Alcoholics Anonymous

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?...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

You've got to get up every morning with a smile on your face, And show the world all the love in your heart, Then people gonna treat you better. You're gonna find, yes, you will, That you're beautiful as you feel. --Carole King "Act as if." There's magic in behaving the way we want to be, even t...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes." - E.E. Cummings

Mike B. · Mike B.

September 18 "The inner energy that is love connects all the parts of us - our emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual selves."

SolanoGypsy · SolanoGypsy

HI Family! Victoria here. It has been a few months and I wanted to check in about why that is. My first piece of news is I am still sober. Celebrated twenty months sober on the twelfth of this month. Next piece of news is I found full time work as a merchandise supervisor at a local Walmart Nei...

gonee · gonee

Have I stopped to thank God for His blessings or am I continuing with my petitions for more gifts? Today I will stop and take time off to thank Him and to praise Him and to honour Him.

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"Live neither in the past nor in the future, but let each day's work absorb all your interest, energy and enthusiasm." - Sir William Osler

Jerry F · Jerry F

by Joani Gammill. My wife just gave me my early birthday presents one of which is this book. Joani Gammill is one of us and for the first 15 pages she spoke from inside of me. Her voice coming from my memories which are accompanied with the emotions of walking thru our disease of addiction. I won't...

arizonababs · arizonababs

I am returning to aa more broken than before, i want to attend meetings but have no transportation, if you can help please post

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

We're glad you found your way back to AA Al ... many of us don't ... I was about your age when I made it back ... glad to have you with us ... God Bless, Pappy

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

The universe is transformation; our life is what our thoughts make it. --Marcus Aurelius AntoninusIt's awesome, the power we each wield in the life that unfolds before us. The inclination of our thoughts invites that which we encounter, which is that which we expect to find. What we can become or exp...

Mike B. · Mike B.

September 17 "Though all alone out there, an AA from the Marshall Islands still claimed his group had three members, to wit: 'God, the book Alcoholics Anonymous, and me.'"

Random68 · Random68

Early in my step work I learned of HALT (Hungry Angry Lonely Tired). I payed attention. I still pay. I notice when I'm in the middle of triggers and letting the HALT run my life. The realization that I have a choice to make now. Right now. Can be overwhelming and make me want to run even further into m...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

September 16, 2013 Quote of the Week "Once you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change." I've always heard that alcoholism is a disease of perception. For example, when I first got sober I kept hearing that it was a disease, but I never really saw it that way. Once I s...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

How important is it? The young man in the meeting was very angry and upset. His lawnmower had broken down. He was having a cookout in his back yard that evening, the yard "looked terrible," and he'd paid a lot of money for that mower! After he went on for some time, an older woman gently interru...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"Many things will catch your eye, but only a few will catch your heart; pursue them." - Author Unknown

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness." - Napoleon Hill

Mike B. · Mike B.

September 16 "Am I strong enough? Am I willing to commit my life and my heart at an even deeper level to doing whatever it takes to keep moving forward?"

billyjack · billyjack

Daily Reflections HOPE Do not be discouraged. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 60 Few experiences are of less value to me than fast sobriety. Too many times discouragement has been the bonus for unrealistic expectations, not to mention self-pity or fatigue from my wanting to change the world by the weeken...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"Was yesterday a disappointment? I am sorry. But this is another day. The earth has turned around since yesterday. Face the New Day with good cheer!" - Henry F. Henrichs

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes. --Abigail Van BurenHow did we get so convinced that our way is usually best? That surely didn't come from a lifetime of constant success. How did we get fixed in our thinking on a given issue? Not from a track record of first exploring all other al...

Col · Col

There's this guy I know. He was pretty instrumental to my realizing I was an alcoholic, and getting sober. He introduced me to AA. In and out of the program himself for over a decade, he knows how to talk the talk- an expert at manipulation. After distancing myself from him, I have recently had to interve...

justadrunk · justadrunk

God's love is everywhere, in everything no matter where I go. -- Edited by justadrunk on Sunday 15th of September 2013 07:00:47 AM

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"One day in retrospect the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful." - Sigmund Freud

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

When one knows Thee, then alien there is none, then no door is shut. Oh, grant me my prayer that I may never lose the touch of the one in the play of many. --Rabindranath TagoreWhen we make a person-to-person telephone call, we want to be connected with one particular person. If that person is not in, we ma...

