Alcoholics Anonymous

Mike B. · Mike B.

February 26 "Long before I was a binge drinker, I was a binge thinker. I tended to think incessantly, as if this were an essential part of staying alive. My mind either had no 'off' switch, or, if it did, I had no idea where it was.&...

HJF454 · HJF454

Today I'm 60 days sober but who's counting. I almost forgot when I was at a meeting this morning. Called the sponser. Prayed today and tonite. The wife shared a lot today. All is well.

justadrunk · justadrunk

http://www.aa.org/pdf/products/p-15_Q&AonSpon.pdf

wagon · wagon

I wrote in a eariler post of dealing with my son problems, I used the program hard this last week and was able to turn it over to God. Feeling better today.... Thanks Wagon

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

February 25, 2013 Quote of the Week "The 'why' questions keep us in the problem." In recovery I have learned that the "why" questions always keep me in the problem. Questions like: "Why did that have to happen?" Or, "Why didn't/couldn't she do this?"...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Having hope makes every day easier, more gentle. From our first introduction to other men and women who have faced firsthand the illness of chemical dependency, we sense the spirit of hope in their words and in their faces. Some of us have had little or no hope for many years. It's no wonder we initially...

gonee · gonee

Nothing can be more spiritual than this statement in the 1st tradition of AA. I found it to be a natural substance of recovery. I have found over the years, that no matter how bad things are with me, the moment I encounter another suffering alcoholic face to face, my own needs disappear. I remember in my 1...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Second Thoughts After an intense discussion, we might rehash what we said and wish we'd said something else. Perhaps some brilliant remark occurs to us long after the conversation has ended. We can say only what comes to us at the time of the discussion. Our best preparation for any such discussion ho...

Fyne Spirit · Fyne Spirit

10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it.A recent post reminded me of what it was like in those very early days of AA. The massive contrast between my lonely existence pre AA and the warm and friendly environment I found in the rooms is one of my strongest mem...

Gleek22 · Gleek22

So today is 30 days and I feel better this time around. I have made alot of mistakes in the beginning but I strive to move forward. Sorry I haven't been active on here I recently made a big move out of my parents house and my mom is still active in her addiction and I don't have internet at my new appartment.

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

From: BRITISH HUMOR IS DIFFERENT These are classified ads which were actually placed in U.K. newspapers: FREE YORKSHIRE TERRIER.8 years old, Hateful little bastard. Bites!___________________________________________ FREE PUPPIES1/2 Cocker Spaniel , 1/2 sneaky neighbor's dog.___...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

An Unfolding Story Our lives are like a story told one day at a time. Some of our story has been revealed; much remains. Yet life is not like a book in which you can skip ahead; life unfolds one day at a time. Though it may be hard right now, let's not wish any of it away but live each day fully. We are the only one...

John · John

Above is pic of "Lilly Girl" - Mini Poodle 7 yrs old The one above her is my cat named "Bounce" - 9 yr old male I talked to vet this morning Max stayed there again last night. Says Max's sugar level dropping bcause of glucose level and its because his pancrisis is produci5ng too much insulin. Similar to a d...

HJF454 · HJF454

Last nite the non AH Co dep. spouse says she is sorry and she is so proud of me. Says she wants to get better. Me being being (uh hum) hard of hearing say what did you say. She replies again I want to get better. What a difference a day makes. The kicker is I was already over it and serene in my quiet place so it was...

RubyTues · RubyTues

One of my favourite old timers is celebrating thirty something years this week, and one of my other favourite old timers is celebrating thirty years next week. These are two individuals (one man, one woman) who I love to hear speak. They are inspiring, and real, and just wonderful to listen to. I mark...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

The process of living, for each of us, is pretty similar. For every gain there is a setback. For every success, a failure. For every moment of joy, a time of sadness. For every hope realized, one is dashed. --Sue Atchley Ebaugh The balance of events in our lives is much like the balance of nature. The pend...

HJF454 · HJF454

Thank God work is done now at a meeting. Reading working with others page 98 hits home. Grateful to be sober. Justadrunk I think my wife did hit bottom this week. I'm still gonna give her space and not force conversation. If she wants to talk so be it ill be courteous and supportive. She is in good spirit...

