Alcoholics Anonymous

Shawn g · Shawn g

I am crawling out of my skin. Unfortunately this isn't my first time getting sober. Multiple treatments and sober livings. Here I am at 15 days, working with a sponsor, journalling every morning, gratitude list, finished 4th step, waiting for time with sponsor for 5th. Meetings, living in sober hou...

jojo67 · jojo67

I am just admitting that I drink too much on a regular basis. Not sure how to stop. I quit smoking....that was easy compared to this. Worst thing is I think about how I will function at BBQs where there is drinking.......Xmas parties where there is drinking. Camping where there is drinking... I am...

Col · Col

Hey all:) I've noticed quite a few changes within the past 4 months of sobriety. Up until a couple of weeks ago, I was just kinda a mess. I thought that my brain just didn't function 'normally' anymore lol. I was foggy, exhausted, easily confused.. My memory was kinda gone. I had no focus or clarity in dai...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Procrastination is the thief of time. --Edward Young When we have a problem with putting things off, we seem to add to our troubles by mentally flogging ourselves. We know we are losing time. We criticize ourselves for our irrational behavior. Whether we are putting off an important task in our lives...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

http://kck.st/QuzFa4 Not sure how to make this link work but it's to a video depicting a promotion of recovery however it comes. I'm all for the Traditions & I know we're anonymous not invisable but I'd also like to know what others think. There's a lot of change going on in the world to...

need2quit84 · need2quit84

Hey, my name is Jeff I went to rehab a yr ago and went to AA for 6months where I stayed sober without even really thinking of drinking at all. i got cocky and arrogant and stopped going to meetings and then began to try to drink normally. I started out ok but it quickly became very habitual and I began drin...

odat · odat

One of the most deadly problems of this disease is that the ego (which is where it lives) loves to compare ourselves to others. If someone we know isn't doing well or goes into pain, the alcoholic ego can sometimes feel inflated by their pain, as in, "Well at least I'm doing better than her." W...

aliasisme · aliasisme

So I was headed home from work tonight, just go home actually, and I stopped by the gas station. There were a few kids hanging out on the side of the building, skateboarding. One kid I know was 12 years old, now its 12:30 at night!! My thoughts were wondering if the parents were passed out somewhere and did...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

It's better to know some of the questions than all of the answers. --James Thurber Recovery is an inner journey, but it often means going outside ourselves. In the past, we often were deaf to the words of others. Now we are discovering that God gave us ears for a reason. Listening to others may be new to us...

Paul M · Paul M

Hello everyone, I have come upon my third week of being sober, and no, still no meetings, if some of ya need to know, and no sponser, well like I said, just awsome support from my wife and kids! I'm finding in my healing that more and more that my family is to blame for all that is happened to me, My dad, a fath...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

September 17, 2012 Quote of the Week "If God is your co-pilot, change seats" Before the program, I wouldn't even let God on the plane. I was the pilot and co-pilot of my life and, fueled by self-will and self seeking, I took off and flew through the lives of others like a tornado. My tho...

SoberMomma · SoberMomma

I have been sober for 87 days today, and have been "working" with my sponsor for about 6 weeks now. In that 6 week timeframe, I have met with her once. We had planned on meeting two other times, and she cancelled on me both times. I call her every day (per her request) and on average, I actually ta...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Why People Hate To Attend High School ReunionsJan, Sue and Mary haven't seen each other since High School. Theyrediscover each other via a reunion website and arrange to meet forlunch in a wine bar. Jan arrives first, wearing beige Versace. She orders a bottle ofPinot Grigio. Sue arrives shor...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Dick and Jim were a couple of drinking buddies who worked as aircraft mechanics in Louisville, Kentucky .. One day the airport was fogged in and they were stuck in the hangar with nothing to do. Dick said, 'Man, I wish we had something to drink!' Jim says, 'Me too. Y'know, I've heard you can drink jet f...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

