Alcoholics Anonymous

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Sorry, I got this one very late in the day ... plus, I been busy ... better late than never I always say!!! "I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past." - Thomas Jefferson

justadrunk · justadrunk

I was a vocal major in college. I was trained to sing operatic type stuff mostly. The professors were always telling me to translate the words into English so I knew what I was singing about. That work was assigned in the hope that I would then be able to put emotion into it. Well, I would translate the w...

JayBee · JayBee

Just joined though I have been in and out of AA fora couple of years. I really want to be the person I feel I am inside but drink stops me. I am to all intents sober, I don't drink socially or with friends but do still sneak booze when I think I can get away with it, even at work. I'm terrified of losing everythin...

jj · jj

hi all, i have been checking out the different posts... just read about AA gossip. gossip is so destructive. each person has to decide for their own growth to stop it or walk away from it. if it builds someone up, it is not gossip. if it builds the teller up at someone elses expense it is gossip. t...

pinkchip · pinkchip

HP has a funny way of presenting opportunities. I reconnected with an old friend on facebook messaging. Someone who I counted days with in the first year and we have drifted some since our meetings don't over lap now. He asked me to speak at a meeting next Friday night. The meeting has moved sites bu...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Practice being spontaneous. Practice having fun. The joy of recovery is that we finally get to experiment. We get to learn new behaviors, and we don't have to do them perfectly. We only need to find a way that works for us. We even have fun experimenting, learning what we like, and how to do what we like....

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Let go of the fear. Feel it, and then breathe it out. Let go of the frustration, the overwhelmed feelings, and the panic. Quiet yourself. Then pick one task, one simple thing to do. Then focus on only that. Or go to your calendar and circle today. Today is the only day you've got, and today is enough. Actio...

Mike B. · Mike B.

September 27 "Always a heady wine, success may sometimes cause us to forget that each of us lives on borrowed time."

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." - Maya Angelou

Angell · Angell

As many of you know, I have become disabled and can no longer work. I am awaiting Social Security disability benefits but that can take forever. In the meantime, my wife and I have been doing our best to make ends meet and my higher power has been picking up our slack. Sunday my wife was injured at work a...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have." - Thomas A. Edison

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Self-knowledge and self-improvement are very difficult for most people. It usually needs great courage and long struggle.--Abraham MaslowThis is a simple program but it isn't easy. We cannot take the principles we learn and thereby possess them as if we were taking a class or reading a book. We nee...

Jackson · Jackson

In my home group we are torn as to whether to offer White Red Blue chips to newcomers, or not? Half of the group says Yes, it has helped them to stay sober and reminded them to surrender. The other half says absolutely not, because it's a token instead of Gods message and braeks traditions. So, the other ...

Mike B. · Mike B.

September 26 "The beauty of sobriety is that sometimes I am the one supported, and other times the one supporting. One act helps destroy my ego, the other my self-centeredness. I need to practice both actions if I want to survive"

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

I don't think you're suddenly going to begin to look at the world with new eyes when you're 80 if you haven't been doing it when you're 30. --Janice Clark We are creatures of habit as evidenced by our getting stuck in old viewpoints long after they have quit serving us. However, that fact doesn't restric...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

September 23, 2013 Quote of the Week "The less full of ourselves we are, the more room there is for others." During my first year of recovery I worked as a municipal bond broker, and I hated every minute of it and barely made enough money to survive. As I drove to a meeting one night I was obs...

Moserak · Moserak

Hello, I have been clean for over two years now and going strong, but my parents disowned me when I was drinking heavy six years ago and probably said things I do not remember, and I know you cannot take back. We live on separate coasts (east/west). Any suggestions at all on how to reconnect and prove al...

CaitKelly · CaitKelly

So I'm new here.. And after reading some posts I guess the thing to do is tell you a little bit about myself.... My name is Caitlyn, and I am an alcoholic. (Typing that sentence wasn't as hard as I thought it was going to be!) I am only 25, and I feel like this just isn't supposed to be happening to me. It ha...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes." - Marcel Proust

Mike B. · Mike B.

