Alcoholics Anonymous

mikef · mikef

Goodmorning and blessings of this day!! Today, my wife and I, celebrate our 29th wedding anniversary. We will begin our day at our regular Sunday morning house of worship, thanking the God of our understanding not only for another day of LIFE, but another day of LIFE together. This afternoon we hav...

bikerbill · bikerbill

So I did it. Galston to ardrossan (twenty nine miles) lunch then return (twenty five miles) ) didn't get losy so much on the return. All by pushbike. I am knackered. But pleased I dug deep and did it.

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Contentment makes poor men rich. Discontent makes rich men poor. --Benjamin Franklin The other day I was feeling off center, and so I took a walk around the block to lift my spirits. As I passed one of the neighbor's homes, I spotted a luxury car and began to imagine my pleasure at owning and driving such...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Read quietly To realizeThe value of a sister/brotherAsk someoneWho doesn't have one.To realizeThe value of ten years:Ask a newlyDivorced couple.To realizeThe value of four years:Ask a graduate.To realizeThe value of one year:Ask a student whoHas failed a final exam.To realizeThe value of ni...

jj · jj

-- Edited by jj on Monday 3rd of June 2013 12:22:59 PM

AdamMoz · AdamMoz

Just wanted to wish everyone a good start to the week. I hope everyone had a pleasant weekend. I think the highlight, for me, was finishing the first Harry Potter book. I decided this summer that I am going to read all of them. (A little late - I know.) Really enjoyable reading though. And the best part is,...

AdamMoz · AdamMoz

Hi All, I just wanted to share a pretty exciting update, which is that I spent this past weekend in New Orleans with my mom on a four-day tour of haunted places. But more on that later :) The weekend was great because of two reasons: 1) I told my mom at the start of the trip that I am done drinking - and why. It wa...

Mike B. · Mike B.

June 3 "I am finally leaning really to live one day at a time and to appreciate and be alert to the beautiful, marvel-filled, albeit sometimes infuriating world around me. This is a startlingly pleasant reward."

hbubbles · hbubbles

My sister just finished a 30 day program. Was able to get a 2 bedroom apartment as her husband served her with divorce papers and a restraining order for their children. This was the 5th time she was admitted for detox, and psych eval in 18 months. Recovering father now throwing around the acronym HA...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

It is clear the future holds opportunities - it also holds pitfalls. The trick will be to seize the opportunities, avoid the pitfalls, and get back home by 6:00. --Woody Allen Sometimes we take ourselves far too seriously. We draw our lives in the absolutes of black and white, with no shadings of gra...

AdamMoz · AdamMoz

Last night I dreamt that I drank a beer. (Cunning, baffling, and powerful.) I think making a gratitude list is a good decision for me to do today. My five favorite things about sobriety (so far): 1. Waking up in the morning feeling peaceful and refreshed, ready to take on the day - or, not waking up at 3am...

Jerry F · Jerry F

It was a very nice evening meeting in an old church by the sea cliffs. He had not been there before and was enjoying the mellow atmosphere. The secretary suggested a topic of surrender and the meeting took off from there. He listened until the urgency to visit the restroom overtook him. Rather tha...

bikerbill · bikerbill

Changes - I'm struggling to stop smoking - I keep stopping and re starting - God grant me the desire to stop smoking please. Changes two - for some unknown reason and at nearly 57 years old, I have finally stopped chewing my fingernails off. Now why isn't quitting smoking like that? Changes three - I've b...

Bob K · Bob K

WALK THE WALK! DON'T JUST TALK THE TALK! One night a sponsor got a call from one of his sponsees. The sponsee complained the same old complaints of being restless, irratable and discontent. The sponsor asked him if he was reading his Big Book and the sponsee said that he was reading it daily and that it wa...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Draw from others the lesson that may profit yourself. --Terence Our Twelve Step program offers us the best education in the world, free of charge. Everybody in recovery has something to teach us, if we'll listen. Each of us has a unique set of experiences and background, problems and solutions to sha...

justadrunk · justadrunk

But today - I'm grateful I hit the pillow a sober useful woman with great sponsorship - and a sponsee who is on the calendar to do a 5th step. 9 months of relapsing and picking up the pieces, and I see a new lesson in store for me. I'm going to focus on today - not next Tuesday. When it's Tuesday - I will have p...

