Alcoholics Anonymous

Twingo · Twingo

Hi there, I have recently joined a CoDA (Co-Dependents Anonymous) group in my town, and am eager to work the steps. However, there are not many CoDA people out there, let alone actively working the steps. I'd like to go to step-study meetings in my town, but these don't seem to exist for Al-Anon / CoDA...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

. . . and third, having thus cleaned away the debris of the past, we consider how, with our newfound knowledge of ourselves, we may develop the best possible relations with every human being we know. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 77 As I faced the Eighth Step, everything that was required fo...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Stop expecting too much from yourself. --Anonymous When there is too wide a gap between standards we set for ourselves and our actual achievement, unhappiness follows. If we can't improve the performance, we should lower the demands. When we are true to ourselves, we come to expect only that which w...

justadrunk · justadrunk

Awesome to be on this journey with you : ) I didn't realize that we are so close in age and sobriety until today! I feel honored to be walking this path with you my friend!

Neophyte · Neophyte

I took care of some things at college today. It was 8:45 by the time I got out (point is that it was dark out) and I was irritated/scared/anxious/resentful when I left. So I threw on my iPod to "chemicals between us" (I've had hallucinations while listening to this song... But it fit my mood) a...

bikerbill · bikerbill

There's an old Monty Python Sketch where Mrs. Non Concumer is talking to Mrs. Consumer about the Internal Combustion Engine that Mrs. Consumer has in her shopping trolley. A useless purchase for a woman in her late sixties. Can you eat it, How do you cook it, what do you do with it etc....well Mrs. NC say...

mich · mich

Mich here... Just wanted to say thanks to all again for helping me thru that one. While I waited to check in again I managed to busy myself with cleaning the entire downstairs of my house. Keeping busy sure helped to clear my mind. Thanks Tanin, I am not sure if all that is good, but it made me lol. Ha. C...

bbthumper · bbthumper

Hey all! Just introducing myself. New to the forum here, wanted to say hello. Was a frequent visitor to another recovery site, but AA talk seemed to be frowned upon by many of the members so am looking for something new. Glad to be here!

Col · Col

Theres this bar I used to go to. Well, there's many bars I used to go to haha! Ive always had this ability to kinda fit in, or feel comfortable anywhere.. I could hang at the bars around Harvard University and chat with the professors and grad students, I could go to the bars the Irish immigrant laborers ca...

Tanin · Tanin

Books That Shaped America The Library of Congress, the worlds largest repository of knowledge and information, began a multiyear Celebration of the Book with an exhibition on Books That Shaped America. The initial books in the exhibition are displayed below.This list is a starting point, said L...

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

I have a post construction meeting with a dubious Fire inspector, who is making up descrepencies about my completed construction project.

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

We might next ask ourselves what we mean when we say that we have "harmed" other people. What kinds of "harm" do people do one another, anyway? To define the word "harm" in a practical way, we might call it the result of instincts in collision, which cause physical, me...

mich · mich

I am scared... I cannot stop crying. I am an alcoholic. I was unable to say it before today. I keep saying it to myself. In my head and outloud. I am going to my first meeting in 2 hours and I am scared. I don't want to be an alcoholic but I am. I was on this board before and after a few days maybe a week I had...

Harobed 2 · Harobed 2

-- Edited by Harobed 2 on Saturday 11th of August 2012 03:50:33 PM -- Edited by Harobed 2 on Saturday 11th of August 2012 04:16:06 PM

Ruhig · Ruhig

I drank on wednesday. But only 2 and a half beers. And the whole time I thought "I look ridiculous with a drink in my hand" and envisioned myself as that beer belly 40 year old woman at a bar with a smokers voice and a cigarette. Drinking is not attractive. Anyway, I drank 2 and ahalf, went to bed,...

justadrunk · justadrunk

Happiness is NOT burying empties in the trash, double wrapped and bagged. Happiness is feeling refreshed in the morning, or tired, but not hungover. Happiness is telling your kids you're drinking tea, and it's really tea. Happiness is making plans with your family, and remembering them. Happine...

TipsyMcstagger · TipsyMcstagger

With a little boy haircut, a little boy attitude and a little boys sense of responsibility. I like getting into mischief and I'm always a great puppydog-eyes apologizer. People close to me love me but they never expect much from me and deep down that suits me just fine. For some reason they let me get awa...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Saving the World Today may my prayers help me realize I cannot control everything. To put the world in order, We must first put the nation in order; To put the nation in order, We must first put the family in order; To put the family in order, We must first set our hearts right. -- ConfuciusYou are reading f...

justadrunk · justadrunk

My kids (and husband) love the game angry birds. Essentially, you just fling this bird at a big pile of stuff, and try to knock it over with different sorts of birds, that can do different things. The pile gets harder and harder to knock over. Somehow, I have been transformed into an angry bird this we...

