Alcoholics Anonymous

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

I hope you're having a beautiful day, brother. I'm loving your recovery. Thank you for sharing it with us all here on MIP. A good year to get sober, aye. Staying out of that other famous club of 27 year olds ;) I'm glad you're alive, Brother. I celebrate the day you were born today & many more to come oda...

Paul M · Paul M

Hello, My name is Paul, and as of today Im looking to quit drinking and thought this site would be a start, I read the 12 steps but not really sure where to start, my drinking has been getting worse, but did not have one drink today and trying to find ways to keep my mind off it, hope I can find support here and w...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Greetings from Berlin, my fellow sobervibers! Carl & I just got here today! We're staying in a great little apartment right opposite the venue. If any of our cyberclever members here can do it, would you post a link for the convention this weekend please? Even better, is there anyone here who is co...

justadrunk · justadrunk

Can we open up the chat room for an online meeting tonight? I do not know how to do it. I would be happy to with instructions though!

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Cookies in Heaven?An elderly man lay dying in his bed. In death's agony, he suddenly smelled the aroma of his favorite chocolate chip cookies wafting up the stairs. He gathered his remaining strength, and lifted himself from the bed. Leaning against the wall, he slowly made his way out of the bedroom...

Ruhig · Ruhig

In the break room, I wasn't feling in tune with the universe. And you know what the universe did? Put on the cristmas episode of American dad where stan says we gotta search for god, you become a hopeless alcoholic and hit rock bottom, I'll open doors. And then Stan finds god and threatens him with a gun an...

mich · mich

Hello hello... Summer vaction is officially over. My job is hectic. So my plan... I got three meditation apps on my phone. I also got the app called Joe & Charlie.... Anybody know these oldtimers? I am sure. The app is awesome. It has all different discussions from those two guys. I downlo...

mich · mich

Mich here... So months before my first AA meeting I met with my saxophone professor with whom I share music, friendship, and now faith. I shared with him that I was lost, hurting and making a mess of my life. I did not share with him about my alcoholism because I had not yet admitted it myself, but I knew t...

Paul M · Paul M

Well I found the perfect place to go for my meeting's, really its the church I normally go to a half mile down the street from me, I knew the father there for a long time, its called the New Hope Group at St. Marks in Warren! I will be stopping by after work to found out what days the meetings are, and times,...

vixen · vixen

I went to a meeting last night where they observe all the birthdays for the month. Wow! It ran the gamut from one person having 18 months to another man having 43 years and everything in between. In total, there was over 200 years of sobriety there in just the people who were getting birthday medallions....

deb365 · deb365

"Am I not leading you faithfully? Directly you put your cares into My hands, and I began to effect a cure of all the disharmony and disorder. You must know that I shall cause you no more pain in the doing of it than a physician, who knows he can effect a cure, would cause his patient. I will do all as ten...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

August 27, 2012 Quote of the Week "Those who laugh - last" I remember hearing the phrase, "We are not a glum lot" when I was new in recovery - I didn't believe it. I mean, here I was sentenced to attending meetings, prohibited from partying, and forced to believe in God. Things...

sarge · sarge

May 15, 2010 I have found through the years being a sober person one of the most relaxing therapeutic things to do is pull weeds. I know sounds insane but it saves on therapy bill. One day i realized for years i had been walking matilda(my velcro dog) pulling up weeds trying to put my mind at ease. Even th...

pinkchip · pinkchip

It would seem I've been sober for a long time (coming up on 4 years right?). So I live in Ft. Lauderdale. Currently we have a tropical storm going to the west of us and are feeling severe rain bands and some wind. Nothing that bad. Nonetheless, we have not been hit by a hurricane or even a bad storm since...

Col · Col

There is a 'gentleman' I work with who has caused me a lot of grief. He is 'in and out' of AA..he preaches to all of his coworkers about drinking and AA to the point where it's a bit obnoxious- then he shows up to work drunk. This has happened several times. He has sexually harrassed me, spread rumors about m...

Mike B. · Mike B.

She's 15. Her negative emotions are blocking her from the Spirit and enjoyment of life. She's looking for external things to fill the God hole inside. Never enough. Boyfriend, friends, relationships etc........... She can't sit with herself for to long before the anxiety kicks in. Sounds...

deb365 · deb365

"Trials and troubles may seem to overwhelm you. They cannot do more than work My will, and that will you have said is your will. Do you not see that you cannot be destroyed? From now a new life is opening out before you. Yours to enter into the kingdom I have prepared for you. The sunlight of My prese...

