Alcoholics Anonymous

franky · franky

im trying to go to rehab in mn and i need some help getting threre

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly." - John F. KennedyPlease look at this quote in the context it was written ... if we never try, then we never grow ...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

THE EVOLVING RELATIONSHIP.... open up to hope and new possibilities...Some mornings we may awaken filled with thoughts of what is wrong in our lives. Perhaps we obsess about our failures or the limits of our relationships. If we let ourselves sink into self-loathing, we build a wall that separates...

Mike B. · Mike B.

October 1 "Keeping a Tenth Step journal about my day-to-day life, my relations with other people, and the stuff that still roiled around in my head helped me see patterns in my thoughts and behavior, which I could discuss with my sponsor. And once I began to sit quietly, reflect on what I'd writ...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Okay, most of you know me pretty well by now, well, my sponsor knows me even better ... LOL ... so when I was having a 'bad' day a couple weeks ago, my sponsor told me this new slogan that helped 'turn my day around' ... thought I would share it since the thread about 'gossip' recently appeared ... "Do...

RubyTues · RubyTues

The other day a friend of mine (in the program) told me she thought it would be good for me to go to more meetings. I felt a bit bristly at her suggestion and had some 'I know what's best for me' 'who does she think she is' thoughts but I decided to get past me controlling things and being right and really thoug...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing. --Albert SchweitzerThroughout our life we've been influenced by other people's behavior and opinions. Many of us were influenced by very poor examples in earlier years. And we may have to pray for help rather than continuing...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Welcome to MIP Heidi, ... ... ... We're glad you found us ... and it is my knowledge and belief that in God's sight, 'everyone' IS important ... sorry, I just had to get that out ... I sincerely hope that you will continue to share your thoughts and your story with us here ... We are here to accomplish one thi...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"The currents that determine our dreams and shape our lives flow from the attitudes we nurture every day" - Author Unknown

Mike B. · Mike B.

September 30 "Since today marks not only the last day of my life to this date, but also the first day of the rest of my life, and since I have come to believe that the best is yet to come, I think today has been my best day sober."

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"A vision is not just a picture of what could be; it is an appeal to our better selves, a call to become something more." - Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

To love is to place our happiness in the happiness of another.--G. Wilhelm LeibnizTo desire personal happiness is normal and healthy. Most of our plans, choices, and dreams about the present and future regarding jobs, relationships, and hoped-for achievements are geared to make us happy. It's ne...

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."

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	help (Preview) im trying to go to rehab in mn and i need some help getting threre	franky	3	479	Oct 1, 2013 by justadrunk
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly." - John F. KennedyPlease look at this quote in the context it was written ... if we never try, then we never grow ...	Pythonpappy	2	357	Oct 1, 2013 by Random68
	Today's Gift (Preview) THE EVOLVING RELATIONSHIP.... open up to hope and new possibilities...Some mornings we may awaken filled with thoughts of what is wrong in our lives. Perhaps we obsess about our failures or the limits of our relationships. If we let ourselves sink into self-loathing, we build a wall that separates...	Pythonpappy	1	351	Oct 1, 2013 by Mike B.
	Grapevine (Preview) October 1 "Keeping a Tenth Step journal about my day-to-day life, my relations with other people, and the stuff that still roiled around in my head helped me see patterns in my thoughts and behavior, which I could discuss with my sponsor. And once I began to sit quietly, reflect on what I'd writ...	Mike B.	1	348	Oct 1, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	I learned a new slogan from my sponsor! (Preview) Okay, most of you know me pretty well by now, well, my sponsor knows me even better ... LOL ... so when I was having a 'bad' day a couple weeks ago, my sponsor told me this new slogan that helped 'turn my day around' ... thought I would share it since the thread about 'gossip' recently appeared ... "Do...	Pythonpappy	8	581	Oct 1, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	How has the program been at work in your life lately? (Preview) The other day a friend of mine (in the program) told me she thought it would be good for me to go to more meetings. I felt a bit bristly at her suggestion and had some 'I know what's best for me' 'who does she think she is' thoughts but I decided to get past me controlling things and being right and really thoug...	RubyTues	11	629	Oct 1, 2013 by tomsteve
	Today's Gift (Preview) Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing. --Albert SchweitzerThroughout our life we've been influenced by other people's behavior and opinions. Many of us were influenced by very poor examples in earlier years. And we may have to pray for help rather than continuing...	Pythonpappy	2	440	Sep 30, 2013 by Stepchild
	Welcome 'nooneimportant' (Preview) Welcome to MIP Heidi, ... ... ... We're glad you found us ... and it is my knowledge and belief that in God's sight, 'everyone' IS important ... sorry, I just had to get that out ... I sincerely hope that you will continue to share your thoughts and your story with us here ... We are here to accomplish one thi...	Pythonpappy	2	423	Sep 30, 2013 by Stepchild
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "The currents that determine our dreams and shape our lives flow from the attitudes we nurture every day" - Author Unknown	Pythonpappy	1	336	Sep 30, 2013 by Mike B.
	Grapevine (Preview) September 30 "Since today marks not only the last day of my life to this date, but also the first day of the rest of my life, and since I have come to believe that the best is yet to come, I think today has been my best day sober."	Mike B.	1	374	Sep 30, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "A vision is not just a picture of what could be; it is an appeal to our better selves, a call to become something more." - Rosabeth Moss Kanter	Pythonpappy	0	340	Sep 29, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift (Preview) To love is to place our happiness in the happiness of another.--G. Wilhelm LeibnizTo desire personal happiness is normal and healthy. Most of our plans, choices, and dreams about the present and future regarding jobs, relationships, and hoped-for achievements are geared to make us happy. It's ne...	Pythonpappy	0	309	Sep 29, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	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	445	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	592	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	589	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	532	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	1750	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	374	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	442	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	339	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	444	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	680	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	378	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	304	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	747	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	404	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	392	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	568	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	765	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	1005	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	345	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	341	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	508	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	540	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	493	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	2428	Sep 24, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Welcome To MIP Lins.... (Preview) It's great to have you with us.	Stepchild	2	449	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	1089	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	369	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	341	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	599	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	552	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	714	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	351	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	641	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	648	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	347	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	392	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	676	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	330	Sep 21, 2013 by Mr_David
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