This is a 2 1/2 minute video clip to help make you think ... about today's choice ... enjoy!http://play.simpletruths.com/movie/one-choice/?cm_mmc=CheetahMail-_-MO-_-09.17.12-_-ONCHmovie-USCAXX-&utm_source=CheetahMail&utm_campaign=ONCHmovie

bikerbill · bikerbill

As I have, because sometimes I cannot trust my own judgement and it knifes me in the back. Sometimes I need my sponsor to rip me a new one (as last night), sometimes I need my sponsor to be a right f*ck*n Nazi B*st*rd (as today). I love my sponsor to bits.

Col · Col

Last night I'm leaving work, it's around 1030 after a long workday. I'm just happy to be headed home as I have to wake at 4am-thinking 'well, it's not ideal, but it is what it is'. Kinda wrapping up the day in my head yknow...and as I'm walking along I pass by a bar just a few doors down from my workplace and, o...

aliasisme · aliasisme

Just looking for another opinion. My boyfriend and I haven't talked since last awful Sunday, just a few texts. He wants to get together tonight to talk. I know hes going to want to talk about what happened last Sunday. I haven't drank since then and spent the beginning of the week hating myself for the th...

aliasisme · aliasisme

My last drink was last Sunday so I think that makes it an official week of sobriety. It has, all in all been a good week. I had school all day and I'm headed in to work in a few so the night should go well and then I will begin again tommorow. One quick admission, and please let me know if this is normal. Some of yo...

gonee · gonee

I have found that sometimes we take relapses lightly. For me one relapse is too many. I have worked with my sponsees, very strongly and made certain that they did not relapse. I got them into recovery immediately and embarked on the working of the steps with them. Why do I say this? Because I nearly died o...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Yes, there is a substitute and it is vastly more than that. It is a fellowship in Alcoholics Anonymous. . . . Life will mean something at last. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 152 Life is better without alcohol. A.A. and the presence of a Higher Power keeps me sober, but the grace of God does even better; it br...

gonee · gonee

Cunning, baffling, powerful. The AA book uses these 3 adjectives to describe alcohol. Not surprising, that we who are alcoholic are prone to relapse. Once a relapse happens, the power of alcohol will destroy us, because our bodies are physically allergic to alcohol. The tragedy is we do not see it, u...

deb365 · deb365

"The eye of the soul is the will. If your one desire is My kingdom, then truly shall your whole body be full of light. When you are told to seek first the kingdom of God, the first step is to secure that your will is for that kingdom. Know no values but spiritual values. Only seek material gain when t...

pinkchip · pinkchip

The only picture I could find of myself during the height of my drinking. Of course the right is me now. There's been some changes :) -- Edited by pinkchip on Friday 14th of September 2012 08:16:48 AM

SoberSteve · SoberSteve

Got my extractions and immediates on Tuesday, still in pain and feels awkward, any tips? thanks

Col · Col

Hey all:) I just wanted to take this opportunity to thank those of you who asked after my well being. It is sincerely and hugely appreciated. Early sobriety can be a bitch- but this bitch isn't gonna take me down- no way. It's also wonderful, fulfilling, rewarding.. Confusing. I know beyond a doubt, fo...

Neophyte · Neophyte

"moment of conception" David Byrne At the moment of conception I could see someone approaching Will you be my disco dancer? I could use a little coaching Will you be my secret lover? Mother, Father, Sister, Brother too I was born without a conscience Full of freedom, full of nons...