Zoomtopz · Zoomtopz

Just curious , has anyone bought a house or car because of th st # or st name , or a car because of th rego # or letters . If so can you share . My current addy & has been for 18yrs , is 8493 . I thunk 8+4 & 9+3 = 12 X 12 . Had to be a Great place for an alkie . And I just told th Everloving it had a great view, but thu...

RubyTues · RubyTues

I remember my sponsor saying to me when we first met that I would be surprised at how EVERYTHING would change. My attitudes towards all sorts of things that had nothing to do with drinking. I sort of thought 'yeah, yeah, okay'. Well, I'm finding that to be true now (of course). I am really starting to doub...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Communicating when I finally gave up on my partner. He believed that the love of his life, if he ever found the Right One, would fill all the gaps of his own personality. She dreamed that her perfect match would always respond gently, never willfully. After the honeymoon phase they naturally began to f...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"Planning is bringing the future into the present so you can do something about it now." - Alan Lakein

Mike B. · Mike B.

September 13 "I am learning how to cope with life, people, and situations, not as I want them to be, but as they really are."

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Kid's Voices========Ever notice how a 4-year-old's voice is louder than 200 adultvoices?Several years ago, I returned home from a trip just when a stormhit, with crashing thunder and severe lightning.As I came into my bedroom about 2 a.m., I found my two childrenin bed with my wife, Karey, appare...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"A true friend never gets in your way, unless you happen to be going down." - Arnold Glasgow

Mike B. · Mike B.

September 12 "Ever so slowly, I could feel myself changing. Things that had seemed important were no longer important. There was inside me a warming, a softening, a stirring, as the petals of a rosebud stir almost imperceptibly into a blossom."

John · John

http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2013/09/10/dnt-thief-returns-money-12-years-later.wtvf.html

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"God Bless America"

Mike B. · Mike B.

September 11 "Alcoholics Anonymous has given me something of real value that I can share with others."

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

We don't always understand the ways of Almighty God (or your Higher Power)(I added that) - the crosses sent us, the sacrifices demanded . . . But we accept with faith and resignation the holy will with no looking back, and we are at peace. --Anonymous Acceptance of our past, acceptance of the conditio...

vixen · vixen

Two years...two amazing, challenging, awesome, soulful, enlightening years sober. I am still as tickled pink as I was when I picked up a one month chip, still as grateful and hopeful, but much less fearful. It's been quite the journey to get here. This past year has brought some sad good-byes but it h...