Tomas · Tomas

That's what she called Herself on Twitter...She was a bartender in Miami and a 20 year old student...A few days ago driving under the influence she ran some man over who was married with 3 young children..the head chef in an upscale restaurant..now the 3 children have no father. She probably will be f...

Tracey C · Tracey C

Does anyone know the reasoning behind a business bringing in a rule, that if their workers whilst undergo alcohol and drug testing are found positive for alcohol they'll be immediately sacked but if they're found with heroin in their system they get 3 warnings plus counselling? Why is alcohol vi...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Smart Ass - Love it!! Two young businessmen in Florida were sitting down for a break intheir soon-to-be new store in the shopping mall. As yet, the storewasn't ready, with only a few shelves and display racks set up. One said to the other, "I'll bet that any minute now some old personis going to wal...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

One ChoiceOne... One tree can start a forest, One smile can begin a friendship, One hand can lift a soul, One word can frame the goal, One candle can wipe out darkness, One laugh can conquer gloom, One hope can raise our spirits, And...one choice can change your life. Think about that. One choice, just o...

Alcoholic84 · Alcoholic84

Basically met someone in the rooms of A.A. after coming off a hospitalization visit. Me this person and truly fell in love with her very fast. After almost 2 months of sobriety I relapsed. Really want to tell her, but feel that I might loose her because of it. It could happen several ways, tell her...

John · John

I woke up to his mouning this morning, and looked for him as he wasn't laying by my feet where he was when I went to sleep last night. He was on the floor and unable to move, but trying hard to get up, unsucessfully. I picked him up right away, and he just callapsed in my arms. Went completely limp, head an...

John · John

My lil' dog, Max is back home!! I had taken him to the vet on Friday, got supportive care, took him home, was okay saturday, sunday started showing signs of not being very well, and Monday morning was non responsive at all. The only thing on his body that he could move was his eyes. He was limp. He spent...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Think in terms of depletion, not depression. . . . You can understand how a body can replenish itself, whereas it may be difficult to understand the way out of depression. --Claire Weekes Despair and depression may come over us suddenly, for no reason we can figure out. But if we stop and reflect, we ma...

Col · Col

Good morning MIP:) I missed you guys. I have a confession to make- I deleted my first account here last week. I had a temper tantrum- plain and simple. Like a 5 year old. Somebody gave me their honest feedback-I didn't like it. I childishly thought "well I'll show them! HA!", and deleted my ac...

JamesPMc · JamesPMc

So how does all of this work?

AdamMoz · AdamMoz

Hi everyone, I was wondering if you would be willing to share your favorite recovery books. Currently, I am reading 24 Hours a Day - which is a FANTASTIC book of daily reflections and meditations about alcoholism. I wake up each morning, read a reflection, and keep referring to it through the remaind...

RubyTues · RubyTues

Calling and reaching out: I am terrified! There is one woman who I want to phone to talk about the program a little more and possibly ask if she will be my sponsor. There is another woman who I would like to go for a coffee with or something. Tips? I wish life was handled by e-mail. I hate the telephone.

Mike B. · Mike B.

February 21 "Turn toward that power and ask for help whenever you feel disturbed or afraid, the way a plant turns toward the light."

AlcoHater · AlcoHater

This MIP website has done more for good for my sobriety in such a short time than anything else I have ever tried in AA! Part of my problem in life is that I have horrible social anxiety and am just not comfortable in public 97% of the time. When I come here to get yelled at, I can read it over and over again unti...

mikef · mikef

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGAYXD8HdK0 Was going through some old music files and was listening to songs from this band DOUBLE SHOT, I worked with for a few years. The words of the song Swinging Doors, an old country standard, was about the story of our lives .This was late 70's I was just thru my 2nd div...

John · John

Hi everyone, First I want to thank everyone for your warm, loving and supportive words as I trudge through this hard time regarding my dog Max. Your letting me just share it here, have a place to dump my heart out means so much to me. I saw Max this morning. And he is doing sooo much better. The vet says he...

justadrunk · justadrunk

Ask yourself: Have I ever been depressed when I was Not thinking about me?