September 25 "Those little maxims 'Easy Does It' and 'Live and Let Live' have come to be deeply meaningful and significant."

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

When one door closes, fortune will usually open another. -- Fernando De Rojas Sometimes, especially in early recovery, we concentrate on our losses instead of our gains. We see a chapter in our life closing, and we mourn. We must leave some friends behind, or say good-bye to a social life we enjoyed. W...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves, to break our own records, to outstrip our yesterday by outperforming today" - Stuart B. Johnson To me this means to achieve another day of sobriety, to add another day being sober is to break my personal rec...

Mike B. · Mike B.

September 24 "While we readily share our views, perhaps one of the nicest things about the AA program is that we don't always have to agree with each other."

Fyne Spirit · Fyne Spirit

Hi all! This probably comes form a "strange mental blank spot" but I was thinking that the Big Book doesn't (and I stand to be corrected) place any importance on being sponsored, but does place great importance on being a sponsor (Into Action, A Vision for You)."Thus we grow. And so c...

Stepchild · Stepchild

It's great to have you with us.

stayhumble · stayhumble

I know things like this typically come up in meetings and such, but I'm from Louisville, KY and the AA support here is great. I know everyone is different but we have meetings everyday, all day. Our local website (louisvilleaa.org) lists 446 meetings in the Louisville Area. All within about a 20 m...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

The Simple Things Lord, I pray to stay uncomplicated and do well these simple tasks: If I open it, I will close it. If I turn it on, I will turn it off. If I unlock it, I will lock it up. If I break it, I will admit it. If I borrow it, I will return it. If I make a mess, I will clean it up. If I value it, I will take care of...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"Appreciation is a wonderful thing; It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well." - Voltaire

Mike B. · Mike B.

September 23 "I have made a determined effort to focus more on seeing myself as God sees me."

Angell · Angell

My wife and I just came back Saturday from a wonderful vacation with my father. I couldn't have scripted a better visit. While there I did something I've never done before and decided to share it here... My concept of a higher power includes my higher self's secretary. She's not really a secretary but i...

Philipld · Philipld

To all my buddy alkys...old and new...for helping me get through 6 months...one day at a time...and truckin on.. You are loved

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Welcome to the group Jimo ... we're happy to have someone with a lot of ESH to share ... glad you found us ... Take Care and God Bless, Pappy

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

If Dogs Worked in Offices Secretary -- Edited by Pythonpappy on Sunday 22nd of September 2013 07:59:19 PM

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Weekly Quote"Every evening I turn my worries over to God. He's going to be up all night anyway." -Mary C. CrowleyWeekly ThoughtIt is believed by some that worrying is a sin. Do you believe that? How could such a natural and common emotion be a violation of God's will? Without attempting to...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy practice compassion.." - Dalai Lama

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Reflection for the Day What is the definition of humility? "Absolute humility," said AA co- founder Bill W., "would consist of a state of complete freedom from myself, freedom from all the claims that my defects of character now lay so heavily upon me. Perfect humility would be a ful...

Jerry F · Jerry F

on the major one I have been putting off. Got some feed back from a brother for that country who wasn't even there and as I read it the slogan "Keep it simple" popped up. I thought I might be trying to control outcomes way too much and so took the simplier route...not the easier...just the si...

Mike B. · Mike B.

September 19 "One day, after sitting alone, soaked in tears and feeling empty, worthless, and crippled in the smallest task, I reached out and gave my phone number to someone else - they were hurting, too. In that simplest of acts, my world changed."