Buddhalike · Buddhalike

Currently fully occupied (10 residents, producing income, manager on site.

justadrunk · justadrunk

My son at 1 yr. Where is my son's hand going... and why? LOL We still haven't figured that out. -- Edited by justadrunk on Friday 14th of September 2012 01:56:07 PM -- Edited by justadrunk on Friday 14th of September 2012 03:05:16 PM

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

http://play.simpletruths.com/movie/change-is-good-v/?cm_mmc=CheetahMail-_-FR-_-09.14.12-_-CHGOmovie-USCAXX-&utm_source=CheetahMail&utm_campaign=CHGO...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

A SENIORS DRIVER'S LICENSE A man was sitting on a lawn sunning and reading, when he was startled by a fairly late model car crashing through a hedge and coming to rest on his lawn. He helped the elderly driver out and sat her on a lawn chair. My goodness he exclaimed, you are quite old to be driving! Y...

gonee · gonee

My daughter turns 30 today and I am grateful to God, for granting me sobriety when she was in grade1. I would have damaged her very badly if I had continued drinking. Besides the physical damage we inflict on our families, the emotional damage is far greater. My dad's alcoholism damaged my schooling an...

SoberSteve · SoberSteve

Ive seen clean and sober with Michael Keaton, really liked it, also seen Leaving Las Vegas with Nicolas Cage...Im sure theres a lot more, any recomendations? Thanks...

Greenie3421 · Greenie3421

Hi, I found this site for my husband, also for myself. My husband stopped drinking 5days. He is a heavy closet drinker. He finally started to see a therapist about a month ago and started on antidepressants. He didn't stop drinking tho till 5days ago. He went thru the shakes nightmares and such. He seem...

Col · Col

I began a " sobriety journal". I had stopped keeping a journal for the last couple of years of my drinking, there were, however random entries here and there. I thought it might be an interesting exercise to skim through my old journals. Good Lord, the level of denial I had been living in is qu...

justadrunk · justadrunk

My 5 yr old son broke his arm again yesterday. He did it just a hair under six months ago. You know how come I know exactly how long ago? Because I was only a few days sober. It was the day I was skipping out on seeing my whole family who had just been told that I was an alcoholic by my husband. I had invited e...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

I want to change things. I want to see things happen. I don't want just to talk about them. --John Kenneth Galbraith Newcomer I feel as if I should be doing so much more than just staying in recovery and going to meetings. And yet, when I have free time, I'm not accomplishing much these days. I go to a meetin...

justadrunk · justadrunk

At this point, I'm teetering between sitting back, and letting myself be a newcomer, and sometimes swinging waaaaaaaay up into the reaching out to those area's where I can be of service. I really do feel like I'm just flying up and down from one thing to the next - gobbling up some knowledge on one end as...

Closer · Closer

I'm writing this in regards to anyone who might be reading who is still suffering in a really awful situation. This is nothing but a reflection of my experience with AA, but hopefully I might be able to shine a light on someone who is where so many people are -which is what so many AA members are trying to d...

vixen · vixen

I quit drinking and joined AA on May 9, 2011. I went to meetings, read the literature and got a a dedicated, loving sponsor who worked the steps with me. In the summer of 2011 I mentioned to her, quite casually, that I was still smoking a little pot at night to help me sleep. She told me she wouldn't be able to...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Reflection for the Day Even with a growing understanding of The Program and its Twelve Steps, we sometimes might find it difficult to believe that our new way of life leads to personal freedom. Suppose, for example, I feel imprisoned in an uncomfortable job or troublesome personal relationship. Wh...

pinkchip · pinkchip

This is one time where the influx of newcomers has been exceptionally high. I'm talking people with 1 week leading up to 1 year of recovery. I just wanted to state that that 1st year was the hardest one of my life, but also the best one. You guys are the lifeblood of the program and I'm so happy to be readi...

leeu · leeu

So..........I'm in a hurry and just lurking (uh, I mean checking in) and I am running out of time. I start to scroll, and scroll, and scroll. I don't click into much, just scroll the subjects. And it was awesome!!!!!! Got a whole lot out of just mentally linking together all the stuff put out there. Try...

gonee · gonee

1. A man walks into AA recovery at the age of 67 and stays sober for 8 years, makes amends to the family he has hurt and dies at the age of 75. The timeline is not so important as the culmination of the life of one human being in peace. Sorrow for the families and members of AA but joy for the fellowship as a whol...

