Alcoholics Anonymous

flipper · flipper

Most of you prob know that I do not attend regular meeting, I don't have a sponsor, and i did not do the steps. I do however, attend meetings when i need a reality check, have a network of support aa'ers and non, and read and try to practice many of the principles outlined in the steps, and the bb. I have achie...

Philipld · Philipld

Anyone who has experienced the death of a loved one and who has dealt with the pain of that experience by seeing a counselor or working through self-help workbooks will tell you that there are five stages of grief that you go through as you deal with this loss. What you may not know is that we go through som...

mikef · mikef

Morning and blessings of this day! Today's Grapevine Quote(MikeB usually puts in up on site)is a wonderful way to look at the sometimes "struggling with the God concept" WE many incur on our journey into recovery!! Check it out, the true idea of a Higher Power being whatever that Power ...

Tracey C · Tracey C

This song has really been resonating with me lately. Thought you may like to hear it. http://aa.activeboard.com Hope this works Tracey -- Edited by Tracey C on Friday 22nd of March 2013 04:01:28 AM

Philipld · Philipld

Emotions trying to overrule my head....seems to be my main battle today... I want to climb on the email...and try to fix it... My head knows better... Ive allready tried to fix it...and made it worse.. The more you push someone? The farther away..they go.. Got to leave it upstairs...hard thing to do....

Soberbutstruggling · Soberbutstruggling

Hi guys i am really struggling to stay sober. I had 13 months and then went back out. Now I am at 13 days and it is so hard this time. The days go by so slow and I feel like I am crazy again. I am back in a sober house and going to meetings and have a new sponsor but I am struggling with the God concept.... I went throu...

mike1 · mike1

Hey everyone I just wanted to share I celebrated 90 days yesterday. Thank you for being here.

AdamMoz · AdamMoz

I read recently that one of the best things about being sober is that we can reach a point where we no longer fear the future. I have thought a lot about this statement, whether I think it is true, and why or why not. After almost six weeks of newfound sobriety, I am already finding myself loosening my grip...

Philipld · Philipld

Remembering when.... I was 37....and had lost everything...that there was to loose... I remember a few weeks...or a few months sober...even one year....and STILL wouldnt give up...MY WAY I remember when I finally had to give up... In a jail cell....facing 151 charges of fraud... Insanity... Toda...

John · John

Here is a screen shot photo of the stats that are showing on the Admin side of this board. I thought I would share them with you. We are being viewed by people over 2000 times a day, with a total of almost 8 million views since it was started! We have over 5000 registered users on the board, both active and...

John · John

Was great!! A very good turn out of people for it, and the topics were right on! "Fit Spiritual Condition, Spiritual Malady, and Step Three". The shares were really good, and provided a lot of insight to the old timers and solid hope to the newcomers. Thank all of you who showed up and made it such a grea...

justadrunk · justadrunk

Today's thought from Hazelden is: Our Spiritual Journey We begin our spiritual journey at different times in our lives but most of us reach the same place eventually where we accept the guidance of a Power greater than ourselves. A Power that cares for us and accepts us just as we are. A Power that guide...

kld47 · kld47

Hi All Sorry, I have been away, but found another site that was pretty good and fit some of my needs at the moment. Unfortunately they had to close their chat room area because of spamers, idiots, and other types of abuse. So, looks like I am back here. Ben doing good, but have had some medical problems and...

Bob K · Bob K

POSITIVELY NEGATIVEWe drank for happiness and became unhappy.We drank for joy and became miserable.We drank for socialability and became argumentative and obnoxious.We drank for sophistication and became crude.We drank for friendship and made enemies.We drank to be outgoing and became self...

Col · Col

This situation has 'potential disaster' written all over it. So I'm working step 9, making amends. I contacted an ex- boyfriend- THE ex- boyfriend, really the only relationship I've ever had. Sure, there were a few musicians, a tattoo artist thrown in- but they were distractions. Or drunken, drama...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Love cures. It cures those who give it and it cures those who receive it. --Dr. Karl Menninger Love is no mystery, but its results are magical in many ways. It's generally accepted that many illnesses are psychosomatic. Because we often feel anxiously alone, lonely, fearful, and unloved, we express...

