Alcoholics Anonymous

ross1234 · ross1234

Hi guys, I'm not in the right place but I hope you can point me in the right direction. I'm not an alcoholic - Im addicted to porn, nicotine, junk food, and watching excessive television. Nobody would see my life and think I am out of control with these things - actually the amount I indulge in any of them is...

Percival · Percival

You know the rest....I was reading my post of JANUARY 12th.. My 46th Anniversary of continuous sobriety... I shared a window of future plan...I did indeed fly several days later to Bangkok with a completed 4 page typed out application for a "China visa"...I was told my itinerary was not SPECIFIC enou...

Wolfie55 · Wolfie55

I been sober a few twenty-four hours now. In the beginning, I had a sponsor, one of those old school guys who wouldn't take any of my BS. After he helped me find a Power greater than Bernie, and I was able to get sober and stay sober, I began to sponsor new people because that's why my sponsor sponsored me. He...

Wolfie55 · Wolfie55

I don't like change. But with everything that's going on, change is inevitable. I didn't like the zoom online meetings because of the controversy around the app. But, I needed a meeting. So, I re-installed zoom and went to a 7 am meeting. Apparently, they have them at 7 am 7 days a week. They read the Dail...

Traylorparkboy · Traylorparkboy

Hi. My name is Bernie. I've been here before. It was years ago. I can't remember what username I had so I created another one. I'm here again because all the face to face meetings in my district are closed down due to Covid-19. There are some Zoom meetings but I don't like the app so here I am. There are a lot o...

Wolfie55 · Wolfie55

Found the old login info. I had started a new username (Traylorparkboy), but I might as well stick with the old one. I haven't been here in a few years. Hopefully I'm older and wiser. Hope everyone is safe and well. Be talking to you.

Butterfinger · Butterfinger

Or anything about sponsors at all for that matter? In fact there seems to be many things that have been added to the program that the original founders didn't feel necessary for them to recovery from alcoholism. And it seems these new additions have just become accepted as AA fact, as in that's the way i...

costal_life78 · costal_life78

hi there, just passing though haven't logged on here in quiet sometime forgot my old username and password.... anyway restless and cant sleep. Went to an online meeting this morning that has been sitting with me all day regarding what we were like and what we are like now.

Percival · Percival

I have a smile on my face TODAY emanating from my heart and soul; my gratitude of a wonderful life God has given me through SOBRIETY...but that long day 46 years ago on the brink of death seems only like yesterday...a life of 30 years of failure....The guy who hired me on, several years before for my job on...

flower19 · flower19

Hello There are times I crave alcohol especially when I want to feel some comfort from the anxiety I am experiencing. I have only partially blackout on one occasion and am able to control my drinking most of the time. I find myself drinking and using mary jane to feel comfortable at social events and...

kcala · kcala

I have been sober for 2 years and 10 months, before I got sober I lost a 23 year marriage and a 30 year career. For the entire time I've been sober I have not worked ( Thank God I had savings I could live off of ) and have pretty much isolated myself. I have now accepted a job in my old field of work. However this is...

Melon · Melon

Coming up on my 1st year 3/16 chip after 15 years of rot gut vodka. I do not missed or crave alcohol, but have become an ice cream junkie. I checked my sugars with Doc, and i am good. My question is does the sugar cravings finally go away or I am going have to kick another habit?

BigZen · BigZen

Hello Everyone, I have been chronically un/underemployed for years. Can anyone suggest an AA speaker from a speaker tape website that addresses the issue of unemployment, and for me, the side-effects of anger, resentment, giving up hope... BigZen

mikef · mikef

Each year , for last couple decades,I share the message of HOPE and the promise of FREEDOM from active addiction/Alcoholism and pray for all those who are doing the daily work in OUR solution, the program, the STEPS AND THEIR APPLICATION IN ALL AREAS OF OUR LIVES.I pray for those beginning the journey...

LoneStar · LoneStar

Recently had a relapse after 8 years,sobered up on 7-19-19. Shortly before I relapsed, I finally hit upon a Higher Power that I can call God. This didnt abandon me. Now I can go to meetings, say the prayers with the others, and not cringe when I hear something I disagree with. I will call that a miracle. N...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

This is one of the first expressions I heard when I started AA. It was said to a newcomer who didn't understand and had alot of doubts about AA. They far exceeded the three minutes that the Chair had stated everyone adhere to with their shares. I was getting frustrated myself and wanted to hear from the ol...

