Alcoholics Anonymous

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Welcome to MIP Darren, glad you found us when you did ... You posted : My roommate and I made it home that night. He said he was going to bed and I sat down on the couch to watch the rest of the Super Bowl. The doorbell rang, which was odd because I never have visitors. The guy at the door was looking for my room...

AMJM · AMJM

I have a 3-yr-old, and I absolutely adore my child. I am also married to the baby's father (we've been together for nine years), and I very much love him too. For some reason, I can't shake this absolute compulsion to drink. I'm drunk right now. I would love to be a mother of the caliber I see on TV, or even i...

John · John

SolanoGypsy · SolanoGypsy

I just want to take a moment to share the final update I added to a post from a week or so past... This might sound strange but the primary lesson I learned while I was at my friends house and my daughter was with her dad was how very much I hate being without my daughter. Being away from her took the...

Frodo · Frodo

*Prompted by Tipsy's thread "Lets be honest, it's not the drinking that makes us miserable..." Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path. Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program, usually me...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living. --Seneca A panic attack is feeling a sudden burst of anxiety and fear for no reason. We all experience anxiety from time to time but it can usually be traced to a cause. A true panic attack happens out of the blue. Once we may have reacted to panic at...

justadrunk · justadrunk

Literally. I picked up a cleaning job for some rich people. Today was my first day, and as I cleaned every little crevice, I seemed to find my envy there too. Oh.... I wish I had this... I wish I had that... oooo they are so lucky... look at this washing machine! I WANT ONE! Meanwhile - back at the farm - m...

Jerry F · Jerry F

Did the same thing this morning that I was taught to do from 2/8/79. In brief I woke up and swung my feet off the bed and onto the floor. I did my short simple version of the 3rd step prayer that my Higher Power and I have agreed is as simple as expected. "Place me where you want me...tell me what to do&...

easywayout · easywayout

I'm looking for some reads for newcomers for morning affirmations/mediation. Any suggestions?

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Coping with Families There are many paths to self-care with families. Some people choose to sever connections with family members for a period of time. Some people choose to stay connected with family members and learn different behaviors. Some disconnect for a time, and then return slowly on a dif...

Frodo · Frodo

I'm probably not the man I could be and I'm not yet the man I should be but I'm - thank God - a long way a way from the man I used to be. -Heard that tonight so I thought I'd pass it on. :)

justadrunk · justadrunk

He's an alcoholic, and I thought I was the problem. Why wasn't I enough to replace Mom when she finally left after 15 yrs of trying to get him to see the light? Why did he still cry? Surely, if I just cleaned enough, cooked enough, was a good little church choir girl, or looked pretty enough... it would s...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Hey all ya'll Ex-smokers out there ... ... ... I am at, what? ... 31 days without a cigarette? ... yep, I couldn't handle the Chantix any more BUT, I stayed stopped so far ... Today it's almost 70 degrees and the enticement to work outside was overpowering, SO, I got to work outside cleaning gutters and...

SolanoGypsy · SolanoGypsy

Good Morning MIP Family. I am facing a real crisis right now and could use some guidance. A friend of mine invited me to stay with her about sixty miles from where I work. She offered the use of a vehicle as well as the provision of childcare while I went to work. The day she picked me up, the loaner veh...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

SHOES IN CHURCH I showered and shaved.............. I adjusted my tie. I got there and sat.............. In a pew just in time. Bowing my head in prayer......... As I closed my eyes.. I saw the shoe of the man next to me..... Touching my own. I sighed. With plenty of room on either side....

Gleek22 · Gleek22

Ok so I relapsed last night and now I am feeling extremely guilty. I tried to tell my sponser this morning and I dont know if she was having a bad day the way it was and I didn't just come straight out and say it I was like I think I need to get my meds changed. She was like that's why you wanted me to call you and hun...