Col · Col

I had a peculiar experience today... Not peculiar to many of you all, I know. But to me.. I have really only experienced strong urges to drink maybe once ( to the point that I was in fear of relapsing). Tonight at work I'm going about my business, and these two coworkers of mine are being all annoyingly fli...

pinkchip · pinkchip

The meeting I went to today was a grapevine meeting. One of the central themes in the story was that the writer had never been able to practice moderation in almost any area of life. Of course when it came time to share, I discussed how binge eating, dieting, exercising, working, and sex have all been p...

Paul M · Paul M

Well everyone, hit my 12th Day being Sober, doing good, been a long week at work, been really busy of late, work for the Military. I have a friend thats been sober for 12yrs that I do side work for on the weekends, he's been in AA for 13yrs, he called me for work this Saturday and we talked on being sober, AA an...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

The elevator is broken; use the Steps. --Anonymous Elevators are easy. We push a button and we go right to the top. The way is fast, quick, and silent. We don't work up a sweat. We don't get out of breath. We can't trip and fall. There is not much time to communicate with anyone else along the way so we don't h...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

September 10, 2012 Quote of the Week "Put the magnifying glass down andpick up the mirror" Oh how I love focusing on you. If you would only stop doing this or that, or if you'd start doing this or that, then finally, maybe I'd be happy. Relieved of the responsibility of self, it was so...

justadrunk · justadrunk

No amount of being shown holes in the brains of alcoholics, livers the size of watermelons, or sobbing family members who's loved one was killed by a drunk driver was going to stop me from taking my next drink. That was the sad truth I was living in. In fact, hearing the threats, the cries and rational way...

