the smoothie for reasons I can't remember, Tasha gave me a l...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

You have freedom when you're easy in your harness. --Robert Frost Flowing with whatever comes to us in life eases us through each day's demands. When we resist change and the unfamiliar, we imprison ourselves and hide from God's invitations to grow. Only when we willingly experience God's lessons w...

RubyTues · RubyTues

Before I got sober I did not understand the need for balance in life. So, I am currently in a rather insane work-education situation for the next month which is a product of the unbalanced situation I got myself into. Things should improve in the summer. Today I have not felt well. I was in a work situatio...

justadrunk · justadrunk

I'm going to chair a meeting tonight at the meeting I've been going to this entire year, where they require you to have a year sobriety to do it. It's a very very large meeting, and people take it pretty seriously, coming up with things ahead of time to talk about etc. I've chaired lots and lots of meetin...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

April 9 "When I go to a meeting today, I no longer have the delusion that I am supporting a good cause. I need AA; AA did quite well without me during my ten years of self-exile. I go to AA meetings today to hear and see how God is working. When I share at a meeting, it is not to try and 'help' those poor wr...

justadrunk · justadrunk

Is it just me... or does it feel like we're just searching and searching for something our whole drinking lives... and when we come to AA we either find it, or we don't? I went to a fairly large meeting tonight. I thought I could tell who was finding what they were looking for, and who was still searching...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Talk doesn't cook rice. --Chinese proverb Some of us are crazy about self-help books, inspirational tapes, and personal improvement seminars. We'll buy or sign up for anything, whatever the price, if it promises revolutionary insights or a foolproof new system. We want relief in a day and deliver...

mandm · mandm

I'm very happy to say i'm on day Seven, I had a small craving to drink something yesterday for no paticular reason, but instead I called my sponser and talked to her about work, which completely got my mind off things. i've been hitting the gym, and really focusing on my art business. I even dodged my dri...

Tanin · Tanin

Is Alcoholism a Sin or a Disease? Choices1. Alcoholism is a disease with no aspect of sin.2. Alcoholism is definitely a sin. Calling it a disease is a modern copout.3. Alcoholism is an addiction. It starts out as a sin but ends up being a strong force of habit that takes away free will.4. I really don't k...

Col · Col

Good wine- GREAT wine. A good vintage for this vineyards Cabernet. At over 250$ a bottle, I was more than pleased to serve several bottles to a table I had recently. At the end of the meal, the host of the group offered me the remainder left- close to a full bottle. This is a very generous gesture, and graci...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Never too late to start another career.Someone asked me what I do since I have retired.... Do I have a partime job?I replied, I am my wife's sexual advisor."Somewhat shocked, they said, "I beg your pardon, but what do you mean by that?""Very simple. My wife told me that when she w...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Got home Fri. and all is well (after three weeks)... ... ... Got in long 'nap' yesterday and sat down today to watch Nascar race today and slept through the whole thing ... LOL ... woke up when they were presenting the trophy ... ... ... Ann(my wife) is going to Houston, Tx this week on business, so I wil...

learning · learning

First and foremost, I want to thank everyone who along the way has been so helpful and given me your wisdom in the past years. It has given me the tools to cope with this dreadful disease. It has now come to pass that although, I thought with the passing of my ex.AH that so much misery, heartache, ect. th...

Baltazar · Baltazar

Common? i think so. Are a lot of alcoholics suffering from bipolar dissorder? Speaking Personally, yes. Does anyone else have any thoughts on this?

leeu · leeu

I smell OK, hair is clean, can walk steady, am safe to drive. I take myself over to the 11:30 AM Wednesday "Seminary Self-Study" group in Northside Richmond. (It's still going, on Thursday now!) I feel shame and guilt for the risk and danger I subjected my child to, but I have no reservati...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

April 7 "Sometimes taking somebody else's inventory can be most beneficial. When I was doing my Fourth Step, an old-timer suggested I list the names of those against whom I held resentments, followed by two or three sentences describing what they had done to earn my displeasure. Then, after...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

There can be a lot of hurt in love, and there is always risk, and one can't help wondering sometimes if there couldn't be a better way to live. --Merle Shain We want to love and be loved, and we mistakenly believe the right significant other will complete our world. The pain and troubling times that feste...

leeu · leeu

My last drink was April 3rd 1983. I am celebrating my 30th, April 6 being the date I picked up my last while chip. I have been taking myself--and you guys --on a 6 day retro-recall of "what it was like & what happened", and tried to convey the depth of my gratitude for "what it is like no...