Quetzal · Quetzal

When I first started my journey in sobriety I found MIP and read and posted as much as I could. This message board, and everyone here, was an absolute lifeline to me. So, I just wanted to say a massive thank you to John for the board and everyone who helped me in my early days of recovery. Today, I celebrate 7...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Disappointment and Frustration Many of us, whether we are conscious of it or not, create much of the unhappiness we experience. Our disappointments are the result of our own negative or limited thoughts about ourselves and our world. What are some of those limiting thoughts, those subconscious be...

lady eli · lady eli

Once there was a wonderful wise Queen. One day her prize mare leapt the castle fence, and disappeared into the forest. Her advisors tried to console her, "Dear Queen! We are so sorry this bad thing has happened!" The queen repli...

pinkchip · pinkchip

How would you go about sponsoring someone who you might believe is seriously mentally ill? I mean not with a mood problem but a cognitive one? Like maybe psychotic? Say the person also has issues with drugs, sex addiction, poverty, illegal alien....etc... Now, if I took the tact that I can't spon...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

This would have never happened without Sobriety ... Warning, the following may cause injury if you're not properly prepared ... or at the very least, it may cause a big mess ... Do not be drinking anything while reading this short little confession ... (True story of my yesterday morning): It was abou...

Mike B. · Mike B.

February 7 "I am learning, when looking for signs of spiritual awakening in myself, to look, not for bright lights or emotional upheavals ... but for sobriety, stability, responsibility, meaning, satisfaction, joy....

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

In music, in the sea, in a flower, in a leaf, in an act of kindness... I see what people call God in all these things. --Pablo Casals The Third Step refers to "God as we understood Him." The pathways to meeting our Higher Power and to our spiritual awakening are all around. Every tree and every l...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

It is a piece of great good luck to deal with someone who values you at your true worth. --Baltasar Gracian We have the ability to comfort and heal by recognizing each other's value. It's a pity that we don't often do that. Each time we recognize the worth of others as sons and daughters of God, we are ackno...

RubyTues · RubyTues

Hi folks. I don't have anything in particular to share, but wanted to check in. How is everybody doing today?

Jerry F · Jerry F

Picked my sponsee up this morning for a meeting and on the way he talked about what he needed to talk about...I of course did the sponsor thing...listened without interrupting. He told me about a serious condition in his life that require him placing himself in a safe condition which also meant that...

Mike B. · Mike B.

February 5 "If I simply let go of a character defect - release it - my Higher Power will replace it with a character asset. As I release anger, I find that I am friendlier. As I release hate, I become more loving. As I release fear, I...

TeganTantalize · TeganTantalize

I was at my homegroup yesterday and the lead, said He does not give the new guy a Big book, How does everyone feel about that..There was big....Jaw dropping..he said he says you dont need a big book you need a human i dont know about that..Alot of people disagrees...What do yall think?

justadrunk · justadrunk

"I saw God" she said. "Oh really?" I said. "What did he look like?" "Spinning." she said. "Everything spinning." My children, didn't know about any kind of God until recently, when we began saying the serenity prayer together in times...

justadrunk · justadrunk

I have been thinking a lot about this concept of codependent lately. Trying to merge it with my concept of my other disease of alcoholism. Is codependancy a disease? I'm confused on that. I suppose I have more reading to do. For now... I'm working really hard at trying to GET MY HUSBAND to not be a co...

bsketlady · bsketlady

What a great site and wonderful forums, I've learned so much by reading here, thank you all! My husband has 15 yrs sobriety and quit attending meetings regularly about 3 yrs ago when he began to get very active in our church and church organizations. He told me at the time he was still giving back and it w...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

When I am lonely, I try to think of angels. --Betty MacDonald We need comfort when we feel lonely. Loneliness is often coupled with fear. We wonder, Can I handle what faces me today? Often we think we can't. But we don't ever have to face any situation alone, or handle any painful relationship in isolati...

justadrunk · justadrunk

I've been thinking about you guys today. Had a great day and have been spotting little miracles ALL over the place lately! I am beginning to wonder if there is something wrong with me because I'm so super happy and gratefufl for my life today!!! Thank you so much for everything - my life - my love - my eve...