SingerMichelle · SingerMichelle

A bunch of us are going to REBOS to dance, fellowship, play pool and hang in a sober and clean environment. All ages - good music. If you are looking for fun or just trying to stay sober one day at a time come on over. 9:30 til 12:30 am - 6766 54th. Ave. N. Saint Petersburg, FL 33709

pinkchip · pinkchip

I several days ago about snapping off at my boss. Well I did some job searching and applying. One application took and I interviewed yesterday. They didn't interview me for the position I even applied for but the one above it. It would be a step up from clinician to "Director of Clinical Servi...

deeker · deeker

Hey everyone, new to this forum but not to AA. Hope you all are having a very blessed day! What My Alcoholism and Addiction Installed In Me!!!!My life isn't about finding myself. My Life is about creating myself. Each day I can create days I am proud of. A new identitiy different and beautiful and unl...

AdamMoz · AdamMoz

My brother told me three this weekend, which I appreciated and figured I'd share :) 1. What's red and smells like blue paint? . . . . Red paint. 2. What is green, has four legs, and will hurt you bad if it falls out of a tree? . . . . A pool table. 3. What's orange and sounds like a parrot? . . . . A carrot. -Ada...

Col · Col

-- Edited by Col on Saturday 1st of June 2013 10:52:00 PM

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Sharing our sobriety We cannot give away something we don't have. And since the people closest to us forced us to see our inadequacies, our inability to love, most of us resented them. Although aware of the problem, we hated having it shown to us regularly. We were empty and scared. And there was no hope...

pinkchip · pinkchip

I totally lost it at my boss yesterday. Granted, she screamed at me inappropriately first....but... It came on the hinges of my saying "yes" and bending bending sacrificing sacrificing and going the extra mile already during a week which was pretty jacked up and intense already. I do...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Today I swung my front door wide open and placed my Stevens 12 gauge shotgunright in the doorway.I gave it 6 shells, and noticing that it had no legs, even placed it in my... wheelchairto help it get around.I then left it alone and went about my business. While I was gone, the mailman delivered my mail, t...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Go and wake up your luck. -- Persian proverb We've been given recovery. For this, we're lucky. And we're grateful. Now it's up to us. We must accept our choices. When we're afraid, do we choose to be alone? Or do we choose to go to an extra meeting? When we're not honest, do we keep it secret? Or do we admit i...

Mike B. · Mike B.

May 30 "Truly transforming spiritual experiences are nearly always founded on calamity and collapse."

deacon · deacon

Son has had periods of abusing alcohol when he has been stressed but he can go for long periods, or he says he can, being only a social drinker. He has been drinking heavily in the last two months and is living with us. We have told him he has to seek help with his drinking or he is out of our house. Problem is th...

gonee · gonee

.....is that AA works. I got sober despite myself and how I felt. The 12 steps worked despite how I felt about working them. The 1st time I rejected the first step I got drunk and my life became unmanageable, and so I walked back into AA and got sober immediately. I did not need a greater manifestation of a m...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Whew, scientific proof. What a relief to learn this ! Ever walk into a room with some purpose in mind, only to completely forget what that purpose was ? Turns out, doors themselves are to blame for these strange memory lapses.Psychologists at the University of Notre Dame have discovered that passi...

justadrunk · justadrunk

Today I couldn't help but learn that I have a huge resentment, and I have some work to do on forgiveness. Darnit anyway, but guess what? I DO NOT WANT TO forgive this person. I have run around for a year trying to find people who will tell me that's okay, and validate my side of the story. Validate my wa...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Here's something for everyone, but especially for Col in light of recent posts ... 2 minutes ... Enjoy!http://play.simpletruths.com/movie/power-of-positive-doing/?cm_mmc=ExactTarget-_-WS-_-05.29.13-_-TPPDmovie&j=143860&e

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

-- Edited by Pythonpappy on Wednesday 29th of May 2013 01:53:01 PM

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Accepting those things we cannot change frees us. It's so easy to get caught up in other people's lives. Assuming that we know what's best for them seems so natural. Many of us have excelled at being caretakers, but it's time to back off and let our loved ones fend for themselves. That means letting them...

