Alcoholics Anonymous

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

justadrunk · justadrunk

I have had a real awful go of the PMS stuff over the past year. This will be my 10th go at it in sobriety. Every month for this week, I am restless, irritable and discontented TO SAY THE LEAST, and I attribute it to something lacking in my program, or something lacking in THE program all together. I start...

pinkchip · pinkchip

For years and year I thought of my mom as being a thorn in my side and I have defined her as constantly critical and grating - Though at any given time I would always have told you I loved my mom despite these things. She would typically call me once a week and berate me telling me she worried about me when I did...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Love is a great beautifier. --Louisa May Alcott How do we feel when someone says, "I love you"? Do we feel a rush of warmth throughout our bodies? Do we walk a little taller? Do smiles come more easily to our lips? Words of love are inspirational. They bring out the best in us; perhaps they even...

SolanoGypsy · SolanoGypsy

Along with this wonderful daily reprieve from active alcoholism, I have been blessed with many amazing opportunities to inventory the crux of my problem i.e. myself and it seems like when I am paying attention I actually learn something. Over the last few weeks, I have realized that in my lifetim...

justadrunk · justadrunk

My husband and I went to our first potluck banquet last night, and there were husband & wife alanon/aa speakers. They were very good and it was interesting and moving for both of us. I noticed that the people who were there enjoying a bit to eat, were people really serious about recovery. No newc...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Staying in the Present Moment Often, one of our biggest questions is, "What's going to happen?" We may ask this about our relationships, our career, our recovery, and our life. It is easy to tangle ourselves up in worrisome thoughts. Worrying about what's going to happen blocks us from f...

Frodo · Frodo

"You do not have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body."~C.S. Lewis

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Weekly QuoteGod has created me to do Him some definite service; He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another. I have my mission. I never may know it in this life, but I shall be told it in the next. - John Henry NewmanWeekly ThoughtCharles Plumb was a U.S. Navy jet pilot in Vietnam...

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Hey Tasha, ... After one of Dean's posts, I think I figured out how to get the cartoon to you that I wanted to share ... guess the whole board will have to see it !!! ... Here goes:

turninggrey · turninggrey

Update: Fell from rocks is September, busted the leg pretty bad, plates, screws, bone growth stimulators. After battling the Oxycodone thing I guess until late October, I limped through physical therapy--but the problem now is one of the breaks did not heal. The Doc's call it a non union and may requ...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

There is nothing more potent than thought. Deed follows word and word follows thought. And where the thought is mighty and pure, the result is mighty and pure. --Gandhi Life responds not to what we wish or even to what we desire. Life responds to a made up mind. The moment that you definitely commit your...

justadrunk · justadrunk

I showed up at the animal shelter 'way up der in da nort woods'. The workers were out to lunch. The little hand written note hung half crooked by a piece of silver duck tape. I had to appreciate that I was in a land even more 'laid back' than my own slower moving little town of about 350 residents. The doo...

moreshine · moreshine

hi everyone, I am an alcoholic from China, I would like to make some friends who are trying to use the AA steps to rid of the alcohol problem. It is unfortunate that i can not find many people with the same problem to communicate with here. if you are interested, please email me : moreshine@gamil.com

mandm · mandm

So I went out saturday night, with a girl friend, she called me up and she was like i'm drunk and i'm here waiting for you to come. She doesn't normally drink much cuz shes muslim , but after i finished my beer i could see that she had too many so I stuck to water, I knew she drove there and I was gonna have to dri...

odat · odat

My best friend in AA (a woman) has become frustrated lately with people not returning her phone calls. I can't help her with this because I don't identify. She says when she asked 2 of the people why they didn't return her calls they said they didn't get back to her because after they let a few days go by the...