FlyingSquirrel · FlyingSquirrel

Hi all... It's been awhile, hope u have all been well. I came up with this little idea a few days ago -- a Google search did not turn up anything similar so who knows - maybe I've actually done something a bit original. Anyway, have a look and post your critiques if you would! [IMG]https://i1263.phot...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

February 4, 2013 Quote of the Week "The bottom starting falling out faster thanI could lower my standards." The last few years of my drinking and using sure were ugly. It had stopped working long before I got sober, but I had failed to realize it. Instead, I obsessively pursued oblivio...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

This is a very short 3 minute video clip to give you inspiration ... It's very much worth the time to watch ... Enjoy!!! http://play.simpletruths.com/movie/first-thing-every-morning/?cm_mmc=ExactTarget-_-MO-_-02.04.13-_-FTEMmovie&j=48920&e=rgpapaw@gmail.com&l=35...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Over and over, we begin again. --Banana YoshimotoNewcomer Yesterday was such a difficult day. But here it is, morning again somehow. I've gotten through another 24 hours, and without a drug. I wish I'd known yesterday that things wouldn't feel so bad this morning. Sponsor Yesterday, we did the bes...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thoughts from Hazelden are: "It's better to ask some of the questions than to know all the answers." --James Thurber "I believe the purpose of my life is to learn, grow, and be the best possible person I can be," said a group member. "In order to do that, I must ask big...

Stepchild · Stepchild

I once heard the directions for the 12 steps broken down like this. Just curious if you've ever heard it. The directions for the 12 steps are contained in the 8 pages of The Doctor's Opinion and the first 103 pages of the Big Book. That's 111 pages. Step one is covered in The Doctor's Opinion and pages 1 thr...

Tomas · Tomas

It was around the time that John Travolta made Urban Cowboy.. Here was this guy working at an oil refinery in Texas who is a regular at Gillys bar in Houston.. where he fathoms himself a cowboy riding a mechanical bull. .Mickey Gills hit.. Looking for Love.. was quite the song circa 1981. I had about 7 yea...

justadrunk · justadrunk

I spent the greater part of this year swimming the waters of recovery. I did very little else. I put every footstep into it, and my thoughts never left it. If I wasn't thinking about it, I was reading about it, sitting in it, meeting people about it, absorbing every thing I possibly could about it unti...

joby · joby

I have been sober for 5 months today. I go to 3-4 meetings a week and feel great. Lately I feel as if my wife, who is active in al-anon, has been treating me as if I am still drinking, ponting out what I am doing wrong. I am trying to do the right things at work and at home. Being the responsible father and paren...

John · John

"Sobreity is not merely the absince of alcohol, but coupled with the presence of God".

bucknut12osu · bucknut12osu

I have been sober for 151 days and become a very active member in the AA community. My wife filed for divorce in April, 2012 after several druken blackouts and it will be finalized in April 2013. Although I realize it may be too late, I would like to ask her to go to an Al-Anon meeting with me. I feel it wou...

Mike B. · Mike B.

February 4 "The Twelve Steps are not steps to take progressively in order to arrive at a conclusion, but a code for living -- the constitution of a way of life."

Jerry F · Jerry F

It is not necessary only acceptance. The day after he didn't die, he did die and my brother was leaving while in company of some of his family who would have before been much more comfortable being miles away. We all, the family were born within this disease and no one escaped being affected...some of...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

In a dark and hazy room, peering into a crystal ball, the Mystic delivered grave news: "There's no easy way to tell you this, so I'll just be blunt. Prepare yourself to be a widow. Your husband will die a violent and horrible death this year." Visibly shaken, Laura stared at the woman's lined...

Cam0612 · Cam0612

Hello. My husband is a new member of AA. He has had trouble obstaining from alcohol since he joined. He also continues to smoke pot several times a day, everyday. There are times when I will think he has been drinking but he denies it therefore I think it must be the pot. Usually when he has had somethi...

Frodo · Frodo

(On accepting responsibility) "All of my disasters had a common denominator - me. I was there for all of them."

dms · dms

Pride is evilToday I had an epiphany of sorts.....a friend of mine, and fellow alcoholic pointed out a line from a scripture...."Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall." Proverbs 16:18. The epiphany comes in because the word "pride" virtually too...