FlyingSquirrel · FlyingSquirrel

It was really hopping when I first came here 10 years ago. That was a good thing, I needed people to talk to. Anyway, Im still sober... dont expect anyone to remember me (or vice versa). Sorry to see things are no longer hopping here.

Wobbly McStumble · Wobbly McStumble

This place is dead.

mikef · mikef

Just stopped in to say high and wishing all working in the solution(application of STEPS in all areas of life)to all those who may still be caught in the grip and looking for a helping hand and those who have not made that 100% 1st STEP quite yet..We just dont use and WE dont get high.....be blessed ODAT.....

Givemestrength · Givemestrength

Thank God for AA. My last drink was nearly 9 months ago and it has been a rollercoaster for sure! I know I've done the right thing and things are changing for the better slowly, but I suffer with obsessive over thinking about problems - which magnify them in my mind to huge proportions and cause me great d...

Gms · Gms

My sponsor said it is being self centered to think about forgiving yourself. I agreed to disagree with her. Anyone want to comment on this?

Francisco · Francisco

Hi everyone, I'm not even sure if this is the proper forum for me but here I go. I am the very definition of a functioning alcoholic and for the last several months I've been wanted to stop drinking altogether. I purchased the AA The Big Book and Daily Reflections... I've been reading the book and...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

Since I have been in AA I have had my share of people who have been trying to work the 13th Step with me. When I started AA this last time, I was extremely insecure, self-conscious and as so many alcoholics are by the time they get into AA, beaten down. I felt like crap, looked like crap and kept my head down fo...

LoneStar · LoneStar

Today I went back out. Guess what? Didn't have that bad of a time. I will turn in my wet eight year sobriety chip in for a dry one. In all the years I've been sober, there have been NO MIRACLES or promises, just a miserable life without alcohol. I'm through with the 'don't quit 5 minutes before the miracle ha...

Percival · Percival

I guess every 5 years is signified as a jubilee year...this year will mark my 45th Anniversary.. My last drink Jan 12th 1974.. from my first meeting...No cake, no chip, no addaboys (LOL) no bells and whistles ONLY the realization that if I didn't get sober or remain as such there would not be 45 years of s...

mariea · mariea

Hi friends, I am staying at the Hyatt Ziva Rose Hall formerly the Ritz-Carlton Aug 23 -28, 2015. Are there any friends of Bill W. that are in the area/ another nearby resort to meet up? Thank you.

LoneStar · LoneStar

"We can't drink like NORMAL people" The above statement has been uttered at many a meeting. But are we alkies so abnormal ? Think about it for a sec. We're talking about a substance derived from rotted food, is used as a germicide, and, for the most part, flammable. Maybe our reaction to such a poisonou...

besos2311 · besos2311

So I have multiple years of sobriety. My fiancé and I met after I was almost a year sober and we are getting married in 95 days. Hes never seen me drink. We decided to write our own wedding vows and Im really struggling with mine. I have a daily reprieve from drinking dependent upon my spiritual conditio...

Nan · Nan

i am new here. I am 8 months and 9 days sober all for the grace of God. I look forward to making some friends and getting support. Heres my Question. I am suffering from nueropathy and we believe its from alcohol I have diabetes but just diagnosed and drs are pretty sure not from that since I have not had tha...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

I spent my singular years in wonder of the world, wondering what was going on, what did it all mean, knowing only what was going on around me, moving around, family disruption, different schools, new faces, not knowing who I was yet feeling incredibly loving and special though confused and innoce...

Ted Bundo · Ted Bundo

Hey everyone. I'm new to alcoholics anonymous and am wondering where to find a good aa meeting in florida? I mean, I know they're all over the place down here, but I don't know the difference between open, closed, big book, step, etc. Thanks in advance! -- Edited by Ted Bundo on Wednesday 3rd of July 2019...

blueboy71 · blueboy71

So its here day one of community detox started my meds today. Feeling a bit detached and just trying to take it one day at a time. This is the second detox I have undertaken wish me luck. Looking forward to going in to aa next week back in to the rooms to get the support and start the 12 twelve step program

annt · annt

and there must be a reason. Anybody know? Thank you.

blueboy71 · blueboy71

Hi all, It has taken me over two years to come back to this site I'm about to start my journey of recovery for the second time. Two years ago I abstained from alcohol for 7 months only to foolishly think I could manage myself on a very small amount be a social drinker. How wrong was I in these two years I got mar...

ndgeller · ndgeller

I am heading to Los Angeles this Friday Does anyone have any particular meetings to suggest? I know how to access the meeting schedule. I was just wondering if anyone has any "recommendations" Thanks!

