Alcoholics Anonymous

AdamMoz · AdamMoz

Last night I was the designated driver for my partner, who was celebrating a big work victory with colleagues at a local bar. I was happy eating peanuts and drinking Diet Pepsi for the night and we wrapped up at around 1am. For the record, bars never temp me, because my serious drinking was always done co...

bjc_nc · bjc_nc

There are no meetings near me right now and I have no one to talk to.

justadrunk · justadrunk

You are reading from the book Each Day a New Beginning When people bother you in any way, it is because their souls are trying to get your divine attention and your blessing. Catherine Ponder We are in constant communication with one another and with God in the spiritual realm. No matter how singular ou...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

This is a short 3 minute video clip that I found very meaningful ... turn your sound up ... you'll love it!!! Pappy

NDEAccounts · NDEAccounts

A very heart touching story. John want's nothing more than to share his story all over the world. He even prints out brochures and gives to people about his experience. Hope you enjoy, if you've had any experiences like this please share!...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

No extra words are needed. Subject: How Southern boys start a stubborn boat motor with mosquito spray Redneck Starting fluid with a kick!Just click below on the Date and TimeDec 19, 2012 11:22pm (CLICK here on the date)Now I know why you can't use Mosquito sprayin place of Ethyl ether (sta...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"You will never stub your toe standing still. The faster you go, the more chance there is of stubbing your toe, but the more chance you have of getting somewhere." - Charles F. Kettering

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years of trying to get other people interested in you.--Dale CarnegieWe wanted friends, but our addiction wanted all our attention. We had no time to be close to others.Well, stand aside addiction! The p...

shellbd · shellbd

As I sit here with 22+ years of sobriety and then an awful divorce convinced me that I am not an alcohlic, just a social drinker as I only drank from 19-23. Fast forward to age 50...been divorced twice and managed to stay sober for most of the second one and all of the first one... And now in a relationship (...

gonee · gonee

I try to practice these legacies daily. Recovery is 1st for me. The number one offender is resentment. I ask God to remove all resentment from me every single day. Once that is accomplished and I am resentment free. I move on to Unity. Unity is 2nd for me. Those things in AA that cause disunity I gently try...

PurpleRayn · PurpleRayn

I am currently six and a half months sober. I have a sponsor as well. Last night I decided to have a few sips of a wine cooler. I had maybe a quarter of a mikes hard lemonade. I didn't get drunk or even tipsy. Does that mean I should reset my sobriety date. I'm too nervous to tell my sponsor.

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Acceptance is not submission; it is acknowledgment of the facts of a situation. Then deciding what you're going to do about it. --Kathleen Casey Theisen Recovery offers us courage to make choices about the events of our lives. Passive compliance with whatever is occurring need no longer dominate o...

Mike B. · Mike B.

October 17 "A new spiritual awakening can come at every meeting."

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"There is no doubt in my mind that there are many ways to be a winner, but there is only one way to be a loser and that is to fail and not look beyond that failure."- Kyle Rote, Jr.

Zoomtopz · Zoomtopz

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

Standing_Tall · Standing_Tall

Had a really rough week last week. Was out of the office with the flu. Did not get to attend any meetings, go to any sponsored events........was just rough. And I won't lie, I wanted a drink in the worst way. Was on my knees a LOT last week..........prayer and meditation........and other . If you can't ma...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

First I started with just a few minutes at a time on this board, and it kept increasing and now I am at two hours at a time...just reading posts, responding to some. Lots of learning here! I have a noon AA meeting and guys and gals, I love this board so much I just cannot get enough! After my meeting, I'll hav...

Bdi_chopper · Bdi_chopper

Hello all. Binge drinking has nearly taken everything from me. I'm an Alcoholic, I have known that for years. I am a successful businessman have a fabulous life, plenty of cash and lovely kids. I have now got to the stage where it is affecting everything. I have to stop. The remorse is killing me from th...

Zoomtopz · Zoomtopz

My wife hosted a dinner party for all our friends, some we hadn't seen for quite a while, and everyone was encouraged to bring their children as well. Dinner Party All during dinner my wife's best friend's four-year-old stared at me sitting across from her. The girl could hardly eat her food for starin...