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	Welcome Darren (Preview) Welcome to MIP Darren, glad you found us when you did ... You posted : My roommate and I made it home that night. He said he was going to bed and I sat down on the couch to watch the rest of the Super Bowl. The doorbell rang, which was odd because I never have visitors. The guy at the door was looking for my room...	Pythonpappy	4	344	Feb 11, 2013 by Mike B.
	I sorta want to be sober... (Preview) I have a 3-yr-old, and I absolutely adore my child. I am also married to the baby's father (we've been together for nine years), and I very much love him too. For some reason, I can't shake this absolute compulsion to drink. I'm drunk right now. I would love to be a mother of the caliber I see on TV, or even i...	AMJM	16	732	Feb 11, 2013 by Sports dude
	The Mirror Never Lies (Preview)	John	5	3611	Feb 11, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Just Wanted to Share... (Preview) I just want to take a moment to share the final update I added to a post from a week or so past... This might sound strange but the primary lesson I learned while I was at my friends house and my daughter was with her dad was how very much I hate being without my daughter. Being away from her took the...	SolanoGypsy	6	406	Feb 11, 2013 by Rob84
	How it works (Preview) *Prompted by Tipsy's thread "Lets be honest, it's not the drinking that makes us miserable..." Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path. Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program, usually me...	Frodo	10	529	Feb 11, 2013 by Stepchild
	Today's Gift 02-10 (Preview) If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living. --Seneca A panic attack is feeling a sudden burst of anxiety and fear for no reason. We all experience anxiety from time to time but it can usually be traced to a cause. A true panic attack happens out of the blue. Once we may have reacted to panic at...	Pythonpappy	0	301	Feb 10, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Today I was cleaning house..> ENVY (Preview) Literally. I picked up a cleaning job for some rich people. Today was my first day, and as I cleaned every little crevice, I seemed to find my envy there too. Oh.... I wish I had this... I wish I had that... oooo they are so lucky... look at this washing machine! I WANT ONE! Meanwhile - back at the farm - m...	justadrunk	11	553	Feb 10, 2013 by vixen
	February 8th 1979 (Preview) Did the same thing this morning that I was taught to do from 2/8/79. In brief I woke up and swung my feet off the bed and onto the floor. I did my short simple version of the 3rd step prayer that my Higher Power and I have agreed is as simple as expected. "Place me where you want me...tell me what to do&...	Jerry F	9	614	Feb 10, 2013 by justadrunk
	Suggested Reading for Morning Affirmations (Preview) I'm looking for some reads for newcomers for morning affirmations/mediation. Any suggestions?	easywayout	7	1060	Feb 9, 2013 by Zoomtopz
	Today's Gift 02-09 (Preview) Coping with Families There are many paths to self-care with families. Some people choose to sever connections with family members for a period of time. Some people choose to stay connected with family members and learn different behaviors. Some disconnect for a time, and then return slowly on a dif...	Pythonpappy	1	327	Feb 9, 2013 by learning
	Today is a good day (Preview) I'm probably not the man I could be and I'm not yet the man I should be but I'm - thank God - a long way a way from the man I used to be. -Heard that tonight so I thought I'd pass it on. :)	Frodo	9	451	Feb 9, 2013 by Sports dude
	I thought I could buy his happiness (Preview) He's an alcoholic, and I thought I was the problem. Why wasn't I enough to replace Mom when she finally left after 15 yrs of trying to get him to see the light? Why did he still cry? Surely, if I just cleaned enough, cooked enough, was a good little church choir girl, or looked pretty enough... it would s...	justadrunk	10	637	Feb 9, 2013 by SolanoGypsy