Col · Col

Yup, its my turn for the flu post. I thought I could avoid it through sheer stubbornness and willpower! Hmmm.. Sounds familiar. The sweats, shakiness, body aches.. Feels like a hangover. I actually woke up feverish and soaked in sweat and had a half-awake fleeting moment of panic- did I drink last nig...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Weekly ThoughtIn a study on "peace of mind" performed by Duke University, several factors were found to contribute greatly to emotional and mental stability. Among common-sense indicators like avoiding self-pity and accepting challenges as a part of life, researchers identified o...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Boudreaux, the smoothest-talking Cajun in the Louisiana National Guard, got called up to active duty.Boudreaux's first assignment was in a military induction center.Because he was a good talker, they assigned him the duty of advising new recruits about government benefits, especially the GI i...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

>> FIFTY SHADES OF..... >> >> You appeared from nowhere and shamelessly, without any reservations, >> You laid on my naked body...you sensed my indifference, so you applied >> Your hungry mouth to me without any guilt or humiliation, and you >> Drove me near...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

I'd like to get away from earth awhile. And then come back to it and begin again. -- Robert Frost Do we think it's weak to need a break? Do we ignore the need to recharge our batteries? Responsibility for our own lives requires us to recognize the need to restore our energy. Maybe our former escape from the...

Tomas · Tomas

In a recent posting Funny but True, I alluded to one of our members who was known as Jersey John. During one of our armed conflicts John got shot in the head.. He survived with the aid of a steel plate. He saw life very simply and had the natural ability to somehow always say the right thing.. I asked him once...

Sober McHappy · Sober McHappy

So I slipped. Something clicked in my alcoholic brain and I went on a two day drinking binge. The good news is that afterward I felt physically sick, emotionally crushed and deeply remorseful. Good! I'm glad I still feel like shit 3 days later. I'm glad I'm so profoundly miserable because of it. I was ar...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

The trouble with us alcoholics was this: We demanded that the world give us happiness and peace of mind in just the particular order we wanted to get it by the alcohol route. And we werent successful. But when we take time to find out some of the spiritual laws, and familiarize ourselves with them, and pu...

Tomas · Tomas

It must be 15 years or so ago at the meeting after the meeting.. True story.. One of the group members, we called him angry Harvey stated that he had quality sobriety.. Harvey had about 2 years sobriety before his slip now he was back 4 months.. Jersey John had about 15 years.. he had a plate in his head from...

Mike B. · Mike B.

January 17 "My drinking career was all about running away. I could pack up and vanish in a flash. Now ... I'm taking the risk to stick around, to just show up and see what happens. "

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom. --Hannah Arendt When we refuse to forgive ourselves, we think we are being very noble for not letting ourselves off the hook. What we're really doing, however, is setting ourselves up to use again.We're not accepting the fact that we are powerless over ou...

RubyTues · RubyTues

If you are married or in a relationship, how much do you talk with your partner about recovery? Do they 'get it'? I find myself not knowing how to talk about it.

Rob84 · Rob84

Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions... There was no internet at the time of my first AA meeting, my shrink gave me a card with the AA phone # on it. I called and the lady gave me a time and address of a meeting close to my home, asked if I would need a ride and had someone from the meet...

gonee · gonee

"For a brief moment, I had needed and wanted God. There had been a humble willingness to have Him with me-and He came. But soon the sense of His presence had been blotted out byworldly clamors, mostly those within myself. And so it had been ever since. How blind I had been." BB pg12. Just a so...

justadrunk · justadrunk

I don't even understand what that could possibly mean for over 1 year, and all at once the fog sloooowly begins to lift. How can I not be my identity? That was always how I blew that phrase off and kept myself from really caring or wondering what more could be revealed. I am sober - so this is my sober iden...

Sober McHappy · Sober McHappy

Wanna know why? It's a really stupid reason. Somewhere in my alcoholic brain I thought that if I changed the face I saw in the mirror it would help me change who I am inside. I've always been this baby faced man-child who everyone seems to let get away with murder and I thought that maybe if I looked more gro...

bikerbill · bikerbill

Buckle up fellers, this could be a long 'un. we'll start with the motorbike. Caught fire a couple weeks ago and the parts list to repair comes to almost as much as the insurance valuation. Add labour and I reckon it'll be a write off. I'm keeping positive as no one was hurt, it's insured, it's below freezi...

ghostman1960 · ghostman1960

Do not use your regular email address here. Someone Googled my email address and found me on this and another forum related to the same thing.. Plus I was stupid for putting my own pic up as my avatar. I never knew they could find you that way.