Col · Col

So, I've had somewhat of a 'revelation'.. Not a huge revelation like when I realized I'm not angry with God anymore, more of a 'huh' type of thing. So as many of you may have read here lately, I've been struggling with anger and a lot of self pity, general confusion about things. So I'm thinking, thinking...

Neophyte · Neophyte

This is perhaps difficult, especially discussing our defects with another person. We think we have done well enough in admitting these things to ourselves. There is doubt about that. In actual practice, we usually find a solitary self-appraisal insufficient. I read this. Tommorrow I do my 5th...

Stepchild · Stepchild

I just realized I became an old timer after 500 posts...If I had known that I would have passed that mark on my first week here.....I guess this program is teaching me....Let things happen in God's time.

Col · Col

Hey all.. So here I am, working on 4th step, still on a bit of an emotional rollercoaster. My emotional maturity is embarrassing at times. I'm completely all over the place some days. Im generally pretty laid back and even- keeled, but every once in a while, MAN am I a train wreck lol. Here's the thing......

justadrunk · justadrunk

In reading and working through the final steps with deep reflection to the best of my ability, I've discovered some astonishing things. After I found my ex had shot himself in the head, there was fear, there was stress, there was trauma... but there was also... a fleeting moment of joy. Instantly I...

mich · mich

Mich here... went to the 7am meeting today. I shared about my drunk dream which I am sure everyone has had. Had a glass of wine in my dream. Then I thought oh no I have to start all over. What have I done. So, upset in the dream. Woke up glad I was sober. I am sure everybody has had this experience too. I...

mich · mich

Hello. I went to my meeting the other day. Even as I drove there I was still on the fence about keeping my sponsor or talking with her. I got there and spoke to a women I trust and she informed me that it is my choice, but that the person I asked indeed has some issues. Don't we all. I felt bad. After the me...

Neophyte · Neophyte

I hate mint. Especially in toothpaste. So we bought cinnamon toothpaste. Now, after I brush my teeth (I do this morning, after work and bedtime) he asks, have you been drinking? Of course not. I'm not upset, I think it's funny. But my brain was like "now I can drink and blame it on toothpaste!"...

justadrunk · justadrunk

I would love to say that I have 8 months sober today. But I don't. I came into this program just after Christmas, but I had a slip in March because I wasn't really going to meetings, and not being completely honest (mostly minimizing) with my sponsor. I went to 5 meetings in a row - thought I had things do...

Closer · Closer

I came home with the greatest feeling from a meeting today and it was because of a certain thing I realized and heard while I was at the club today, and it's the fact that this is a WE program. When us alcoholics are sick, we dont know that we have other people in our lives who care and who can relate to our pro...

justadrunk · justadrunk

Dr. Bob's Farewell TalkDr. Bob and Bill W. were co-founders of A.A. My good friends in A.A. and of A.A., I get a big thrill out of looking over a vast sea of faces like this with a feeling that possibly some small thing I did a number of years ago played an infinitely small part in making this meeting po...

runnergrl82 · runnergrl82

Hi im ashley,and im a alcoholic and im new, i need a online sponor that i can call or i have skype.i will go to any lengths to get this. im miserable and broken inside and need help,,i can go to meetings but have two toddlers and husband works.so

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

BAPTIST SHAMPOOWhile shopping in a grocery store, two Baptist church ladies happened to passby the beer, wine and liquor section.One asked the other if she would like a beer. The second good Baptist sister answered that, indeed, it would be very nice to have one, but that she would feel unco...

Jerry F · Jerry F

and inner reaction to an outside event, my AC told me at the VA alcoholism center. He had asked me how I felt about a certain relationship event that had gone sideways for me and I responded "like shit". "So you feel like a warm, smelly lump of dog feces left on the front lawn" he r...

turninggrey · turninggrey

So I used a paint called "Kilz" today. It is a product I have used a lot in the past for tough stains and problematic priming. It is a pigmented shellac that is realy STRONG smelling! The problem is that I needed to paint a bathroom. The fumes were really powerful in the small space to the poi...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

It may be possible to find explanations of spiritual experiences such as ours, but I have often tried to explain my own and have succeeded only in giving the story of it. I know the feeling it gave me and the results it has brought, but I realize I may never fully understand its deeper why and how. AS BILL S...