Standing_Tall · Standing_Tall

Okay, this has been on my mind today.......I am sure that a lot of you have or are dealing with this topic. I have not seen my children in almost 4 weeks (basically since getting out of rehab). I talk to them every single day and they are happy to hear my voice. My two oldest know what has gone on and they supp...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment." - Marcus Aurelius

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

I posted awhile back that my SO was going to a wedding which is out of town. Been worried a lot about being alone--I haven't been by myself much at all over the last couple of decades. I had an invite but since there was going to be drinking, and I haven't been sober but just a few months, I didn't think I could...

Stepchild · Stepchild

Step One....We admitted we were powerless over alcohol - that our lives had become unmanageable.Would love to hear your feedback on this step...When I first saw this step it made no sense to me at all....None of them did really...I had a drinking problem that cost me everything and damn near killed me...

justadrunk · justadrunk

Yippee for you!

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Becoming forgiving The lack of a forgiving spirit hurts our spiritual progress. Being unforgiving causes resentment, which is always a danger to our new way of life. We have learned that if we forgive, we will be forgiven; but if we do not forgive, we will not be forgiven. So it seems we are just hurtin...

pinkchip · pinkchip

Stpetedean and pinkchip aka Dean and Mark

justadrunk · justadrunk

I have 3 close friends in AA - we all came in around the same time. One has a young girl the same age as my daughter, and we did many play dates this summer. One has been off and on sober. One I found out has pretty much never stopped drinking, but was hiding it. Anyway - they all crashed and burned last wee...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

It is the act of forgiveness that opens up the only possible way to think creatively about the future at all. -- Father Desmond WilsonToday is full of endless possibilities and dreams. In many cases, we are limited only by our fear and lack of hope, in others and ourselves. Each new day we are given a clea...

Mike B. · Mike B.

October 15 "I found I had to exert every ounce of will and action to cut off these faulty emotional dependencies upon people, upon AA, indeed, upon any set of circumstances whatever. Then only could I be free to love."

pinkchip · pinkchip

I think someone that posts here lives near here...not sure who...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Welcome to MIP Curly, ... glad you found us ... looking forward to you sharing your ESH here ... God Bless, Pappy

AdamMoz · AdamMoz

I just spent the past half hour Google searching various iterations of "alcohol and the soul" and "addiction and the soul". I was looking for articles or blog posts by people who have written about what alcohol does to the "soul" while we are drinking, both in the sho...

justadrunk · justadrunk

This time the grapevine let me know they are going to publish another one of my posts from here at MIP. It was from about 2 yrs ago - when I first came to MIP and drank again after about a month. It's going to say "my recent relapse" in one of the paragraphs, now mind you - this will be 2 years old....

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"Comfort and prosperity have never enriched the world as much as adversity has." - Billy Graham

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Simplicity and greatness go together. -- Monty Cralley We have probably heard the phrase Keep It Simple thousands of times. It's possible we are mystified by it, even yet. So many things in life have seemed complicated: getting an education, starting a new job, advising children and friends. Not...

Mike B. · Mike B.

October 14 "How does one tune in to the Higher Power? The answer I have learned from AA is to recharge my spiritual battery every day -- 'you can't pull today's load with yesterday's horse.'"

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

October 14, 2013 Quote of the Week "The answer is not in the problem;the answer is in the solution." Before recovery, I lived in the problem. If things weren't going right, or if something went wrong, that's all I thought about. I'd dwell on it, talk to my friends about it, and think about...

mich · mich

Ok I went to a meeting this morning. I decided to share on the topic of fear. I am a musician who has some high profile concerts coming up. I have performed in the past based on fear. Fear of not being well thought of as a musician, a person etc.... I know what I need to do and I spoke to my sponsor about it,...

justadrunk · justadrunk

I have your avatar pic on my phone as you know, and my daughter and I were scrolling through pics. When we got to your picture my daughter had to stop and look a while. I did too. She asked who you were, and I said 'that's my friend' and she said you look nice. You are nice Col. How's it going?