	Too Pooped to Puff (Preview) Hey all ya'll Ex-smokers out there ... ... ... I am at, what? ... 31 days without a cigarette? ... yep, I couldn't handle the Chantix any more BUT, I stayed stopped so far ... Today it's almost 70 degrees and the enticement to work outside was overpowering, SO, I got to work outside cleaning gutters and...	Pythonpappy	14	544	Feb 9, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Took a Big Chance, Now Facing a Lack of Choices (Preview) Good Morning MIP Family. I am facing a real crisis right now and could use some guidance. A friend of mine invited me to stay with her about sixty miles from where I work. She offered the use of a vehicle as well as the provision of childcare while I went to work. The day she picked me up, the loaner veh...	SolanoGypsy	27	2391	Feb 9, 2013 by SolanoGypsy
	Shoes in Church (Preview) SHOES IN CHURCH I showered and shaved.............. I adjusted my tie. I got there and sat.............. In a pew just in time. Bowing my head in prayer......... As I closed my eyes.. I saw the shoe of the man next to me..... Touching my own. I sighed. With plenty of room on either side....	Pythonpappy	1	628	Feb 9, 2013 by lady eli
	Relapsed...sponsor trouble...guilt (Preview) Ok so I relapsed last night and now I am feeling extremely guilty. I tried to tell my sponser this morning and I dont know if she was having a bad day the way it was and I didn't just come straight out and say it I was like I think I need to get my meds changed. She was like that's why you wanted me to call you and hun...	Gleek22	15	1282	Feb 9, 2013 by TeganTantalize
	Thank You MIP! (Preview) When I first started my journey in sobriety I found MIP and read and posted as much as I could. This message board, and everyone here, was an absolute lifeline to me. So, I just wanted to say a massive thank you to John for the board and everyone who helped me in my early days of recovery. Today, I celebrate 7...	Quetzal	13	538	Feb 9, 2013 by learning
	Today's Gift 02-08 (Preview) Disappointment and Frustration Many of us, whether we are conscious of it or not, create much of the unhappiness we experience. Our disappointments are the result of our own negative or limited thoughts about ourselves and our world. What are some of those limiting thoughts, those subconscious be...	Pythonpappy	1	292	Feb 9, 2013 by justadrunk
	PLS! MIP! ESH! on FAITH! (Preview) Once there was a wonderful wise Queen. One day her prize mare leapt the castle fence, and disappeared into the forest. Her advisors tried to console her, "Dear Queen! We are so sorry this bad thing has happened!" The queen repli...	lady eli	13	668	Feb 8, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	How would you go about.....? (Preview) How would you go about sponsoring someone who you might believe is seriously mentally ill? I mean not with a mood problem but a cognitive one? Like maybe psychotic? Say the person also has issues with drugs, sex addiction, poverty, illegal alien....etc... Now, if I took the tact that I can't spon...	pinkchip	10	611	Feb 7, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	It was A Sunday Morning! (Preview) This would have never happened without Sobriety ... Warning, the following may cause injury if you're not properly prepared ... or at the very least, it may cause a big mess ... Do not be drinking anything while reading this short little confession ... (True story of my yesterday morning): It was abou...	Pythonpappy	5	425	Feb 7, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Todays Grapevine (Preview) February 7 "I am learning, when looking for signs of spiritual awakening in myself, to look, not for bright lights or emotional upheavals ... but for sobriety, stability, responsibility, meaning, satisfaction, joy....	Mike B.	3	397	Feb 7, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 02-07 (Preview) In music, in the sea, in a flower, in a leaf, in an act of kindness... I see what people call God in all these things. --Pablo Casals The Third Step refers to "God as we understood Him." The pathways to meeting our Higher Power and to our spiritual awakening are all around. Every tree and every l...	Pythonpappy	1	313	Feb 7, 2013 by justadrunk
	Today's Gift 02-06 (Preview) It is a piece of great good luck to deal with someone who values you at your true worth. --Baltasar Gracian We have the ability to comfort and heal by recognizing each other's value. It's a pity that we don't often do that. Each time we recognize the worth of others as sons and daughters of God, we are ackno...	Pythonpappy	0	340	Feb 6, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Just checking in (Preview) Hi folks. I don't have anything in particular to share, but wanted to check in. How is everybody doing today?	RubyTues	19	549	Feb 6, 2013 by Mike B.