Tipsy McStagger · Tipsy McStagger

A while ago, prior to my coming back, I worked with a guy who was an alcoholic and I really used to bust his balls about being in AA. I was constantly making drinking jokes, threatening to spike his coffee, burping at him after a night out, etc. very immature stuff. He was a very calm, mild mannered guy...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Love must be learned, and learned again and again; there is no end to it. Hate needs no instruction, but only waits to be provoked. --Katherine Anne PorterWe often enter into our relationships believing there is one perfect way to act, and if we can only find that way, we'll be successful, accepted. Bu...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

The self is a calm stable center surrounded by a continuous changing sea. Merge with yourself and be ready for any emergent sea. --Coretta Scott King Wise ones tell us to be true to ourselves. Being true to ourselves means daring to disagree with a loved one, even when we know it might cause painful tens...

Sober McHappy · Sober McHappy

Everything was going great, you might even say I was getting a little cocksure of myself and my newfound mature outlook on sobriety...and then I got absolutely hammered. I'm sitting here asking myself why I did it and I have no answers. None that make sense anyway. I don't drive drunk, fight anyone or e...

s_lukin · s_lukin

Well I made a fine mess this weekend. And by "fine mess" I mean I relapsed & nothing happened other than I pissed off my family & now I feel like a loser YET AGAIN. Basically I just sat on my couch, watched TV, nothing else happened which I think is the worst thing that could ever happe...

pinkchip · pinkchip

Well folks, I am back from my 7 day cruise. San Juan, St. Maarten, St. Thomas....all very pretty. I had a wonderful time with my partner. I have to say the most unexpected and pleasant thing of the whole trip was the AA meetings on the boat. There were about 7 of us. I had planned on maybe going to one me...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

January 15 "I am grateful that the people in AA showed me how to live sober. However, I have learned many things from other sources. I learned about quiet from the breeze floating through the grass on a warm summer day. I have...

Chaya · Chaya

I can't believe how many ppl, institutions, and principles I have on my list. It's insane. I carry around more resentment and negativity than I even realize. It's ugly. I woke up today knowing I need to stay close to the program and my Higher Power. Tough stuff coming up in stepwork is coinciding with t...

SereneSteve · SereneSteve

Well I went to a local pro wrestling event tonight. Got there and seen behind us was a small window with a sign $2.00 beers, now the old me would have had probably 10 of them and I did think to myself that price isnt too high but that was it, watching others guzzle them down made me sick. So instead I sipped m...

Col · Col

Goodness, Ive been working on step 4 for a long time! Months! I understand the need for being thorough, and that it's a crucial step. It just seems to be a very drawn out process. I don't know if it's me, or my sponser, or that I just have more work than most to do- but most people I've heard talk about it have m...

ChristineG · ChristineG

There is a house 3 away from me that always has a lot of traffic. Lots of different people in and out. I was talking to a couple guys at the meeting tonight. They live there. It's a sober house. Had to go all the way to AA to meet the neighbors. I need to get out of my bubble a little more! Also ran into a lady at a me...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

NowOvercastTemperature66.0 °FFeels Like 66.0 °FWind(mph)5.0Sunrise / Set7:42 AM5:51 PMMoonWaxing CrescentMore Astronomy Tonight59 °FRain Showers70% chance of precipitationTomorrow72 °FRain Showers80% chance of precipitationTomorrow Night46 °FRain Showers70% chance of pr...

gonee · gonee

"The feeling that the drink problem has disappeared will often come strongly." BB pg 75. What a wonderful feeling this was, when I left my sponsor after doing my 5th step with him. For the first time I experienced real sobriety. My drinking friends also knew that I was on my way to recovery. I...