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Becoming willing to actThe miracles in our program dont simply rub off at meetings. The key to getting clean and sober and staying clean and sober is a willingness to act. Once we feel scared enough or strong enough to do something once the willingness appears miracles can happen. Action is the magic w...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"We must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact that each moment is a miracle and a mystery." - H.G. Wells

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken. --Samuel Johnson The Twelve Steps won't work for anyone unless they are practiced. That's why so many veterans of this program work the Steps over and over. It's a good habit, and good habits - just like bad ones - strength...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"A bird only flies. It does not turn to another bird and ask, am I doing this right?" - Mary Anne Radmacher

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Below is several short video clips of judging too quickly ... I thought they were hilarious, you know me, I love things that bring a smile to those I love ... AND I think there is a message to be learned as well ... Enjoy: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=59b_1363799230

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

In everyone's heart stirs a great homesickness.--Rabbi Seymour SiegelWe ask ourselves what drove us to do some of the things we did? We went to extremes even when we knew our actions were not rational. Still today, we are drawn to extremes. At times we still long for things that we know will hurt us. Are...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"Nothing so conclusively proves ones ability to lead others as what one does from day to day to lead himself." - Thomas J Watson

stayhumble · stayhumble

4 Years ago today...I got down on my knees and said the alcoholic prayer, "GOD PLEASE HELP ME". He guided me to get in touch with a friend, who introduced me to a friend, who introduced me to the Steps of AA. I started doing some work for the first time and haven't had a drink since. I have n...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

I mowed the lawn today, and after doing so I sat down and had a cold iced tea. The day was really quite beautiful, and the drink facilitated some deep thinking. My wife walked by and asked me what I was doing and I said 'nothing'. The reason I said that instead of saying 'just thinking' is because she wou...

davep12and12 · davep12and12

Hi all, I'm Dave P, first post here. I do a fair amount of traveling and I've had the great fortune of finding AA meetings all over the world. In a few weeks I'll be traveling to several places in Uzbekistan (mostly Tashkent, Samarkand, Khiva and Bukhara). But so far I have had no luck locating any AA meeti...

