Alcoholics Anonymous

ChristineG · ChristineG

You all were right! I pretended to be upset I didn't have enough sobriety to be chairperson and those sneaky drunks voted me greeter before I new what was going on! Lmao! It's good though. A good way to get to know everyone.

Col · Col

Well, I haven't been hiding the fact that I'm struggling a bit with the program lately. I felt very let down after my 5th step, feeling lost, dumb, and like I'm just not getting it. My sponser likes to say that she has a tendency towards 'getting drunk on self pity'. I like that phrase, and I felt myself doi...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Welcome to MIP Wes ... we're glad to have you ... feel free to share what's on your mind anytime ... God Bless, Pappy

justadrunk · justadrunk

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

I've sure gotten old! I've had two bypass surgeries, a hip replacement, new knees, fought prostate cancer and diabetes I'm half blind, can't hear anything quieter than a jet engine, take 40 different medications that make me dizzy, winded, and subject to blackouts. Have bouts with dementi...

Dan B 76 · Dan B 76

Hi everyone. I've missed coming to the board. I have had some life changes and health issues. I broke my neck many years back and am having a lot of pain recently form this. Through the testing that has been done the Drs have also found I have caprel tunnel and a torn rotator cuff. Needless to say thin...

flipper · flipper

Hey folks, been awhile, hope all is well. Been busy over here, work, kids, trying to stay warm. Have had a few ups and downs but nothing I can't handle now a days. Mainly just a happy sober achololic. No drinks, well except for last night the dreaded happened. I was making my wife a cocktail, along with jus...

ninasmiles · ninasmiles

I'm 23 years old and have always had problems with drinking. Not so much drinking every day or while at work, but drinking too much when I do drink. I turn into a different person. Someone mean, rude, and aggressive. Also foolish. The worst part is not remembering and then having other people piece toge...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

You can't let adversity get you down. Keep smiling. --Violet Hensley Violet's smiles certainly fit this category. She lights up rooms with her joy and energy, her fiddle playing and storytelling. We don't all smile quite so easily. Why is that? Some naively assume one's easy; individual circumsta...

Marge · Marge

Hiya all got a problem and i really dont what to do for the best! You see my ex partner is AA and has been for 15 years,he has been clean and sober for that time aswell. My problem is do i tell him im in AA? We have 2 children together who he sees every 2 weeks for the weekend and he is a fantastic dad,its just i dont...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

January 28 "Demands, hopes, yearnings, and desires tie us to the static horror and the utter futility of the forever departed past and the never-arriving future. To want nothing - to know that we cannot make anything h...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Believing in change At first, drugs or booze turned us on; later they turned on us. We couldn't find any peace anywhere. We began turning into the kind of person we didn't want to be, but we didn't know what was happening to us or how to change. When we came to believe that our lives could and would turn arou...

Mom2Samalways · Mom2Samalways

I am so grateful that you all were so encouraging to me yesterday, I was shocked to hear that you are all the same as I, especially you Tasha. I hope that some day I can honestly & openly admit all of the things that are so shameful to say outloud. I have done just about all that you listed and more. I am...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Welcome to MIP littleDeb ... glad to have you aboard ... ... ...

Stepchild · Stepchild

I hope you'll join the group....Not a bad place to learn to live without alcohol.

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

January 28, 2013 Quote of the Week "The Power behind me is bigger than the problem in front of me." Before recovery I faced life alone. It was up to me to manage all of life, to try to arrange things to get what I wanted, and to solve the problems I encountered. This was an exhausting task an...

Chaya · Chaya

90 days today and it's awesome. So grateful to be a part of the fellowship.

Rob84 · Rob84

With her permission I'm pasting the story of MIP's own Lady Eli from the Grapevine online edition Dec 2011. Amazing lady indead. Web Exclusive: Angel in the Glass A woman looks back at the ups and downs of 10,000 days of a sober life E-mail Print The alcoholic gene runs strong in my family, and I picke...

Jerry F · Jerry F

I had cause to reflect on this morning's read from the Daily Reflection; Page 34, January 26th. May I offer it here out of gratitude? RIGOROUS HONESTYWho wishes to be rigorously honest and tolerant?Who wants to confess his faults to another and makerestitution for harm done? Who cares anything...