Philipld · Philipld

I thought that yesterday might be the worst....but no such luck...Today takes the cake... Sometimes..it just hasta get worse before its better...I guess Cereal this morning...more soup later...another meeting tonight.. ------------------------------------------- Its all I can...do......

justadrunk · justadrunk

She's broke down, and broken spiritually. She has called me drunk for the past few days, and finally last night she said she wants to check into treatment. I told her I would give her a ride since she has no money, no car, and no friends or family in 700 miles. I was suppose to get my home tested to see if the...

pinkchip · pinkchip

I don't know about you guys, but I think someone passed their 1 year anniversary!!!! Tasha, I am so proud of you. You are an inspiration to me and lots of others here. Your journey has been wonderful thus far and it can only get better. Happy Anniversary!!! I wish I could give this to you in person but...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Being open Sometimes we think we're supposed to have more recovery under our belts. Perhaps we feel the need to impress our peers with our success in staying off mind-altering chemicals. But perhaps we are really just trying to convince ourselves. We know how difficult recovery is, and surely our Hi...

Mike B. · Mike B.

March 20 "When it seems like love just isn't enough, I remind myself that it is all I have to give beyond my experience, strength and hope."

Philipld · Philipld

Hi everyone...My name is Phil..and Im an alcoholic When this site started up...many moons ago...? It was responsible for keeping this guy sane...for many day... To top it off...I met a lot of freinds here...and we shared and cared for each other daily.. If youve been in AA for a while? I can share with y...

Peej · Peej

I had no idea there was such a thing! I'm looking forward to check one out.

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

March 18, 2013 Quote of the Week "If I don't go to meetings, I don't hear whatGod wants me to hear." Before recovery, I kept a lot of lower companion company. I worked with a bunch of self-serving thieves who wanted the easy way out at the expense of others. My friends were alcoho...

Col · Col

My sponser and I were talking the other day about her vacation home on the beach in Miami. She's one of these people who has money haha. One of those people I used to loathe. Well, shes earned it as a doctor who works insane hours. She out of the blue suggested that we go to celebrate my 1 year in May. It's righ...

Frodo · Frodo

Myself as a sober person is unnatural. To be this person I have to change my nature and deny myself what the real me wants. My natural default setting is to be a drunk and to be drunk. That's who I am if I don't do anything to stop it. But that'll drive me insane, hurt others that love me, and kill me if I let it. S...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Am Leaving shortly to go do some work for my youngest son ... so I will be traveling and will have limited access to our site here for the next few days ... I will have to use his computer when available ... ... ... Just wanted you guys to know I love ya and God Bless you, Pappy

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope. --Samuel Johnson A truly powerful force in the universe is that of optimism. Optimism lies at the root of our mental and physical health. Feelings of hope can stimulate the body's immune system and inspire r...

Mike B. · Mike B.

March 16 "It seems to me that I achieve growth by leaving things out - when I don't say the cross word, when I don't answer sarcastically. If I can delay only one second, maybe two, I have time to ask myself, 'Do I really want to say that?'"

jamespmcentegart · jamespmcentegart

can not sleep even with sleep meds

Col · Col

I recently got in contact with one of my former foster mothers. This was my final foster home placement, and it just happened to be wonderful. I instantly clicked and bonded with this woman. After close to 20 placements in under a years time, I was pretty damaged by the time I met this woman. I had no hope f...

AdamMoz · AdamMoz

Hey All, I just wanted to note that I am finishing up my fifth week of sobriety and I feel great. Once I got past the first three of weeks and remained determined that I was never going to drink again - EVER - the past two have actually been relatively easy. I think that in the past, I have been foiled by the ide...

John · John

Hi Everyone, I am going to start holding meetings in our chatroom on Tuesday and Saturday nights at 9PM est. I will be asking that those with 6 months or more of continuous sobriety, that attend f2f meetings become willing to donate some time to chair one meeting per week here as well. It does require...

