Alcoholics Anonymous

Ruhig · Ruhig

I'm a Certified Nurses Aide. It's my job to help elderly recover from surgery and or to die with dignity. I've had this job for a year. And there is a first time for everything. I walk into this womans room. Never seen her before. Begin on personal care. And as I am putting her shirt over her head, she spas...

justadrunk · justadrunk

Call a someone in AA. Does she want help planting some flowers? Maybe she would like to go out for tea. We could read the big book together and talk about it. Maybe just go for a walk together. Does she need help cleaning out a closet? Or organizing the attic? That's my plan of action today. What's yours?

Polly · Polly

I was just reading this and thought I would post it in the hope that any new members may be able to find confort with them. A program of loving that saves our lives. :} The 12 Steps and Principles Honesty Step 1. We admitted that we were powerless over alcohol - that our lives had become unmanageable. Hope...

Polly · Polly

I was never content with anything,the crass was always greener on the other side. I wished I had more money. I wished I was married. I wished people understood me. I wished I could stop drinking...Hmmm. All wishes. Looked For Years I looked for years, But could not see That all my mistakes Were caused b...

Aspgrl · Aspgrl

Lost my 24s on day 13.

I did my taxes yesterday and found out I owe over $2000. I have exactly $1.12 in my savings account. My family went out to dinner to celebrate my sister's birthday and a glass of wine was poured for me. I ordered a coke, but drank it and the wine. I had the one glass, and after th...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Somehow, being alone with God doesn't seem as em- barrassing as facing up to another person. Until we actually sit down and talk aloud about what we have so long hidden, our willingness to clean house is still largely theoretical. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 60 It wasn't unusual for me to...

Polly · Polly

Just though I would share what I did when I first got my Daily Reflections book. I read the first page January 1st I am a Miracle. How true is that for all of us :} I then went stright to my birth date June 9th. Living in the Now.. First we try living in the now just in order to stay sober and it works. Once the ide...

Trinity Archer · Trinity Archer

So, here I am... listening to the same song on loop for the--fuck, who knows how many times. And I've already had five or six glasses of wine. My writing is intense when I drink, but I know I need to stop. I need to slow down. I need to stop putting my mind through this roller coaster, but it's the best way...

Wolfie55 · Wolfie55

If even the best of us on our best day had our character defects tattoed on our forehead we might pull our cap down to hide it. - something a longtimer said in a meeting tonight.

Jerry F · Jerry F

Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it. See I know it. I also know how to do it. I have a loving, caring wife who doesn't refrain from giving me suggestions about self care. A couple of weeks ago I blinded myself in my right eye. I wasn't wearing safety glass...

iwantpizza · iwantpizza

I woke up this morning and learned that I texted to my brother and posted some things online last night after I had blacked out that were not nice, so here I am! I've known I have been an alcoholic for several years and have tried many times to stop unsuccessfully. I'm tearing up as I type this because it h...

Polly · Polly

Today I have choices and I choose to work at staying sober. I work at this not to be unhappy and sad. I work at this to be happy and fee.~*~A.A. Thoughts For The Day~*~^*^*^*^*^(\ ~~ /) ( \ (AA)/ )(_ /AA\ _) /AA\^*^*^*^*^Arrogance "I am a firm believer in bothguidance and prayer....

leeu · leeu

...when I can hardly recall what the past was like. Intellectually I can recount the horror story in intricate detail but, today, there is no emotional memory being dredged up. Just the facts, m'am, just the facts. Rather, gratitude, hope and serenity are what I am feeling. I love days like this!!! S...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 55 Since it is true that God comes to me through people, I can see that by keeping people at a distance I also keep God at a distance. God is nearer to me than I think and I can exp...

justadrunk · justadrunk

They look at you with their hands on their cheeks, jaw dropped just a bit... as you go through the check out line with 2 little kids, 4 bottles of wine, and a box of macaroni and cheese. But my wine and cheese are organic... that proves I care about us right? I'll wait in the parking lot for her to come out, so...

Tracey C · Tracey C

Since starting to read the pages Polly suggested, memories are flooding my head like a movie reel when I go to bed. Some of them really jolt me, like when we were at the local RSL club. I was about 12, running around with friends outside and around the pokie machines. Mum was dancing with this older man...