Tasha · Tasha

Hello. I am trying this before going to a real meeting. Guess I am hoping this online work will be what I need. My life from the outside appears normal, but inside, it's a mess. I've been drinking to escape my own mind and life for 10 yrs. I am tired of making excuses, and would like to see it, and talk about it...

Tasha · Tasha

Where she stops... Nobody knows! Then she sticks the tail on the donkey, waaaaaaaaaaaaay off to the left. It's hard to believe my little girl is going to be three! I've been a terrible mother to her, and I've also been a wonderful mother. Depends on how much I drank the night before of course. I have so man...

Tasha · Tasha

I started the process of staying sober for fear of losing my family. Life has been gracious enough to me, that I still have all of them in my lives, although my husband and I do not sleep in the same bedroom. I feel so grateful to have what I have, yet a deep sense of loss. I'm torn between grieving for the loss...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Weekly QuoteHe who has learned to pray has learned the greatest secret of a holy and happy life. - William LawWeekly ThoughtA Classic Devotional from E. M. Bounds The people who are so greatly needed in this age of the church are those who have learned the business of prayinglearned it on their knees,...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

A.A. Thought for the DayWhen people come back to A.A. after having a slip, the temptation is strong to say nothing about it. No other A.A. member should force them to declare themselves. It is entirely up to them. If they are well grounded in A.A., they will realize that it's up to them to speak up at the ne...

AlcoHater · AlcoHater

Sometimes when I go to meetings and hear people talk about drinking, I get this sick feeling. It feels like a hangover. It only lasts a minute or two, and I see this more as beneficial as opposed to baneful. I've heard plenty about "dry drunk", but I've never heard of anyone else go through wh...

justadrunk · justadrunk

dms · dms

But By the Grace of God There Go I......Some days I wake in the morning and still have to pinch myself at how wonderful my body feels. No headache, no tongue stuck to the roof of my mouth, no checking my phone in desperation to see what occurred in the wee hours of the night that I will never recall....what a...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Where other people were concerned, we had to drop the word blame from our speech and thought. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 47 When I become willing to accept my own powerlessness, I begin to realize that blaming myself for all the trouble in my life can be an ego trip back into hopelessness. As...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

New Waitress A trucker came into a truck stop cafe and placed his order. He said, "I want three flat tires, a pair of headlights, and pair of running boards." The brand-new waitress, not wanting to appear stupid, went to the kitchen and said to the cook, "This guy out there just ordered...

Neophyte · Neophyte

Real quick cause its late, but i want to post cause im secretly proud of myself. So... Due to "martin luther king day" i had to work on my day off, and i had signed up for 4 double shifts. (extra expenses n all) so today was my 8th day working in a row, and i still have to work tomorrow (friday) but i h...

RubyTues · RubyTues

I feel like I never say the right thing. Like, words come out of my mouth and I instantly think 'that's not what I feel' or 'that's not what I was trying to get across'. I have this problem while sharing in meetings sometimes. Like, I'll say something and it will be fine, but it won't be what I'm actually fee...

RubyTues · RubyTues

My home group was so great today. It was a birthday meeting and I was on the edge of my seat listening to a woman share who was celebrating one year. Funny enough, I cancelled another meeting (sort of related to work) in order to be at this meeting, and I am so glad I did. The woman and I had so many similaritie...

Tomas · Tomas

When I was sailing single handed out of Tahiti, exiting the picturesque seawall of Pappette, and the lush lagoon, I was thinking of Marlin Brando who made his presence felt and his home in Tahiti after making the 1962 version Mutiny on the Bounty. I was not thinking of him however as Fletcher Christian...

Col · Col

This is something I am learning to not expect. For an alcoholic, it's pretty common to want it. Or to expect instantaneous results, or an external response or sign of a job well done. I'm sure I'm not the only one who has felt as though they are somehow not cutting it in terms of AA or sobriety. I've had an in...