	Watching God work it... (Preview) Picked my sponsee up this morning for a meeting and on the way he talked about what he needed to talk about...I of course did the sponsor thing...listened without interrupting. He told me about a serious condition in his life that require him placing himself in a safe condition which also meant that...	Jerry F	5	413	Feb 6, 2013 by Sports dude
	Grapevine (Preview) February 5 "If I simply let go of a character defect - release it - my Higher Power will replace it with a character asset. As I release anger, I find that I am friendlier. As I release hate, I become more loving. As I release fear, I...	Mike B.	3	298	Feb 6, 2013 by RubyTues
	You know.... (Preview) I was at my homegroup yesterday and the lead, said He does not give the new guy a Big book, How does everyone feel about that..There was big....Jaw dropping..he said he says you dont need a big book you need a human i dont know about that..Alot of people disagrees...What do yall think?	TeganTantalize	21	784	Feb 6, 2013 by justadrunk
	God (Preview) "I saw God" she said. "Oh really?" I said. "What did he look like?" "Spinning." she said. "Everything spinning." My children, didn't know about any kind of God until recently, when we began saying the serenity prayer together in times...	justadrunk	8	409	Feb 6, 2013 by TommyB
	On my knees and lost again. (Preview) I have been thinking a lot about this concept of codependent lately. Trying to merge it with my concept of my other disease of alcoholism. Is codependancy a disease? I'm confused on that. I suppose I have more reading to do. For now... I'm working really hard at trying to GET MY HUSBAND to not be a co...	justadrunk	10	678	Feb 5, 2013 by justadrunk
	Help understanding (Preview) What a great site and wonderful forums, I've learned so much by reading here, thank you all! My husband has 15 yrs sobriety and quit attending meetings regularly about 3 yrs ago when he began to get very active in our church and church organizations. He told me at the time he was still giving back and it w...	bsketlady	28	755	Feb 5, 2013 by PattyVerg
	Today's Gift 02-05 (Preview) When I am lonely, I try to think of angels. --Betty MacDonald We need comfort when we feel lonely. Loneliness is often coupled with fear. We wonder, Can I handle what faces me today? Often we think we can't. But we don't ever have to face any situation alone, or handle any painful relationship in isolati...	Pythonpappy	1	322	Feb 5, 2013 by lady eli
	Feeling grateful (Preview) I've been thinking about you guys today. Had a great day and have been spotting little miracles ALL over the place lately! I am beginning to wonder if there is something wrong with me because I'm so super happy and gratefufl for my life today!!! Thank you so much for everything - my life - my love - my eve...	justadrunk	15	581	Feb 5, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Resentment Flow-Chart (Preview) Hi all... It's been awhile, hope u have all been well. I came up with this little idea a few days ago -- a Google search did not turn up anything similar so who knows - maybe I've actually done something a bit original. Anyway, have a look and post your critiques if you would! [IMG]https://i1263.phot...	FlyingSquirrel	7	1111	Feb 5, 2013 by Chaya
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) February 4, 2013 Quote of the Week "The bottom starting falling out faster thanI could lower my standards." The last few years of my drinking and using sure were ugly. It had stopped working long before I got sober, but I had failed to realize it. Instead, I obsessively pursued oblivio...	Pythonpappy	0	460	Feb 4, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Start the Day Right! (Preview) This is a very short 3 minute video clip to give you inspiration ... It's very much worth the time to watch ... Enjoy!!! http://play.simpletruths.com/movie/first-thing-every-morning/?cm_mmc=ExactTarget-_-MO-_-02.04.13-_-FTEMmovie&j=48920&e=rgpapaw@gmail.com&l=35...	Pythonpappy	0	439	Feb 4, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 02-04 (Preview) Over and over, we begin again. --Banana YoshimotoNewcomer Yesterday was such a difficult day. But here it is, morning again somehow. I've gotten through another 24 hours, and without a drug. I wish I'd known yesterday that things wouldn't feel so bad this morning. Sponsor Yesterday, we did the bes...	Pythonpappy	0	356	Feb 4, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	"It's better to ask some of the questions than to know all the answers." (Preview) Today's thoughts from Hazelden are: "It's better to ask some of the questions than to know all the answers." --James Thurber "I believe the purpose of my life is to learn, grow, and be the best possible person I can be," said a group member. "In order to do that, I must ask big...	Larry_H	3	5032	Feb 5, 2013 by rwpeltonpreceptquotes