Ruhig · Ruhig

My cousin called. She's graduating college in two weeks. She lives with her boyfriend of 4 years. She relapsed last year. She feels the anymosity our parents( aunts and uncles) are tearing our family apart. Which is true. But she called me and asked if I was still in the program, and I said yes. And so she...

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

http://www.sadanduseless.com/2011/08/how-to-properly-hide-booze-in-your-facebook-pictures/

deb365 · deb365

"I am the same yesterday, today, and forever. Joy in Me, trust in Me, share all life with Me, see Me in everything, rejoice in Me. Share all with Me as a child shares his pains and cuts and griefs and newfound treasures and joys and little work with his mother. And give Me the joy of sharing all with yo...

very very tired · very very tired

...that one person who says that one thing to me. And that one thing is what touches my soul. In my newness and in the handful of meetings I've been to (I've just passed the point where I can no longer count the number of meetings on my fingers and toes), I'm amazed when the person I would have avoided in my o...

Mr_David · Mr_David

To my favorite girl, Miss blue.One of my earliest recollections of sobriety came from the most heavenly of sources, my friend Miss Blue. There was just something about her, maybe it was her delicate nature or something like that, but something was different for sure. She had this smile that stretche...

Wolfie55 · Wolfie55

One of my sponcees lost his father to cancer last night. Fortunately, he's got almost 5 years in and a solid program so he should be OK. I lost my mother to that in 1996. I think I had 3 weeks under my belt. Everyone was complimenting me on how well I was handling it. But I wasn't handling it at all. I was just wa...

mikef · mikef

A northeastern upstate New Yorker to a just north of Miami Florida in Pompano, the transition begins.It always begins with prayer,gratitude and an awareness of true blessings that LIFE free from the devastation of addiction brings.As long as I don't pick up I have a chance of many dreams to pursue...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

I hope you're having a beautiful day enjoying you & your sobriety, brother! God bless you ;) Danielle x

justadrunk · justadrunk

I'm carrying my husbands midnight snack dish to the sink this morning, and I stop 4 or 6 times to stoop and pick up toys scattered down the hall, and a few that have trickled down the stairs. The same dish he walked past this morning, and the same toys he walked around. Am I just the maid? My whole inside sw...

nmamommy · nmamommy

Hi, I have been sober for 7 months. About a month ago I finished an outpatient rehab. It was a lifesaving program. I have been sick for 10 years with Fibromyalgia. I am having a very hard time physically and connot get out to meetings. I have been doing some online but keep hearing I need to get out to meeti...

Aspgrl · Aspgrl

Tonight at my home group I got up when the secretary asked if anyone would like to recommit to their sobriety. I had been nervous about this all week because all the folks there had seen me get one just two weeks ago. I found myself thinking, "I wish I could tell everyone that I only had ONE drink,...

Tracey C · Tracey C

Hi, I'm not sure who posted about their sponsor, telling them to read these pages daily, but I am holding them responsible for taking the scales off my eyes. I read those pages at least 5 times yesterday, whenever I felt bothered about something. Then last night I was up from about 1-3.00am going throu...

very very tired · very very tired

Go to a meeting. Say what is in my heart and soul, even when it means my voice cracks and tears flow. Get hugs. Listen to the guidance. Feel better. Rinse. Repeat.

deb365 · deb365

"Self dethroned - that is the lesson, but in its place put love for Me, knowledge of Me. Cease trying to forgive those who fretted or wronged you. It is a mistake to think about it. Aim at killing the self now, in your daily life, and then you will find there is nothing that even remembers injury, be...

TipsyMcstagger · TipsyMcstagger

I refuse to believe in any man made definition of god, heaven, hell or afterlife. In fact I've searched and found them all to be laughably rediculous. As you can imagine this has made acceptance of the Alcoholics Anonymous program somewhat difficult...impossible actually...but last night lying i...

Wolfie55 · Wolfie55

Earlier tonight we had fortune cookies with dinner. I saved mine until later. When the men got home from their meeting, one of them was telling me about an amends he had made at the meeting. The day before he had picked up his nine-month coin and another fellow who was his rival in a romantic relationship...

TipsyMcstagger · TipsyMcstagger

Yeah, that's right. I was going to come on and pose as my girlfriend who was honoring a request left in my suicide letter for her to log in to my account here and tell you goodbye and that I wished you all well and hoped that my horrible end somehow compelled you to stay sober. What would ever posses someon...