John · John

Hi MIP folks! Nothing big to write about today. Life is getting rather simple and I like it like that. No drama, just me, my dogs, a bit of work, going to meetings, and trying to stay on top of things financially as we head into the winter season, which is always a rough time for me. Pressure Washing home...

Stepchild · Stepchild

I really like this guy...One of the original 100 that worked on the book. He was a strong headed alkie...I think he and Bill W. butted heads...Also a strong headed alkie. Some say he should have been one of the Co - Founders of AA...I just like how he kept it simple.He talks about the phases of the steps.....

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement." - Helen Keller

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Children do not know how their parents love them, and they never will till the grave closes over those parents, or till they have children of their own. --Edmund Vance Cooks As adults, we may feel we were cheated out of a "normal" childhood because of our parents' emotional, physical, or sp...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Welcome to MIP brigy, ... we're glad you'r here and Congrats on 8 months sober ... please share with us ...

Mike B. · Mike B.

October 11 "One night, in a moment of desperation, I got down on my knees and remembered a prayer an old sponsor had given me. It said, 'God, help me be of service ... to something or someone...' I knew intuitively it was the answer."

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued is always just beyond your grasp, but which if you will sit down quietly will light upon you." - Nathaniel Hawthorne

Mike D · Mike D

Hi everyone! I'd like to share with you a question that I've been asked many times by many sponsorees: "Will Step 4 be emotionally painful for me?" The only way I can ever answer that question is out of my own experience with doing a Fourth Step inventory myself. To begin with, we must est...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"The first duty of love is to listen." - Paul Tillich

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

CommunicatingHe said, "Let's go to the movies when we're done with our work." She said, "That's a great idea!" But when the work that she had in mind was finished, he still had several tasks that remained undone. So they got into a dispute. It was not a disagreement, it was a misun...

Jerry F · Jerry F

Yeppers...that was the topic at this mornings AA at the bay, Saturday version, home group meeting. Go figure...really?...alcoholics and alcoholic/addicts talking about love and tolerance of others who may be threatening their recovery? Has recovery become soooo valuable that a recoveri...