Random68 · Random68

It hurts. This stuff we work through. It hurts and I want to make the pain go away. It was my kid. We were all talking about 'our' kids. And it hurts. My old solution when in pain was to crack a bottle... I don't have that solution now. Instead I am learning honesty with myself. I am learning acceptan...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Yesterday I was at the Villages' (an area in north Macon which is full of retirees) Publix (our large food chain in Georgia) buying a large bag of Purina dog chow for my loyal pet, Owen the Wonder Dog. I was in the check-out line when a woman behind me asked if I had a dog. What did she think I had, an elephant?...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) Sorry, I got this one very late in the day ... plus, I been busy ... better late than never I always say!!! "I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past." - Thomas Jefferson	Pythonpappy	3	408	Sep 29, 2013 by nooneimportant
	Looking back to an early post on a day of celebration in sobriety : ) (Preview) I was a vocal major in college. I was trained to sing operatic type stuff mostly. The professors were always telling me to translate the words into English so I knew what I was singing about. That work was assigned in the hope that I would then be able to put emotion into it. Well, I would translate the w...	justadrunk	6	561	Sep 29, 2013 by StPeteDean
	Hello (Preview) Just joined though I have been in and out of AA fora couple of years. I really want to be the person I feel I am inside but drink stops me. I am to all intents sober, I don't drink socially or with friends but do still sneak booze when I think I can get away with it, even at work. I'm terrified of losing everythin...	JayBee	10	560	Sep 29, 2013 by Mr_David
	Read this today (Preview) hi all, i have been checking out the different posts... just read about AA gossip. gossip is so destructive. each person has to decide for their own growth to stop it or walk away from it. if it builds someone up, it is not gossip. if it builds the teller up at someone elses expense it is gossip. t...	jj	3	498	Sep 28, 2013 by betterthanyesterday52
	Qualifying (Preview) HP has a funny way of presenting opportunities. I reconnected with an old friend on facebook messaging. Someone who I counted days with in the first year and we have drifted some since our meetings don't over lap now. He asked me to speak at a meeting next Friday night. The meeting has moved sites bu...	pinkchip	10	1716	Sep 28, 2013 by Stepchild
	Today's Gift (Preview) Practice being spontaneous. Practice having fun. The joy of recovery is that we finally get to experiment. We get to learn new behaviors, and we don't have to do them perfectly. We only need to find a way that works for us. We even have fun experimenting, learning what we like, and how to do what we like....	Pythonpappy	0	340	Sep 28, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift (Preview) Let go of the fear. Feel it, and then breathe it out. Let go of the frustration, the overwhelmed feelings, and the panic. Quiet yourself. Then pick one task, one simple thing to do. Then focus on only that. Or go to your calendar and circle today. Today is the only day you've got, and today is enough. Actio...	Pythonpappy	1	416	Sep 28, 2013 by Mr_David
	Grapevine (Preview) September 27 "Always a heady wine, success may sometimes cause us to forget that each of us lives on borrowed time."	Mike B.	2	307	Sep 28, 2013 by Mr_David
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." - Maya Angelou	Pythonpappy	2	414	Sep 28, 2013 by Mr_David
	Ch-ch-ch-changes (Preview) As many of you know, I have become disabled and can no longer work. I am awaiting Social Security disability benefits but that can take forever. In the meantime, my wife and I have been doing our best to make ends meet and my higher power has been picking up our slack. Sunday my wife was injured at work a...	Angell	9	652	Sep 26, 2013 by StPeteDean
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have." - Thomas A. Edison	Pythonpappy	2	348	Sep 27, 2013 by jj
	Today's Gift (Preview) Self-knowledge and self-improvement are very difficult for most people. It usually needs great courage and long struggle.--Abraham MaslowThis is a simple program but it isn't easy. We cannot take the principles we learn and thereby possess them as if we were taking a class or reading a book. We nee...	Pythonpappy	1	274	Sep 26, 2013 by Mike B.
	In my home group we are torn as to whether or not to offer White Red Blue chips to newcomers? (Preview) In my home group we are torn as to whether to offer White Red Blue chips to newcomers, or not? Half of the group says Yes, it has helped them to stay sober and reminded them to surrender. The other half says absolutely not, because it's a token instead of Gods message and braeks traditions. So, the other ...	Jackson	14	717	Sep 26, 2013 by tomsteve