Tracey C · Tracey C

Thought I'ld share this as it struck a chord with me today. Today I Reaffirm My Commitment To Recovery Today I commit myself to my most important project-My Recovery. My recovery, this wonderful broadening of potential, deserves my devotion, my time and my energy. I give full attention to my recove...

justadrunk · justadrunk

I didn't think about it too much today. It was kind of nice to not think about it for a bit. I knew I would think about it again, but I've been thinking of it for most of my day, every day, for a month now! A break was nice. It seemed okay to be just Natasha for the day, and not Natasha the alcholic. I'm in a ga...

Wolfie55 · Wolfie55

I just love animal stories. Most people know I work in a recovery house. I got a brochure today for recovery oriented DVDs from some place in Texas. Earnie Larsen, John Bradshaw, the kind of stuff they swear we watched in 28-day programs but none of us can remember seeing. Anyway, there was one movie - t...

gonee · gonee

Not a cloud in the sky. Recovery is good. Steps working well. No resentments. But I cannot switch my brain off. Therefore I cannot sleep. Anyone experience this? -- Edited by gonee on Sunday 29th of April 2012 09:34:33 PM

Polly · Polly

I never forget Ebby because to me Ebby was the start .I always keep in the front of my Big Book a page from our monthly Share Mag. Like your greapvine. A letter from America. Why Ebby is my HERO. And I feel compelled to share it always. http://www.barefootsworld.net/aaebbyt.html God bless both Ebby...

justadrunk · justadrunk

I went to the large meeting last night that people offer to sponsor at. The sponsor I had that stopped answering my calls was there, this is the first time I've seen him. After the meeting, he seemed to be ignoring me, so I went up to say hi and tell him I had 30 days, and part of that was thanks to him. He sho...

Frodo · Frodo

These legacies of suffering and of recovery are easily passed among alcoholics, one to the other. This is our gift from God, and its bestowal upon others like us is the one aim that today animates A.A.'s all around the globe. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 151 The great paradox of A.A. is that I...

very very tired · very very tired

...coming home from a meeting and feeling connected to something greater than myself. ...feeling a sense of calm rather than complete panic. ...meeting two people who know me and I know them before we even know each others' stories. I had never met either woman before, but instantly felt I knew them....

bikerbill · bikerbill

OK, so here's what's going well. Got a new job Have handed over my old responsibilities to the guy who's doing my old job (actually split it between 5 other guys.) Running up on two new projects. My house is almost packed up for a move Friends are waiting to help Where's the trouble then? Landlady of the ne...

bizzaro me · bizzaro me

Out of no where yesterday I got ridiculously sick. I threw up in a parking garage and continiued to do so all night long. Sweating, tossing and turning all night. Now I know to most of you this would be seemingly terrible I'm psyched that this is not drug/ alcohol induced. I'm becoming a "normal&qu...

I'm a Member · Aspgrl

hello lovely people, Just wanted to stop by and report that I have officially joined an AA group inn my city - and today I am celebrating 12 days sober. This Sunday it will be 2 weeks sober - I can't tell you how good it feels to keep accumulating those 24 hours'

bizzaro me · bizzaro me

I love baseball and everything associated with it, the only problem is as any other AA/ baseball fan knows, is that a nice cold beer goes best whether at home or at the park. This being my 63rd day in recovery it's very hard to seperate the two and it bums me out that until I can accept that i don't need one dri...

Trinity Archer · Trinity Archer

I'm a writer. Stories pour from my mind as fast as I pour wine into my glass. Without it, I'm stoic. Nothing. What do I do? I'm free when I write. I love myself when I can finally speak, express the thoughts that spin in the back of my mind every minute of every day. Why is it so controlled by drink? Whe...

Wolfie55 · Wolfie55

I was just thinking of some things my sponsor said to me way back when. I think he was a mathematician because he was always adding and subtracting things from my life when he talked. I was dating a woman who drank and she didn't understand the whole total abstinence thing and to make a long story short I wa...

SteveP · SteveP

Hi all -- can't believe how long it's been since I've been on here. Can never seem to use the computer now that my son has discovered video games. ;) Great to be sober and see lots of new folks on here...gotta love the online fellowship. Anyway, have been able to have to the computer to myself (he and his mo...

bizzaro me · bizzaro me

I have relapsed so many times out of fear and anxiety from going to meetings and dealing with people face to face. I've always had bad social anxiety but it got even worse with using/drinking. I started going to this one meeting every week, but I know that's not enough and I'm very uncomfortable speakin...

maire rua · maire rua

I was walking by a hospital the other day and I could hear the patients shouting 13 13 13 13 13. The fence was too high to see over so I peeked though a crack in the fence. Then someone poked me in the eye and they all started shouting 14, 14, 14, 14, This really amused me from another site and it sure lets me kno...