SoberSteve · SoberSteve

Tomorrow I go in for my extractions, doing full top and getting immediate dentures, very nervous. Could use some prayers to ease my surgery. Thanks in advance.

Angell · Angell

Ive got an issue raising its head. Its not an Im going to go out and drink issue but it is a quality of life issue. I wanted to throw it out there and see what I get back. My wife and I love animals. As a matter of fact, that love has affected us sufficiently that we are both vegetarians. On December 1st my wi...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Last Tuesday evening, while I was in transit to go see my Dad, he 'passed away' ... For a while, my world kind of turned upside down ... The range of emotions I've been through this past few days have been incredible ... I thought I was prepared, but when it happened, my brain 'kind of' took a vacation ... ...

justadrunk · justadrunk

Spent several hours in the back corner of perkins getting direction for my 9th step. It felt instantly freeing to talk about this stuff, and truly admit the worst things I've ever done. I didn't talk about a lot of it in my 5th step. It's all out on the table now. WOWOWOWOWOW, now I have a person in this...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Below is a video from a show on TV ... To read the lyrics, click on the lyrics below the video to show all the words "Show More" ... pay attention to the last part especially ... ummm, turn up the speakers, enjoy ... and learn! Pappy ...

deb365 · deb365

"See not the small trials and vexations of each hour of the day. See the purpose and plan to which all are leading. If in climbing a mountain you keep your eyes on each stony or difficult place as you ascend, how weary and profitless your climb! But if you think of each step as leading to the summit o...

sooze · sooze

Hi, I have posted before about sponsorship and feel good about that. I found this forum helped me deal with that question, but now finding something else I need direction or support about. I am starting steps over from Step 1 due to having a new sponsor. My issue is I cry all the time, I have 57 days now...

odat · odat

Another post I decided to take back! -- Edited by odat on Wednesday 22nd of August 2012 07:04:14 AM

Ruhig · Ruhig

Going back over my #4, I've been trying to work on my most obvious (and probably common) hang ups. And after a few hours of letting go, calming myself down, someone threatened that specific area of security. They have since apologized, and it's been almost a week since the incident occured. I'm not mad...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

August 20, 2012 Quote of the Week "We may be powerless, but we're not helpless" Accepting that I was powerless over people, places and things was a concept I rebelled against on almost every level in the beginning. Before recovery, I labored under the belief that I could not only co...

justadrunk · justadrunk

How would you like to go up in the sky... up in the sky so blue? Oh I do think it's the most beautiful thing, ever a child could do. Up in the sky, over the hills, I can see so high, over the fields of daffodils, over the country side! I recite this little poem to my children as I push them on the swing, over and o...

mattbox2 · mattbox2

2nd round on interviews for Chi contract. Would like to get the lowdown on AA there. I will be in Chi weds night. Looking for meeting, if any recs. Will call their intergroup as well. Thx!

gonee · gonee

Today I had a conversation with a person that dismissed me 19 years ago, because of personality differences. He nearly destroyed me and destroyed a company that so many of us had worked so hard to build. I felt so much compassion for this individual, because he is spiritually sick. I was sober in AA and t...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

My stability came out of trying to give, not out of demanding that I receive. THE BEST OF BILL, pp. 46-47 As long as I try, with all my heart and soul, to pass along to others what has been passed along to me, and do not demand anything in return, life is good to me. Before entering this program of Alcoholic...

justadrunk · justadrunk

Today's thought from Hazelden is: A weed is but an unloved flower. --Ella Wheeler Wilcox Through actively loving one another we nurture the richness of everyone's fuller expression. With no more than a nod of attention we can elicit a smile or perhaps a commitment to attempt again a challenge that de...

mich · mich

Mich here... I feel stuck. Ug. My weekend was wonderful. I was faced with alcohol, but not only did I not want it I was able to have a really good time without it. Why do I feel down. I feel like my mind has not been focused on staying in the present. Thoughts wondering. Focusing on being an alcoholic...

gonee · gonee

My gratitude to God and the fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous, for restoring me to sanity. In the last 2 years of my drinking, I thought of little else but alcohol, the great obsession of every abnormal drinker. I was not an evil person, but just sick and suffering from an illness for which medicine ha...