Bob K · Bob K

I got this in an email yesterday.It goes along with something I was told by my sponsor several years ago, that it's not that we aim to high and fail but that we aim to low and succeed and accept things as the best they will ever be. "It must be born in mind, that the tragedy of life does not lie in not re...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

With few exceptions our members find that they have tapped an unsuspected inner resource which they presently identify with their own conception of a Power greater than themselves. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, pp. 569-70 >From my first days in A.A., as I struggled for sobriety, I found hope in these w...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	How to determine if you're a "Real Alcoholic" (Preview)	StPeteDean	7	746	Jan 21, 2013 by lady eli
	lady stuff (Preview) I have had a real awful go of the PMS stuff over the past year. This will be my 10th go at it in sobriety. Every month for this week, I am restless, irritable and discontented TO SAY THE LEAST, and I attribute it to something lacking in my program, or something lacking in THE program all together. I start...	justadrunk	8	728	Jan 21, 2013 by justadrunk
	My mom (Preview) For years and year I thought of my mom as being a thorn in my side and I have defined her as constantly critical and grating - Though at any given time I would always have told you I loved my mom despite these things. She would typically call me once a week and berate me telling me she worried about me when I did...	pinkchip	6	585	Jan 21, 2013 by lady eli
	Today's Gift 01-21 (Preview) Love is a great beautifier. --Louisa May Alcott How do we feel when someone says, "I love you"? Do we feel a rush of warmth throughout our bodies? Do we walk a little taller? Do smiles come more easily to our lips? Words of love are inspirational. They bring out the best in us; perhaps they even...	Pythonpappy	1	279	Jan 21, 2013 by justadrunk
	A New Day in Recovery (Preview) Along with this wonderful daily reprieve from active alcoholism, I have been blessed with many amazing opportunities to inventory the crux of my problem i.e. myself and it seems like when I am paying attention I actually learn something. Over the last few weeks, I have realized that in my lifetim...	SolanoGypsy	11	471	Jan 21, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	First potluck (Preview) My husband and I went to our first potluck banquet last night, and there were husband & wife alanon/aa speakers. They were very good and it was interesting and moving for both of us. I noticed that the people who were there enjoying a bit to eat, were people really serious about recovery. No newc...	justadrunk	4	398	Jan 21, 2013 by vixen
	Today's Gift 10-20 (Preview) Staying in the Present Moment Often, one of our biggest questions is, "What's going to happen?" We may ask this about our relationships, our career, our recovery, and our life. It is easy to tangle ourselves up in worrisome thoughts. Worrying about what's going to happen blocks us from f...	Pythonpappy	0	321	Jan 20, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Thought (Preview) "You do not have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body."~C.S. Lewis	Frodo	2	362	Jan 20, 2013 by Picaposie
	Weekly (Preview) Weekly QuoteGod has created me to do Him some definite service; He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another. I have my mission. I never may know it in this life, but I shall be told it in the next. - John Henry NewmanWeekly ThoughtCharles Plumb was a U.S. Navy jet pilot in Vietnam...	Pythonpappy	1	327	Jan 20, 2013 by Picaposie
	How True! (Preview)	StPeteDean	6	533	Jan 20, 2013 by Ex-MA Hole
	P.M. wouldn't Allow This ... No option for it (Preview) Hey Tasha, ... After one of Dean's posts, I think I figured out how to get the cartoon to you that I wanted to share ... guess the whole board will have to see it !!! ... Here goes:	Pythonpappy	4	477	Jan 20, 2013 by Ex-MA Hole
	On the verge of being organized (Preview) Update: Fell from rocks is September, busted the leg pretty bad, plates, screws, bone growth stimulators. After battling the Oxycodone thing I guess until late October, I limped through physical therapy--but the problem now is one of the breaks did not heal. The Doc's call it a non union and may requ...	turninggrey	4	462	Jan 20, 2013 by turninggrey