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	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	326	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	377	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	356	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	279	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	321	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	548	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	393	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	315	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	896	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	645	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	1321	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	612	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	576	Sep 19, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift (Preview) You've got to get up every morning with a smile on your face, And show the world all the love in your heart, Then people gonna treat you better. You're gonna find, yes, you will, That you're beautiful as you feel. --Carole King "Act as if." There's magic in behaving the way we want to be, even t...	Pythonpappy	2	312	Sep 19, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes." - E.E. Cummings	Pythonpappy	1	307	Sep 18, 2013 by Mike B.
	Grapevine (Preview) September 18 "The inner energy that is love connects all the parts of us - our emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual selves."	Mike B.	1	349	Sep 18, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Been a Long Time... Had to Check In (Preview) HI Family! Victoria here. It has been a few months and I wanted to check in about why that is. My first piece of news is I am still sober. Celebrated twenty months sober on the twelfth of this month. Next piece of news is I found full time work as a merchandise supervisor at a local Walmart Nei...	SolanoGypsy	8	578	Sep 18, 2013 by StPeteDean
	Just for today. (Preview) Have I stopped to thank God for His blessings or am I continuing with my petitions for more gifts? Today I will stop and take time off to thank Him and to praise Him and to honour Him.	gonee	8	407	Sep 17, 2013 by Sports dude
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "Live neither in the past nor in the future, but let each day's work absorb all your interest, energy and enthusiasm." - Sir William Osler	Pythonpappy	2	372	Sep 17, 2013 by Ullysses
	The interventionist... (Preview) by Joani Gammill. My wife just gave me my early birthday presents one of which is this book. Joani Gammill is one of us and for the first 15 pages she spoke from inside of me. Her voice coming from my memories which are accompanied with the emotions of walking thru our disease of addiction. I won't...	Jerry F	2	410	Sep 17, 2013 by Mike B.
	Need a ride to meetings 19th Ave & Cactus area (Preview) I am returning to aa more broken than before, i want to attend meetings but have no transportation, if you can help please post	arizonababs	2	581	Sep 17, 2013 by StPeteDean
	Welcome to MIP Ullysses (Al) (Preview) We're glad you found your way back to AA Al ... many of us don't ... I was about your age when I made it back ... glad to have you with us ... God Bless, Pappy	Pythonpappy	8	486	Sep 17, 2013 by StPeteDean
	Today's Gift (Preview) The universe is transformation; our life is what our thoughts make it. --Marcus Aurelius AntoninusIt's awesome, the power we each wield in the life that unfolds before us. The inclination of our thoughts invites that which we encounter, which is that which we expect to find. What we can become or exp...	Pythonpappy	1	371	Sep 17, 2013 by Mike B.
	Grapevine (Preview) September 17 "Though all alone out there, an AA from the Marshall Islands still claimed his group had three members, to wit: 'God, the book Alcoholics Anonymous, and me.'"	Mike B.	1	437	Sep 17, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Triggers (Preview) Early in my step work I learned of HALT (Hungry Angry Lonely Tired). I payed attention. I still pay. I notice when I'm in the middle of triggers and letting the HALT run my life. The realization that I have a choice to make now. Right now. Can be overwhelming and make me want to run even further into m...	Random68	7	563	Sep 17, 2013 by Random68
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) September 16, 2013 Quote of the Week "Once you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change." I've always heard that alcoholism is a disease of perception. For example, when I first got sober I kept hearing that it was a disease, but I never really saw it that way. Once I s...	Pythonpappy	2	418	Sep 17, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift (Preview) How important is it? The young man in the meeting was very angry and upset. His lawnmower had broken down. He was having a cookout in his back yard that evening, the yard "looked terrible," and he'd paid a lot of money for that mower! After he went on for some time, an older woman gently interru...	Pythonpappy	4	377	Sep 16, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "Many things will catch your eye, but only a few will catch your heart; pursue them." - Author Unknown	Pythonpappy	1	337	Sep 16, 2013 by Mike B.
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness." - Napoleon Hill	Pythonpappy	3	396	Sep 16, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Grapevine (Preview) September 16 "Am I strong enough? Am I willing to commit my life and my heart at an even deeper level to doing whatever it takes to keep moving forward?"	Mike B.	1	342	Sep 16, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Daily Reflections / As Bill Sees It (Preview) Daily Reflections HOPE Do not be discouraged. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 60 Few experiences are of less value to me than fast sobriety. Too many times discouragement has been the bonus for unrealistic expectations, not to mention self-pity or fatigue from my wanting to change the world by the weeken...	billyjack	3	13914	Sep 16, 2013 by Starvin Artist