Mike B. · Mike B.

February 20 "I politely invited God to spend the day with me (like a visiting relative or friend), and instantly began a mental dialogue with God ... I realized that in the process of introducing myself to God, I was gettin...

Max87 · Max87

Hello everyone. My name is Max. My father is an alcoholic. Although i can't say that i suffer his sickness (i can only recall seeing him drunk maybe two or three times) it marked me deeply. So much, that i can say i don't enjoy alcohol. I drink maybe a couple of beers and that's it. When i was in college, mo...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Leave room for God to surprise you! --Ernie K. It is human to be disappointed when we don't get what we want. But when we dwell on our disappointment, as if we should have gotten what we wanted, then we forget to trust that God may have something different in store for us. Many of us pray, "Thy will be d...

AlcoHater · AlcoHater

Hello. After going through crisis after crisis in my shitty life, I have decided that I am in Hell. Other people in the program get blessings from their Santa Claus god, the results of my prayers were always roadblocks and dead ends. Notice how I said "were". I no longer pray. I no longer bel...

Col · Col

Hi all:) the suicide of Mindy McCready is a very tragic event that sheds light on the disturbingly high numbers of alcoholics and addicts that succumb to suicidal thoughts. I could have easily been amongst these. It wasn't all that long ago that I was in the depths of suicidal depression. I truly empat...

John · John

This morning I got up to find my dog unable to move, pretty non responsive. I took him back to the vet.. After blood work it was determined he has pantricis and kidney shutting down. They are going to keep him for 2-3 days and do all they can but told me to get myself ready to have him put down if they can't get h...

Mike B. · Mike B.

February 19 "Often in sobriety, I've prayed when I needed to meditate. I've yammered at God so much that God can't get a word in edgewise. (What I practice with people, I cannot help but practice with God.) To me, meditatio...

Tomas · Tomas

Flight ..a real action packed story of an alcoholic pilot..captures the seamy side of alcoholic behavior..great ending..exciting film..Denzel Washington plays the alcoholic pilot..I loved it.

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

The twilight, in fact, had several stages, and several times after it had grown dusky, acquired a new transparency, and the trees on the hillsides were lit up again. --Henry David Thoreau There are small candles of light we can bring into our lives to take away some of the darkness. These are the candle...

lady eli · lady eli

Please...Please...PLEASE read "Gifts of Sobriety" thread!!! These are my wishes for you...and they all can happen for YOU, if you are willing....Bless you, Love , Lady Eli

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

For years this saying made no sense to me. It wasn't the first drink, I argued, but rather the seventh or tenth drink that got me drunk. I'd been able to control my drinking for a long time, and with a lot of will power I'd been able to limit my drinking to a few glasses. Towards the end though, I'd inevitably...

lady eli · lady eli

Dear Miracles, Please share your ESH with me, on your Gifts of Sobriety!!! I wanna start with...Sobriety = Life itself to me!!! I would not still be here, had I injested that next ounce of booze! And...I love too that I have a "birthday" AND a "RE-BIRTH day"....The former....

ghostman1960 · ghostman1960

I was sober since the 14th and going to meetings and everything else I was supposed to do. Well I was surfing the daring website where I met my wife and lo and behold she put up a new profile. She is looking for a long term relationship. We have not even been separated a month and she is already putting hersel...

nezyb · nezyb

Country music's embattled Mindy McCready ended her life today, at the tender young age of 37. She has led a tumultuous and tortured life of alcoholism and addiction. It just goes to prove yet again that this disease is an equal opportunity destroyer, and does not discriminate based on status, wealth...

stayhumble · stayhumble

Hello MIP. I haven't been on the board in a while. Just wanted to say hello and hope everyone doing ok today! I still see some of the same names commenting, so that's a good thing! Have a blessed night and hope you all continue to stay sober one day at a time!

lostgirl · lostgirl

This is my first time here to this site. i am an alcoholic. I tried to go to AA meetings in my area and at the time stopped drinking for a while andthen decided AA meetings were not for me, because the meetings I went to were very depressing. It was hard listening to people who I had nothing in common with e...