Loo53 · Loo53

Hi date of sobriety May 4th 1997: I got sober in Metropolitan Crypt and various other places in Liverpool.

LoneStar · LoneStar

8 years sober as of 4-11-19

tlb5230 · tlb5230

I am a professional, a wife, a mother, and an extremely high functioning alcoholic. My story is probably no different than most others. My alcoholism is well hidden - to a certain extent. Most (not all) people have no idea and honestly, there is a part of me that gets a strange feeling of "accomplishmen...

Eds · Eds

Hi all. I'm a recovering double winner female, looking for a group to call home on my travels. I'm in an isolated little place where the bars are plenty and the meetings few; I won't be attending what passes for AA here. I can say I've reached a place of not wanting to drink, which for me is also needing to dr...

dorothy2019 · dorothy2019

Faith led me out of the Forest of Fear

Still plugging · Still plugging

Iâve been sober for almost 2 months now. I very seldom have cravings anymore. Iâm going to 5 or 6 meetings per week. Well intentioned friends keep asking me everyday if Iâm still sober and itâs starting to really tick me off. Makes me think that they only see me as a âbroken drunkâ who needs looked after. I...

Percival · Percival

An anniversary is special...a Jubilee anniversary (every five years) is a little extra special: Like Bill Wilson I was a Wall Streeter in my first Career out of Graduate School....Yes I was acquainted with Bill Wilson in N.Y. but it was not an AA connection..in the late '60s At the end of my drinking I w...

Varnz706 · Varnz706

I am now 30 days sober. Tonight I asked someone that I have a gained a good relationship through the aa community to be my sponsor. I am now working on my first step with him and it has been a big eye opener to me. This past month has been a roller coaster of emotions and trying to find myself in sobriety. I have...

peecee · peecee

Well - I made it to a decade. WTF. LOL. Wanted to drop in and say hi! This was a huge part of my earlier recovery! Thanks all for being here for me.

Visionz · Visionz

A reminder of how stigmatizing alcoholism is. I have an aunt who lost a son to this thing years ago. Cousin and I were close in our youth. To this day, aunt doesn't like or can't be around me because I completely turned my life around and am sober and (somewhat) normal again. She probably secretly has tha...

davep12and12 · davep12and12

Hi all, Well it's that time of year again and I'll be heading off on my annual trip to some new country. This time it's Ecuador. I'll be spending about three weeks traveling through the Andes mountains from Quito to Cuenca, via some small mountain towns and villages along the way. I have located an Engl...

mandm · mandm

Hello everyone. Just stopped by to say hello .. been sober forever now at least 4 years stopped counting a long time ago. For everyone new to this board just keep at it. With time it gets easier. I also found drastically changing my environment and associations was the key to my success . Now 4 years l...

Tanin · Tanin

The calendar today reminds me of an indisputable miracle: I was relieved of the compulsion to drink alcohol. This happened through the program of Alcoholics Anonymous and the help of all of the AA members I have met in person and online. Thanks to AA and all of you. I could never have done it without help...

JerryF · JerryF

and I continue to be blessed by it all. Aloha MIP AA Family recovery and thank you all who have participated in my 40 year journey. My home group just on the outskirts of Hilo is the AA at the Bay Saturday and Sunday versions. The groups was founded over 24 years ago by several double winners including...

cindy · cindy

i feel like im not coping at all well with the move, barely scraped through christmas and my dad whos been an addict for all my life and before i was born is dying. anyone who was raised in addict homes knows how difficult and complicated your relationships are with the "parents" lots of feelings about th...