Questionable · Questionable

A dark palor follows me. It finds me at times of sobriety. Why I drink daily, let me tell you. When I don't drink for a single day I find the weight of my memories unbearable. I do not like my picture taken. When I see pictures of myself I mourn for failures and past transgressions. Every picture is a memor...

AlcoHater · AlcoHater

Alcohol has absolutely destroyed me! It has left permanent physical scars and brain damage and I am now worse off in life than ever before! I focus all of my stinking thinking toward alcohol now, and it takes my hatred and anger from myself and others because my hatred is justifiable! I hate alcoho...

Stepchild · Stepchild

I've posted this before...Awhile ago....And I still think it's the best description of the AA program that I've seen. It's from a Grapevine article written by Clarence Snyder...One of the original members that got sober before Bill W. had put the steps on paper. Clarence Snyder started the first AA...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

One deceit needs many others, and so the whole house is built in the air and must soon come crashing down. -- Baltasar GracianIf we are honest about our addiction, we know how it can drive us into secrecy. At first came the little lie - about missing an appointment or coming home late. Then the lie to cove...

AdamMoz · AdamMoz

I once read a book on Buddhism and the most memorable image, for me, was the Buddha sitting underneath the Bodhi tree meditating while the demon Mara tried to tempt him to fall from grace. He tried to terrorize him with images of death and hell, he tried to seduce him with images of beautiful women and wea...

AlbertaCowboy · AlbertaCowboy

hello to all, I just joined, but I have been in the 12 steps since early 2009. I work on the Alberta Oilfield. I do three weeks on/one week off. Monday was my drive home day. Since I arrived at 9PM, my boss put me up in a hotel. I should have just slept. Unfortunately, I had just broken up with my gf of th...

RubyTues · RubyTues

I've been a bit quiet as of late. I'm totally overwhelmed with work right now and being pulled in eight million directions. I have been hitting my two meetings a week, but before I went back to work in January I was able to go to a lot more. I am going to make sure I add at least one more into the mix on busy weeks...

Tomas · Tomas

The steps dont fail. People fail the steps. BUT there are people ALWAYS waiting at the entrance, to give you your ticket to ride the Primrose Path Express.. On the path you will receive a lot of applause.. good effort.. but they dont really know, they cant possibly know.. How can they know ones successe...

nezyb · nezyb

In the mtg yesterday, one of our older and most respected members announced that another member had had a fall, was in the hospital. The woman in the hospital comes to a meeting every few weeks. She's in her late 70's and has health conditions that limit her. I have met her a few times, talked with her brie...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

A guy goes to the Post Office to apply for a job. > The interviewer asks him, " Have you been in the service?" > > Yes," he says. "I was in the armed forces for three years" > > The interviewer says, "That will give you extra poin...

justadrunk · justadrunk

YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Good work! You are a sweet lady and it's been a pleasure getting to know you : )

Col · Col

I've hesitated to write this, because I feel as though it may be due to something lacking on my part. I do, however, wish to see if anyone else here had a similar experience with Step 5. I did it with my sponser a few days ago. I was expecting to experience a great spiritual shift, and a lightness of being. I d...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

A father asked his 10 year old son if he knew about the 'birds and the bees'. "I don't want to know," the child said, bursting into tears. "Promise me you won't tell me." Confused, the father asked what was wrong? The boy sobbed, "When I was six, I got the 'There's no Easter B...

Chaya · Chaya

It really is. I didn't realize what a selfish person I really am. I'm having a really hard time coping with it. It feels hopeless that I will ever feel better from my past mistakes or stop being so self centered. It feels overwhelming. My sponsor saw that defeated look in me that I didn't realize others se...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

SurvivalWe will never make it if we feel we are responsible for solving everyone else's problems. It is tempting to our ego to feel that we can exercise control over the lives of those around us, but it is counter to reality. We cannot protect those we love from sadness, sickness, or pain. Making martyr...

Stepchild · Stepchild

I was at a meeting the other night...There were a few newcomers there. And a guy shared he was talking with an AA friend that had 38 years sober in AA....And the guy told him he worked an easier softer program of AA. Take what you want...But that didn't include the steps. I thought it was such an odd message...