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	Grapevine (Preview) February 26 "Long before I was a binge drinker, I was a binge thinker. I tended to think incessantly, as if this were an essential part of staying alive. My mind either had no 'off' switch, or, if it did, I had no idea where it was.&...	Mike B.	1	223	Feb 26, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	A good day (Preview) Today I'm 60 days sober but who's counting. I almost forgot when I was at a meeting this morning. Called the sponser. Prayed today and tonite. The wife shared a lot today. All is well.	HJF454	9	298	Feb 26, 2013 by Sports dude
	Questions and answers on Sponsorship (Preview) http://www.aa.org/pdf/products/p-15_Q&AonSpon.pdf	justadrunk	3	1746	Feb 26, 2013 by Rob84
	This to will pass (Preview) I wrote in a eariler post of dealing with my son problems, I used the program hard this last week and was able to turn it over to God. Feeling better today.... Thanks Wagon	wagon	4	384	Feb 26, 2013 by RubyTues
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) February 25, 2013 Quote of the Week "The 'why' questions keep us in the problem." In recovery I have learned that the "why" questions always keep me in the problem. Questions like: "Why did that have to happen?" Or, "Why didn't/couldn't she do this?"...	Pythonpappy	0	220	Feb 25, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 02-25 (Preview) Having hope makes every day easier, more gentle. From our first introduction to other men and women who have faced firsthand the illness of chemical dependency, we sense the spirit of hope in their words and in their faces. Some of us have had little or no hope for many years. It's no wonder we initially...	Pythonpappy	0	249	Feb 25, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Our Common Welfare. (Preview) Nothing can be more spiritual than this statement in the 1st tradition of AA. I found it to be a natural substance of recovery. I have found over the years, that no matter how bad things are with me, the moment I encounter another suffering alcoholic face to face, my own needs disappear. I remember in my 1...	gonee	5	422	Feb 26, 2013 by Sports dude
	Today's Gift 02-24 (Preview) Second Thoughts After an intense discussion, we might rehash what we said and wish we'd said something else. Perhaps some brilliant remark occurs to us long after the conversation has ended. We can say only what comes to us at the time of the discussion. Our best preparation for any such discussion ho...	Pythonpappy	3	263	Feb 25, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	NAVIGATING EARLY SOBRIETY WITH STEP 10. (Preview) 10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it.A recent post reminded me of what it was like in those very early days of AA. The massive contrast between my lonely existence pre AA and the warm and friendly environment I found in the rooms is one of my strongest mem...	Fyne Spirit	10	762	Feb 25, 2013 by lady eli
	30 days (Preview) So today is 30 days and I feel better this time around. I have made alot of mistakes in the beginning but I strive to move forward. Sorry I haven't been active on here I recently made a big move out of my parents house and my mom is still active in her addiction and I don't have internet at my new appartment.	Gleek22	11	454	Feb 25, 2013 by lady eli
	Take a short 'Break' and enjoy a little 'British Humor' (Preview) From: BRITISH HUMOR IS DIFFERENT These are classified ads which were actually placed in U.K. newspapers: FREE YORKSHIRE TERRIER.8 years old, Hateful little bastard. Bites!___________________________________________ FREE PUPPIES1/2 Cocker Spaniel , 1/2 sneaky neighbor's dog.___...	Pythonpappy	5	433	Feb 25, 2013 by lady eli
	Today's Gift 02-23 (Preview) An Unfolding Story Our lives are like a story told one day at a time. Some of our story has been revealed; much remains. Yet life is not like a book in which you can skip ahead; life unfolds one day at a time. Though it may be hard right now, let's not wish any of it away but live each day fully. We are the only one...	Pythonpappy	0	389	Feb 23, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Max Update ... & pics of my pets (Preview) Above is pic of "Lilly Girl" - Mini Poodle 7 yrs old The one above her is my cat named "Bounce" - 9 yr old male I talked to vet this morning Max stayed there again last night. Says Max's sugar level dropping bcause of glucose level and its because his pancrisis is produci5ng too much insulin. Similar to a d...	John	7	491	Feb 23, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Today Im A Miracle (Preview) Last nite the non AH Co dep. spouse says she is sorry and she is so proud of me. Says she wants to get better. Me being being (uh hum) hard of hearing say what did you say. She replies again I want to get better. What a difference a day makes. The kicker is I was already over it and serene in my quiet place so it was...	HJF454	11	455	Feb 23, 2013 by Sports dude