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	Is there a 12 step group for me? (Preview) Hi guys, I'm not in the right place but I hope you can point me in the right direction. I'm not an alcoholic - Im addicted to porn, nicotine, junk food, and watching excessive television. Nobody would see my life and think I am out of control with these things - actually the amount I indulge in any of them is...	ross1234	2	3512	Apr 19, 2020 by ross1234
	The Best Laid Plans of Mice and Men (Preview) You know the rest....I was reading my post of JANUARY 12th.. My 46th Anniversary of continuous sobriety... I shared a window of future plan...I did indeed fly several days later to Bangkok with a completed 4 page typed out application for a "China visa"...I was told my itinerary was not SPECIFIC enou...	Percival	0	3386	Apr 16, 2020 by Percival
	Hopefully, God Hasn't Lost His Sense of Humor (Preview) I been sober a few twenty-four hours now. In the beginning, I had a sponsor, one of those old school guys who wouldn't take any of my BS. After he helped me find a Power greater than Bernie, and I was able to get sober and stay sober, I began to sponsor new people because that's why my sponsor sponsored me. He...	Wolfie55	1	2212	Apr 11, 2020 by gonee
	Dropping the word blame (Preview) I don't like change. But with everything that's going on, change is inevitable. I didn't like the zoom online meetings because of the controversy around the app. But, I needed a meeting. So, I re-installed zoom and went to a 7 am meeting. Apparently, they have them at 7 am 7 days a week. They read the Dail...	Wolfie55	0	1773	Apr 11, 2020 by Wolfie55
	Back again (Preview) Hi. My name is Bernie. I've been here before. It was years ago. I can't remember what username I had so I created another one. I'm here again because all the face to face meetings in my district are closed down due to Covid-19. There are some Zoom meetings but I don't like the app so here I am. There are a lot o...	Traylorparkboy	1	3174	Apr 10, 2020 by Wolfie55
	Ah There I am (Preview) Found the old login info. I had started a new username (Traylorparkboy), but I might as well stick with the old one. I haven't been here in a few years. Hopefully I'm older and wiser. Hope everyone is safe and well. Be talking to you.	Wolfie55	0	2446	Apr 10, 2020 by Wolfie55
	Where does it say anything in the big book that you "absolutely must have a sponsor"? (Preview) Or anything about sponsors at all for that matter? In fact there seems to be many things that have been added to the program that the original founders didn't feel necessary for them to recovery from alcoholism. And it seems these new additions have just become accepted as AA fact, as in that's the way i...	Butterfinger	50	15942	Apr 10, 2020 by Traylorparkboy
	anyone up (Preview) hi there, just passing though haven't logged on here in quiet sometime forgot my old username and password.... anyway restless and cant sleep. Went to an online meeting this morning that has been sitting with me all day regarding what we were like and what we are like now.	costal_life78	1	2083	Apr 8, 2020 by Tanin
	TODAY: My 46th ANNIVERSARY OF SOBRIETY (Preview) I have a smile on my face TODAY emanating from my heart and soul; my gratitude of a wonderful life God has given me through SOBRIETY...but that long day 46 years ago on the brink of death seems only like yesterday...a life of 30 years of failure....The guy who hired me on, several years before for my job on...	Percival	4	3613	Mar 29, 2020 by StPeteDean
	Declaring Myself an Alcoholic (Preview) Hello There are times I crave alcohol especially when I want to feel some comfort from the anxiety I am experiencing. I have only partially blackout on one occasion and am able to control my drinking most of the time. I find myself drinking and using mary jane to feel comfortable at social events and...	flower19	1	1166	Mar 25, 2020 by Tanin
	Scared but determined (Preview) I have been sober for 2 years and 10 months, before I got sober I lost a 23 year marriage and a 30 year career. For the entire time I've been sober I have not worked ( Thank God I had savings I could live off of ) and have pretty much isolated myself. I have now accepted a job in my old field of work. However this is...	kcala	2	4079	Mar 22, 2020 by mikef