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	1st business meeting (Preview) You all were right! I pretended to be upset I didn't have enough sobriety to be chairperson and those sneaky drunks voted me greeter before I new what was going on! Lmao! It's good though. A good way to get to know everyone.	ChristineG	11	609	Jan 30, 2013 by Stepchild
	Cleansed (Preview) Well, I haven't been hiding the fact that I'm struggling a bit with the program lately. I felt very let down after my 5th step, feeling lost, dumb, and like I'm just not getting it. My sponser likes to say that she has a tendency towards 'getting drunk on self pity'. I like that phrase, and I felt myself doi...	Col	12	356	Jan 30, 2013 by Tomas
	Welcome MIRecovery (Preview) Welcome to MIP Wes ... we're glad to have you ... feel free to share what's on your mind anytime ... God Bless, Pappy	Pythonpappy	9	361	Jan 29, 2013 by lady eli
	Peace (Preview)	justadrunk	6	372	Jan 29, 2013 by StPeteDean
	(rumor has it) Letter from StPeteDean's neighbor somewhere in Florida (Preview) I've sure gotten old! I've had two bypass surgeries, a hip replacement, new knees, fought prostate cancer and diabetes I'm half blind, can't hear anything quieter than a jet engine, take 40 different medications that make me dizzy, winded, and subject to blackouts. Have bouts with dementi...	Pythonpappy	27	829	Jan 29, 2013 by John
	Been away for awhile (Preview) Hi everyone. I've missed coming to the board. I have had some life changes and health issues. I broke my neck many years back and am having a lot of pain recently form this. Through the testing that has been done the Drs have also found I have caprel tunnel and a torn rotator cuff. Needless to say thin...	Dan B 76	10	354	Jan 29, 2013 by John
	Who would have thought...... (Preview) Hey folks, been awhile, hope all is well. Been busy over here, work, kids, trying to stay warm. Have had a few ups and downs but nothing I can't handle now a days. Mainly just a happy sober achololic. No drinks, well except for last night the dreaded happened. I was making my wife a cocktail, along with jus...	flipper	12	494	Jan 29, 2013 by lady eli
	Today I made the choice to be sober (Preview) I'm 23 years old and have always had problems with drinking. Not so much drinking every day or while at work, but drinking too much when I do drink. I turn into a different person. Someone mean, rude, and aggressive. Also foolish. The worst part is not remembering and then having other people piece toge...	ninasmiles	25	629	Jan 29, 2013 by Stepchild
	Today's Gift 01-29 (Preview) You can't let adversity get you down. Keep smiling. --Violet Hensley Violet's smiles certainly fit this category. She lights up rooms with her joy and energy, her fiddle playing and storytelling. We don't all smile quite so easily. Why is that? Some naively assume one's easy; individual circumsta...	Pythonpappy	1	318	Jan 29, 2013 by justadrunk
	What shall i do????????????????? (Preview) Hiya all got a problem and i really dont what to do for the best! You see my ex partner is AA and has been for 15 years,he has been clean and sober for that time aswell. My problem is do i tell him im in AA? We have 2 children together who he sees every 2 weeks for the weekend and he is a fantastic dad,its just i dont...	Marge	14	595	Jan 29, 2013 by lady eli
	Grapevine (Preview) January 28 "Demands, hopes, yearnings, and desires tie us to the static horror and the utter futility of the forever departed past and the never-arriving future. To want nothing - to know that we cannot make anything h...	Pythonpappy	0	232	Jan 28, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 01-28 (Preview) Believing in change At first, drugs or booze turned us on; later they turned on us. We couldn't find any peace anywhere. We began turning into the kind of person we didn't want to be, but we didn't know what was happening to us or how to change. When we came to believe that our lives could and would turn arou...	Pythonpappy	0	221	Jan 28, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Update on "New to the Group" (Preview) I am so grateful that you all were so encouraging to me yesterday, I was shocked to hear that you are all the same as I, especially you Tasha. I hope that some day I can honestly & openly admit all of the things that are so shameful to say outloud. I have done just about all that you listed and more. I am...	Mom2Samalways	19	547	Jan 28, 2013 by Stepchild