John · John

check it out, click on the link below, it will take you to the meeting/chat room page, a box will be there where the chat room will appear. Just put a nickname for yourself in the box, and then click Connect. Check it out... its really smooth, easy to enter, some good features, and ready for us to start us...

mike1 · mike1

Yesterday my wife and I started to fight. Instead of letting it escalate I simply stopped and left. I went to my local bike shop to look around for a bit. Nothing realy changed for me. I was still upset and starting to obsess. I came home and changed my clothes and went for a run. During this run I prayed to Go...

justadrunk · justadrunk

With skype I think? It was really weird!!!!!!!!! People were smoking - eating etc LOL I clammed up and couldn't say a word when it was my turn.... to weird! Has anyone else done this??? What did you think? I suppose a live meeting was just as 'weird' the first time...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

A Weekly Thought! But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. -Isaiah 40:31Weekly QuoteWhen God is our strength, it is strength indeed; when our strength is our own, it is only weakness...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

A woman in a supermarket is following a grandfather and his badly behaved 3 year-old grandson. It's obvious to her that he has his hands full with the child screaming for sweets in the sweet aisle, biscuits in the biscuit aisle; and for fruit, cereal and pop in the other aisle. Meanwhile, Granddad is...

AdamMoz · AdamMoz

I was trying to explain to my wife recently the difference between her method of drinking and mine. My wife is someone who is perfectly capable of coming home from work, having a glass of wine to de-stress, and spending the rest of the evening in a mellow mood. I, on the other hand, would come home from wor...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

You have three choices: keep on fighting, ignore each other, or make up and be friends. --John Knoblauch Once there were four sixth-graders - two boys and two girls - who started to fight even though they'd been friends for years. One morning at the bus stop, the boys started playing keep-away with the...

pinkchip · pinkchip

Well guys, I was in a Ph.D. program when I had my first bout with clinical depression...I was a binge drinker before that- I was at the dissertation stage and never could get back on track.. Add to that, I started self-medicating through alcohol and that got worse and worse to the point of being a full bl...

Jerry F · Jerry F

Try this for a definition of Crosstalking at a meeting. My Sunday version of AA by the bay is right off the Pacific Ocean and the water gets as close as about 30 feet. Today it was calm and glassy, warm and breezy and a great day to just jump up and enjoy it and so...the whales did. Yeppers it's the season...

gonee · gonee

I pray for all of you today, that you may have peace in your hearts. Just for today, I pray God that you will not let our troubles overtake us.

John · John

First and foremost, I stayed sober... and second, I did some marketing stuff on my truck and online. Here are some pictures of what I created today. Just getting ready for a spring and summer full of good work, but it doesn't happen without my participating in bringing it about. John

gonee · gonee

For every successful person there is a 1st step. The 1st step always begins with powerlessness and unmanageability. One may say, but that is weak. Yes it is from the human perspective, but not from God's. He made us weak so that we may be strong in Him. Imagine having a strong 2 year old son, who knows ever...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

I've started to realize that waiting is an art, that waiting achieves things. Waiting can be very, very powerful. Time is a valuable thing. If you can wait two years, you can sometimes achieve something that you could not achieve today, however hard you worked, however much money you threw up in the ai...

justadrunk · justadrunk

They are putting huge power lines up in our front yard. I over reacted immediately. They put the pole up, and I called the realtor and told her I wanted her to put my house up for sale. I spent 2 hours reading about kids and leukemia and all kinds of other stuff that can happen when you live under power lin...

justadrunk · justadrunk

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

On any journey, we must find out where we are before we can plan the first step. --Kathy Boevink Our lives in all aspects are a journey toward a destination, one fitting to our purpose, our special gifts, and our particular needs. Each day contributes to our journey, carrying us closer to our destinati...

HJF454 · HJF454

Today I don't have to act on emotion. I can slow down and not have to impulsively fix it right now. Since that is the old way to self centered gratification. I can take a moment or day to ask God for advice and pray on it. I don't have to figure it out right away. This is unnatural for a Alcoholic to do. Today I ha...