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	15 days sober (Preview) I am crawling out of my skin. Unfortunately this isn't my first time getting sober. Multiple treatments and sober livings. Here I am at 15 days, working with a sponsor, journalling every morning, gratitude list, finished 4th step, waiting for time with sponsor for 5th. Meetings, living in sober hou...	Shawn g	16	1276	Sep 20, 2012 by carlasober
	Newcomer here.....scared (Preview) I am just admitting that I drink too much on a regular basis. Not sure how to stop. I quit smoking....that was easy compared to this. Worst thing is I think about how I will function at BBQs where there is drinking.......Xmas parties where there is drinking. Camping where there is drinking... I am...	jojo67	16	1113	Sep 20, 2012 by carlasober
	A bit of clarity (Preview) Hey all:) I've noticed quite a few changes within the past 4 months of sobriety. Up until a couple of weeks ago, I was just kinda a mess. I thought that my brain just didn't function 'normally' anymore lol. I was foggy, exhausted, easily confused.. My memory was kinda gone. I had no focus or clarity in dai...	Col	17	623	Sep 20, 2012 by odat
	Today's Gift (Preview) Procrastination is the thief of time. --Edward Young When we have a problem with putting things off, we seem to add to our troubles by mentally flogging ourselves. We know we are losing time. We criticize ourselves for our irrational behavior. Whether we are putting off an important task in our lives...	Pythonpappy	4	353	Sep 20, 2012 by Col
	What do we think? (Preview) http://kck.st/QuzFa4 Not sure how to make this link work but it's to a video depicting a promotion of recovery however it comes. I'm all for the Traditions & I know we're anonymous not invisable but I'd also like to know what others think. There's a lot of change going on in the world to...	Sobrietyspell	19	2223	Sep 20, 2012 by justadrunk
	Going back into recovery (Preview) Hey, my name is Jeff I went to rehab a yr ago and went to AA for 6months where I stayed sober without even really thinking of drinking at all. i got cocky and arrogant and stopped going to meetings and then began to try to drink normally. I started out ok but it quickly became very habitual and I began drin...	need2quit84	47	1114	Sep 20, 2012 by Tanin
	Comparing Ourselves to Others (Preview) One of the most deadly problems of this disease is that the ego (which is where it lives) loves to compare ourselves to others. If someone we know isn't doing well or goes into pain, the alcoholic ego can sometimes feel inflated by their pain, as in, "Well at least I'm doing better than her." W...	odat	24	1573	Sep 20, 2012 by justadrunk
	another Friday night come and gone (Preview) So I was headed home from work tonight, just go home actually, and I stopped by the gas station. There were a few kids hanging out on the side of the building, skateboarding. One kid I know was 12 years old, now its 12:30 at night!! My thoughts were wondering if the parents were passed out somewhere and did...	aliasisme	12	606	Sep 19, 2012 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift (Preview) It's better to know some of the questions than all of the answers. --James Thurber Recovery is an inner journey, but it often means going outside ourselves. In the past, we often were deaf to the words of others. Now we are discovering that God gave us ears for a reason. Listening to others may be new to us...	Pythonpappy	3	293	Sep 19, 2012 by Mr_David
	3 Weeks Sober! (Preview) Hello everyone, I have come upon my third week of being sober, and no, still no meetings, if some of ya need to know, and no sponser, well like I said, just awsome support from my wife and kids! I'm finding in my healing that more and more that my family is to blame for all that is happened to me, My dad, a fath...	Paul M	13	1768	Sep 19, 2012 by Paul M
	If God is Your Co-Pilot, Change Seats (Preview) September 17, 2012 Quote of the Week "If God is your co-pilot, change seats" Before the program, I wouldn't even let God on the plane. I was the pilot and co-pilot of my life and, fueled by self-will and self seeking, I took off and flew through the lives of others like a tornado. My tho...	Pythonpappy	5	740	Sep 18, 2012 by justadrunk
	How to drop a sponsor? (Preview) I have been sober for 87 days today, and have been "working" with my sponsor for about 6 weeks now. In that 6 week timeframe, I have met with her once. We had planned on meeting two other times, and she cancelled on me both times. I call her every day (per her request) and on average, I actually ta...	SoberMomma	23	5934	Sep 18, 2012 by Pythonpappy