Mike B. · Mike B.

May 29 "Whatever strengthens the spirituality of the group strengthens my spirituality, and vice versa."

Bob K · Bob K

Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forward. --Soren Kierkegaard Once, in a small village, there was a huge fire. The blaze spread and several homes and businesses were burned to the ground. After a long while, the fire was brought under control and put out. Villagers banded to...

AdamMoz · AdamMoz

I wanted to comment on this topic that was posted a few days ago, but I feel like if I did it now nobody would read it at this point. Anyway, a week ago a friend and I were talking about AA and she started asking me if it is just "trading one addiction for another" and wondering "if the real go...

Bob K · Bob K

justadrunk · justadrunk

I didn't have to be a part of the fight. I didn't have to make it okay. I didn't have to gloat. I didn't have to smooth it over. I didn't have to bend and break. I didn't have to be someone else. I didn't have to cross boundaries. I didn't have to die.

gonee · gonee

"My Creator, I am now willing that you should have all of me, good and bad. I pray that you now remove from me every single defect of character which stands in the way of my usefulness to you and my fellows. Grant me strength, as I go out from here, to do your bidding. Amen." We have then completed...

justadrunk · justadrunk

Congrats to you - such a sweet, humble recovery you have. Yes I'm judging you and taking your inventory - YOU ROCK!!!!

Mike B. · Mike B.

May 28 "I am responsible for reporting for duty and making the effort to overcome the adversity, and in so doing to overcome myself."

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

I can hear music...sweet, sweet music. --Brian Wilson We often find it helpful to think about the role music has played in our lives. Sometimes, it has been a problem for us - time spent listening to loud, blaring music was a time of physical and emotional isolation, usually under the influence of dru...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

MEMORIAL DAY It is the VETERAN, not the preacher, who has given us freedom of religion. It is the VETERAN, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press. It is the VETERAN, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech. It is the VETERAN, not the campus organizer, who has...

AdamMoz · AdamMoz

I am currently visiting at my parents' house, which of course is the simultaneously nostalgic and sometimes depressing root of so many of my experiences. As a little kid I had a biological father who was also a violent drunk. He is now out of the picture completely (for 20 years) but now my mom and step da...

Mike B. · Mike B.

March 27 "I have discovered a new way to learn - by shutting my mouth and listening ... It's not so much what I'm doing as what I'm not doing. I'm not talking. So I'm open; I'm teachable."

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

May 27, 2013 Quote of the Week "The program does for us slowly what alcohol and drugs did for us quickly" I can clearly remember what I felt like before recovery. I was anxious, on edge, so uncomfortable with my life that I wanted and needed to escape. I can also remember the immediate...

gonee · gonee

"IN THE PRECEDING chapters you have learned something of alcoholism. We hope we have made clear the distinction between the alcoholic and the non-alcoholic. If, when you honestly want to, you find you cannot quit entirely, or if when drinking, you have little control over the amount you take,...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Love consists in this, that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other. --Rainer Maria Rilke For a relationship to be healthy and fulfilling, each of us must respect the other. "Two solitudes" is exactly what we are, and we will never be one, no matter how close we become. It may fe...

Col · Col

Working with booze 5 nights a week has served to desensitize me to a lot of old triggers. I don't get that panic of handling it, serving it, talking about it, or generally being around it much anymore. The smell of wine sometimes gets to me a bit. I have found that the smell of a bourbon or good scotch still h...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Without a sense of humor, you're old in a hurry. --Janice Clark We've all been in the company of constant complainers. They drag down the mood of everyone they encounter. Can we be accused of this demeanor on occasion too? Maybe it seems impossible to wear a happy face all the time. And it's not always ea...