	Alcoholic to Sugarholic.. (Preview) Coming up on my 1st year 3/16 chip after 15 years of rot gut vodka. I do not missed or crave alcohol, but have become an ice cream junkie. I checked my sugars with Doc, and i am good. My question is does the sugar cravings finally go away or I am going have to kick another habit?	Melon	2	1971	Feb 26, 2020 by Visionz
	AA Speaker tape that deals with unemployment (Preview) Hello Everyone, I have been chronically un/underemployed for years. Can anyone suggest an AA speaker from a speaker tape website that addresses the issue of unemployment, and for me, the side-effects of anger, resentment, giving up hope... BigZen	BigZen	4	3866	Jan 15, 2020 by Visionz
	ANNIVERSARY THROUGH GODS GRACE AND MERCY (Preview) Each year , for last couple decades,I share the message of HOPE and the promise of FREEDOM from active addiction/Alcoholism and pray for all those who are doing the daily work in OUR solution, the program, the STEPS AND THEIR APPLICATION IN ALL AREAS OF OUR LIVES.I pray for those beginning the journey...	mikef	2	4826	Dec 25, 2019 by Tanin
	After the relapse (Preview) Recently had a relapse after 8 years,sobered up on 7-19-19. Shortly before I relapsed, I finally hit upon a Higher Power that I can call God. This didnt abandon me. Now I can go to meetings, say the prayers with the others, and not cringe when I hear something I disagree with. I will call that a miracle. N...	LoneStar	50	3561	Dec 24, 2019 by LoneStar
	"Take the Cotton Out of Your Ears and Stick it In Your Mouth" (Preview) This is one of the first expressions I heard when I started AA. It was said to a newcomer who didn't understand and had alot of doubts about AA. They far exceeded the three minutes that the Chair had stated everyone adhere to with their shares. I was getting frustrated myself and wanted to hear from the ol...	betterthanyesterday52	9	2710	Dec 3, 2019 by Jackson12
	What happened to this place? (Preview) It was really hopping when I first came here 10 years ago. That was a good thing, I needed people to talk to. Anyway, Im still sober... dont expect anyone to remember me (or vice versa). Sorry to see things are no longer hopping here.	FlyingSquirrel	3	5602	Dec 2, 2019 by mikef
	Goodnight Dead Forum (Preview) This place is dead.	Wobbly McStumble	1	4411	Dec 2, 2019 by StPeteDean
	Hello and blessings of another day (Preview) Just stopped in to say high and wishing all working in the solution(application of STEPS in all areas of life)to all those who may still be caught in the grip and looking for a helping hand and those who have not made that 100% 1st STEP quite yet..We just dont use and WE dont get high.....be blessed ODAT.....	mikef	5	4314	Dec 2, 2019 by StPeteDean
	Obsessive Thinking (Preview) Thank God for AA. My last drink was nearly 9 months ago and it has been a rollercoaster for sure! I know I've done the right thing and things are changing for the better slowly, but I suffer with obsessive over thinking about problems - which magnify them in my mind to huge proportions and cause me great d...	Givemestrength	5	4403	Nov 13, 2019 by Stan
	Forgiveness (Preview) My sponsor said it is being self centered to think about forgiving yourself. I agreed to disagree with her. Anyone want to comment on this?	Gms	5	5022	Nov 9, 2019 by Stan
	Still Drinking Everyday (Preview) Hi everyone, I'm not even sure if this is the proper forum for me but here I go. I am the very definition of a functioning alcoholic and for the last several months I've been wanted to stop drinking altogether. I purchased the AA The Big Book and Daily Reflections... I've been reading the book and...	Francisco	21	6035	Oct 28, 2019 by Wobbly McStumble
	Message to Newcomers About the 13th Step (Preview) Since I have been in AA I have had my share of people who have been trying to work the 13th Step with me. When I started AA this last time, I was extremely insecure, self-conscious and as so many alcoholics are by the time they get into AA, beaten down. I felt like crap, looked like crap and kept my head down fo...	betterthanyesterday52	33	9867	Oct 27, 2019 by Wobbly McStumble
	This is the last time. (Preview) Today I went back out. Guess what? Didn't have that bad of a time. I will turn in my wet eight year sobriety chip in for a dry one. In all the years I've been sober, there have been NO MIRACLES or promises, just a miserable life without alcohol. I'm through with the 'don't quit 5 minutes before the miracle ha...	LoneStar	5	3795	Oct 27, 2019 by Wobbly McStumble