Col · Col

Nothing major happened today- just another 24 hours under the belt. I did realize a few things about myself, though. Often when I have realizations about my own behavior, things I've heard others say in meetings run through my head. I understand that I'm not all that unique, much to my dismay at times....

leeu · leeu

I remember finally getting someone to take my child to school. And I remember them bringing her home with a bag of easy-to-fix groceries. Apaprently she let it slip that she hadn't eaten for two days because mommy was sick and there was no food in the house. I remember nothing else of day five in the seque...

Col · Col

-- Edited by Col on Saturday 6th of April 2013 12:28:31 AM

mikef · mikef

A truly blessed celebration of LIFE...I'd make you a cake(cyber) but little limited in my laptop skills!!!! and thanks so much for continuing to give back what you have been given and for your ESH and help through the years ,one day at a time.(((lee))).

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

It takes more courage to reveal insecurities than to hide them, more strength to relate to people than to dominate them, more "manhood" to abide by thought-out principles rather than blind reflex. Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles and an immature mind. --Alex Karras In o...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

April 6 "Sobriety does interesting things to the mind - clears it up some, lets a bit of honesty and truth filter in, and begins to demand reality."

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

In my search for what describes, or rather what is it that makes up the perfect person, I've come across the following ... (hope this helps, Tasha)(excerpt from the writings of Henry Drummond): The spectrum of love has nine ingredients: Patience ----- "Love suffereth long."Kindnes...

Tanin · Tanin

Came across this today on the way to looking up something else.Seems like a pretty good description. AA meeting secretsJune 13, 2011By: Kris BestEver wonder what goes on at your local AA meeting? Yes, thats Alcoholics Anonymous which has been in effect since the 1930s. Actually, it was Bill W.s wif...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

> Subject: Logic of a Beer Drinker > > Lady Interviewer: Do you drink every day? > > Man: Yes. > > Lady Interviewer: How much a day? > > Man: Around 3 six-packs starting at noon. > > Lady Interviewer: How much does a 6-pack cost? > > Man: Roughly $10...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

People who make the biggest mistakes are often the holiest. --Mary Kassan We've heard it said that it takes a brave person to make a mistake and keep trying. We used to get down on ourselves too much for messing up. We are learning to accept our humanness. It's not such a big deal to be imperfect. We learn t...

Jerry F · Jerry F

all the prayers and best wishes and suggestion with my MIP meds and the chicken soup my wife cooked up and I was ready way before the morning meeting which was cold and windy...bout a 40+ knot breeze blowing off the pacific and then the meeting still had good attendance. Thanks for the best wishes and pr...

mikef · mikef

Morning and blessings of this day! Yesterday at a family gathering at my brother -in-laws home in Boca Raton,we were gathered in a sitting room and my brother in laws wife asked me what I would like to have a drink.I asked for my usual ice water or seltzer with lemon if she had that. She said would you rathe...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"Male Sensitivity" The room was full of pregnant women with their husbands. The instructor said, "Ladies, remember that exercise is good for you. Walking is especially beneficial. It strengthens the pelvic muscles and will make delivery that much easier. Just pace yourself...

justadrunk · justadrunk

Recognizing Choices We have choices, more choices than we let ourselves see. We may feel trapped in our relationships, our jobs, our life. We may feel locked into behaviors such as caretaking or controlling. Feeling trapped is a symptom of codependency. When we hear ourselves say, I have to take car...

Col · Col

Just curious what you all think about this. Is it appropriate to approach a coworker, who's in the program, regarding his breaking the anonymity of another coworker who's new to the program? Just a little background- I have been advised to steer clear of this gentleman by my sponser, because he has ex...

AlcoHater · AlcoHater

At one of my meetings there's this guy whose ESH blows me away everytime he shares. His stories are so haunting it's one of the few times I can actually feel the horror of "being there". For purposes of maintaining his anonymity I'll call him G.. He put himself through hell with his alcohol...

joby · joby

Had a wonderful weekend with the family, son was home from college. He left to go back on Sun. night and from the time he has left, I have been feeling very strange. I was around him all weekend, and realized what a terriffic young man he has turned out to be. And i realized he has grown to become this excepti...

SereneSteve · SereneSteve

Last log in 4 days ago,,?

leeu · leeu

so..........this would be day one of no alcohol down the gullet; sick, but puking in a bowl instead of on the floor; not driving the kid back and forth to school because I'm no longer in a blackout and can't get out of bed; smell bad-haven't washed the dried vomit out of the hair yet, having thoughts that I...

justadrunk · justadrunk

I've been having some issues with boundaries - especially with sponsee's. They hang up on me, don't show up for our meetings, don't call, show up late... and I have a really hard time coming down on them for acting exactly how I acted when I got here! I struggle with what to put up with, because no on walks...