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	The message of HOPE and JOY! (Preview) Goodmorning and blessings of this day!! Today, my wife and I, celebrate our 29th wedding anniversary. We will begin our day at our regular Sunday morning house of worship, thanking the God of our understanding not only for another day of LIFE, but another day of LIFE together. This afternoon we hav...	mikef	5	341	Jun 4, 2013 by Fyne Spirit
	well I sometimes surprise myself (Preview) So I did it. Galston to ardrossan (twenty nine miles) lunch then return (twenty five miles) ) didn't get losy so much on the return. All by pushbike. I am knackered. But pleased I dug deep and did it.	bikerbill	11	540	Jun 4, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 06-03 (Preview) Contentment makes poor men rich. Discontent makes rich men poor. --Benjamin Franklin The other day I was feeling off center, and so I took a walk around the block to lift my spirits. As I passed one of the neighbor's homes, I spotted a luxury car and began to imagine my pleasure at owning and driving such...	Pythonpappy	0	264	Jun 3, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Time Waits for No One! (Preview) Read quietly To realizeThe value of a sister/brotherAsk someoneWho doesn't have one.To realizeThe value of ten years:Ask a newlyDivorced couple.To realizeThe value of four years:Ask a graduate.To realizeThe value of one year:Ask a student whoHas failed a final exam.To realizeThe value of ni...	Pythonpappy	3	240	Jun 3, 2013 by Mike B.
	the 3 C's (Preview) -- Edited by jj on Monday 3rd of June 2013 12:22:59 PM	jj	0	476	Jun 3, 2013 by jj
	Happy Monday (Preview) Just wanted to wish everyone a good start to the week. I hope everyone had a pleasant weekend. I think the highlight, for me, was finishing the first Harry Potter book. I decided this summer that I am going to read all of them. (A little late - I know.) Really enjoyable reading though. And the best part is,...	AdamMoz	2	217	Jun 3, 2013 by Mike B.
	Good news all around (Preview) Hi All, I just wanted to share a pretty exciting update, which is that I spent this past weekend in New Orleans with my mom on a four-day tour of haunted places. But more on that later :) The weekend was great because of two reasons: 1) I told my mom at the start of the trip that I am done drinking - and why. It wa...	AdamMoz	7	398	Jun 3, 2013 by Sports dude
	Grapevine (Preview) June 3 "I am finally leaning really to live one day at a time and to appreciate and be alert to the beautiful, marvel-filled, albeit sometimes infuriating world around me. This is a startlingly pleasant reward."	Mike B.	1	495	Jun 3, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	HALT (Preview) My sister just finished a 30 day program. Was able to get a 2 bedroom apartment as her husband served her with divorce papers and a restraining order for their children. This was the 5th time she was admitted for detox, and psych eval in 18 months. Recovering father now throwing around the acronym HA...	hbubbles	6	618	Jun 3, 2013 by Philipld
	Today's Gift 06-02 (Preview) It is clear the future holds opportunities - it also holds pitfalls. The trick will be to seize the opportunities, avoid the pitfalls, and get back home by 6:00. --Woody Allen Sometimes we take ourselves far too seriously. We draw our lives in the absolutes of black and white, with no shadings of gra...	Pythonpappy	0	247	Jun 2, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Gratitude (Preview) Last night I dreamt that I drank a beer. (Cunning, baffling, and powerful.) I think making a gratitude list is a good decision for me to do today. My five favorite things about sobriety (so far): 1. Waking up in the morning feeling peaceful and refreshed, ready to take on the day - or, not waking up at 3am...	AdamMoz	5	294	Jun 2, 2013 by stayhumble
	Letting Go and Letting God... (Preview) It was a very nice evening meeting in an old church by the sea cliffs. He had not been there before and was enjoying the mellow atmosphere. The secretary suggested a topic of surrender and the meeting took off from there. He listened until the urgency to visit the restroom overtook him. Rather tha...	Jerry F	3	375	Jun 2, 2013 by stayhumble