	Grapevine (Preview) September 26 "The beauty of sobriety is that sometimes I am the one supported, and other times the one supporting. One act helps destroy my ego, the other my self-centeredness. I need to practice both actions if I want to survive"	Mike B.	1	373	Sep 26, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift (Preview) I don't think you're suddenly going to begin to look at the world with new eyes when you're 80 if you haven't been doing it when you're 30. --Janice Clark We are creatures of habit as evidenced by our getting stuck in old viewpoints long after they have quit serving us. However, that fact doesn't restric...	Pythonpappy	2	360	Sep 25, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) September 23, 2013 Quote of the Week "The less full of ourselves we are, the more room there is for others." During my first year of recovery I worked as a municipal bond broker, and I hated every minute of it and barely made enough money to survive. As I drove to a meeting one night I was obs...	Pythonpappy	2	540	Sep 25, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Reconnet to my parents that disowned me?! (Preview) Hello, I have been clean for over two years now and going strong, but my parents disowned me when I was drinking heavy six years ago and probably said things I do not remember, and I know you cannot take back. We live on separate coasts (east/west). Any suggestions at all on how to reconnect and prove al...	Moserak	11	735	Sep 25, 2013 by Mike D
	First Timer... (Preview) So I'm new here.. And after reading some posts I guess the thing to do is tell you a little bit about myself.... My name is Caitlyn, and I am an alcoholic. (Typing that sentence wasn't as hard as I thought it was going to be!) I am only 25, and I feel like this just isn't supposed to be happening to me. It ha...	CaitKelly	21	970	Sep 25, 2013 by Mike D
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes." - Marcel Proust	Pythonpappy	1	317	Sep 25, 2013 by Mike B.
	Grapevine (Preview) September 25 "Those little maxims 'Easy Does It' and 'Live and Let Live' have come to be deeply meaningful and significant."	Mike B.	1	311	Sep 25, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift (Preview) When one door closes, fortune will usually open another. -- Fernando De Rojas Sometimes, especially in early recovery, we concentrate on our losses instead of our gains. We see a chapter in our life closing, and we mourn. We must leave some friends behind, or say good-bye to a social life we enjoyed. W...	Pythonpappy	2	477	Sep 25, 2013 by RubyTues
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves, to break our own records, to outstrip our yesterday by outperforming today" - Stuart B. Johnson To me this means to achieve another day of sobriety, to add another day being sober is to break my personal rec...	Pythonpappy	1	512	Sep 24, 2013 by Mike B.
	Grapevine (Preview) September 24 "While we readily share our views, perhaps one of the nicest things about the AA program is that we don't always have to agree with each other."	Mike B.	1	464	Sep 24, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	THE BIG BOOK AND SPONSORSHIP (Preview) Hi all! This probably comes form a "strange mental blank spot" but I was thinking that the Big Book doesn't (and I stand to be corrected) place any importance on being sponsored, but does place great importance on being a sponsor (Into Action, A Vision for You)."Thus we grow. And so c...	Fyne Spirit	2	2333	Sep 24, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Welcome To MIP Lins.... (Preview) It's great to have you with us.	Stepchild	2	418	Sep 24, 2013 by mikef
	How Much Support Is Available In Your Area (Preview) I know things like this typically come up in meetings and such, but I'm from Louisville, KY and the AA support here is great. I know everyone is different but we have meetings everyday, all day. Our local website (louisvilleaa.org) lists 446 meetings in the Louisville Area. All within about a 20 m...	stayhumble	19	1058	Sep 24, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift (Preview) The Simple Things Lord, I pray to stay uncomplicated and do well these simple tasks: If I open it, I will close it. If I turn it on, I will turn it off. If I unlock it, I will lock it up. If I break it, I will admit it. If I borrow it, I will return it. If I make a mess, I will clean it up. If I value it, I will take care of...	Pythonpappy	2	342	Sep 24, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "Appreciation is a wonderful thing; It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well." - Voltaire	Pythonpappy	2	313	Sep 23, 2013 by Mike B.
	Grapevine (Preview) September 23 "I have made a determined effort to focus more on seeing myself as God sees me."	Mike B.	1	569	Sep 23, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	A gift for my HP (Preview) My wife and I just came back Saturday from a wonderful vacation with my father. I couldn't have scripted a better visit. While there I did something I've never done before and decided to share it here... My concept of a higher power includes my higher self's secretary. She's not really a secretary but i...	Angell	2	521	Sep 23, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Thanks (Preview) To all my buddy alkys...old and new...for helping me get through 6 months...one day at a time...and truckin on.. You are loved	Philipld	10	681	Sep 23, 2013 by Fyne Spirit
	Welcome to MIP 'jimo' (Preview) Welcome to the group Jimo ... we're happy to have someone with a lot of ESH to share ... glad you found us ... Take Care and God Bless, Pappy	Pythonpappy	0	322	Sep 23, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	If Dogs Worked in Offices (Preview) If Dogs Worked in Offices Secretary -- Edited by Pythonpappy on Sunday 22nd of September 2013 07:59:19 PM	Pythonpappy	1	611	Sep 23, 2013 by Jerry F