	Coming up on 45 years...Excited this year. HAPPY NEW YEAR (Preview) I guess every 5 years is signified as a jubilee year...this year will mark my 45th Anniversary.. My last drink Jan 12th 1974.. from my first meeting...No cake, no chip, no addaboys (LOL) no bells and whistles ONLY the realization that if I didn't get sober or remain as such there would not be 45 years of s...	Percival	6	4326	Oct 19, 2019 by Thelma
	Montego Bay, Jamaica Aug 23 - 28, 2015 all inclusive Jamaica Montego Bay vacation (Preview) Hi friends, I am staying at the Hyatt Ziva Rose Hall formerly the Ritz-Carlton Aug 23 -28, 2015. Are there any friends of Bill W. that are in the area/ another nearby resort to meet up? Thank you.	mariea	8	5703	Aug 30, 2019 by Tanin
	WE are the abnormal ones?! (Preview) "We can't drink like NORMAL people" The above statement has been uttered at many a meeting. But are we alkies so abnormal ? Think about it for a sec. We're talking about a substance derived from rotted food, is used as a germicide, and, for the most part, flammable. Maybe our reaction to such a poisonou...	LoneStar	9	5971	Aug 26, 2019 by LoneStar
	Wedding vows (Preview) So I have multiple years of sobriety. My fiancé and I met after I was almost a year sober and we are getting married in 95 days. Hes never seen me drink. We decided to write our own wedding vows and Im really struggling with mine. I have a daily reprieve from drinking dependent upon my spiritual conditio...	besos2311	2	6138	Aug 23, 2019 by Tanin
	Alcohol neuropathy. Anyone suffering? (Preview) i am new here. I am 8 months and 9 days sober all for the grace of God. I look forward to making some friends and getting support. Heres my Question. I am suffering from nueropathy and we believe its from alcohol I have diabetes but just diagnosed and drs are pretty sure not from that since I have not had tha...	Nan	2	4934	Aug 12, 2019 by Visionz
	My Early Recovery (DoS 01.10.2006) (Preview) I spent my singular years in wonder of the world, wondering what was going on, what did it all mean, knowing only what was going on around me, moving around, family disruption, different schools, new faces, not knowing who I was yet feeling incredibly loving and special though confused and innoce...	Sobrietyspell	1	5045	Jul 18, 2019 by Tanin
	What type of meeting should I go to for my first one? (Preview) Hey everyone. I'm new to alcoholics anonymous and am wondering where to find a good aa meeting in florida? I mean, I know they're all over the place down here, but I don't know the difference between open, closed, big book, step, etc. Thanks in advance! -- Edited by Ted Bundo on Wednesday 3rd of July 2019...	Ted Bundo	2	5870	Jul 6, 2019 by Tanin
	DAY ONE COMMUNITY DETOX (Preview) So its here day one of community detox started my meds today. Feeling a bit detached and just trying to take it one day at a time. This is the second detox I have undertaken wish me luck. Looking forward to going in to aa next week back in to the rooms to get the support and start the 12 twelve step program	blueboy71	2	4541	Jun 28, 2019 by Tanin
	Could someone PLEASE tell me the reason why I was made to drink whiskey at the age of 14? It is most perplexing to me (Preview) and there must be a reason. Anybody know? Thank you.	annt	3	4875	Jun 14, 2019 by Tanin
	Second Attempt (Preview) Hi all, It has taken me over two years to come back to this site I'm about to start my journey of recovery for the second time. Two years ago I abstained from alcohol for 7 months only to foolishly think I could manage myself on a very small amount be a social drinker. How wrong was I in these two years I got mar...	blueboy71	4	5552	May 5, 2019 by Visionz
	Suggest a meeting in Los Angeles on a Friday night (Preview) I am heading to Los Angeles this Friday Does anyone have any particular meetings to suggest? I know how to access the meeting schedule. I was just wondering if anyone has any "recommendations" Thanks!	ndgeller	1	6155	Apr 26, 2019 by Tanin
	DOS. (Preview) Hi date of sobriety May 4th 1997: I got sober in Metropolitan Crypt and various other places in Liverpool.	Loo53	2	3572	Apr 23, 2019 by Pythonpappy
	4-11-19 (Preview) 8 years sober as of 4-11-19	LoneStar	2	4912	Apr 16, 2019 by Pythonpappy