	Welcome littleDeb1965 (Preview) Welcome to MIP littleDeb ... glad to have you aboard ... ... ...	Pythonpappy	7	291	Jan 28, 2013 by Mike B.
	Welcome to MIP Sports Dude! (Preview) I hope you'll join the group....Not a bad place to learn to live without alcohol.	Stepchild	4	308	Jan 28, 2013 by Mike B.
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) January 28, 2013 Quote of the Week "The Power behind me is bigger than the problem in front of me." Before recovery I faced life alone. It was up to me to manage all of life, to try to arrange things to get what I wanted, and to solve the problems I encountered. This was an exhausting task an...	Pythonpappy	1	371	Jan 28, 2013 by Mike B.
	33 min left in my first 90 days (Preview) 90 days today and it's awesome. So grateful to be a part of the fellowship.	Chaya	13	470	Jan 28, 2013 by Marge
	Angel in the Glass (Preview) With her permission I'm pasting the story of MIP's own Lady Eli from the Grapevine online edition Dec 2011. Amazing lady indead. Web Exclusive: Angel in the Glass A woman looks back at the ups and downs of 10,000 days of a sober life E-mail Print The alcoholic gene runs strong in my family, and I picke...	Rob84	7	594	Jan 28, 2013 by lady eli
	After Rob and Lady Eli... (Preview) I had cause to reflect on this morning's read from the Daily Reflection; Page 34, January 26th. May I offer it here out of gratitude? RIGOROUS HONESTYWho wishes to be rigorously honest and tolerant?Who wants to confess his faults to another and makerestitution for harm done? Who cares anything...	Jerry F	4	318	Jan 28, 2013 by lady eli
	New here, and to the world of AA. Newcomer (Preview) Hello. I am trying this before going to a real meeting. Guess I am hoping this online work will be what I need. My life from the outside appears normal, but inside, it's a mess. I've been drinking to escape my own mind and life for 10 yrs. I am tired of making excuses, and would like to see it, and talk about it...	Tasha	15	6974	Jan 28, 2013 by Frodo
	Round and round and round she goes... (Preview) Where she stops... Nobody knows! Then she sticks the tail on the donkey, waaaaaaaaaaaaay off to the left. It's hard to believe my little girl is going to be three! I've been a terrible mother to her, and I've also been a wonderful mother. Depends on how much I drank the night before of course. I have so man...	Tasha	9	666	Jan 28, 2013 by RubyTues
	Lost (Preview) I started the process of staying sober for fear of losing my family. Life has been gracious enough to me, that I still have all of them in my lives, although my husband and I do not sleep in the same bedroom. I feel so grateful to have what I have, yet a deep sense of loss. I'm torn between grieving for the loss...	Tasha	12	574	Jan 28, 2013 by Stepchild
	Simple Truths (Preview) Weekly QuoteHe who has learned to pray has learned the greatest secret of a holy and happy life. - William LawWeekly ThoughtA Classic Devotional from E. M. Bounds The people who are so greatly needed in this age of the church are those who have learned the business of prayinglearned it on their knees,...	Pythonpappy	0	349	Jan 27, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 01-27 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the DayWhen people come back to A.A. after having a slip, the temptation is strong to say nothing about it. No other A.A. member should force them to declare themselves. It is entirely up to them. If they are well grounded in A.A., they will realize that it's up to them to speak up at the ne...	Pythonpappy	0	331	Jan 27, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Dry Hangover? (Preview) Sometimes when I go to meetings and hear people talk about drinking, I get this sick feeling. It feels like a hangover. It only lasts a minute or two, and I see this more as beneficial as opposed to baneful. I've heard plenty about "dry drunk", but I've never heard of anyone else go through wh...	AlcoHater	7	2485	Jan 28, 2013 by pinkchip
	I wouldn't trade sobriety for anything... (Preview)	justadrunk	7	357	Jan 27, 2013 by StPeteDean
	GRATITUDE (Preview) But By the Grace of God There Go I......Some days I wake in the morning and still have to pinch myself at how wonderful my body feels. No headache, no tongue stuck to the roof of my mouth, no checking my phone in desperation to see what occurred in the wee hours of the night that I will never recall....what a...	dms	13	791	Jan 27, 2013 by Frodo