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	Sobering. Humble. (Preview) I'm a Certified Nurses Aide. It's my job to help elderly recover from surgery and or to die with dignity. I've had this job for a year. And there is a first time for everything. I walk into this womans room. Never seen her before. Begin on personal care. And as I am putting her shirt over her head, she spas...	Ruhig	3	377	May 6, 2012 by rayted32
	Don't just talk about it... BE about it. (Preview) Call a someone in AA. Does she want help planting some flowers? Maybe she would like to go out for tea. We could read the big book together and talk about it. Maybe just go for a walk together. Does she need help cleaning out a closet? Or organizing the attic? That's my plan of action today. What's yours?	justadrunk	8	413	May 6, 2012 by justadrunk
	The 12 Steps to understand. (Preview) I was just reading this and thought I would post it in the hope that any new members may be able to find confort with them. A program of loving that saves our lives. :} The 12 Steps and Principles Honesty Step 1. We admitted that we were powerless over alcohol - that our lives had become unmanageable. Hope...	Polly	2	277	May 6, 2012 by Tracey C
	I Looked For Years ! .. (Preview) I was never content with anything,the crass was always greener on the other side. I wished I had more money. I wished I was married. I wished people understood me. I wished I could stop drinking...Hmmm. All wishes. *Looked For Years* I looked for years, But could not see That all my mistakes Were caused b...	Polly	1	306	May 6, 2012 by Mr_David
	Research (Preview) Lost my 24s on day 13. I did my taxes yesterday and found out I owe over $2000. I have exactly $1.12 in my savings account. My family went out to dinner to celebrate my sister's birthday and a glass of wine was poured for me. I ordered a coke, but drank it and the wine. I had the one glass, and after th...	Aspgrl	9	390	May 6, 2012 by Polly
	Daily Reflections ~ Cleaning House & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Somehow, being alone with God doesn't seem as em- barrassing as facing up to another person. Until we actually sit down and talk aloud about what we have so long hidden, our willingness to clean house is still largely theoretical. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 60 It wasn't unusual for me to...	Sobrietyspell	2	511	May 6, 2012 by Polly
	Living in the Now.. (Preview) Just though I would share what I did when I first got my Daily Reflections book. I read the first page January 1st I am a Miracle. How true is that for all of us :} I then went stright to my birth date June 9th. Living in the Now.. First we try living in the now just in order to stay sober and it works. Once the ide...	Polly	2	764	May 5, 2012 by Polly
	Writer cannot write without drink (Preview) So, here I am... listening to the same song on loop for the--fuck, who knows how many times. And I've already had five or six glasses of wine. My writing is intense when I drink, but I know I need to stop. I need to slow down. I need to stop putting my mind through this roller coaster, but it's the best way...	Trinity Archer	11	549	May 5, 2012 by Polly
	we are not saints.... (Preview) If even the best of us on our best day had our character defects tattoed on our forehead we might pull our cap down to hide it. - something a longtimer said in a meeting tonight.	Wolfie55	6	673	May 5, 2012 by justadrunk
	The 10th step... (Preview) Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it. See I know it. I also know how to do it. I have a loving, caring wife who doesn't refrain from giving me suggestions about self care. A couple of weeks ago I blinded myself in my right eye. I wasn't wearing safety glass...	Jerry F	7	877	May 5, 2012 by Polly
	another first timer (Preview) I woke up this morning and learned that I texted to my brother and posted some things online last night after I had blacked out that were not nice, so here I am! I've known I have been an alcoholic for several years and have tried many times to stop unsuccessfully. I'm tearing up as I type this because it h...	iwantpizza	13	402	May 5, 2012 by rayted32
	Today I am responsible for my sobriety. (Preview) Today I have choices and I choose to work at staying sober. I work at this not to be unhappy and sad. I work at this to be happy and fee.~~A.A. Thoughts For The Day~~*^^^^^(\ ~~ /) ( \ (AA)/ )(_ /AA\ _) /AA\^^^^^Arrogance* "I am a firm believer in bothguidance and prayer....	Polly	2	789	May 5, 2012 by Mr_David