	Today's Gift 01-19 (Preview) There is nothing more potent than thought. Deed follows word and word follows thought. And where the thought is mighty and pure, the result is mighty and pure. --Gandhi Life responds not to what we wish or even to what we desire. Life responds to a made up mind. The moment that you definitely commit your...	Pythonpappy	0	339	Jan 19, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	2 things (Preview) I showed up at the animal shelter 'way up der in da nort woods'. The workers were out to lunch. The little hand written note hung half crooked by a piece of silver duck tape. I had to appreciate that I was in a land even more 'laid back' than my own slower moving little town of about 350 residents. The doo...	justadrunk	3	389	Jan 19, 2013 by Stepchild
	AA penpal (Preview) hi everyone, I am an alcoholic from China, I would like to make some friends who are trying to use the AA steps to rid of the alcohol problem. It is unfortunate that i can not find many people with the same problem to communicate with here. if you are interested, please email me : moreshine@gamil.com	moreshine	16	574	Jan 19, 2013 by SolanoGypsy
	Playing with fire ,, and restored order (Preview) So I went out saturday night, with a girl friend, she called me up and she was like i'm drunk and i'm here waiting for you to come. She doesn't normally drink much cuz shes muslim , but after i finished my beer i could see that she had too many so I stuck to water, I knew she drove there and I was gonna have to dri...	mandm	26	735	Jan 19, 2013 by lady eli
	Returning Phone Calls (Preview) My best friend in AA (a woman) has become frustrated lately with people not returning her phone calls. I can't help her with this because I don't identify. She says when she asked 2 of the people why they didn't return her calls they said they didn't get back to her because after they let a few days go by the...	odat	14	568	Jan 19, 2013 by lady eli
	The flu (Preview) Yup, its my turn for the flu post. I thought I could avoid it through sheer stubbornness and willpower! Hmmm.. Sounds familiar. The sweats, shakiness, body aches.. Feels like a hangover. I actually woke up feverish and soaked in sweat and had a half-awake fleeting moment of panic- did I drink last nig...	Col	16	505	Jan 19, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Peace of Mind (Preview) Weekly ThoughtIn a study on "peace of mind" performed by Duke University, several factors were found to contribute greatly to emotional and mental stability. Among common-sense indicators like avoiding self-pity and accepting challenges as a part of life, researchers identified o...	Pythonpappy	4	555	Jan 19, 2013 by lady eli
	Boudreaux (smooth talker) (Preview) Boudreaux, the smoothest-talking Cajun in the Louisiana National Guard, got called up to active duty.Boudreaux's first assignment was in a military induction center.Because he was a good talker, they assigned him the duty of advising new recruits about government benefits, especially the GI i...	Pythonpappy	3	359	Jan 19, 2013 by lady eli
	Fifty Shades Of ... ... ... (Preview) >> FIFTY SHADES OF..... >> >> You appeared from nowhere and shamelessly, without any reservations, >> You laid on my naked body...you sensed my indifference, so you applied >> Your hungry mouth to me without any guilt or humiliation, and you >> Drove me near...	Pythonpappy	1	326	Jan 19, 2013 by leeu
	Today's Gift 01-18 (Preview) I'd like to get away from earth awhile. And then come back to it and begin again. -- Robert Frost Do we think it's weak to need a break? Do we ignore the need to recharge our batteries? Responsibility for our own lives requires us to recognize the need to restore our energy. Maybe our former escape from the...	Pythonpappy	1	288	Jan 18, 2013 by RubyTues
	My AA Friend Jersey John (Preview) In a recent posting Funny but True, I alluded to one of our members who was known as Jersey John. During one of our armed conflicts John got shot in the head.. He survived with the aid of a steel plate. He saw life very simply and had the natural ability to somehow always say the right thing.. I asked him once...	Tomas	1	372	Jan 18, 2013 by Rob84
	Back on the sober pony (Preview) So I slipped. Something clicked in my alcoholic brain and I went on a two day drinking binge. The good news is that afterward I felt physically sick, emotionally crushed and deeply remorseful. Good! I'm glad I still feel like shit 3 days later. I'm glad I'm so profoundly miserable because of it. I was ar...	Sober McHappy	6	528	Jan 18, 2013 by Dodsworth
	Daily Reflections ~ Happiness Comes Quietly & 24hrs a Day (Preview) The trouble with us alcoholics was this: We demanded that the world give us happiness and peace of mind in just the particular order we wanted to get it by the alcohol route. And we werent successful. But when we take time to find out some of the spiritual laws, and familiarize ourselves with them, and pu...	Sobrietyspell	0	662	Jan 17, 2013 by Sobrietyspell