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	Blue Lights (Preview) Last night I was the designated driver for my partner, who was celebrating a big work victory with colleagues at a local bar. I was happy eating peanuts and drinking Diet Pepsi for the night and we wrapped up at around 1am. For the record, bars never temp me, because my serious drinking was always done co...	AdamMoz	2	465	Oct 19, 2013 by Jerry F
	Is there anyone on here right now? I need someone. (Preview) There are no meetings near me right now and I have no one to talk to.	bjc_nc	10	674	Oct 19, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Hey Dean (Preview) You are reading from the book Each Day a New Beginning When people bother you in any way, it is because their souls are trying to get your divine attention and your blessing. Catherine Ponder We are in constant communication with one another and with God in the spiritual realm. No matter how singular ou...	justadrunk	6	484	Oct 19, 2013 by 2granddaughters
	The Road to Happiness (Preview) This is a short 3 minute video clip that I found very meaningful ... turn your sound up ... you'll love it!!! Pappy	Pythonpappy	0	396	Oct 19, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	A man leaves his AA meeting and is hit by a drunk driver - Has a near death experience and visited by 3 angels. near death experience nde alcoholics anonymous stories (Preview) A very heart touching story. John want's nothing more than to share his story all over the world. He even prints out brochures and gives to people about his experience. Hope you enjoy, if you've had any experiences like this please share!...	NDEAccounts	10	3748	Oct 19, 2013 by NDEAccounts
	Even Sober, Southern boys are Tops ! (Preview) No extra words are needed. Subject: How Southern boys start a stubborn boat motor with mosquito spray Redneck Starting fluid with a kick!Just click below on the Date and TimeDec 19, 2012 11:22pm (CLICK here on the date)Now I know why you can't use Mosquito sprayin place of Ethyl ether (sta...	Pythonpappy	12	1282	Oct 19, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "You will never stub your toe standing still. The faster you go, the more chance there is of stubbing your toe, but the more chance you have of getting somewhere." - Charles F. Kettering	Pythonpappy	0	323	Oct 18, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift (Preview) You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years of trying to get other people interested in you.--Dale CarnegieWe wanted friends, but our addiction wanted all our attention. We had no time to be close to others.Well, stand aside addiction! The p...	Pythonpappy	0	380	Oct 18, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	So tired (Preview) As I sit here with 22+ years of sobriety and then an awful divorce convinced me that I am not an alcohlic, just a social drinker as I only drank from 19-23. Fast forward to age 50...been divorced twice and managed to stay sober for most of the second one and all of the first one... And now in a relationship (...	shellbd	13	680	Oct 18, 2013 by nezyb
	AA's 3 legacies; Recovery, Unity, Service. Let's share on it. (Preview) I try to practice these legacies daily. Recovery is 1st for me. The number one offender is resentment. I ask God to remove all resentment from me every single day. Once that is accomplished and I am resentment free. I move on to Unity. Unity is 2nd for me. Those things in AA that cause disunity I gently try...	gonee	3	872	Oct 18, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	I had a few sips One drink help sobriety date (Preview) I am currently six and a half months sober. I have a sponsor as well. Last night I decided to have a few sips of a wine cooler. I had maybe a quarter of a mikes hard lemonade. I didn't get drunk or even tipsy. Does that mean I should reset my sobriety date. I'm too nervous to tell my sponsor.	PurpleRayn	12	7017	Oct 18, 2013 by betterthanyesterday52
	Today's Gift (Preview) Acceptance is not submission; it is acknowledgment of the facts of a situation. Then deciding what you're going to do about it. --Kathleen Casey Theisen Recovery offers us courage to make choices about the events of our lives. Passive compliance with whatever is occurring need no longer dominate o...	Pythonpappy	2	296	Oct 18, 2013 by Mr_David
	Grapevine (Preview) October 17 "A new spiritual awakening can come at every meeting."	Mike B.	2	362	Oct 18, 2013 by Mr_David
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "There is no doubt in my mind that there are many ways to be a winner, but there is only one way to be a loser and that is to fail and not look beyond that failure."- Kyle Rote, Jr.	Pythonpappy	1	388	Oct 18, 2013 by Mr_David
	Th mirror (Preview) I pointed to the two old drunks across the bar and said to my mate, "That'l be us in ten years. He said, "That's a mirror, you idiot"!!!	Zoomtopz	5	361	Oct 18, 2013 by Mr_David
	Why am I struggling so?? (Preview) Had a really rough week last week. Was out of the office with the flu. Did not get to attend any meetings, go to any sponsored events........was just rough. And I won't lie, I wanted a drink in the worst way. Was on my knees a LOT last week..........prayer and meditation........and other . If you can't ma...	Standing_Tall	24	740	Oct 18, 2013 by betterthanyesterday52