	Changes, free roaming thoughts, getting negative and getting back to positive (Preview) Changes - I'm struggling to stop smoking - I keep stopping and re starting - God grant me the desire to stop smoking please. Changes two - for some unknown reason and at nearly 57 years old, I have finally stopped chewing my fingernails off. Now why isn't quitting smoking like that? Changes three - I've b...	bikerbill	5	447	Jun 2, 2013 by bikerbill
	Walk the walk don't just talk the talk (Preview) WALK THE WALK! DON'T JUST TALK THE TALK! One night a sponsor got a call from one of his sponsees. The sponsee complained the same old complaints of being restless, irratable and discontent. The sponsor asked him if he was reading his Big Book and the sponsee said that he was reading it daily and that it wa...	Bob K	9	750	Jun 2, 2013 by SolanoGypsy
	Today's Gift 06-01 (Preview) Draw from others the lesson that may profit yourself. --Terence Our Twelve Step program offers us the best education in the world, free of charge. Everybody in recovery has something to teach us, if we'll listen. Each of us has a unique set of experiences and background, problems and solutions to sha...	Pythonpappy	0	270	Jun 1, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	I can't know if I will die drunk. (Preview) But today - I'm grateful I hit the pillow a sober useful woman with great sponsorship - and a sponsee who is on the calendar to do a 5th step. 9 months of relapsing and picking up the pieces, and I see a new lesson in store for me. I'm going to focus on today - not next Tuesday. When it's Tuesday - I will have p...	justadrunk	6	912	Jun 1, 2013 by Jerry F
	How to Have Fun in Recovery this weekend! (Preview) A bunch of us are going to REBOS to dance, fellowship, play pool and hang in a sober and clean environment. All ages - good music. If you are looking for fun or just trying to stay sober one day at a time come on over. 9:30 til 12:30 am - 6766 54th. Ave. N. Saint Petersburg, FL 33709	SingerMichelle	3	354	Jun 1, 2013 by Rob84
	Strange changes. (Preview) I several days ago about snapping off at my boss. Well I did some job searching and applying. One application took and I interviewed yesterday. They didn't interview me for the position I even applied for but the one above it. It would be a step up from clinician to "Director of Clinical Servi...	pinkchip	6	413	Jun 1, 2013 by Jerry F
	What My Alcoholism and Addiction Installed In Me!!!! (Preview) Hey everyone, new to this forum but not to AA. Hope you all are having a very blessed day! What My Alcoholism and Addiction Installed In Me!!!!My life isn't about finding myself. My Life is about creating myself. Each day I can create days I am proud of. A new identitiy different and beautiful and unl...	deeker	5	436	Jun 1, 2013 by Jerry F
	Corny Jokes (Preview) My brother told me three this weekend, which I appreciated and figured I'd share :) 1. What's red and smells like blue paint? . . . . Red paint. 2. What is green, has four legs, and will hurt you bad if it falls out of a tree? . . . . A pool table. 3. What's orange and sounds like a parrot? . . . . A carrot. -Ada...	AdamMoz	7	1073	Jun 1, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Admitting vulnerability (Preview) -- Edited by Col on Saturday 1st of June 2013 10:52:00 PM	Col	10	1014	Jun 1, 2013 by tomsteve
	Today's Gift 05-31 (Preview) Sharing our sobriety We cannot give away something we don't have. And since the people closest to us forced us to see our inadequacies, our inability to love, most of us resented them. Although aware of the problem, we hated having it shown to us regularly. We were empty and scared. And there was no hope...	Pythonpappy	0	250	May 31, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Emotional sobriety slip ups suck (Preview) I totally lost it at my boss yesterday. Granted, she screamed at me inappropriately first....but... It came on the hinges of my saying "yes" and bending bending sacrificing sacrificing and going the extra mile already during a week which was pretty jacked up and intense already. I do...	pinkchip	15	1787	May 31, 2013 by bikerbill
	I Have the Laziest Gun in the World! (Humor) (Preview) Today I swung my front door wide open and placed my Stevens 12 gauge shotgunright in the doorway.I gave it 6 shells, and noticing that it had no legs, even placed it in my... wheelchairto help it get around.I then left it alone and went about my business. While I was gone, the mailman delivered my mail, t...	Pythonpappy	2	302	May 31, 2013 by PhotoPhreak
