Alcoholics Anonymous

Jackson · Jackson

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

Mike B. · Mike B.

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

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

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

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

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

Moserak · Moserak

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

CaitKelly · CaitKelly

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

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

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

Mike B. · Mike B.

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

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

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

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

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

Mike B. · Mike B.

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

Fyne Spirit · Fyne Spirit

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

Stepchild · Stepchild

It's great to have you with us.

stayhumble · stayhumble

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

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

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

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

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

Mike B. · Mike B.

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

Angell · Angell

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

Philipld · Philipld

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

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

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

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

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

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

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

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

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

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

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

Jerry F · Jerry F

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

Mike B. · Mike B.

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

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

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

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

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

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

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

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

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

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

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

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

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

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

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

stayhumble · stayhumble

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

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

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

davep12and12 · davep12and12

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

Random68 · Random68

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

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

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

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...

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	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	744	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	402	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	388	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	567	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	760	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	1000	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	341	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	337	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	505	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	537	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	490	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	2424	Sep 24, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Welcome To MIP Lins.... (Preview) It's great to have you with us.	Stepchild	2	446	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	1087	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	338	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	596	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	551	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	348	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	391	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	329	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	380	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	361	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	283	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	325	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	552	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	399	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	321	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	899	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	646	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	1324	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
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