	I Am Addicted to The MIP Board (Preview) First I started with just a few minutes at a time on this board, and it kept increasing and now I am at two hours at a time...just reading posts, responding to some. Lots of learning here! I have a noon AA meeting and guys and gals, I love this board so much I just cannot get enough! After my meeting, I'll hav...	betterthanyesterday52	15	704	Oct 18, 2013 by AlcoHater
	This is it! (Preview) Hello all. Binge drinking has nearly taken everything from me. I'm an Alcoholic, I have known that for years. I am a successful businessman have a fabulous life, plenty of cash and lovely kids. I have now got to the stage where it is affecting everything. I have to stop. The remorse is killing me from th...	Bdi_chopper	15	735	Oct 18, 2013 by betterthanyesterday52
	Dinner Party (Preview) My wife hosted a dinner party for all our friends, some we hadn't seen for quite a while, and everyone was encouraged to bring their children as well. Dinner Party All during dinner my wife's best friend's four-year-old stared at me sitting across from her. The girl could hardly eat her food for starin...	Zoomtopz	8	697	Oct 17, 2013 by betterthanyesterday52
	The Alcoholic and His Children (Preview) Okay, this has been on my mind today.......I am sure that a lot of you have or are dealing with this topic. I have not seen my children in almost 4 weeks (basically since getting out of rehab). I talk to them every single day and they are happy to hear my voice. My two oldest know what has gone on and they supp...	Standing_Tall	16	754	Oct 17, 2013 by Stepchild
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment." - Marcus Aurelius	Pythonpappy	0	328	Oct 16, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	....But I Didn't Have to Drink (Preview) I posted awhile back that my SO was going to a wedding which is out of town. Been worried a lot about being alone--I haven't been by myself much at all over the last couple of decades. I had an invite but since there was going to be drinking, and I haven't been sober but just a few months, I didn't think I could...	betterthanyesterday52	16	804	Oct 16, 2013 by betterthanyesterday52
	Let's talk about the first step. (Preview) Step One....We admitted we were powerless over alcohol - that our lives had become unmanageable.Would love to hear your feedback on this step...When I first saw this step it made no sense to me at all....None of them did really...I had a drinking problem that cost me everything and damn near killed me...	Stepchild	23	2038	Oct 16, 2013 by betterthanyesterday52
	congrats on one week gtt... i think its time for a new thread!!! (Preview) Yippee for you!	justadrunk	2	422	Oct 16, 2013 by betterthanyesterday52
	Today's Gift (Preview) Becoming forgiving The lack of a forgiving spirit hurts our spiritual progress. Being unforgiving causes resentment, which is always a danger to our new way of life. We have learned that if we forgive, we will be forgiven; but if we do not forgive, we will not be forgiven. So it seems we are just hurtin...	Pythonpappy	1	291	Oct 16, 2013 by Standing_Tall
	Meeting of the mods! (Preview) Stpetedean and pinkchip aka Dean and Mark	pinkchip	17	655	Oct 16, 2013 by vixen
	All my friends relapsed this week. (Preview) I have 3 close friends in AA - we all came in around the same time. One has a young girl the same age as my daughter, and we did many play dates this summer. One has been off and on sober. One I found out has pretty much never stopped drinking, but was hiding it. Anyway - they all crashed and burned last wee...	justadrunk	17	844	Oct 16, 2013 by justadrunk
	Today's Gift (Preview) It is the act of forgiveness that opens up the only possible way to think creatively about the future at all. -- Father Desmond WilsonToday is full of endless possibilities and dreams. In many cases, we are limited only by our fear and lack of hope, in others and ourselves. Each new day we are given a clea...	Pythonpappy	0	354	Oct 15, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Grapevine (Preview) October 15 "I found I had to exert every ounce of will and action to cut off these faulty emotional dependencies upon people, upon AA, indeed, upon any set of circumstances whatever. Then only could I be free to love."	Mike B.	1	361	Oct 15, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	I am in St. Pete (Preview) I think someone that posts here lives near here...not sure who...	pinkchip	11	492	Oct 15, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Welcome Curly (Preview) Welcome to MIP Curly, ... glad you found us ... looking forward to you sharing your ESH here ... God Bless, Pappy	Pythonpappy	8	380	Oct 15, 2013 by StPeteDean
	Alcohol and the Soul (Preview) I just spent the past half hour Google searching various iterations of "alcohol and the soul" and "addiction and the soul". I was looking for articles or blog posts by people who have written about what alcohol does to the "soul" while we are drinking, both in the sho...	AdamMoz	4	667	Oct 14, 2013 by Jerry F