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	Happy Bellybutton Birthday, Brian ((((Closer!!!)))) (Preview) I hope you're having a beautiful day, brother. I'm loving your recovery. Thank you for sharing it with us all here on MIP. A good year to get sober, aye. Staying out of that other famous club of 27 year olds ;) I'm glad you're alive, Brother. I celebrate the day you were born today & many more to come oda...	Sobrietyspell	18	567	Aug 30, 2012 by justadrunk
	New Here (Preview) Hello, My name is Paul, and as of today Im looking to quit drinking and thought this site would be a start, I read the 12 steps but not really sure where to start, my drinking has been getting worse, but did not have one drink today and trying to find ways to keep my mind off it, hope I can find support here and w...	Paul M	42	1520	Aug 30, 2012 by justadrunk
	Berlin Convention (Preview) Greetings from Berlin, my fellow sobervibers! Carl & I just got here today! We're staying in a great little apartment right opposite the venue. If any of our cyberclever members here can do it, would you post a link for the convention this weekend please? Even better, is there anyone here who is co...	Sobrietyspell	3	798	Aug 30, 2012 by Sobrietyspell
	Chat meeting tonight? (Preview) Can we open up the chat room for an online meeting tonight? I do not know how to do it. I would be happy to with instructions though!	justadrunk	8	446	Aug 29, 2012 by SoberSteve
	Cookies in Heaven? (Preview) Cookies in Heaven?An elderly man lay dying in his bed. In death's agony, he suddenly smelled the aroma of his favorite chocolate chip cookies wafting up the stairs. He gathered his remaining strength, and lifted himself from the bed. Leaning against the wall, he slowly made his way out of the bedroom...	Pythonpappy	4	610	Aug 29, 2012 by Pythonpappy
	No coincidences (Preview) In the break room, I wasn't feling in tune with the universe. And you know what the universe did? Put on the cristmas episode of American dad where stan says we gotta search for god, you become a hopeless alcoholic and hit rock bottom, I'll open doors. And then Stan finds god and threatens him with a gun an...	Ruhig	7	858	Aug 29, 2012 by Mike B.
	1st day back to work! (Preview) Hello hello... Summer vaction is officially over. My job is hectic. So my plan... I got three meditation apps on my phone. I also got the app called Joe & Charlie.... Anybody know these oldtimers? I am sure. The app is awesome. It has all different discussions from those two guys. I downlo...	mich	8	725	Aug 29, 2012 by Jerry F
	Just a story. (Preview) Mich here... So months before my first AA meeting I met with my saxophone professor with whom I share music, friendship, and now faith. I shared with him that I was lost, hurting and making a mess of my life. I did not share with him about my alcoholism because I had not yet admitted it myself, but I knew t...	mich	14	582	Aug 29, 2012 by Mr_David
	My meetings/ found (Preview) Well I found the perfect place to go for my meeting's, really its the church I normally go to a half mile down the street from me, I knew the father there for a long time, its called the New Hope Group at St. Marks in Warren! I will be stopping by after work to found out what days the meetings are, and times,...	Paul M	9	643	Aug 28, 2012 by Mike B.
	Hanging with the winners (Preview) I went to a meeting last night where they observe all the birthdays for the month. Wow! It ran the gamut from one person having 18 months to another man having 43 years and everything in between. In total, there was over 200 years of sobriety there in just the people who were getting birthday medallions....	vixen	11	659	Aug 28, 2012 by pinkchip
	God Calling - Tangled Skeins (Preview) "Am I not leading you faithfully? Directly you put your cares into My hands, and I began to effect a cure of all the disharmony and disorder. You must know that I shall cause you no more pain in the doing of it than a physician, who knows he can effect a cure, would cause his patient. I will do all as ten...	deb365	2	474	Aug 28, 2012 by justadrunk
	Those Who Laugh --- Last (Preview) August 27, 2012 Quote of the Week "Those who laugh - last" I remember hearing the phrase, "We are not a glum lot" when I was new in recovery - I didn't believe it. I mean, here I was sentenced to attending meetings, prohibited from partying, and forced to believe in God. Things...	Pythonpappy	4	717	Aug 28, 2012 by justadrunk