	Birthday celebrations (Preview) One of my favourite old timers is celebrating thirty something years this week, and one of my other favourite old timers is celebrating thirty years next week. These are two individuals (one man, one woman) who I love to hear speak. They are inspiring, and real, and just wonderful to listen to. I mark...	RubyTues	5	1148	Feb 23, 2013 by Fyne Spirit
	Today's Gift 02-22 (Preview) The process of living, for each of us, is pretty similar. For every gain there is a setback. For every success, a failure. For every moment of joy, a time of sadness. For every hope realized, one is dashed. --Sue Atchley Ebaugh The balance of events in our lives is much like the balance of nature. The pend...	Pythonpappy	0	281	Feb 22, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	At a meeting (Preview) Thank God work is done now at a meeting. Reading working with others page 98 hits home. Grateful to be sober. Justadrunk I think my wife did hit bottom this week. I'm still gonna give her space and not force conversation. If she wants to talk so be it ill be courteous and supportive. She is in good spirit...	HJF454	4	317	Feb 22, 2013 by Sports dude
	Party Princess of Miami (Preview) That's what she called Herself on Twitter...She was a bartender in Miami and a 20 year old student...A few days ago driving under the influence she ran some man over who was married with 3 young children..the head chef in an upscale restaurant..now the 3 children have no father. She probably will be f...	Tomas	9	417	Feb 22, 2013 by lady eli
	Where's the logic? (Preview) Does anyone know the reasoning behind a business bringing in a rule, that if their workers whilst undergo alcohol and drug testing are found positive for alcohol they'll be immediately sacked but if they're found with heroin in their system they get 3 warnings plus counselling? Why is alcohol vi...	Tracey C	9	571	Feb 22, 2013 by lady eli
	How 'bout a little humor ??? (Preview) Smart Ass - Love it!! Two young businessmen in Florida were sitting down for a break intheir soon-to-be new store in the shopping mall. As yet, the storewasn't ready, with only a few shelves and display racks set up. One said to the other, "I'll bet that any minute now some old personis going to wal...	Pythonpappy	4	362	Feb 22, 2013 by lady eli
	One Choice ??? (Preview) One ChoiceOne... One tree can start a forest, One smile can begin a friendship, One hand can lift a soul, One word can frame the goal, One candle can wipe out darkness, One laugh can conquer gloom, One hope can raise our spirits, And...one choice can change your life. Think about that. One choice, just o...	Pythonpappy	2	394	Feb 22, 2013 by lady eli
	Re: Relapsed, while dating a member of A.A. (Preview) Basically met someone in the rooms of A.A. after coming off a hospitalization visit. Me this person and truly fell in love with her very fast. After almost 2 months of sobriety I relapsed. Really want to tell her, but feel that I might loose her because of it. It could happen several ways, tell her...	Alcoholic84	20	914	Feb 22, 2013 by justadrunk
	My Dog, Max back at the vets (Preview) I woke up to his mouning this morning, and looked for him as he wasn't laying by my feet where he was when I went to sleep last night. He was on the floor and unable to move, but trying hard to get up, unsucessfully. I picked him up right away, and he just callapsed in my arms. Went completely limp, head an...	John	5	350	Feb 22, 2013 by Jerry F
	Max Update & God story... (Preview) My lil' dog, Max is back home!! I had taken him to the vet on Friday, got supportive care, took him home, was okay saturday, sunday started showing signs of not being very well, and Monday morning was non responsive at all. The only thing on his body that he could move was his eyes. He was limp. He spent...	John	6	416	Feb 22, 2013 by StPeteDean