	Funny But True (Preview) It must be 15 years or so ago at the meeting after the meeting.. True story.. One of the group members, we called him angry Harvey stated that he had quality sobriety.. Harvey had about 2 years sobriety before his slip now he was back 4 months.. Jersey John had about 15 years.. he had a plate in his head from...	Tomas	7	466	Jan 18, 2013 by Tomas
	From the Grapevine (Preview) January 17 "My drinking career was all about running away. I could pack up and vanish in a flash. Now ... I'm taking the risk to stick around, to just show up and see what happens. "	Mike B.	0	284	Jan 17, 2013 by Mike B.
	Today's Gift 01-17 (Preview) Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom. --Hannah Arendt When we refuse to forgive ourselves, we think we are being very noble for not letting ourselves off the hook. What we're really doing, however, is setting ourselves up to use again.We're not accepting the fact that we are powerless over ou...	Pythonpappy	3	275	Jan 17, 2013 by justadrunk
	Recovery and your significant other (Preview) If you are married or in a relationship, how much do you talk with your partner about recovery? Do they 'get it'? I find myself not knowing how to talk about it.	RubyTues	15	814	Jan 17, 2013 by justadrunk
	Alcoholics.......Anonymous? (Preview) Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions... There was no internet at the time of my first AA meeting, my shrink gave me a card with the AA phone # on it. I called and the lady gave me a time and address of a meeting close to my home, asked if I would need a ride and had someone from the meet...	Rob84	13	737	Jan 17, 2013 by Rob84
	A solitary moment. (Preview) "For a brief moment, I had needed and wanted God. There had been a humble willingness to have Him with me-and He came. But soon the sense of His presence had been blotted out byworldly clamors, mostly those within myself. And so it had been ever since. How blind I had been." BB pg12. Just a so...	gonee	5	365	Jan 17, 2013 by lady eli
	Sober identity (Preview) I don't even understand what that could possibly mean for over 1 year, and all at once the fog sloooowly begins to lift. How can I not be my identity? That was always how I blew that phrase off and kept myself from really caring or wondering what more could be revealed. I am sober - so this is my sober iden...	justadrunk	17	460	Jan 17, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	I grew a beard (Preview) Wanna know why? It's a really stupid reason. Somewhere in my alcoholic brain I thought that if I changed the face I saw in the mirror it would help me change who I am inside. I've always been this baby faced man-child who everyone seems to let get away with murder and I thought that maybe if I looked more gro...	Sober McHappy	10	572	Jan 17, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Material Possessions, romance and Finance (Preview) Buckle up fellers, this could be a long 'un. we'll start with the motorbike. Caught fire a couple weeks ago and the parts list to repair comes to almost as much as the insurance valuation. Add labour and I reckon it'll be a write off. I'm keeping positive as no one was hurt, it's insured, it's below freezi...	bikerbill	7	515	Jan 17, 2013 by bikerbill
	WARNING! My annonimity has been compromised here. (Preview) Do not use your regular email address here. Someone Googled my email address and found me on this and another forum related to the same thing.. Plus I was stupid for putting my own pic up as my avatar. I never knew they could find you that way.	ghostman1960	10	612	Jan 17, 2013 by Sober McHappy
	Saying sorry (Preview) A while ago, prior to my coming back, I worked with a guy who was an alcoholic and I really used to bust his balls about being in AA. I was constantly making drinking jokes, threatening to spike his coffee, burping at him after a night out, etc. very immature stuff. He was a very calm, mild mannered guy...	Tipsy McStagger	12	643	Jan 17, 2013 by justadrunk
	Today's Gift 01-15 (Preview) Love must be learned, and learned again and again; there is no end to it. Hate needs no instruction, but only waits to be provoked. --Katherine Anne PorterWe often enter into our relationships believing there is one perfect way to act, and if we can only find that way, we'll be successful, accepted. Bu...	Pythonpappy	10	359	Jan 17, 2013 by Col
	Today's Gift 01-16 (Preview) The self is a calm stable center surrounded by a continuous changing sea. Merge with yourself and be ready for any emergent sea. --Coretta Scott King Wise ones tell us to be true to ourselves. Being true to ourselves means daring to disagree with a loved one, even when we know it might cause painful tens...	Pythonpappy	2	304	Jan 16, 2013 by Mike B.