Mike B. · Mike B.

"I've likened that transforming instant, when despair gave way to a glimmer of hope, to a tiny flower sprung into bloom amid the bombed-out wreckage of my life. Thanks to AA, that tiny bloom was to become a garden."

Tanin · Tanin

Roger Ebert passed today. He had a bunch of years in AA.He outed himself as an AA in a long article in the Chicago Sun-Times about 4 years ago*. It showed he was a grateful guy, though he unabashedly violated Tradition 11. Kind of surprised me then. No more, many do it. *eta:[url]http://blogs.suntim...

John · John

Filling The Void We needed to ask ourselves but one short question. "Do I now believe, or am I even willing to believe, that there is a Power greater than myself?" As soon as a man can say that he does believe, or is willing to believe, we emphatically assure him that he is on his way. Alcoholics Anonymous,...

Bob K · Bob K

An old man was walking along an expansive beach one summer evening. In the distance, he saw a small figure running up to the waters edge, throwing something into the sea and running back onto the beach. After watching the figure repeat this course for some period of time, the old man became curious abo...

RubyTues · RubyTues

Do any of you have partners involved with al-anon? Have they found it useful? What tends to go on at an alanon meeting?

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Today's Gift 04-10 (Preview) There seemed to be endless obstacles preventing me from living with my eyes open, but as I gradually followed up clue after clue it seemed that the root cause of them all was fear. --Joanna Field How often have we complained that we would be able to do something if only another thing weren't preventing u...	Pythonpappy	2	177	Apr 10, 2013 by justadrunk
	On This Day In AA History - April 7 (Preview) April 7, 1941 - Ruth Hock reported there were 1,500 letters asking for help as a result of the March 31, 1941 Saturday Evening Post Article by Jack Alexander. -- Edited by Tanin on Sunday 7th of April 2013 10:05:27 PM	Tanin	3	379	Apr 10, 2013 by Tanin
	Meeting tonight? (Preview) Anyone up for the meeting tonight?	RubyTues	8	238	Apr 10, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Secrets under the sink (Preview) This morning I decided to conduct a thorough cleaning of my kitchen. I cook frequently, but my kitchen is generally fine with an evening counter wipe and a light sweep. Today, though, I wanted to go into all of my cabinets, drawers, and other hidden areas to make sure that everything was cleared out and...	AdamMoz	12	588	Apr 10, 2013 by Tracey C
	The Serenity prayer. (Preview) The Full Version of the Serenity Prayer God, grant me the Serenity To accept the things I cannot change... Courage to change the things I can, And Wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time, Enjoying one moment at a time, Accepting hardship as the pathway to peace. Taking, as He did, this sin...	gonee	8	1164	Apr 10, 2013 by Tracey C
	First 12th step case, could use some support...or maybe just a kind ear. (Preview) There is a new fellow that is having trouble staying sober. For various reasons he connects better with me than most. He wants me to be his sponsor, but I know for a fact I am too green. Won't be good for me, won't help him. Yet I have been trying to work with him some while he finds a sponsor. I have asked f...	kevbo	7	465	Apr 10, 2013 by Tanin
	Terminally unique?? (Preview) So, I've been having this feeling lately that I just don't quite fit in anywhere. Call it a funk- a bad funk. After a somewhat humurous breakdown about my physical appearance, I'm not all that comfortable in my skin. I don't like what I see in the mirror, and have increased my calorie consumption accord...	Col	12	1241	Apr 10, 2013 by Jerry F
	As Paul Harvey would say ... 'The Rest of the Story' (Preview) Okay, this one is for Mr. David, ... ... ... Before going to Nashville about 3 weeks ago, Adam and Tasha talked me into and through making a good healthy 'smoothie' ... ... ... Adam said to add Spirulina or some gawd awful looking green powder to the smoothie for reasons I can't remember, Tasha gave me a l...	Pythonpappy	5	2421	Apr 10, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 04-09 (Preview) You have freedom when you're easy in your harness. --Robert Frost Flowing with whatever comes to us in life eases us through each day's demands. When we resist change and the unfamiliar, we imprison ourselves and hide from God's invitations to grow. Only when we willingly experience God's lessons w...	Pythonpappy	3	205	Apr 10, 2013 by Col
	Burnout (Preview) Before I got sober I did not understand the need for balance in life. So, I am currently in a rather insane work-education situation for the next month which is a product of the unbalanced situation I got myself into. Things should improve in the summer. Today I have not felt well. I was in a work situatio...	RubyTues	9	975	Apr 9, 2013 by RubyTues