	A 'Weekly' I thought some of you would like! (Preview) Weekly Quote"Every evening I turn my worries over to God. He's going to be up all night anyway." -Mary C. CrowleyWeekly ThoughtIt is believed by some that worrying is a sin. Do you believe that? How could such a natural and common emotion be a violation of God's will? Without attempting to...	Pythonpappy	2	623	Sep 23, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy practice compassion.." - Dalai Lama	Pythonpappy	0	320	Sep 22, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift (Preview) Reflection for the Day What is the definition of humility? "Absolute humility," said AA co- founder Bill W., "would consist of a state of complete freedom from myself, freedom from all the claims that my defects of character now lay so heavily upon me. Perfect humility would be a ful...	Pythonpappy	0	362	Sep 22, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	9th step started... (Preview) on the major one I have been putting off. Got some feed back from a brother for that country who wasn't even there and as I read it the slogan "Keep it simple" popped up. I thought I might be trying to control outcomes way too much and so took the simplier route...not the easier...just the si...	Jerry F	3	647	Sep 22, 2013 by Mr_David
	Grapevine (Preview) September 19 "One day, after sitting alone, soaked in tears and feeling empty, worthless, and crippled in the smallest task, I reached out and gave my phone number to someone else - they were hurting, too. In that simplest of acts, my world changed."	Mike B.	2	301	Sep 21, 2013 by Mr_David
	Today's Gift (Preview) Becoming willing to actThe miracles in our program dont simply rub off at meetings. The key to getting clean and sober and staying clean and sober is a willingness to act. Once we feel scared enough or strong enough to do something once the willingness appears miracles can happen. Action is the magic w...	Pythonpappy	1	354	Sep 21, 2013 by Mr_David
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "We must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact that each moment is a miracle and a mystery." - H.G. Wells	Pythonpappy	1	331	Sep 21, 2013 by Mr_David
	Today's Gift (Preview) The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken. --Samuel Johnson The Twelve Steps won't work for anyone unless they are practiced. That's why so many veterans of this program work the Steps over and over. It's a good habit, and good habits - just like bad ones - strength...	Pythonpappy	2	255	Sep 21, 2013 by Mr_David
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "A bird only flies. It does not turn to another bird and ask, am I doing this right?" - Mary Anne Radmacher	Pythonpappy	2	299	Sep 21, 2013 by Mr_David
	Don't Judge Too Quickly!!! (Preview) Below is several short video clips of judging too quickly ... I thought they were hilarious, you know me, I love things that bring a smile to those I love ... AND I think there is a message to be learned as well ... Enjoy: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=59b_1363799230	Pythonpappy	2	524	Sep 20, 2013 by Mr_David
	Today's Gift (Preview) In everyone's heart stirs a great homesickness.--Rabbi Seymour SiegelWe ask ourselves what drove us to do some of the things we did? We went to extremes even when we knew our actions were not rational. Still today, we are drawn to extremes. At times we still long for things that we know will hurt us. Are...	Pythonpappy	1	367	Sep 20, 2013 by Mr_David
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "Nothing so conclusively proves ones ability to lead others as what one does from day to day to lead himself." - Thomas J Watson	Pythonpappy	1	291	Sep 20, 2013 by Mr_David
	4 Years ago today... (Preview) 4 Years ago today...I got down on my knees and said the alcoholic prayer, "GOD PLEASE HELP ME". He guided me to get in touch with a friend, who introduced me to a friend, who introduced me to the Steps of AA. I started doing some work for the first time and haven't had a drink since. I have n...	stayhumble	15	871	Sep 20, 2013 by pinkchip
	Men are Deep Thinkers (Preview) I mowed the lawn today, and after doing so I sat down and had a cold iced tea. The day was really quite beautiful, and the drink facilitated some deep thinking. My wife walked by and asked me what I was doing and I said 'nothing'. The reason I said that instead of saying 'just thinking' is because she wou...	Pythonpappy	9	619	Sep 20, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	AA meetings in Uzbekistan? (Preview) Hi all, I'm Dave P, first post here. I do a fair amount of traveling and I've had the great fortune of finding AA meetings all over the world. In a few weeks I'll be traveling to several places in Uzbekistan (mostly Tashkent, Samarkand, Khiva and Bukhara). But so far I have had no luck locating any AA meeti...	davep12and12	10	1286	Sep 19, 2013 by davep12and12
	Living Now (Preview) It hurts. This stuff we work through. It hurts and I want to make the pain go away. It was my kid. We were all talking about 'our' kids. And it hurts. My old solution when in pain was to crack a bottle... I don't have that solution now. Instead I am learning honesty with myself. I am learning acceptan...	Random68	5	583	Sep 19, 2013 by Mike B.
	Being Sober, (& retired) Can be Fun!!! (Preview) Yesterday I was at the Villages' (an area in north Macon which is full of retirees) Publix (our large food chain in Georgia) buying a large bag of Purina dog chow for my loyal pet, Owen the Wonder Dog. I was in the check-out line when a woman behind me asked if I had a dog. What did she think I had, an elephant?...	Pythonpappy	5	548	Sep 19, 2013 by Pythonpappy
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