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "Was yesterday a disappointment? I am sorry. But this is another day. The earth has turned around since yesterday. Face the New Day with good cheer!" - Henry F. Henrichs	Pythonpappy	0	406	Sep 15, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift (Preview) People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes. --Abigail Van BurenHow did we get so convinced that our way is usually best? That surely didn't come from a lifetime of constant success. How did we get fixed in our thinking on a given issue? Not from a track record of first exploring all other al...	Pythonpappy	0	432	Sep 15, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Man! Active alcoholics are a pain in the a** (Preview) There's this guy I know. He was pretty instrumental to my realizing I was an alcoholic, and getting sober. He introduced me to AA. In and out of the program himself for over a decade, he knows how to talk the talk- an expert at manipulation. After distancing myself from him, I have recently had to interve...	Col	6	610	Sep 15, 2013 by SolanoGypsy
	All Natural (Preview) God's love is everywhere, in everything no matter where I go. -- Edited by justadrunk on Sunday 15th of September 2013 07:00:47 AM	justadrunk	8	596	Sep 15, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "One day in retrospect the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful." - Sigmund Freud	Pythonpappy	1	332	Sep 15, 2013 by Mr_David
	Today's Gift (Preview) When one knows Thee, then alien there is none, then no door is shut. Oh, grant me my prayer that I may never lose the touch of the one in the play of many. --Rabindranath TagoreWhen we make a person-to-person telephone call, we want to be connected with one particular person. If that person is not in, we ma...	Pythonpappy	1	337	Sep 15, 2013 by Mr_David
	Curious , numbers & letters. (Preview) Just curious , has anyone bought a house or car because of th st # or st name , or a car because of th rego # or letters . If so can you share . My current addy & has been for 18yrs , is 8493 . I thunk 8+4 & 9+3 = 12 X 12 . Had to be a Great place for an alkie . And I just told th Everloving it had a great view, but thu...	Zoomtopz	3	506	Sep 14, 2013 by RubyTues
	Everything changes (Preview) I remember my sponsor saying to me when we first met that I would be surprised at how EVERYTHING would change. My attitudes towards all sorts of things that had nothing to do with drinking. I sort of thought 'yeah, yeah, okay'. Well, I'm finding that to be true now (of course). I am really starting to doub...	RubyTues	15	625	Sep 14, 2013 by Sober Strummer
	Today's Gift (Preview) Communicating when I finally gave up on my partner. He believed that the love of his life, if he ever found the Right One, would fill all the gaps of his own personality. She dreamed that her perfect match would always respond gently, never willfully. After the honeymoon phase they naturally began to f...	Pythonpappy	1	321	Sep 13, 2013 by Mike B.
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "Planning is bringing the future into the present so you can do something about it now." - Alan Lakein	Pythonpappy	1	344	Sep 13, 2013 by Mike B.
	Grapevine (Preview) September 13 "I am learning how to cope with life, people, and situations, not as I want them to be, but as they really are."	Mike B.	1	334	Sep 13, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	More of 'Kids Say The Darndest Things!!!' (Preview) Kid's Voices========Ever notice how a 4-year-old's voice is louder than 200 adultvoices?Several years ago, I returned home from a trip just when a stormhit, with crashing thunder and severe lightning.As I came into my bedroom about 2 a.m., I found my two childrenin bed with my wife, Karey, appare...	Pythonpappy	4	468	Sep 13, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "A true friend never gets in your way, unless you happen to be going down." - Arnold Glasgow	Pythonpappy	1	339	Sep 12, 2013 by Mike B.
	Grapevine (Preview) September 12 "Ever so slowly, I could feel myself changing. Things that had seemed important were no longer important. There was inside me a warming, a softening, a stirring, as the petals of a rosebud stir almost imperceptibly into a blossom."	Mike B.	1	323	Sep 12, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Amends after 12 years... "I am an addict"... (Preview) http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2013/09/10/dnt-thief-returns-money-12-years-later.wtvf.html	John	3	530	Sep 12, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote --- This one is 'extra' Special! (Preview) "God Bless America"	Pythonpappy	2	478	Sep 12, 2013 by mrpeel
	Grapevine (Preview) September 11 "Alcoholics Anonymous has given me something of real value that I can share with others."	Mike B.	1	350	Sep 11, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift (Preview) We don't always understand the ways of Almighty God (or your Higher Power)(I added that) - the crosses sent us, the sacrifices demanded . . . But we accept with faith and resignation the holy will with no looking back, and we are at peace. --Anonymous Acceptance of our past, acceptance of the conditio...	Pythonpappy	1	316	Sep 11, 2013 by Mike B.
	Two Years! (Preview) Two years...two amazing, challenging, awesome, soulful, enlightening years sober. I am still as tickled pink as I was when I picked up a one month chip, still as grateful and hopeful, but much less fearful. It's been quite the journey to get here. This past year has brought some sad good-byes but it h...	vixen	16	565	Sep 11, 2013 by vixen
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