	Chairing (Preview) I'm going to chair a meeting tonight at the meeting I've been going to this entire year, where they require you to have a year sobriety to do it. It's a very very large meeting, and people take it pretty seriously, coming up with things ahead of time to talk about etc. I've chaired lots and lots of meetin...	justadrunk	9	283	Apr 9, 2013 by justadrunk
	Grapevine (Preview) April 9 "When I go to a meeting today, I no longer have the delusion that I am supporting a good cause. I need AA; AA did quite well without me during my ten years of self-exile. I go to AA meetings today to hear and see how God is working. When I share at a meeting, it is not to try and 'help' those poor wr...	Pythonpappy	1	197	Apr 9, 2013 by gonee
	What are we searching for in that bottle anyway? (Preview) Is it just me... or does it feel like we're just searching and searching for something our whole drinking lives... and when we come to AA we either find it, or we don't? I went to a fairly large meeting tonight. I thought I could tell who was finding what they were looking for, and who was still searching...	justadrunk	27	691	Apr 9, 2013 by justadrunk
	Today's Gift 04-08 (Preview) Talk doesn't cook rice. --Chinese proverb Some of us are crazy about self-help books, inspirational tapes, and personal improvement seminars. We'll buy or sign up for anything, whatever the price, if it promises revolutionary insights or a foolproof new system. We want relief in a day and deliver...	Pythonpappy	4	258	Apr 9, 2013 by RubyTues
	Day 7 and feeling much better! (Preview) I'm very happy to say i'm on day Seven, I had a small craving to drink something yesterday for no paticular reason, but instead I called my sponser and talked to her about work, which completely got my mind off things. i've been hitting the gym, and really focusing on my art business. I even dodged my dri...	mandm	16	586	Apr 8, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Poll: Is Alcoholism a Sin or a Disease? (Preview) Is Alcoholism a Sin or a Disease? Choices1. Alcoholism is a disease with no aspect of sin.2. Alcoholism is definitely a sin. Calling it a disease is a modern copout.3. Alcoholism is an addiction. It starts out as a sin but ends up being a strong force of habit that takes away free will.4. I really don't k...	Tanin	17	1631	Apr 8, 2013 by chris
	Schafer 2008 (Preview) Good wine- GREAT wine. A good vintage for this vineyards Cabernet. At over 250$ a bottle, I was more than pleased to serve several bottles to a table I had recently. At the end of the meal, the host of the group offered me the remainder left- close to a full bottle. This is a very generous gesture, and graci...	Col	9	433	Apr 8, 2013 by John
	New Career (Humor) (Preview) Never too late to start another career.Someone asked me what I do since I have retired.... Do I have a partime job?I replied, I am my wife's sexual advisor."Somewhat shocked, they said, "I beg your pardon, but what do you mean by that?""Very simple. My wife told me that when she w...	Pythonpappy	1	346	Apr 8, 2013 by mikef
	Home, Sweet Home! (Preview) Got home Fri. and all is well (after three weeks)... ... ... Got in long 'nap' yesterday and sat down today to watch Nascar race today and slept through the whole thing ... LOL ... woke up when they were presenting the trophy ... ... ... Ann(my wife) is going to Houston, Tx this week on business, so I wil...	Pythonpappy	7	451	Apr 8, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Prayers (Preview) First and foremost, I want to thank everyone who along the way has been so helpful and given me your wisdom in the past years. It has given me the tools to cope with this dreadful disease. It has now come to pass that although, I thought with the passing of my ex.AH that so much misery, heartache, ect. th...	learning	9	314	Apr 8, 2013 by Mr_David
	Mania and alcohol abuse (Preview) Common? i think so. Are a lot of alcoholics suffering from bipolar dissorder? Speaking Personally, yes. Does anyone else have any thoughts on this?	Baltazar	6	855	Apr 8, 2013 by Baltazar
	April 6, 1983 (Preview) I smell OK, hair is clean, can walk steady, am safe to drive. I take myself over to the 11:30 AM Wednesday "Seminary Self-Study" group in Northside Richmond. (It's still going, on Thursday now!) I feel shame and guilt for the risk and danger I subjected my child to, but I have no reservati...	leeu	10	310	Apr 7, 2013 by nezyb
	Grapevine 04-07 (Preview) April 7 "Sometimes taking somebody else's inventory can be most beneficial. When I was doing my Fourth Step, an old-timer suggested I list the names of those against whom I held resentments, followed by two or three sentences describing what they had done to earn my displeasure. Then, after...	Pythonpappy	1	227	Apr 7, 2013 by Mr_David