	Today's Gift 02-21 (Preview) Think in terms of depletion, not depression. . . . You can understand how a body can replenish itself, whereas it may be difficult to understand the way out of depression. --Claire Weekes Despair and depression may come over us suddenly, for no reason we can figure out. But if we stop and reflect, we ma...	Pythonpappy	2	244	Feb 22, 2013 by RubyTues
	Temper tantrum (Preview) Good morning MIP:) I missed you guys. I have a confession to make- I deleted my first account here last week. I had a temper tantrum- plain and simple. Like a 5 year old. Somebody gave me their honest feedback-I didn't like it. I childishly thought "well I'll show them! HA!", and deleted my ac...	Col	23	665	Feb 21, 2013 by justadrunk
	New to this... (Preview) So how does all of this work?	JamesPMc	9	440	Feb 21, 2013 by lady eli
	Favorite Recovery Books? (Preview) Hi everyone, I was wondering if you would be willing to share your favorite recovery books. Currently, I am reading 24 Hours a Day - which is a FANTASTIC book of daily reflections and meditations about alcoholism. I wake up each morning, read a reflection, and keep referring to it through the remaind...	AdamMoz	9	490	Feb 21, 2013 by lady eli
	Picking up the phone (Preview) Calling and reaching out: I am terrified! There is one woman who I want to phone to talk about the program a little more and possibly ask if she will be my sponsor. There is another woman who I would like to go for a coffee with or something. Tips? I wish life was handled by e-mail. I hate the telephone.	RubyTues	17	513	Feb 21, 2013 by RubyTues
	Grapevine (Preview) February 21 "Turn toward that power and ask for help whenever you feel disturbed or afraid, the way a plant turns toward the light."	Mike B.	2	219	Feb 21, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Hate to say this, but... (Preview) This MIP website has done more for good for my sobriety in such a short time than anything else I have ever tried in AA! Part of my problem in life is that I have horrible social anxiety and am just not comfortable in public 97% of the time. When I come here to get yelled at, I can read it over and over again unti...	AlcoHater	16	561	Feb 21, 2013 by lady eli
	Shades of Yesteryear (Preview) www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGAYXD8HdK0 Was going through some old music files and was listening to songs from this band DOUBLE SHOT, I worked with for a few years. The words of the song Swinging Doors, an old country standard, was about the story of our lives .This was late 70's I was just thru my 2nd div...	mikef	4	470	Feb 21, 2013 by Stepchild
	Another day at the vets... (Good News!) (Preview) Hi everyone, First I want to thank everyone for your warm, loving and supportive words as I trudge through this hard time regarding my dog Max. Your letting me just share it here, have a place to dump my heart out means so much to me. I saw Max this morning. And he is doing sooo much better. The vet says he...	John	13	503	Feb 20, 2013 by mikef
	You think you're depressed? (Preview) Ask yourself: Have I ever been depressed when I was Not thinking about me?	justadrunk	12	492	Feb 20, 2013 by s_lukin
	Grapevine (Preview) February 20 "I politely invited God to spend the day with me (like a visiting relative or friend), and instantly began a mental dialogue with God ... I realized that in the process of introducing myself to God, I was gettin...	Mike B.	2	250	Feb 20, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Hello... here's my story alcohol alcoholism non drinker (Preview) Hello everyone. My name is Max. My father is an alcoholic. Although i can't say that i suffer his sickness (i can only recall seeing him drunk maybe two or three times) it marked me deeply. So much, that i can say i don't enjoy alcohol. I drink maybe a couple of beers and that's it. When i was in college, mo...	Max87	4	7674	Feb 20, 2013 by Mike B.
	Today's Gift 02-20 (Preview) Leave room for God to surprise you! --Ernie K. It is human to be disappointed when we don't get what we want. But when we dwell on our disappointment, as if we should have gotten what we wanted, then we forget to trust that God may have something different in store for us. Many of us pray, "Thy will be d...	Pythonpappy	1	239	Feb 20, 2013 by justadrunk
	Sober in Hell... (Preview) Hello. After going through crisis after crisis in my shitty life, I have decided that I am in Hell. Other people in the program get blessings from their Santa Claus god, the results of my prayers were always roadblocks and dead ends. Notice how I said "were". I no longer pray. I no longer bel...	AlcoHater	42	1176	Feb 20, 2013 by AlcoHater