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	question (Preview) Most of you prob know that I do not attend regular meeting, I don't have a sponsor, and i did not do the steps. I do however, attend meetings when i need a reality check, have a network of support aa'ers and non, and read and try to practice many of the principles outlined in the steps, and the bb. I have achie...	flipper	8	501	Mar 22, 2013 by Zoomtopz
	Five Stages Of Grief (Preview) Anyone who has experienced the death of a loved one and who has dealt with the pain of that experience by seeing a counselor or working through self-help workbooks will tell you that there are five stages of grief that you go through as you deal with this loss. What you may not know is that we go through som...	Philipld	5	738	Mar 22, 2013 by Tracey C
	A Great outlook on a tough issue for some of us! (Preview) Morning and blessings of this day! Today's Grapevine Quote(MikeB usually puts in up on site)is a wonderful way to look at the sometimes "struggling with the God concept" WE many incur on our journey into recovery!! Check it out, the true idea of a Higher Power being whatever that Power ...	mikef	6	476	Mar 22, 2013 by Tanin
	Another great song (Preview) This song has really been resonating with me lately. Thought you may like to hear it. http://aa.activeboard.com Hope this works Tracey -- Edited by Tracey C on Friday 22nd of March 2013 04:01:28 AM	Tracey C	1	231	Mar 22, 2013 by Col
	The fight from within (Preview) Emotions trying to overrule my head....seems to be my main battle today... I want to climb on the email...and try to fix it... My head knows better... Ive allready tried to fix it...and made it worse.. The more you push someone? The farther away..they go.. Got to leave it upstairs...hard thing to do....	Philipld	9	465	Mar 22, 2013 by odat
	Struggling after relapse Sober sponsor help relapse (Preview) Hi guys i am really struggling to stay sober. I had 13 months and then went back out. Now I am at 13 days and it is so hard this time. The days go by so slow and I feel like I am crazy again. I am back in a sober house and going to meetings and have a new sponsor but I am struggling with the God concept.... I went throu...	Soberbutstruggling	15	8781	Mar 22, 2013 by mike1
	90 of em! (Preview) Hey everyone I just wanted to share I celebrated 90 days yesterday. Thank you for being here.	mike1	10	324	Mar 22, 2013 by mike1
	On Not Fearing the Future (Preview) I read recently that one of the best things about being sober is that we can reach a point where we no longer fear the future. I have thought a lot about this statement, whether I think it is true, and why or why not. After almost six weeks of newfound sobriety, I am already finding myself loosening my grip...	AdamMoz	4	465	Mar 22, 2013 by John
	Day 4... (Preview) Remembering when.... I was 37....and had lost everything...that there was to loose... I remember a few weeks...or a few months sober...even one year....and STILL wouldnt give up...MY WAY I remember when I finally had to give up... In a jail cell....facing 151 charges of fraud... Insanity... Toda...	Philipld	3	273	Mar 22, 2013 by John
	This Boards Stats... Amazing! (Preview) Here is a screen shot photo of the stats that are showing on the Admin side of this board. I thought I would share them with you. We are being viewed by people over 2000 times a day, with a total of almost 8 million views since it was started! We have over 5000 registered users on the board, both active and...	John	5	494	Mar 22, 2013 by Rob84
	Last nights online meeting... (Preview) Was great!! A very good turn out of people for it, and the topics were right on! "Fit Spiritual Condition, Spiritual Malady, and Step Three". The shares were really good, and provided a lot of insight to the old timers and solid hope to the newcomers. Thank all of you who showed up and made it such a grea...	John	8	527	Mar 22, 2013 by RubyTues
	Today's Gift 3-21 (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: Our Spiritual Journey We begin our spiritual journey at different times in our lives but most of us reach the same place eventually where we accept the guidance of a Power greater than ourselves. A Power that cares for us and accepts us just as we are. A Power that guide...	justadrunk	0	251	Mar 21, 2013 by justadrunk