	Daily Reflections ~ Freedom From Guilt & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Where other people were concerned, we had to drop the word blame from our speech and thought. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 47 When I become willing to accept my own powerlessness, I begin to realize that blaming myself for all the trouble in my life can be an ego trip back into hopelessness. As...	Sobrietyspell	0	311	Jan 27, 2013 by Sobrietyspell
	New Waitress (Preview) New Waitress A trucker came into a truck stop cafe and placed his order. He said, "I want three flat tires, a pair of headlights, and pair of running boards." The brand-new waitress, not wanting to appear stupid, went to the kitchen and said to the cook, "This guy out there just ordered...	Pythonpappy	0	268	Jan 27, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Alcoholism: 0 Neo: 1 (Preview) Real quick cause its late, but i want to post cause im secretly proud of myself. So... Due to "martin luther king day" i had to work on my day off, and i had signed up for 4 double shifts. (extra expenses n all) so today was my 8th day working in a row, and i still have to work tomorrow (friday) but i h...	Neophyte	21	517	Jan 27, 2013 by Stepchild
	Authenticity (Preview) I feel like I never say the right thing. Like, words come out of my mouth and I instantly think 'that's not what I feel' or 'that's not what I was trying to get across'. I have this problem while sharing in meetings sometimes. Like, I'll say something and it will be fine, but it won't be what I'm actually fee...	RubyTues	22	559	Jan 27, 2013 by Stepchild
	Today I was exactly where I was meant to be (Preview) My home group was so great today. It was a birthday meeting and I was on the edge of my seat listening to a woman share who was celebrating one year. Funny enough, I cancelled another meeting (sort of related to work) in order to be at this meeting, and I am so glad I did. The woman and I had so many similaritie...	RubyTues	7	428	Jan 27, 2013 by Jerry F
	I could Have Been A Contender (Preview) When I was sailing single handed out of Tahiti, exiting the picturesque seawall of Pappette, and the lush lagoon, I was thinking of Marlin Brando who made his presence felt and his home in Tahiti after making the 1962 version Mutiny on the Bounty. I was not thinking of him however as Fletcher Christian...	Tomas	3	378	Jan 27, 2013 by SolanoGypsy
	Instant gratification (Preview) This is something I am learning to not expect. For an alcoholic, it's pretty common to want it. Or to expect instantaneous results, or an external response or sign of a job well done. I'm sure I'm not the only one who has felt as though they are somehow not cutting it in terms of AA or sobriety. I've had an in...	Col	9	1559	Jan 26, 2013 by nezyb
	Am I an Alcoholic? (Preview) A dark palor follows me. It finds me at times of sobriety. Why I drink daily, let me tell you. When I don't drink for a single day I find the weight of my memories unbearable. I do not like my picture taken. When I see pictures of myself I mourn for failures and past transgressions. Every picture is a memor...	Questionable	25	545	Jan 26, 2013 by StPeteDean
	I HATE ALCOHOL! (Preview) Alcohol has absolutely destroyed me! It has left permanent physical scars and brain damage and I am now worse off in life than ever before! I focus all of my stinking thinking toward alcohol now, and it takes my hatred and anger from myself and others because my hatred is justifiable! I hate alcoho...	AlcoHater	19	1081	Jan 26, 2013 by StPeteDean
	A simple three step program... (Preview) I've posted this before...Awhile ago....And I still think it's the best description of the AA program that I've seen. It's from a Grapevine article written by Clarence Snyder...One of the original members that got sober before Bill W. had put the steps on paper. Clarence Snyder started the first AA...	Stepchild	12	650	Jan 26, 2013 by Stepchild