	Three Women Meet Up Years After High School (Preview) Why People Hate To Attend High School ReunionsJan, Sue and Mary haven't seen each other since High School. Theyrediscover each other via a reunion website and arrange to meet forlunch in a wine bar. Jan arrives first, wearing beige Versace. She orders a bottle ofPinot Grigio. Sue arrives shor...	Pythonpappy	9	630	Sep 18, 2012 by bikerbill
	Jet Fuel Drink (Preview) Dick and Jim were a couple of drinking buddies who worked as aircraft mechanics in Louisville, Kentucky .. One day the airport was fogged in and they were stuck in the hangar with nothing to do. Dick said, 'Man, I wish we had something to drink!' Jim says, 'Me too. Y'know, I've heard you can drink jet f...	Pythonpappy	5	368	Sep 18, 2012 by Mr_David
	One Choice (Preview) This is a 2 1/2 minute video clip to help make you think ... about today's choice ... enjoy!http://play.simpletruths.com/movie/one-choice/?cm_mmc=CheetahMail-_-MO-_-09.17.12-_-ONCHmovie-USCAXX-&utm_source=CheetahMail&utm_campaign=ONCHmovie	Pythonpappy	1	333	Sep 18, 2012 by Mr_David
	Sometimes you discover why you need a sponsor. (Preview) As I have, because sometimes I cannot trust my own judgement and it knifes me in the back. Sometimes I need my sponsor to rip me a new one (as last night), sometimes I need my sponsor to be a right fckn Nazi Bstrd (as today). I love my sponsor to bits.	bikerbill	8	1050	Sep 17, 2012 by Tanin
	I'm amongst the lucky ones (Preview) Last night I'm leaving work, it's around 1030 after a long workday. I'm just happy to be headed home as I have to wake at 4am-thinking 'well, it's not ideal, but it is what it is'. Kinda wrapping up the day in my head yknow...and as I'm walking along I pass by a bar just a few doors down from my workplace and, o...	Col	6	580	Sep 17, 2012 by Shane Shane shane
	question-opinion (Preview) Just looking for another opinion. My boyfriend and I haven't talked since last awful Sunday, just a few texts. He wants to get together tonight to talk. I know hes going to want to talk about what happened last Sunday. I haven't drank since then and spent the beginning of the week hating myself for the th...	aliasisme	23	936	Sep 17, 2012 by Pythonpappy
	1 week (Preview) My last drink was last Sunday so I think that makes it an official week of sobriety. It has, all in all been a good week. I had school all day and I'm headed in to work in a few so the night should go well and then I will begin again tommorow. One quick admission, and please let me know if this is normal. Some of yo...	aliasisme	15	791	Sep 17, 2012 by Mike B.
	Is a relapse to be taken lightly? (Preview) I have found that sometimes we take relapses lightly. For me one relapse is too many. I have worked with my sponsees, very strongly and made certain that they did not relapse. I got them into recovery immediately and embarked on the working of the steps with them. Why do I say this? Because I nearly died o...	gonee	6	688	Sep 17, 2012 by Pythonpappy
	Daily Reflections ~ A New Life & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Yes, there is a substitute and it is vastly more than that. It is a fellowship in Alcoholics Anonymous. . . . Life will mean something at last. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 152 Life is better without alcohol. A.A. and the presence of a Higher Power keeps me sober, but the grace of God does even better; it br...	Sobrietyspell	4	1636	Sep 16, 2012 by Isabell
	Could I relapse? (Preview) Cunning, baffling, powerful. The AA book uses these 3 adjectives to describe alcohol. Not surprising, that we who are alcoholic are prone to relapse. Once a relapse happens, the power of alcohol will destroy us, because our bodies are physically allergic to alcohol. The tragedy is we do not see it, u...	gonee	7	675	Sep 16, 2012 by odat
	God Calling - Money Values (Preview) "The eye of the soul is the will. If your one desire is My kingdom, then truly shall your whole body be full of light. When you are told to seek first the kingdom of God, the first step is to secure that your will is for that kingdom. Know no values but spiritual values. Only seek material gain when t...	deb365	3	505	Sep 16, 2012 by Closer
	Drunk Me, Sober Me. (Preview) The only picture I could find of myself during the height of my drinking. Of course the right is me now. There's been some changes :) -- Edited by pinkchip on Friday 14th of September 2012 08:16:48 AM	pinkchip	16	756	Sep 15, 2012 by turninggrey