	Today's Gift 05-30 (Preview) Go and wake up your luck. -- Persian proverb We've been given recovery. For this, we're lucky. And we're grateful. Now it's up to us. We must accept our choices. When we're afraid, do we choose to be alone? Or do we choose to go to an extra meeting? When we're not honest, do we keep it secret? Or do we admit i...	Pythonpappy	2	750	May 30, 2013 by justadrunk
	Grapevine (Preview) May 30 "Truly transforming spiritual experiences are nearly always founded on calamity and collapse."	Mike B.	1	189	May 30, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	How do you know if you are an alcoholic (Preview) Son has had periods of abusing alcohol when he has been stressed but he can go for long periods, or he says he can, being only a social drinker. He has been drinking heavily in the last two months and is living with us. We have told him he has to seek help with his drinking or he is out of our house. Problem is th...	deacon	10	1262	May 30, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	The reality......... (Preview) .....is that AA works. I got sober despite myself and how I felt. The 12 steps worked despite how I felt about working them. The 1st time I rejected the first step I got drunk and my life became unmanageable, and so I walked back into AA and got sober immediately. I did not need a greater manifestation of a m...	gonee	6	831	May 30, 2013 by Fyne Spirit
	Scientific Proof (Preview) Whew, scientific proof. What a relief to learn this ! Ever walk into a room with some purpose in mind, only to completely forget what that purpose was ? Turns out, doors themselves are to blame for these strange memory lapses.Psychologists at the University of Notre Dame have discovered that passi...	Pythonpappy	3	834	May 30, 2013 by Fyne Spirit
	Am I going to die drunk? (Preview) Today I couldn't help but learn that I have a huge resentment, and I have some work to do on forgiveness. Darnit anyway, but guess what? I DO NOT WANT TO forgive this person. I have run around for a year trying to find people who will tell me that's okay, and validate my side of the story. Validate my wa...	justadrunk	10	722	May 29, 2013 by StPeteDean
	This is for Everyone, but especially for Col ... 2nd try (Preview) Here's something for everyone, but especially for Col in light of recent posts ... 2 minutes ... Enjoy!http://play.simpletruths.com/movie/power-of-positive-doing/?cm_mmc=ExactTarget-_-WS-_-05.29.13-_-TPPDmovie&j=143860&e	Pythonpappy	1	816	May 29, 2013 by Bob K
	This is for Everyone, but especially for Col (Preview) -- Edited by Pythonpappy on Wednesday 29th of May 2013 01:53:01 PM	Pythonpappy	0	791	May 29, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 05-29 (Preview) Accepting those things we cannot change frees us. It's so easy to get caught up in other people's lives. Assuming that we know what's best for them seems so natural. Many of us have excelled at being caretakers, but it's time to back off and let our loved ones fend for themselves. That means letting them...	Pythonpappy	1	752	May 29, 2013 by Mike B.
	Grapevine (Preview) May 29 "Whatever strengthens the spirituality of the group strengthens my spirituality, and vice versa."	Mike B.	1	746	May 29, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Life Understood Backwards (Preview) Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forward. --Soren Kierkegaard Once, in a small village, there was a huge fire. The blaze spread and several homes and businesses were burned to the ground. After a long while, the fire was brought under control and put out. Villagers banded to...	Bob K	3	433	May 29, 2013 by stayhumble
	Back to the idea of "needing AA" (Preview) I wanted to comment on this topic that was posted a few days ago, but I feel like if I did it now nobody would read it at this point. Anyway, a week ago a friend and I were talking about AA and she started asking me if it is just "trading one addiction for another" and wondering "if the real go...	AdamMoz	16	658	May 29, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Conquering (Preview)	Bob K	1	827	May 29, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Today (Preview) I didn't have to be a part of the fight. I didn't have to make it okay. I didn't have to gloat. I didn't have to smooth it over. I didn't have to bend and break. I didn't have to be someone else. I didn't have to cross boundaries. I didn't have to die.	justadrunk	4	906	May 29, 2013 by Rob84