	It's one of those days... (Preview) ...when I can hardly recall what the past was like. Intellectually I can recount the horror story in intricate detail but, today, there is no emotional memory being dredged up. Just the facts, m'am, just the facts. Rather, gratitude, hope and serenity are what I am feeling. I love days like this!!! S...	leeu	9	403	May 5, 2012 by Tracey C
	Daily Reflections ~ Healing Heart and Mind & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 55 Since it is true that God comes to me through people, I can see that by keeping people at a distance I also keep God at a distance. God is nearer to me than I think and I can exp...	Sobrietyspell	2	310	May 5, 2012 by Sobrietyspell
	Those little old ladies. (Preview) They look at you with their hands on their cheeks, jaw dropped just a bit... as you go through the check out line with 2 little kids, 4 bottles of wine, and a box of macaroni and cheese. But my wine and cheese are organic... that proves I care about us right? I'll wait in the parking lot for her to come out, so...	justadrunk	11	443	May 5, 2012 by bizzaro me
	Memories (Preview) Since starting to read the pages Polly suggested, memories are flooding my head like a movie reel when I go to bed. Some of them really jolt me, like when we were at the local RSL club. I was about 12, running around with friends outside and around the pokie machines. Mum was dancing with this older man...	Tracey C	3	339	May 4, 2012 by Polly
	Hi :) (Preview) My cousin called. She's graduating college in two weeks. She lives with her boyfriend of 4 years. She relapsed last year. She feels the anymosity our parents( aunts and uncles) are tearing our family apart. Which is true. But she called me and asked if I was still in the program, and I said yes. And so she...	Ruhig	5	331	May 4, 2012 by Polly
	"Socially Acceptable Alcoholic"? (Preview) http://www.sadanduseless.com/2011/08/how-to-properly-hide-booze-in-your-facebook-pictures/	StPeteDean	8	1188	May 4, 2012 by Polly
	God Calling - Share with Me (Preview) "I am the same yesterday, today, and forever. Joy in Me, trust in Me, share all life with Me, see Me in everything, rejoice in Me. Share all with Me as a child shares his pains and cuts and griefs and newfound treasures and joys and little work with his mother. And give Me the joy of sharing all with yo...	deb365	1	234	May 4, 2012 by Polly
	You know what is amazing... (Preview) ...that one person who says that one thing to me. And that one thing is what touches my soul. In my newness and in the handful of meetings I've been to (I've just passed the point where I can no longer count the number of meetings on my fingers and toes), I'm amazed when the person I would have avoided in my o...	very very tired	6	376	May 4, 2012 by Polly
	The girl who melted my heart...Miss Blue (Preview) To my favorite girl, Miss blue.One of my earliest recollections of sobriety came from the most heavenly of sources, my friend Miss Blue. There was just something about her, maybe it was her delicate nature or something like that, but something was different for sure. She had this smile that stretche...	Mr_David	4	394	May 4, 2012 by rayted32
	Try Not To Forget (Preview) One of my sponcees lost his father to cancer last night. Fortunately, he's got almost 5 years in and a solid program so he should be OK. I lost my mother to that in 1996. I think I had 3 weeks under my belt. Everyone was complimenting me on how well I was handling it. But I wasn't handling it at all. I was just wa...	Wolfie55	4	384	May 4, 2012 by rayted32
	Transition time (Preview) A northeastern upstate New Yorker to a just north of Miami Florida in Pompano, the transition begins.It always begins with prayer,gratitude and an awareness of true blessings that LIFE free from the devastation of addiction brings.As long as I don't pick up I have a chance of many dreams to pursue...	mikef	5	291	May 4, 2012 by pinkchip
	Happy 31st Bio Birthday, SoberSteve! (Preview) I hope you're having a beautiful day enjoying you & your sobriety, brother! God bless you ;) Danielle x	Sobrietyspell	9	425	May 4, 2012 by SoberSteve
	Whiney little poo (Preview) I'm carrying my husbands midnight snack dish to the sink this morning, and I stop 4 or 6 times to stoop and pick up toys scattered down the hall, and a few that have trickled down the stairs. The same dish he walked past this morning, and the same toys he walked around. Am I just the maid? My whole inside sw...	justadrunk	7	712	May 4, 2012 by justadrunk