	Coming Back (Preview) Hi All Sorry, I have been away, but found another site that was pretty good and fit some of my needs at the moment. Unfortunately they had to close their chat room area because of spamers, idiots, and other types of abuse. So, looks like I am back here. Ben doing good, but have had some medical problems and...	kld47	5	355	Mar 22, 2013 by StPeteDean
	Positive / Negative (Preview) POSITIVELY NEGATIVEWe drank for happiness and became unhappy.We drank for joy and became miserable.We drank for socialability and became argumentative and obnoxious.We drank for sophistication and became crude.We drank for friendship and made enemies.We drank to be outgoing and became self...	Bob K	5	886	Mar 22, 2013 by leeu
	Oh... Men ( sigh) (Preview) This situation has 'potential disaster' written all over it. So I'm working step 9, making amends. I contacted an ex- boyfriend- THE ex- boyfriend, really the only relationship I've ever had. Sure, there were a few musicians, a tattoo artist thrown in- but they were distractions. Or drunken, drama...	Col	11	675	Mar 21, 2013 by justadrunk
	Today's Gift 03-20 (Preview) Love cures. It cures those who give it and it cures those who receive it. --Dr. Karl Menninger Love is no mystery, but its results are magical in many ways. It's generally accepted that many illnesses are psychosomatic. Because we often feel anxiously alone, lonely, fearful, and unloved, we express...	Pythonpappy	0	256	Mar 20, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	3rd day (Preview) I thought that yesterday might be the worst....but no such luck...Today takes the cake... Sometimes..it just hasta get worse before its better...I guess Cereal this morning...more soup later...another meeting tonight.. ------------------------------------------- Its all I can...do......	Philipld	12	440	Mar 20, 2013 by RubyTues
	I am off to take my sponsee to rehab now. (Preview) She's broke down, and broken spiritually. She has called me drunk for the past few days, and finally last night she said she wants to check into treatment. I told her I would give her a ride since she has no money, no car, and no friends or family in 700 miles. I was suppose to get my home tested to see if the...	justadrunk	6	598	Mar 20, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	For Tasha!!!!!! (Preview) I don't know about you guys, but I think someone passed their 1 year anniversary!!!! Tasha, I am so proud of you. You are an inspiration to me and lots of others here. Your journey has been wonderful thus far and it can only get better. Happy Anniversary!!! I wish I could give this to you in person but...	pinkchip	9	402	Mar 20, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 03-19 (Preview) Being open Sometimes we think we're supposed to have more recovery under our belts. Perhaps we feel the need to impress our peers with our success in staying off mind-altering chemicals. But perhaps we are really just trying to convince ourselves. We know how difficult recovery is, and surely our Hi...	Pythonpappy	2	244	Mar 20, 2013 by Frodo
	Grapevine (Preview) March 20 "When it seems like love just isn't enough, I remind myself that it is all I have to give beyond my experience, strength and hope."	Mike B.	1	199	Mar 20, 2013 by justadrunk
	Time to get back here...before I die (Preview) Hi everyone...My name is Phil..and Im an alcoholic When this site started up...many moons ago...? It was responsible for keeping this guy sane...for many day... To top it off...I met a lot of freinds here...and we shared and cared for each other daily.. If youve been in AA for a while? I can share with y...	Philipld	16	548	Mar 20, 2013 by tomsteve
	Online meetings (Preview) I had no idea there was such a thing! I'm looking forward to check one out.	Peej	8	439	Mar 19, 2013 by Col
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) March 18, 2013 Quote of the Week "If I don't go to meetings, I don't hear whatGod wants me to hear." Before recovery, I kept a lot of lower companion company. I worked with a bunch of self-serving thieves who wanted the easy way out at the expense of others. My friends were alcoho...	Pythonpappy	1	287	Mar 19, 2013 by Mike B.
	Going to Miami (Preview) My sponser and I were talking the other day about her vacation home on the beach in Miami. She's one of these people who has money haha. One of those people I used to loathe. Well, shes earned it as a doctor who works insane hours. She out of the blue suggested that we go to celebrate my 1 year in May. It's righ...	Col	11	438	Mar 19, 2013 by Mike B.