	Pulling up weeds (Preview) May 15, 2010 I have found through the years being a sober person one of the most relaxing therapeutic things to do is pull weeds. I know sounds insane but it saves on therapy bill. One day i realized for years i had been walking matilda(my velcro dog) pulling up weeds trying to put my mind at ease. Even th...	sarge	13	1367	Aug 28, 2012 by abbottmorris
	Hurricanes, elections, and olympics. (Preview) It would seem I've been sober for a long time (coming up on 4 years right?). So I live in Ft. Lauderdale. Currently we have a tropical storm going to the west of us and are feeling severe rain bands and some wind. Nothing that bad. Nonetheless, we have not been hit by a hurricane or even a bad storm since...	pinkchip	10	722	Aug 28, 2012 by Col
	Pray for those who still suffer (Preview) There is a 'gentleman' I work with who has caused me a lot of grief. He is 'in and out' of AA..he preaches to all of his coworkers about drinking and AA to the point where it's a bit obnoxious- then he shows up to work drunk. This has happened several times. He has sexually harrassed me, spread rumors about m...	Col	8	1110	Aug 28, 2012 by justadrunk
	My Daugther (Preview) She's 15. Her negative emotions are blocking her from the Spirit and enjoyment of life. She's looking for external things to fill the God hole inside. Never enough. Boyfriend, friends, relationships etc........... She can't sit with herself for to long before the anxiety kicks in. Sounds...	Mike B.	8	1374	Aug 27, 2012 by Mike B.
	God Calling - Accept Trials (Preview) "Trials and troubles may seem to overwhelm you. They cannot do more than work My will, and that will you have said is your will. Do you not see that you cannot be destroyed? From now a new life is opening out before you. Yours to enter into the kingdom I have prepared for you. The sunlight of My prese...	deb365	3	345	Aug 27, 2012 by Mr_David
	Revelation (Preview) So, I've had somewhat of a 'revelation'.. Not a huge revelation like when I realized I'm not angry with God anymore, more of a 'huh' type of thing. So as many of you may have read here lately, I've been struggling with anger and a lot of self pity, general confusion about things. So I'm thinking, thinking...	Col	8	405	Aug 27, 2012 by Rob84
	"and to another human being" (Preview) This is perhaps difficult, especially discussing our defects with another person. We think we have done well enough in admitting these things to ourselves. There is doubt about that. In actual practice, we usually find a solitary self-appraisal insufficient. I read this. Tommorrow I do my 5th...	Neophyte	17	746	Aug 27, 2012 by Pythonpappy
	MIP Oldtimer (Preview) I just realized I became an old timer after 500 posts...If I had known that I would have passed that mark on my first week here.....I guess this program is teaching me....Let things happen in God's time.	Stepchild	23	5944	Aug 27, 2012 by Tanin
	Taking control of emotions (Preview) Hey all.. So here I am, working on 4th step, still on a bit of an emotional rollercoaster. My emotional maturity is embarrassing at times. I'm completely all over the place some days. Im generally pretty laid back and even- keeled, but every once in a while, MAN am I a train wreck lol. Here's the thing......	Col	16	507	Aug 27, 2012 by justadrunk
	not mine. (Preview) In reading and working through the final steps with deep reflection to the best of my ability, I've discovered some astonishing things. After I found my ex had shot himself in the head, there was fear, there was stress, there was trauma... but there was also... a fleeting moment of joy. Instantly I...	justadrunk	9	870	Aug 26, 2012 by justadrunk
	Not feeling good.... but I got a sponsor? (Preview) Mich here... went to the 7am meeting today. I shared about my drunk dream which I am sure everyone has had. Had a glass of wine in my dream. Then I thought oh no I have to start all over. What have I done. So, upset in the dream. Woke up glad I was sober. I am sure everybody has had this experience too. I...	mich	25	674	Aug 26, 2012 by Tanin
	Mich here... Update on my sponsor! (Preview) Hello. I went to my meeting the other day. Even as I drove there I was still on the fence about keeping my sponsor or talking with her. I got there and spoke to a women I trust and she informed me that it is my choice, but that the person I asked indeed has some issues. Don't we all. I felt bad. After the me...	mich	10	536	Aug 26, 2012 by mich
	Cinnamon toothpaste (Preview) I hate mint. Especially in toothpaste. So we bought cinnamon toothpaste. Now, after I brush my teeth (I do this morning, after work and bedtime) he asks, have you been drinking? Of course not. I'm not upset, I think it's funny. But my brain was like "now I can drink and blame it on toothpaste!"...	Neophyte	10	4132	Aug 26, 2012 by Pythonpappy