	Today's Gift 04-07 (Preview) There can be a lot of hurt in love, and there is always risk, and one can't help wondering sometimes if there couldn't be a better way to live. --Merle Shain We want to love and be loved, and we mistakenly believe the right significant other will complete our world. The pain and troubling times that feste...	Pythonpappy	0	216	Apr 7, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	@ Dean & all who misunderstood gratitude (Preview) My last drink was April 3rd 1983. I am celebrating my 30th, April 6 being the date I picked up my last while chip. I have been taking myself--and you guys --on a 6 day retro-recall of "what it was like & what happened", and tried to convey the depth of my gratitude for "what it is like no...	leeu	4	5841	Apr 7, 2013 by SteveP
	Another 24 hours (Preview) Nothing major happened today- just another 24 hours under the belt. I did realize a few things about myself, though. Often when I have realizations about my own behavior, things I've heard others say in meetings run through my head. I understand that I'm not all that unique, much to my dismay at times....	Col	4	432	Apr 7, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Countdown continues gratitude (Preview) I remember finally getting someone to take my child to school. And I remember them bringing her home with a bag of easy-to-fix groceries. Apaprently she let it slip that she hadn't eaten for two days because mommy was sick and there was no food in the house. I remember nothing else of day five in the seque...	leeu	1	6393	Apr 7, 2013 by Jerry F
	Egomaniac with an inferiority complex (Preview) -- Edited by Col on Saturday 6th of April 2013 12:28:31 AM	Col	7	4531	Apr 7, 2013 by AlcoHater
	Happy Anniversary Lee (Preview) A truly blessed celebration of LIFE...I'd make you a cake(cyber) but little limited in my laptop skills!!!! and thanks so much for continuing to give back what you have been given and for your ESH and help through the years ,one day at a time.(((lee))).	mikef	9	295	Apr 6, 2013 by AlcoHater
	Today's Gift 04-06 (Preview) It takes more courage to reveal insecurities than to hide them, more strength to relate to people than to dominate them, more "manhood" to abide by thought-out principles rather than blind reflex. Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles and an immature mind. --Alex Karras In o...	Pythonpappy	2	239	Apr 6, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Grapevine (Preview) April 6 "Sobriety does interesting things to the mind - clears it up some, lets a bit of honesty and truth filter in, and begins to demand reality."	Pythonpappy	2	228	Apr 6, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	The Perfect Person! (Preview) In my search for what describes, or rather what is it that makes up the perfect person, I've come across the following ... (hope this helps, Tasha)(excerpt from the writings of Henry Drummond): The spectrum of love has nine ingredients: Patience ----- "Love suffereth long."Kindnes...	Pythonpappy	6	405	Apr 6, 2013 by Sports dude
	AA meeting secrets (Preview) Came across this today on the way to looking up something else.Seems like a pretty good description. AA meeting secretsJune 13, 2011By: Kris BestEver wonder what goes on at your local AA meeting? Yes, thats Alcoholics Anonymous which has been in effect since the 1930s. Actually, it was Bill W.s wif...	Tanin	6	1872	Apr 6, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	'Logic' of a Beer Drinker (Preview) > Subject: Logic of a Beer Drinker > > Lady Interviewer: Do you drink every day? > > Man: Yes. > > Lady Interviewer: How much a day? > > Man: Around 3 six-packs starting at noon. > > Lady Interviewer: How much does a 6-pack cost? > > Man: Roughly $10...	Pythonpappy	3	327	Apr 6, 2013 by mandm
	Today's Gift 04-05 (Preview) People who make the biggest mistakes are often the holiest. --Mary Kassan We've heard it said that it takes a brave person to make a mistake and keep trying. We used to get down on ourselves too much for messing up. We are learning to accept our humanness. It's not such a big deal to be imperfect. We learn t...	Pythonpappy	0	268	Apr 6, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Just a 24 hr thingy... (Preview) all the prayers and best wishes and suggestion with my MIP meds and the chicken soup my wife cooked up and I was ready way before the morning meeting which was cold and windy...bout a 40+ knot breeze blowing off the pacific and then the meeting still had good attendance. Thanks for the best wishes and pr...	Jerry F	5	287	Apr 6, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Well meaning, just not aware of one beng alcoholic (Preview) Morning and blessings of this day! Yesterday at a family gathering at my brother -in-laws home in Boca Raton,we were gathered in a sitting room and my brother in laws wife asked me what I would like to have a drink.I asked for my usual ice water or seltzer with lemon if she had that. She said would you rathe...	