	Anyone here wear dentures? (Preview) Got my extractions and immediates on Tuesday, still in pain and feels awkward, any tips? thanks	SoberSteve	11	545	Sep 15, 2012 by odat
	I changed my mind (Preview) Hey all:) I just wanted to take this opportunity to thank those of you who asked after my well being. It is sincerely and hugely appreciated. Early sobriety can be a bitch- but this bitch isn't gonna take me down- no way. It's also wonderful, fulfilling, rewarding.. Confusing. I know beyond a doubt, fo...	Col	15	593	Sep 15, 2012 by Rob84
	Alcoholic since conception (Preview) "moment of conception" David Byrne At the moment of conception I could see someone approaching Will you be my disco dancer? I could use a little coaching Will you be my secret lover? Mother, Father, Sister, Brother too I was born without a conscience Full of freedom, full of nons...	Neophyte	18	530	Sep 15, 2012 by Tanin
	Sober house in foreclosure REO status seeking SOLUTIONS please (Preview) Currently fully occupied (10 residents, producing income, manager on site.	Buddhalike	1	478	Sep 14, 2012 by StPeteDean
	Just some random stuff that hopefully makes you smile : ) (Preview) My son at 1 yr. Where is my son's hand going... and why? LOL We still haven't figured that out. -- Edited by justadrunk on Friday 14th of September 2012 01:56:07 PM -- Edited by justadrunk on Friday 14th of September 2012 03:05:16 PM	justadrunk	6	488	Sep 14, 2012 by Col
	Success (Preview) http://play.simpletruths.com/movie/change-is-good-v/?cm_mmc=CheetahMail-_-FR-_-09.14.12-_-CHGOmovie-USCAXX-&utm_source=CheetahMail&utm_campaign=CHGO...	Pythonpappy	1	498	Sep 14, 2012 by Mr_David
	A Senior's Driver's License (Preview) A SENIORS DRIVER'S LICENSE A man was sitting on a lawn sunning and reading, when he was startled by a fairly late model car crashing through a hedge and coming to rest on his lawn. He helped the elderly driver out and sat her on a lawn chair. My goodness he exclaimed, you are quite old to be driving! Y...	Pythonpappy	2	491	Sep 14, 2012 by Mr_David
	To newcomers. (Preview) My daughter turns 30 today and I am grateful to God, for granting me sobriety when she was in grade1. I would have damaged her very badly if I had continued drinking. Besides the physical damage we inflict on our families, the emotional damage is far greater. My dad's alcoholism damaged my schooling an...	gonee	7	602	Sep 14, 2012 by Mr_David
	What are some good movies that deal with alcoholism? (Preview) Ive seen clean and sober with Michael Keaton, really liked it, also seen Leaving Las Vegas with Nicolas Cage...Im sure theres a lot more, any recomendations? Thanks...	SoberSteve	25	1923	Sep 14, 2012 by SoberSteve
	Questions (Preview) Hi, I found this site for my husband, also for myself. My husband stopped drinking 5days. He is a heavy closet drinker. He finally started to see a therapist about a month ago and started on antidepressants. He didn't stop drinking tho till 5days ago. He went thru the shakes nightmares and such. He seem...	Greenie3421	9	1179	Sep 14, 2012 by Closer
	It's all there in black and white (Preview) I began a " sobriety journal". I had stopped keeping a journal for the last couple of years of my drinking, there were, however random entries here and there. I thought it might be an interesting exercise to skim through my old journals. Good Lord, the level of denial I had been living in is qu...	Col	9	694	Sep 14, 2012 by Closer
	My son breaks again. (Preview) My 5 yr old son broke his arm again yesterday. He did it just a hair under six months ago. You know how come I know exactly how long ago? Because I was only a few days sober. It was the day I was skipping out on seeing my whole family who had just been told that I was an alcoholic by my husband. I had invited e...	justadrunk	13	569	Sep 14, 2012 by Isabell
	Today's Gift (Preview) I want to change things. I want to see things happen. I don't want just to talk about them. --John Kenneth Galbraith Newcomer I feel as if I should be doing so much more than just staying in recovery and going to meetings. And yet, when I have free time, I'm not accomplishing much these days. I go to a meetin...	Pythonpappy	6	433	Sep 13, 2012 by Mike B.
	What's easy (Preview) At this point, I'm teetering between sitting back, and letting myself be a newcomer, and sometimes swinging waaaaaaaay up into the reaching out to those area's where I can be of service. I really do feel like I'm just flying up and down from one thing to the next - gobbling up some knowledge on one end as...	justadrunk	6	653	Sep 13, 2012 by Isabell