	Where do I start (Preview) I am a professional, a wife, a mother, and an extremely high functioning alcoholic. My story is probably no different than most others. My alcoholism is well hidden - to a certain extent. Most (not all) people have no idea and honestly, there is a part of me that gets a strange feeling of "accomplishmen...	tlb5230	8	6309	Apr 16, 2019 by Pythonpappy
	Touching base (Preview) Hi all. I'm a recovering double winner female, looking for a group to call home on my travels. I'm in an isolated little place where the bars are plenty and the meetings few; I won't be attending what passes for AA here. I can say I've reached a place of not wanting to drink, which for me is also needing to dr...	Eds	3	4044	Mar 26, 2019 by ThereIsOne
	RE: Daily Reflections / As Bill Sees It (Preview) Faith led me out of the Forest of Fear	dorothy2019	0	6535	Mar 24, 2019 by dorothy2019
	Irritating friends who mean well (Preview) Iâve been sober for almost 2 months now. I very seldom have cravings anymore. Iâm going to 5 or 6 meetings per week. Well intentioned friends keep asking me everyday if Iâm still sober and itâs starting to really tick me off. Makes me think that they only see me as a âbroken drunkâ who needs looked after. I...	Still plugging	11	3846	Mar 19, 2019 by ThereIsOne
	Jubilee Anniversary TODAY 45 Years (Preview) An anniversary is special...a Jubilee anniversary (every five years) is a little extra special: Like Bill Wilson I was a Wall Streeter in my first Career out of Graduate School....Yes I was acquainted with Bill Wilson in N.Y. but it was not an AA connection..in the late '60s At the end of my drinking I w...	Percival	4	4266	Mar 19, 2019 by ThereIsOne
	Finding myself in sobriety (Preview) I am now 30 days sober. Tonight I asked someone that I have a gained a good relationship through the aa community to be my sponsor. I am now working on my first step with him and it has been a big eye opener to me. This past month has been a roller coaster of emotions and trying to find myself in sobriety. I have...	Varnz706	4	4139	Mar 18, 2019 by Visionz
	10 years! (Preview) Well - I made it to a decade. WTF. LOL. Wanted to drop in and say hi! This was a huge part of my earlier recovery! Thanks all for being here for me.	peecee	5	3488	Mar 18, 2019 by StPeteDean
	Unseen effects (Preview) A reminder of how stigmatizing alcoholism is. I have an aunt who lost a son to this thing years ago. Cousin and I were close in our youth. To this day, aunt doesn't like or can't be around me because I completely turned my life around and am sober and (somewhat) normal again. She probably secretly has tha...	Visionz	3	3973	Mar 14, 2019 by JeremyB
	AA meetings in Ecuador (Preview) Hi all, Well it's that time of year again and I'll be heading off on my annual trip to some new country. This time it's Ecuador. I'll be spending about three weeks traveling through the Andes mountains from Quito to Cuenca, via some small mountain towns and villages along the way. I have located an Engl...	davep12and12	5	5725	Mar 11, 2019 by Rayo
	Sober forever now (Preview) Hello everyone. Just stopped by to say hello .. been sober forever now at least 4 years stopped counting a long time ago. For everyone new to this board just keep at it. With time it gets easier. I also found drastically changing my environment and associations was the key to my success . Now 4 years l...	mandm	4	3876	Mar 8, 2019 by mikef
	Soberversary (Preview) The calendar today reminds me of an indisputable miracle: I was relieved of the compulsion to drink alcohol. This happened through the program of Alcoholics Anonymous and the help of all of the AA members I have met in person and online. Thanks to AA and all of you. I could never have done it without help...	Tanin	4	3033	Mar 8, 2019 by mikef
	It continues... (Preview) and I continue to be blessed by it all. Aloha MIP AA Family recovery and thank you all who have participated in my 40 year journey. My home group just on the outskirts of Hilo is the AA at the Bay Saturday and Sunday versions. The groups was founded over 24 years ago by several double winners including...	JerryF	1	3210	Mar 8, 2019 by mikef
	too much! (Preview) i feel like im not coping at all well with the move, barely scraped through christmas and my dad whos been an addict for all my life and before i was born is dying. anyone who was raised in addict homes knows how difficult and complicated your relationships are with the "parents" lots of feelings about th...	cindy	8	3135	Feb 28, 2019 by CraigAH
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