	I did not relapse (Preview) This time the grapevine let me know they are going to publish another one of my posts from here at MIP. It was from about 2 yrs ago - when I first came to MIP and drank again after about a month. It's going to say "my recent relapse" in one of the paragraphs, now mind you - this will be 2 years old....	justadrunk	8	548	Oct 15, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "Comfort and prosperity have never enriched the world as much as adversity has." - Billy Graham	Pythonpappy	0	551	Oct 14, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift (Preview) Simplicity and greatness go together. -- Monty Cralley We have probably heard the phrase Keep It Simple thousands of times. It's possible we are mystified by it, even yet. So many things in life have seemed complicated: getting an education, starting a new job, advising children and friends. Not...	Pythonpappy	0	307	Oct 14, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Grapevine (Preview) October 14 "How does one tune in to the Higher Power? The answer I have learned from AA is to recharge my spiritual battery every day -- 'you can't pull today's load with yesterday's horse.'"	Mike B.	2	363	Oct 14, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) October 14, 2013 Quote of the Week "The answer is not in the problem;the answer is in the solution." Before recovery, I lived in the problem. If things weren't going right, or if something went wrong, that's all I thought about. I'd dwell on it, talk to my friends about it, and think about...	Pythonpappy	1	343	Oct 14, 2013 by Standing_Tall
	A simple meeting????? (Preview) Ok I went to a meeting this morning. I decided to share on the topic of fear. I am a musician who has some high profile concerts coming up. I have performed in the past based on fear. Fear of not being well thought of as a musician, a person etc.... I know what I need to do and I spoke to my sponsor about it,...	mich	14	817	Oct 14, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Col (Preview) I have your avatar pic on my phone as you know, and my daughter and I were scrolling through pics. When we got to your picture my daughter had to stop and look a while. I did too. She asked who you were, and I said 'that's my friend' and she said you look nice. You are nice Col. How's it going?	justadrunk	4	401	Oct 14, 2013 by StPeteDean
	Just a simple "Hello" to everyone! (Preview) Hi MIP folks! Nothing big to write about today. Life is getting rather simple and I like it like that. No drama, just me, my dogs, a bit of work, going to meetings, and trying to stay on top of things financially as we head into the winter season, which is always a rough time for me. Pressure Washing home...	John	4	493	Oct 14, 2013 by StPeteDean
	THE STEPS OF A.A. - AN INTERPRETATION (Preview) I really like this guy...One of the original 100 that worked on the book. He was a strong headed alkie...I think he and Bill W. butted heads...Also a strong headed alkie. Some say he should have been one of the Co - Founders of AA...I just like how he kept it simple.He talks about the phases of the steps.....	Stepchild	8	620	Oct 14, 2013 by Stepchild
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement." - Helen Keller	Pythonpappy	0	342	Oct 13, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift (Preview) Children do not know how their parents love them, and they never will till the grave closes over those parents, or till they have children of their own. --Edmund Vance Cooks As adults, we may feel we were cheated out of a "normal" childhood because of our parents' emotional, physical, or sp...	Pythonpappy	0	346	Oct 13, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Welcome 'brigy' (Preview) Welcome to MIP brigy, ... we're glad you'r here and Congrats on 8 months sober ... please share with us ...	Pythonpappy	1	363	Oct 13, 2013 by RubyTues
	Grapevine (Preview) October 11 "One night, in a moment of desperation, I got down on my knees and remembered a prayer an old sponsor had given me. It said, 'God, help me be of service ... to something or someone...' I knew intuitively it was the answer."	Mike B.	2	385	Oct 13, 2013 by Mr_David
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued is always just beyond your grasp, but which if you will sit down quietly will light upon you." - Nathaniel Hawthorne	Pythonpappy	2	312	Oct 13, 2013 by Mr_David
	"Will Step Four be painful for me?" (Preview) Hi everyone! I'd like to share with you a question that I've been asked many times by many sponsorees: "Will Step 4 be emotionally painful for me?" The only way I can ever answer that question is out of my own experience with doing a Fourth Step inventory myself. To begin with, we must est...	Mike D	5	552	Oct 12, 2013 by Mr_David
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "The first duty of love is to listen." - Paul Tillich	Pythonpappy	0	297	Oct 12, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift (Preview) CommunicatingHe said, "Let's go to the movies when we're done with our work." She said, "That's a great idea!" But when the work that she had in mind was finished, he still had several tasks that remained undone. So they got into a dispute. It was not a disagreement, it was a misun...	Pythonpappy	0	334	Oct 12, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Love and Tolerance (Preview) Yeppers...that was the topic at this mornings AA at the bay, Saturday version, home group meeting. Go figure...really?...alcoholics and alcoholic/addicts talking about love and tolerance of others who may be threatening their recovery? Has recovery become soooo valuable that a recoveri...	Jerry F	4	1063	Oct 13, 2013 by RubyTues
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