	I'm having a very difficult time all of a sudden (Preview) Everything was going great, you might even say I was getting a little cocksure of myself and my newfound mature outlook on sobriety...and then I got absolutely hammered. I'm sitting here asking myself why I did it and I have no answers. None that make sense anyway. I don't drive drunk, fight anyone or e...	Sober McHappy	14	628	Jan 16, 2013 by chris
	Not much luck finding a sponsor... definitely need one (Preview) Well I made a fine mess this weekend. And by "fine mess" I mean I relapsed & nothing happened other than I pissed off my family & now I feel like a loser YET AGAIN. Basically I just sat on my couch, watched TV, nothing else happened which I think is the worst thing that could ever happe...	s_lukin	15	588	Jan 16, 2013 by Sober McHappy
	Cruising in AA (Preview) Well folks, I am back from my 7 day cruise. San Juan, St. Maarten, St. Thomas....all very pretty. I had a wonderful time with my partner. I have to say the most unexpected and pleasant thing of the whole trip was the AA meetings on the boat. There were about 7 of us. I had planned on maybe going to one me...	pinkchip	11	799	Jan 16, 2013 by Sober McHappy
	Grapevine (Preview) January 15 "I am grateful that the people in AA showed me how to live sober. However, I have learned many things from other sources. I learned about quiet from the breeze floating through the grass on a warm summer day. I have...	Pythonpappy	5	291	Jan 16, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	And here comes Step Four (Preview) I can't believe how many ppl, institutions, and principles I have on my list. It's insane. I carry around more resentment and negativity than I even realize. It's ugly. I woke up today knowing I need to stay close to the program and my Higher Power. Tough stuff coming up in stepwork is coinciding with t...	Chaya	10	461	Jan 16, 2013 by RubyTues
	$2.00 beers (Preview) Well I went to a local pro wrestling event tonight. Got there and seen behind us was a small window with a sign $2.00 beers, now the old me would have had probably 10 of them and I did think to myself that price isnt too high but that was it, watching others guzzle them down made me sick. So instead I sipped m...	SereneSteve	8	531	Jan 15, 2013 by rx2man
	The never ending step 4... (Preview) Goodness, Ive been working on step 4 for a long time! Months! I understand the need for being thorough, and that it's a crucial step. It just seems to be a very drawn out process. I don't know if it's me, or my sponser, or that I just have more work than most to do- but most people I've heard talk about it have m...	Col	8	559	Jan 15, 2013 by lady eli
	The neighbors (Preview) There is a house 3 away from me that always has a lot of traffic. Lots of different people in and out. I was talking to a couple guys at the meeting tonight. They live there. It's a sober house. Had to go all the way to AA to meet the neighbors. I need to get out of my bubble a little more! Also ran into a lady at a me...	ChristineG	11	535	Jan 15, 2013 by Frodo
	Tasha? (Preview) NowOvercastTemperature66.0 °FFeels Like 66.0 °FWind(mph)5.0Sunrise / Set7:42 AM5:51 PMMoonWaxing CrescentMore Astronomy Tonight59 °FRain Showers70% chance of precipitationTomorrow72 °FRain Showers80% chance of precipitationTomorrow Night46 °FRain Showers70% chance of pr...	Pythonpappy	11	486	Jan 14, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Step 5 (Preview) "The feeling that the drink problem has disappeared will often come strongly." BB pg 75. What a wonderful feeling this was, when I left my sponsor after doing my 5th step with him. For the first time I experienced real sobriety. My drinking friends also knew that I was on my way to recovery. I...	gonee	6	385	Jan 15, 2013 by Ex-MA Hole
	Dreams (Preview) I got this in an email yesterday.It goes along with something I was told by my sponsor several years ago, that it's not that we aim to high and fail but that we aim to low and succeed and accept things as the best they will ever be. "It must be born in mind, that the tragedy of life does not lie in not re...	Bob K	4	565	Jan 15, 2013 by StPeteDean
	Daily Reflections ~ An Unsuspected Inner Resource & 24hrs a Day (Preview) With few exceptions our members find that they have tapped an unsuspected inner resource which they presently identify with their own conception of a Power greater than themselves. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, pp. 569-70 >From my first days in A.A., as I struggled for sobriety, I found hope in these w...	Sobrietyspell	2	484	Jan 14, 2013 by justadrunk
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