	Directions for the steps. (Preview) I once heard the directions for the 12 steps broken down like this. Just curious if you've ever heard it. The directions for the 12 steps are contained in the 8 pages of The Doctor's Opinion and the first 103 pages of the Big Book. That's 111 pages. Step one is covered in The Doctor's Opinion and pages 1 thr...	Stepchild	12	663	Feb 4, 2013 by Stepchild
	JUST AN URBAN COWBOY (Preview) It was around the time that John Travolta made Urban Cowboy.. Here was this guy working at an oil refinery in Texas who is a regular at Gillys bar in Houston.. where he fathoms himself a cowboy riding a mechanical bull. .Mickey Gills hit.. Looking for Love.. was quite the song circa 1981. I had about 7 yea...	Tomas	9	688	Feb 4, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Too busy to pray (Preview) I spent the greater part of this year swimming the waters of recovery. I did very little else. I put every footstep into it, and my thoughts never left it. If I wasn't thinking about it, I was reading about it, sitting in it, meeting people about it, absorbing every thing I possibly could about it unti...	justadrunk	12	724	Feb 4, 2013 by lady eli
	So Confused (Preview) I have been sober for 5 months today. I go to 3-4 meetings a week and feel great. Lately I feel as if my wife, who is active in al-anon, has been treating me as if I am still drinking, ponting out what I am doing wrong. I am trying to do the right things at work and at home. Being the responsible father and paren...	joby	10	493	Feb 4, 2013 by tomsteve
	Heard in a meeting last night... (Preview) "Sobreity is not merely the absince of alcohol, but coupled with the presence of God".	John	7	501	Feb 4, 2013 by Picaposie
	How do I ask...? (Preview) I have been sober for 151 days and become a very active member in the AA community. My wife filed for divorce in April, 2012 after several druken blackouts and it will be finalized in April 2013. Although I realize it may be too late, I would like to ask her to go to an Al-Anon meeting with me. I feel it wou...	bucknut12osu	33	770	Feb 4, 2013 by lady eli
	Grapevine (Preview) February 4 "The Twelve Steps are not steps to take progressively in order to arrive at a conclusion, but a code for living -- the constitution of a way of life."	Mike B.	5	355	Feb 4, 2013 by Mike B.
	No more morphine... (Preview) It is not necessary only acceptance. The day after he didn't die, he did die and my brother was leaving while in company of some of his family who would have before been much more comfortable being miles away. We all, the family were born within this disease and no one escaped being affected...some of...	Jerry F	3	399	Feb 4, 2013 by lady eli
	Seeing a Mystic (Preview) In a dark and hazy room, peering into a crystal ball, the Mystic delivered grave news: "There's no easy way to tell you this, so I'll just be blunt. Prepare yourself to be a widow. Your husband will die a violent and horrible death this year." Visibly shaken, Laura stared at the woman's lined...	Pythonpappy	5	560	Feb 4, 2013 by lady eli
	Alcoholic husband believes he can still continue to smoke pot everyday (Preview) Hello. My husband is a new member of AA. He has had trouble obstaining from alcohol since he joined. He also continues to smoke pot several times a day, everyday. There are times when I will think he has been drinking but he denies it therefore I think it must be the pot. Usually when he has had somethi...	Cam0612	25	861	Feb 4, 2013 by Zoomtopz
	Heard in the rooms (Preview) (On accepting responsibility) "All of my disasters had a common denominator - me. I was there for all of them."	Frodo	6	364	Feb 4, 2013 by Jerry F
	Pride Is Evil (Preview) Pride is evilToday I had an epiphany of sorts.....a friend of mine, and fellow alcoholic pointed out a line from a scripture...."Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall." Proverbs 16:18. The epiphany comes in because the word "pride" virtually too...	dms	3	777	Feb 4, 2013 by Jerry F
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