mikef	4	437	Apr 6, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Male Sensitivity (Preview) "Male Sensitivity" The room was full of pregnant women with their husbands. The instructor said, "Ladies, remember that exercise is good for you. Walking is especially beneficial. It strengthens the pelvic muscles and will make delivery that much easier. Just pace yourself...	Pythonpappy	6	381	Apr 6, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift (Preview) Recognizing Choices We have choices, more choices than we let ourselves see. We may feel trapped in our relationships, our jobs, our life. We may feel locked into behaviors such as caretaking or controlling. Feeling trapped is a symptom of codependency. When we hear ourselves say, I have to take car...	justadrunk	1	194	Apr 6, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Question regarding anonymity (Preview) Just curious what you all think about this. Is it appropriate to approach a coworker, who's in the program, regarding his breaking the anonymity of another coworker who's new to the program? Just a little background- I have been advised to steer clear of this gentleman by my sponser, because he has ex...	Col	8	663	Apr 6, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Prayers for G. (Preview) At one of my meetings there's this guy whose ESH blows me away everytime he shares. His stories are so haunting it's one of the few times I can actually feel the horror of "being there". For purposes of maintaining his anonymity I'll call him G.. He put himself through hell with his alcohol...	AlcoHater	12	607	Apr 6, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Guilt, I quess? (Preview) Had a wonderful weekend with the family, son was home from college. He left to go back on Sun. night and from the time he has left, I have been feeling very strange. I was around him all weekend, and realized what a terriffic young man he has turned out to be. And i realized he has grown to become this excepti...	joby	6	444	Apr 6, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Wheres Pappy? (Preview) Last log in 4 days ago,,?	SereneSteve	16	497	Apr 6, 2013 by RubyTues
	deja vu all over again gratitude (Preview) so..........this would be day one of no alcohol down the gullet; sick, but puking in a bowl instead of on the floor; not driving the kid back and forth to school because I'm no longer in a blackout and can't get out of bed; smell bad-haven't washed the dried vomit out of the hair yet, having thoughts that I...	leeu	6	6759	Apr 5, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	It's a great day to be sober. (Preview) I've been having some issues with boundaries - especially with sponsee's. They hang up on me, don't show up for our meetings, don't call, show up late... and I have a really hard time coming down on them for acting exactly how I acted when I got here! I struggle with what to put up with, because no on walks...	justadrunk	9	506	Apr 5, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Grapevine (Preview) "I've likened that transforming instant, when despair gave way to a glimmer of hope, to a tiny flower sprung into bloom amid the bombed-out wreckage of my life. Thanks to AA, that tiny bloom was to become a garden."	Mike B.	0	175	Apr 5, 2013 by Mike B.
	Roger Ebert, RIP (Preview) Roger Ebert passed today. He had a bunch of years in AA.He outed himself as an AA in a long article in the Chicago Sun-Times about 4 years ago. It showed he was a grateful guy, though he unabashedly violated Tradition 11. Kind of surprised me then. No more, many do it. eta:[url]http://blogs.suntim...	Tanin	4	2655	Apr 5, 2013 by SteveP
	There is a Solution - Filling The Void (Preview) Filling The Void We needed to ask ourselves but one short question. "Do I now believe, or am I even willing to believe, that there is a Power greater than myself?" As soon as a man can say that he does believe, or is willing to believe, we emphatically assure him that he is on his way. Alcoholics Anonymous,...	John	3	510	Apr 5, 2013 by Sports dude
	Little boy and starfish (Preview) An old man was walking along an expansive beach one summer evening. In the distance, he saw a small figure running up to the waters edge, throwing something into the sea and running back onto the beach. After watching the figure repeat this course for some period of time, the old man became curious abo...	Bob K	1	416	Apr 5, 2013 by Mike B.
	Alanon (Preview) Do any of you have partners involved with al-anon? Have they found it useful? What tends to go on at an alanon meeting?	RubyTues	8	1912	Apr 5, 2013 by RubyTues
«First < 1 … 142 143 144 145 146 … 504 > Last» \| Page of 504 sorted by