	Hope for the future (Preview) I'm writing this in regards to anyone who might be reading who is still suffering in a really awful situation. This is nothing but a reflection of my experience with AA, but hopefully I might be able to shine a light on someone who is where so many people are -which is what so many AA members are trying to d...	Closer	8	680	Sep 13, 2012 by Isabell
	Great Googly Moogly...1 Year (Preview) I quit drinking and joined AA on May 9, 2011. I went to meetings, read the literature and got a a dedicated, loving sponsor who worked the steps with me. In the summer of 2011 I mentioned to her, quite casually, that I was still smoking a little pot at night to help me sleep. She told me she wouldn't be able to...	vixen	19	666	Sep 13, 2012 by billyjack
	Today's Gift (Preview) Reflection for the Day Even with a growing understanding of The Program and its Twelve Steps, we sometimes might find it difficult to believe that our new way of life leads to personal freedom. Suppose, for example, I feel imprisoned in an uncomfortable job or troublesome personal relationship. Wh...	Pythonpappy	7	632	Sep 13, 2012 by Isabell
	To all the newcomers on the board.... (Preview) This is one time where the influx of newcomers has been exceptionally high. I'm talking people with 1 week leading up to 1 year of recovery. I just wanted to state that that 1st year was the hardest one of my life, but also the best one. You guys are the lifeblood of the program and I'm so happy to be readi...	pinkchip	11	555	Sep 12, 2012 by Pythonpappy
	Gift of the Day (Preview) So..........I'm in a hurry and just lurking (uh, I mean checking in) and I am running out of time. I start to scroll, and scroll, and scroll. I don't click into much, just scroll the subjects. And it was awesome!!!!!! Got a whole lot out of just mentally linking together all the stuff put out there. Try...	leeu	4	488	Sep 12, 2012 by Mike B.
	Joy, sorrow, victory sadness. (Preview) 1. A man walks into AA recovery at the age of 67 and stays sober for 8 years, makes amends to the family he has hurt and dies at the age of 75. The timeline is not so important as the culmination of the life of one human being in peace. Sorrow for the families and members of AA but joy for the fellowship as a whol...	gonee	4	799	Sep 12, 2012 by Mr_David
	Fear (Preview) I had a peculiar experience today... Not peculiar to many of you all, I know. But to me.. I have really only experienced strong urges to drink maybe once ( to the point that I was in fear of relapsing). Tonight at work I'm going about my business, and these two coworkers of mine are being all annoyingly fli...	Col	15	540	Sep 11, 2012 by Pythonpappy
	The disease of more (Preview) The meeting I went to today was a grapevine meeting. One of the central themes in the story was that the writer had never been able to practice moderation in almost any area of life. Of course when it came time to share, I discussed how binge eating, dieting, exercising, working, and sex have all been p...	pinkchip	14	691	Sep 11, 2012 by justadrunk
	My 12th Day! :) (Preview) Well everyone, hit my 12th Day being Sober, doing good, been a long week at work, been really busy of late, work for the Military. I have a friend thats been sober for 12yrs that I do side work for on the weekends, he's been in AA for 13yrs, he called me for work this Saturday and we talked on being sober, AA an...	Paul M	12	591	Sep 11, 2012 by justadrunk
	Today's Gift (Preview) The elevator is broken; use the Steps. --Anonymous Elevators are easy. We push a button and we go right to the top. The way is fast, quick, and silent. We don't work up a sweat. We don't get out of breath. We can't trip and fall. There is not much time to communicate with anyone else along the way so we don't h...	Pythonpappy	2	433	Sep 11, 2012 by justadrunk
	GREAT 'Wisdom of the Rooms' piece --- a must read (Preview) September 10, 2012 Quote of the Week "Put the magnifying glass down andpick up the mirror" Oh how I love focusing on you. If you would only stop doing this or that, or if you'd start doing this or that, then finally, maybe I'd be happy. Relieved of the responsibility of self, it was so...	Pythonpappy	1	548	Sep 11, 2012 by Mr_David
	Alcoholism before AA. (Preview) No amount of being shown holes in the brains of alcoholics, livers the size of watermelons, or sobbing family members who's loved one was killed by a drunk driver was going to stop me from taking my next drink. That was the sad truth I was living in. In fact, hearing the threats, the cries and rational way...	justadrunk	11	1374	Sep 10, 2012 by vixen
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