	Step 7. (Preview) "My Creator, I am now willing that you should have all of me, good and bad. I pray that you now remove from me every single defect of character which stands in the way of my usefulness to you and my fellows. Grant me strength, as I go out from here, to do your bidding. Amen." We have then completed...	gonee	5	848	May 29, 2013 by Rob84
	6 months Ruby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Preview) Congrats to you - such a sweet, humble recovery you have. Yes I'm judging you and taking your inventory - YOU ROCK!!!!	justadrunk	11	962	May 29, 2013 by mrpeel
	Grapevine (Preview) May 28 "I am responsible for reporting for duty and making the effort to overcome the adversity, and in so doing to overcome myself."	Mike B.	1	761	May 28, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 05-28 (Preview) I can hear music...sweet, sweet music. --Brian Wilson We often find it helpful to think about the role music has played in our lives. Sometimes, it has been a problem for us - time spent listening to loud, blaring music was a time of physical and emotional isolation, usually under the influence of dru...	Pythonpappy	1	798	May 28, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Memorial Day (Preview) MEMORIAL DAY It is the VETERAN, not the preacher, who has given us freedom of religion. It is the VETERAN, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press. It is the VETERAN, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech. It is the VETERAN, not the campus organizer, who has...	Pythonpappy	8	970	May 28, 2013 by learning
	Accepting the Addict Title (Preview) I am currently visiting at my parents' house, which of course is the simultaneously nostalgic and sometimes depressing root of so many of my experiences. As a little kid I had a biological father who was also a violent drunk. He is now out of the picture completely (for 20 years) but now my mom and step da...	AdamMoz	3	880	May 27, 2013 by StPeteDean
	Grapevine (Preview) March 27 "I have discovered a new way to learn - by shutting my mouth and listening ... It's not so much what I'm doing as what I'm not doing. I'm not talking. So I'm open; I'm teachable."	Mike B.	1	286	May 27, 2013 by Sports dude
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) May 27, 2013 Quote of the Week "The program does for us slowly what alcohol and drugs did for us quickly" I can clearly remember what I felt like before recovery. I was anxious, on edge, so uncomfortable with my life that I wanted and needed to escape. I can also remember the immediate...	Pythonpappy	1	821	May 27, 2013 by justadrunk
	Alcoholism an illness. (Preview) "IN THE PRECEDING chapters you have learned something of alcoholism. We hope we have made clear the distinction between the alcoholic and the non-alcoholic. If, when you honestly want to, you find you cannot quit entirely, or if when drinking, you have little control over the amount you take,...	gonee	3	1110	May 27, 2013 by justadrunk
	Today's Gift 05-27 (Preview) Love consists in this, that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other. --Rainer Maria Rilke For a relationship to be healthy and fulfilling, each of us must respect the other. "Two solitudes" is exactly what we are, and we will never be one, no matter how close we become. It may fe...	Pythonpappy	1	736	May 27, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	The smell of bourbon (Preview) Working with booze 5 nights a week has served to desensitize me to a lot of old triggers. I don't get that panic of handling it, serving it, talking about it, or generally being around it much anymore. The smell of wine sometimes gets to me a bit. I have found that the smell of a bourbon or good scotch still h...	Col	3	1249	May 27, 2013 by Jerry F
	Today's Gift 05-26 (Preview) Without a sense of humor, you're old in a hurry. --Janice Clark We've all been in the company of constant complainers. They drag down the mood of everyone they encounter. Can we be accused of this demeanor on occasion too? Maybe it seems impossible to wear a happy face all the time. And it's not always ea...	Pythonpappy	2	746	May 26, 2013 by Pythonpappy
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