	Request for prayers please (Preview) Hi all:) the suicide of Mindy McCready is a very tragic event that sheds light on the disturbingly high numbers of alcoholics and addicts that succumb to suicidal thoughts. I could have easily been amongst these. It wasn't all that long ago that I was in the depths of suicidal depression. I truly empat...	Col	11	349	Feb 20, 2013 by Col
	Dog back at vet today... (Preview) This morning I got up to find my dog unable to move, pretty non responsive. I took him back to the vet.. After blood work it was determined he has pantricis and kidney shutting down. They are going to keep him for 2-3 days and do all they can but told me to get myself ready to have him put down if they can't get h...	John	10	533	Feb 19, 2013 by Mike B.
	Grapevine (Preview) February 19 "Often in sobriety, I've prayed when I needed to meditate. I've yammered at God so much that God can't get a word in edgewise. (What I practice with people, I cannot help but practice with God.) To me, meditatio...	Mike B.	2	247	Feb 19, 2013 by lady eli
	Good Movie about An Alcoholic (Preview) Flight ..a real action packed story of an alcoholic pilot..captures the seamy side of alcoholic behavior..great ending..exciting film..Denzel Washington plays the alcoholic pilot..I loved it.	Tomas	6	459	Feb 19, 2013 by lady eli
	Today's Gift 02-19 (Preview) The twilight, in fact, had several stages, and several times after it had grown dusky, acquired a new transparency, and the trees on the hillsides were lit up again. --Henry David Thoreau There are small candles of light we can bring into our lives to take away some of the darkness. These are the candle...	Pythonpappy	3	243	Feb 19, 2013 by justadrunk
	dear AlcoholHater, (Preview) Please...Please...PLEASE read "Gifts of Sobriety" thread!!! These are my wishes for you...and they all can happen for YOU, if you are willing....Bless you, Love , Lady Eli	lady eli	4	428	Feb 19, 2013 by justadrunk
	It's that 1st drink that gets you drunk! --- from 'Wisdom of the Rooms' (Preview) For years this saying made no sense to me. It wasn't the first drink, I argued, but rather the seventh or tenth drink that got me drunk. I'd been able to control my drinking for a long time, and with a lot of will power I'd been able to limit my drinking to a few glasses. Towards the end though, I'd inevitably...	Pythonpappy	1	352	Feb 19, 2013 by lady eli
	:nod:Gifts of Sobriety:nod: (Preview) Dear Miracles, Please share your ESH with me, on your Gifts of Sobriety!!! I wanna start with...Sobriety = Life itself to me!!! I would not still be here, had I injested that next ounce of booze! And...I love too that I have a "birthday" AND a "RE-BIRTH day"....The former....	lady eli	15	1829	Feb 19, 2013 by lady eli
	I relapsed bad yesterday (Preview) I was sober since the 14th and going to meetings and everything else I was supposed to do. Well I was surfing the daring website where I met my wife and lo and behold she put up a new profile. She is looking for a long term relationship. We have not even been separated a month and she is already putting hersel...	ghostman1960	11	584	Feb 19, 2013 by Sports dude
	This disease takes another ..... (Preview) Country music's embattled Mindy McCready ended her life today, at the tender young age of 37. She has led a tumultuous and tortured life of alcoholism and addiction. It just goes to prove yet again that this disease is an equal opportunity destroyer, and does not discriminate based on status, wealth...	nezyb	6	398	Feb 19, 2013 by John
	Been away.... Not out, just away... (Preview) Hello MIP. I haven't been on the board in a while. Just wanted to say hello and hope everyone doing ok today! I still see some of the same names commenting, so that's a good thing! Have a blessed night and hope you all continue to stay sober one day at a time!	stayhumble	6	373	Feb 19, 2013 by John
	taking a step (Preview) This is my first time here to this site. i am an alcoholic. I tried to go to AA meetings in my area and at the time stopped drinking for a while andthen decided AA meetings were not for me, because the meetings I went to were very depressing. It was hard listening to people who I had nothing in common with e...	lostgirl	17	521	Feb 18, 2013 by lostgirl
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