	5 months (Preview) I would love to say that I have 8 months sober today. But I don't. I came into this program just after Christmas, but I had a slip in March because I wasn't really going to meetings, and not being completely honest (mostly minimizing) with my sponsor. I went to 5 meetings in a row - thought I had things do...	justadrunk	12	468	Aug 26, 2012 by vixen
	This is a WE program. You have more people than you think! (Preview) I came home with the greatest feeling from a meeting today and it was because of a certain thing I realized and heard while I was at the club today, and it's the fact that this is a WE program. When us alcoholics are sick, we dont know that we have other people in our lives who care and who can relate to our pro...	Closer	6	598	Aug 26, 2012 by Stepchild
	Dr. Bob's Farewell Talk (Preview) Dr. Bob's Farewell TalkDr. Bob and Bill W. were co-founders of A.A. My good friends in A.A. and of A.A., I get a big thrill out of looking over a vast sea of faces like this with a feeling that possibly some small thing I did a number of years ago played an infinitely small part in making this meeting po...	justadrunk	5	1250	Aug 26, 2012 by Rob84
	Need a online sponsor (Preview) Hi im ashley,and im a alcoholic and im new, i need a online sponor that i can call or i have skype.i will go to any lengths to get this. im miserable and broken inside and need help,,i can go to meetings but have two toddlers and husband works.so	runnergrl82	14	1149	Aug 26, 2012 by Tanin
	Baptist Shampoo (Preview) BAPTIST SHAMPOOWhile shopping in a grocery store, two Baptist church ladies happened to passby the beer, wine and liquor section.One asked the other if she would like a beer. The second good Baptist sister answered that, indeed, it would be very nice to have one, but that she would feel unco...	Pythonpappy	3	547	Aug 25, 2012 by justadrunk
	Feelings are (Preview) and inner reaction to an outside event, my AC told me at the VA alcoholism center. He had asked me how I felt about a certain relationship event that had gone sideways for me and I responded "like shit". "So you feel like a warm, smelly lump of dog feces left on the front lawn" he r...	Jerry F	9	490	Aug 25, 2012 by justadrunk
	Kilz (Preview) So I used a paint called "Kilz" today. It is a product I have used a lot in the past for tough stains and problematic priming. It is a pigmented shellac that is realy STRONG smelling! The problem is that I needed to paint a bathroom. The fumes were really powerful in the small space to the poi...	turninggrey	7	670	Aug 25, 2012 by Jerry F
	Daily Reflections ~ A Riddle That Works & 24hrs a Day (Preview) It may be possible to find explanations of spiritual experiences such as ours, but I have often tried to explain my own and have succeeded only in giving the story of it. I know the feeling it gave me and the results it has brought, but I realize I may never fully understand its deeper why and how. AS BILL S...	Sobrietyspell	1	614	Aug 24, 2012 by Mr_David
	Could use some prayers.. (Preview) Tomorrow I go in for my extractions, doing full top and getting immediate dentures, very nervous. Could use some prayers to ease my surgery. Thanks in advance.	SoberSteve	15	557	Aug 24, 2012 by Rob84
	Having an issue (Preview) Ive got an issue raising its head. Its not an Im going to go out and drink issue but it is a quality of life issue. I wanted to throw it out there and see what I get back. My wife and I love animals. As a matter of fact, that love has affected us sufficiently that we are both vegetarians. On December 1st my wi...	Angell	13	639	Aug 24, 2012 by justadrunk
	I Will Never be the Person my Dad Was! (Preview) Last Tuesday evening, while I was in transit to go see my Dad, he 'passed away' ... For a while, my world kind of turned upside down ... The range of emotions I've been through this past few days have been incredible ... I thought I was prepared, but when it happened, my brain 'kind of' took a vacation ... ...	Pythonpappy	24	612	Aug 24, 2012 by LinBabaAgo-go
	Now I just have to do it. (Preview) Spent several hours in the back corner of perkins getting direction for my 9th step. It felt instantly freeing to talk about this stuff, and truly admit the worst things I've ever done. I didn't talk about a lot of it in my 5th step. It's all out on the table now. WOWOWOWOWOW, now I have a person in this...	justadrunk	10	657	Aug 24, 2012 by Tanin