	The unnatural me (Preview) Myself as a sober person is unnatural. To be this person I have to change my nature and deny myself what the real me wants. My natural default setting is to be a drunk and to be drunk. That's who I am if I don't do anything to stop it. But that'll drive me insane, hurt others that love me, and kill me if I let it. S...	Frodo	12	1310	Mar 19, 2013 by justadrunk
	Going to See My Son! (Preview) Am Leaving shortly to go do some work for my youngest son ... so I will be traveling and will have limited access to our site here for the next few days ... I will have to use his computer when available ... ... ... Just wanted you guys to know I love ya and God Bless you, Pappy	Pythonpappy	13	458	Mar 19, 2013 by Frodo
	Today's Gift 03-18 (Preview) The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope. --Samuel Johnson A truly powerful force in the universe is that of optimism. Optimism lies at the root of our mental and physical health. Feelings of hope can stimulate the body's immune system and inspire r...	Pythonpappy	0	242	Mar 18, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Grapevine (Preview) March 16 "It seems to me that I achieve growth by leaving things out - when I don't say the cross word, when I don't answer sarcastically. If I can delay only one second, maybe two, I have time to ask myself, 'Do I really want to say that?'"	Mike B.	0	208	Mar 18, 2013 by Mike B.
	think i am slipping into a manic episode (Preview) can not sleep even with sleep meds	jamespmcentegart	6	376	Mar 18, 2013 by Tanin
	A quick story (Preview) I recently got in contact with one of my former foster mothers. This was my final foster home placement, and it just happened to be wonderful. I instantly clicked and bonded with this woman. After close to 20 placements in under a years time, I was pretty damaged by the time I met this woman. I had no hope f...	Col	8	397	Mar 18, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Week Five and Loving Chocolate (Preview) Hey All, I just wanted to note that I am finishing up my fifth week of sobriety and I feel great. Once I got past the first three of weeks and remained determined that I was never going to drink again - EVER - the past two have actually been relatively easy. I think that in the past, I have been foiled by the ide...	AdamMoz	18	556	Mar 18, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Online Meeting Schedule (Preview) Hi Everyone, I am going to start holding meetings in our chatroom on Tuesday and Saturday nights at 9PM est. I will be asking that those with 6 months or more of continuous sobriety, that attend f2f meetings become willing to donate some time to chair one meeting per week here as well. It does require...	John	2	336	Mar 18, 2013 by justadrunk
	New, Improved Meeting/Chat Room Entrance! (Preview) check it out, click on the link below, it will take you to the meeting/chat room page, a box will be there where the chat room will appear. Just put a nickname for yourself in the box, and then click Connect. Check it out... its really smooth, easy to enter, some good features, and ready for us to start us...	John	7	759	Mar 18, 2013 by John
	Changed Behaviors (Preview) Yesterday my wife and I started to fight. Instead of letting it escalate I simply stopped and left. I went to my local bike shop to look around for a bit. Nothing realy changed for me. I was still upset and starting to obsess. I came home and changed my clothes and went for a run. During this run I prayed to Go...	mike1	5	631	Mar 17, 2013 by gonee
	Tried an online meeting last night (Preview) With skype I think? It was really weird!!!!!!!!! People were smoking - eating etc LOL I clammed up and couldn't say a word when it was my turn.... to weird! Has anyone else done this??? What did you think? I suppose a live meeting was just as 'weird' the first time...	justadrunk	9	546	Mar 17, 2013 by Tanin
	Simple Truths (Preview) A Weekly Thought! But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. -Isaiah 40:31Weekly QuoteWhen God is our strength, it is strength indeed; when our strength is our own, it is only weakness...	Pythonpappy	0	257	Mar 17, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	For Sober Mc - Patience! (since it's quiet) (Preview) A woman in a supermarket is following a grandfather and his badly behaved 3 year-old grandson. It's obvious to her that he has his hands full with the child screaming for sweets in the sweet aisle, biscuits in the biscuit aisle; and for fruit, cereal and pop in the other aisle. Meanwhile, Granddad is...	Pythonpappy	10	640	Mar 17, 2013 by Sports dude