	Need Help/Advice (Preview) Hi, I have been sober for 7 months. About a month ago I finished an outpatient rehab. It was a lifesaving program. I have been sick for 10 years with Fibromyalgia. I am having a very hard time physically and connot get out to meetings. I have been doing some online but keep hearing I need to get out to meeti...	nmamommy	8	504	May 4, 2012 by Polly
	New White Chip (Preview) Tonight at my home group I got up when the secretary asked if anyone would like to recommit to their sobriety. I had been nervous about this all week because all the folks there had seen me get one just two weeks ago. I found myself thinking, "I wish I could tell everyone that I only had ONE drink,...	Aspgrl	10	4882	May 4, 2012 by StPeteDean
	Pages 62 - 68 of Big Book (Preview) Hi, I'm not sure who posted about their sponsor, telling them to read these pages daily, but I am holding them responsible for taking the scales off my eyes. I read those pages at least 5 times yesterday, whenever I felt bothered about something. Then last night I was up from about 1-3.00am going throu...	Tracey C	3	4853	May 3, 2012 by Polly
	It is a simple program (Preview) Go to a meeting. Say what is in my heart and soul, even when it means my voice cracks and tears flow. Get hugs. Listen to the guidance. Feel better. Rinse. Repeat.	very very tired	5	308	May 3, 2012 by Wolfie55
	God Calling - Kill Self Now (Preview) "Self dethroned - that is the lesson, but in its place put love for Me, knowledge of Me. Cease trying to forgive those who fretted or wronged you. It is a mistake to think about it. Aim at killing the self now, in your daily life, and then you will find there is nothing that even remembers injury, be...	deb365	1	431	May 3, 2012 by rayted32
	I think I found a higher power loophole for myself! (Preview) I refuse to believe in any man made definition of god, heaven, hell or afterlife. In fact I've searched and found them all to be laughably rediculous. As you can imagine this has made acceptance of the Alcoholics Anonymous program somewhat difficult...impossible actually...but last night lying i...	TipsyMcstagger	8	642	May 3, 2012 by TwelveSteps
	Fortune Cookie (Preview) Earlier tonight we had fortune cookies with dinner. I saved mine until later. When the men got home from their meeting, one of them was telling me about an amends he had made at the meeting. The day before he had picked up his nine-month coin and another fellow who was his rival in a romantic relationship...	Wolfie55	4	570	May 2, 2012 by SteveP
	I seriously considered telling you that I was dead (Preview) Yeah, that's right. I was going to come on and pose as my girlfriend who was honoring a request left in my suicide letter for her to log in to my account here and tell you goodbye and that I wished you all well and hoped that my horrible end somehow compelled you to stay sober. What would ever posses someon...	TipsyMcstagger	17	813	May 2, 2012 by TipsyMcstagger
	Meditation (Preview) Thought I'ld share this as it struck a chord with me today. Today I Reaffirm My Commitment To Recovery Today I commit myself to my most important project-My Recovery. My recovery, this wonderful broadening of potential, deserves my devotion, my time and my energy. I give full attention to my recove...	Tracey C	4	301	May 2, 2012 by Wolfie55
	My alcoholism today. (Preview) I didn't think about it too much today. It was kind of nice to not think about it for a bit. I knew I would think about it again, but I've been thinking of it for most of my day, every day, for a month now! A break was nice. It seemed okay to be just Natasha for the day, and not Natasha the alcholic. I'm in a ga...	justadrunk	10	417	May 1, 2012 by pinkchip
	An Elephant Story (Preview) I just love animal stories. Most people know I work in a recovery house. I got a brochure today for recovery oriented DVDs from some place in Texas. Earnie Larsen, John Bradshaw, the kind of stuff they swear we watched in 28-day programs but none of us can remember seeing. Anyway, there was one movie - t...	Wolfie55	2	846	May 1, 2012 by Mike B.
	Brain not switching off! (Preview) Not a cloud in the sky. Recovery is good. Steps working well. No resentments. But I cannot switch my brain off. Therefore I cannot sleep. Anyone experience this? -- Edited by gonee on Sunday 29th of April 2012 09:34:33 PM	gonee	5	480	May 1, 2012 by Jerry F
	Lets remember Ebby. (Preview) I never forget Ebby because to me Ebby was the start .I always keep in the front of my Big Book a page from our monthly Share Mag. Like your greapvine. A letter from America. Why Ebby is my HERO. And I feel compelled to share it always. http://www.barefootsworld.net/aaebbyt.html God bless both Ebby...	Polly	8	464	Apr 30, 2012 by jj