	A Song about Some of Us!!! (Preview) Below is a video from a show on TV ... To read the lyrics, click on the lyrics below the video to show all the words "Show More" ... pay attention to the last part especially ... ummm, turn up the speakers, enjoy ... and learn! Pappy ...	Pythonpappy	2	450	Aug 24, 2012 by Tracey C
	God Calling - The Summit (Preview) "See not the small trials and vexations of each hour of the day. See the purpose and plan to which all are leading. If in climbing a mountain you keep your eyes on each stony or difficult place as you ascend, how weary and profitless your climb! But if you think of each step as leading to the summit o...	deb365	4	456	Aug 24, 2012 by Mr_David
	When does the crying stop? (Preview) Hi, I have posted before about sponsorship and feel good about that. I found this forum helped me deal with that question, but now finding something else I need direction or support about. I am starting steps over from Step 1 due to having a new sponsor. My issue is I cry all the time, I have 57 days now...	sooze	15	812	Aug 23, 2012 by Pythonpappy
	Mispost (Preview) Another post I decided to take back! -- Edited by odat on Wednesday 22nd of August 2012 07:04:14 AM	odat	1	537	Aug 23, 2012 by Mr_David
	Security has been threatened (Preview) Going back over my #4, I've been trying to work on my most obvious (and probably common) hang ups. And after a few hours of letting go, calming myself down, someone threatened that specific area of security. They have since apologized, and it's been almost a week since the incident occured. I'm not mad...	Ruhig	6	614	Aug 23, 2012 by Pythonpappy
	the Wisdom of the rooms (Preview) August 20, 2012 Quote of the Week "We may be powerless, but we're not helpless" Accepting that I was powerless over people, places and things was a concept I rebelled against on almost every level in the beginning. Before recovery, I labored under the belief that I could not only co...	Pythonpappy	4	469	Aug 22, 2012 by Pythonpappy
	How would you like to go up in the sky? (Preview) How would you like to go up in the sky... up in the sky so blue? Oh I do think it's the most beautiful thing, ever a child could do. Up in the sky, over the hills, I can see so high, over the fields of daffodils, over the country side! I recite this little poem to my children as I push them on the swing, over and o...	justadrunk	4	550	Aug 22, 2012 by odat
	Anybody in Chicago? I may be working there for 6+ months (Preview) 2nd round on interviews for Chi contract. Would like to get the lowdown on AA there. I will be in Chi weds night. Looking for meeting, if any recs. Will call their intergroup as well. Thx!	mattbox2	1	356	Aug 22, 2012 by Mr_David
	I learned not to resent people. (Preview) Today I had a conversation with a person that dismissed me 19 years ago, because of personality differences. He nearly destroyed me and destroyed a company that so many of us had worked so hard to build. I felt so much compassion for this individual, because he is spiritually sick. I was sober in AA and t...	gonee	3	477	Aug 22, 2012 by Mr_David
	Daily Reflections ~ We Just Try & 24hrs a Day (Preview) My stability came out of trying to give, not out of demanding that I receive. THE BEST OF BILL, pp. 46-47 As long as I try, with all my heart and soul, to pass along to others what has been passed along to me, and do not demand anything in return, life is good to me. Before entering this program of Alcoholic...	Sobrietyspell	2	416	Aug 22, 2012 by Mr_David
	todays thoughts (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: A weed is but an unloved flower. --Ella Wheeler Wilcox Through actively loving one another we nurture the richness of everyone's fuller expression. With no more than a nod of attention we can elicit a smile or perhaps a commitment to attempt again a challenge that de...	justadrunk	2	363	Aug 22, 2012 by Mr_David
	Stuck... AA Limbo. (Preview) Mich here... I feel stuck. Ug. My weekend was wonderful. I was faced with alcohol, but not only did I not want it I was able to have a really good time without it. Why do I feel down. I feel like my mind has not been focused on staying in the present. Thoughts wondering. Focusing on being an alcoholic...	mich	19	750	Aug 22, 2012 by justadrunk
	24 years sober in recovery. (Preview) My gratitude to God and the fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous, for restoring me to sanity. In the last 2 years of my drinking, I thought of little else but alcohol, the great obsession of every abnormal drinker. I was not an evil person, but just sick and suffering from an illness for which medicine ha...	gonee	20	830	Aug 22, 2012 by Pythonpappy
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