	Jekyll and Hyde (Preview) I was trying to explain to my wife recently the difference between her method of drinking and mine. My wife is someone who is perfectly capable of coming home from work, having a glass of wine to de-stress, and spending the rest of the evening in a mellow mood. I, on the other hand, would come home from wor...	AdamMoz	8	1611	Mar 17, 2013 by pinkchip
	Today's Gift 03-17 (Preview) You have three choices: keep on fighting, ignore each other, or make up and be friends. --John Knoblauch Once there were four sixth-graders - two boys and two girls - who started to fight even though they'd been friends for years. One morning at the bus stop, the boys started playing keep-away with the...	Pythonpappy	1	185	Mar 17, 2013 by justadrunk
	Licensed (Preview) Well guys, I was in a Ph.D. program when I had my first bout with clinical depression...I was a binge drinker before that- I was at the dissertation stage and never could get back on track.. Add to that, I started self-medicating through alcohol and that got worse and worse to the point of being a full bl...	pinkchip	17	417	Mar 17, 2013 by mike1
	Cross talking at meetings... (Preview) Try this for a definition of Crosstalking at a meeting. My Sunday version of AA by the bay is right off the Pacific Ocean and the water gets as close as about 30 feet. Today it was calm and glassy, warm and breezy and a great day to just jump up and enjoy it and so...the whales did. Yeppers it's the season...	Jerry F	8	440	Mar 17, 2013 by mike1
	Just for today. if you have anything else just for today add it on. (Preview) I pray for all of you today, that you may have peace in your hearts. Just for today, I pray God that you will not let our troubles overtake us.	gonee	7	892	Mar 17, 2013 by RubyTues
	What I did today... (Preview) First and foremost, I stayed sober... and second, I did some marketing stuff on my truck and online. Here are some pictures of what I created today. Just getting ready for a spring and summer full of good work, but it doesn't happen without my participating in bringing it about. John	John	4	318	Mar 17, 2013 by RubyTues
	When we are weak. (Preview) For every successful person there is a 1st step. The 1st step always begins with powerlessness and unmanageability. One may say, but that is weak. Yes it is from the human perspective, but not from God's. He made us weak so that we may be strong in Him. Imagine having a strong 2 year old son, who knows ever...	gonee	4	373	Mar 17, 2013 by Sports dude
	Today's Gift 03-16 (Preview) I've started to realize that waiting is an art, that waiting achieves things. Waiting can be very, very powerful. Time is a valuable thing. If you can wait two years, you can sometimes achieve something that you could not achieve today, however hard you worked, however much money you threw up in the ai...	Pythonpappy	0	198	Mar 16, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Just playing God again. (Preview) They are putting huge power lines up in our front yard. I over reacted immediately. They put the pole up, and I called the realtor and told her I wanted her to put my house up for sale. I spent 2 hours reading about kids and leukemia and all kinds of other stuff that can happen when you live under power lin...	justadrunk	14	462	Mar 16, 2013 by StPeteDean
	Indian 10 commandments (Preview)	justadrunk	8	2978	Mar 16, 2013 by Jerry F
	Today's Gift 03-15 (Preview) On any journey, we must find out where we are before we can plan the first step. --Kathy Boevink Our lives in all aspects are a journey toward a destination, one fitting to our purpose, our special gifts, and our particular needs. Each day contributes to our journey, carrying us closer to our destinati...	Pythonpappy	0	302	Mar 15, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Patience and impulsiveness (Preview) Today I don't have to act on emotion. I can slow down and not have to impulsively fix it right now. Since that is the old way to self centered gratification. I can take a moment or day to ask God for advice and pray on it. I don't have to figure it out right away. This is unnatural for a Alcoholic to do. Today I ha...	HJF454	2	325	Mar 15, 2013 by Fyne Spirit
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