	Confused today. (Preview) I went to the large meeting last night that people offer to sponsor at. The sponsor I had that stopped answering my calls was there, this is the first time I've seen him. After the meeting, he seemed to be ignoring me, so I went up to say hi and tell him I had 30 days, and part of that was thanks to him. He sho...	justadrunk	15	2322	Apr 30, 2012 by rayted32
	The Great Paradox (Preview) These legacies of suffering and of recovery are easily passed among alcoholics, one to the other. This is our gift from God, and its bestowal upon others like us is the one aim that today animates A.A.'s all around the globe. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 151 The great paradox of A.A. is that I...	Frodo	3	438	Apr 30, 2012 by jj
	Coolest thing... (Preview) ...coming home from a meeting and feeling connected to something greater than myself. ...feeling a sense of calm rather than complete panic. ...meeting two people who know me and I know them before we even know each others' stories. I had never met either woman before, but instantly felt I knew them....	very very tired	8	441	Apr 30, 2012 by rayted32
	God's got the trouble shovel out again. (Preview) OK, so here's what's going well. Got a new job Have handed over my old responsibilities to the guy who's doing my old job (actually split it between 5 other guys.) Running up on two new projects. My house is almost packed up for a move Friends are waiting to help Where's the trouble then? Landlady of the ne...	bikerbill	13	425	Apr 30, 2012 by bikerbill
	Sick and loving it (Preview) Out of no where yesterday I got ridiculously sick. I threw up in a parking garage and continiued to do so all night long. Sweating, tossing and turning all night. Now I know to most of you this would be seemingly terrible I'm psyched that this is not drug/ alcohol induced. I'm becoming a "normal&qu...	bizzaro me	4	371	Apr 30, 2012 by bizzaro me
	I'm a Member (Preview) hello lovely people, Just wanted to stop by and report that I have officially joined an AA group inn my city - and today I am celebrating 12 days sober. This Sunday it will be 2 weeks sober - I can't tell you how good it feels to keep accumulating those 24 hours'	Aspgrl	15	451	Apr 30, 2012 by Aspgrl
	Oh how much I hate baseball season... (Preview) I love baseball and everything associated with it, the only problem is as any other AA/ baseball fan knows, is that a nice cold beer goes best whether at home or at the park. This being my 63rd day in recovery it's very hard to seperate the two and it bums me out that until I can accept that i don't need one dri...	bizzaro me	9	410	Apr 30, 2012 by Jerry F
	A Pebble in the Water Makes an Effect (Preview) I'm a writer. Stories pour from my mind as fast as I pour wine into my glass. Without it, I'm stoic. Nothing. What do I do? I'm free when I write. I love myself when I can finally speak, express the thoughts that spin in the back of my mind every minute of every day. Why is it so controlled by drink? Whe...	Trinity Archer	10	454	Apr 30, 2012 by Jerry F
	In Memory of (Preview) I was just thinking of some things my sponsor said to me way back when. I think he was a mathematician because he was always adding and subtracting things from my life when he talked. I was dating a woman who drank and she didn't understand the whole total abstinence thing and to make a long story short I wa...	Wolfie55	4	547	Apr 29, 2012 by SteveP
	Robin W on alcoholism (Preview) Hi all -- can't believe how long it's been since I've been on here. Can never seem to use the computer now that my son has discovered video games. ;) Great to be sober and see lots of new folks on here...gotta love the online fellowship. Anyway, have been able to have to the computer to myself (he and his mo...	SteveP	6	505	Apr 29, 2012 by SoberSteve
	Happy to have found this board (Preview) I have relapsed so many times out of fear and anxiety from going to meetings and dealing with people face to face. I've always had bad social anxiety but it got even worse with using/drinking. I started going to this one meeting every week, but I know that's not enough and I'm very uncomfortable speakin...	bizzaro me	13	475	Apr 28, 2012 by Polly
	Minding my own business (Preview) I was walking by a hospital the other day and I could hear the patients shouting 13 13 13 13 13. The fence was too high to see over so I peeked though a crack in the fence. Then someone poked me in the eye and they all started shouting 14, 14, 14, 14, This really amused me from another site and it sure lets me kno...	maire rua	5	823	Apr 28, 2012 by bizzaro me
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