	Today's Gift 01-25 (Preview) One deceit needs many others, and so the whole house is built in the air and must soon come crashing down. -- Baltasar GracianIf we are honest about our addiction, we know how it can drive us into secrecy. At first came the little lie - about missing an appointment or coming home late. Then the lie to cove...	Pythonpappy	6	309	Jan 25, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Mara and the Bodhi tree (Preview) I once read a book on Buddhism and the most memorable image, for me, was the Buddha sitting underneath the Bodhi tree meditating while the demon Mara tried to tempt him to fall from grace. He tried to terrorize him with images of death and hell, he tried to seduce him with images of beautiful women and wea...	AdamMoz	4	625	Jan 26, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Slipped on Monday (Preview) hello to all, I just joined, but I have been in the 12 steps since early 2009. I work on the Alberta Oilfield. I do three weeks on/one week off. Monday was my drive home day. Since I arrived at 9PM, my boss put me up in a hotel. I should have just slept. Unfortunately, I had just broken up with my gf of th...	AlbertaCowboy	11	459	Jan 25, 2013 by justadrunk
	Stinking Thinking (Preview) I've been a bit quiet as of late. I'm totally overwhelmed with work right now and being pulled in eight million directions. I have been hitting my two meetings a week, but before I went back to work in January I was able to go to a lot more. I am going to make sure I add at least one more into the mix on busy weeks...	RubyTues	28	3418	Jan 25, 2013 by Fyne Spirit
	The Primrose Path (Preview) The steps dont fail. People fail the steps. BUT there are people ALWAYS waiting at the entrance, to give you your ticket to ride the Primrose Path Express.. On the path you will receive a lot of applause.. good effort.. but they dont really know, they cant possibly know.. How can they know ones successe...	Tomas	1	331	Jan 25, 2013 by Col
	Receiving more than I gave (Preview) In the mtg yesterday, one of our older and most respected members announced that another member had had a fall, was in the hospital. The woman in the hospital comes to a meeting every few weeks. She's in her late 70's and has health conditions that limit her. I have met her a few times, talked with her brie...	nezyb	6	344	Jan 25, 2013 by Rob84
	Government Job (this is simply a joke people) (Preview) A guy goes to the Post Office to apply for a job. > The interviewer asks him, " Have you been in the service?" > > Yes," he says. "I was in the armed forces for three years" > > The interviewer says, "That will give you extra poin...	Pythonpappy	4	323	Jan 25, 2013 by justadrunk
	ChristineG!!! Congratulations on 1 month sobriety!!! (Preview) YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Good work! You are a sweet lady and it's been a pleasure getting to know you : )	justadrunk	12	529	Jan 25, 2013 by Chaya
	Anticlimactic (Preview) I've hesitated to write this, because I feel as though it may be due to something lacking on my part. I do, however, wish to see if anyone else here had a similar experience with Step 5. I did it with my sponser a few days ago. I was expecting to experience a great spiritual shift, and a lightness of being. I d...	Col	19	475	Jan 24, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Depressed 10 y/o (Preview) A father asked his 10 year old son if he knew about the 'birds and the bees'. "I don't want to know," the child said, bursting into tears. "Promise me you won't tell me." Confused, the father asked what was wrong? The boy sobbed, "When I was six, I got the 'There's no Easter B...	Pythonpappy	1	265	Jan 24, 2013 by justadrunk
	Step 3 is kicking my butt (Preview) It really is. I didn't realize what a selfish person I really am. I'm having a really hard time coping with it. It feels hopeless that I will ever feel better from my past mistakes or stop being so self centered. It feels overwhelming. My sponsor saw that defeated look in me that I didn't realize others se...	Chaya	14	1197	Jan 24, 2013 by Stepchild
	Today's Gift 01-24 (Preview) SurvivalWe will never make it if we feel we are responsible for solving everyone else's problems. It is tempting to our ego to feel that we can exercise control over the lives of those around us, but it is counter to reality. We cannot protect those we love from sadness, sickness, or pain. Making martyr...	Pythonpappy	2	209	Jan 24, 2013 by justadrunk
	Take what you want and leave the rest. (Preview) I was at a meeting the other night...There were a few newcomers there. And a guy shared he was talking with an AA friend that had 38 years sober in AA....And the guy told him he worked an easier softer program of AA. Take what you want...But that didn't include the steps. I thought it was such an odd message...	Stepchild	15	3558	Jan 24, 2013 by Stepchild
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