SoberSteve · SoberSteve

Hard to admit, especially since I was doing so good and many members I was talking to in PM even said that I might due to my EARLY marriage...(was this a setup to faIl)? I dont know I just pray you all can forgive me and accept that I am coming back honest and open, after 8 months of sobriety I F'D up but I am bac...

DomOhNeek · DomOhNeek

Hello, my name is Dominique and I am an alcoholic addict. Before a recent relapse I was in the program for nine months; but during eight of those I was smoking marijuana to relieve the pain from my many stomach diseases, so I only received a one month chip. Now that I am back after my relapse though, I am fi...

TipsyMcstagger · TipsyMcstagger

I hope that this doesn't come across as disrespectful to any of you or to the program. I have nothing but love in my heart for both. I just find myself unconvinced that I belong. If I turn out to be wrong I hope that I'll be welcomed back. My reasoning is this, as I get older these downward spirals seem to be le...

Dan B 76 · Dan B 76

In my opinion the spirit of Alcoholics Anonymous is a spirit of love, compassion, tolerance, and understanding. Our first tradition states - Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon A.A. unity. I have read on our board posts that are contrary to the beliefs of AA. It b...

DollBaby · DollBaby

Hi there. Some of you may remember me. "Doll". I couldn't remember my password and my email address has changed since then so I had to "re-register'. Anyway, it's good to be here again! On 9/22 I will celebrate 5 years! I can't believe how time flies........ Which brings me to my subje...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him. --Step Three of Alcoholics Anonymous Let's cut right to the heart of the matter: We get in trouble if we try to run our own lives. Our ego starts to mess things up. We try to control things we can't control. We think we a...

Frodo · Frodo

Heard at a meeting tonight: "Sometimes you can be too smart for this program, but you can never be too dumb." I think there is a hell of a lot of truth in that.

Col · Col

Hey all:) today I just wanted to write about gratitude. I am profoundly grateful for sobriety. My life has changed tremendously since becoming sober. Im grateful for the fellowship of aa.. Never thought I'd say THOSE words lol. The fact that I have God in my life everyday, and that I welcome that relat...

deb365 · deb365

"What is wrong in your country? Think out quietly, and make these matters your prayer matters. You will see lives you never touch altered, laws made at your request, evils banished. You may never go beyond one room and yet you may become one of the most powerful forces for good in your country, i...

TigressErica · TigressErica

I'm crying like a freaking baby after me and my sister were crying together about our best friend ever dying... We had her for anout 12+ years and her name was Pumpkin, and she will never ever ever be forgotten... she will be in our hearts forever. Poem: rainbow Bridge: Author Unknown Just this side of...

Tomato Chowder · Tomato Chowder

Question. My spouse is in Al-Anon and I'm in AA. My spouses's Al-Anon sponsor has a spouse who's an alcoholic attending the same AA meetings as I am. I love my group hall (location) and cannot afford to leave but, I wonder since the alcoholic spouse has been sober a lot longer than I, would said spous...

pinkchip · pinkchip

Yay! After much studying and anxiety, I passed the licensure test to become a Licensed Mental Health Counselor. I put that crap off for 15 years thinking there was no way to get to a license after dropping out of my Ph.D program in clinicial psychology. As it turned out, I had to take 3 grad school clas...

Angell · Angell

Sometimes, especially early in recovery, it feels like we are taking two steps forward and one step back. Go forward twelve steps and you'll never have to go back.

deb365 · deb365

"For straying there is no cure except to keep so close to Me that nothing can come between us. Sure of that, you can but stay at My side, knowing that, as I am the very Way itself, nothing can prevent your being in the Way, nothing can cause you to stray." 365 One-Minute Meditations from God Ca...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Congratulations on what? .. your 56th BD ??? (aka 29, ... yeah, right!)(Jack Benny never got over 39 either) __________________ -- Edited by Pythonpappy on Wednesday 8th of August 2012 12:28:11 PM

Neophyte · Neophyte

I just read "5 people you meet in heaven"... And I got some pretty good "ohhh, ok now I get it" moments. But, lookin at my resentments, I'm still kinda like "WTF you do that for?" And then I realized, there was this event that divided my life... Similar to BC vs AD. and I re...

Neophyte · Neophyte

I'm genuinely asking. Why do NA and AA rival? Their sybling programs. I'm pretty sure that in the steps themselves, there is only one word change. Do AA and NA rival in your neck o the woods? And what state/providence do you live in? (that's obviously optional by the way) I live in pa and NA and AA are so &qu...

Angell · Angell

Recently, Frodo said, "...because how I'd need to break the law here to do it which would mess with the honesty part of the program..." I have heard something else a few weeks back about the law and the honesty part of the program that I dismissed but Frodo has me curious. Do you think that fol...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

If you would be loved, love and be lovable. --Benjamin Franklin We all desire to be loved. Our common human characteristic is our need to count in someone else's life. At least one other person needs us, we tell ourselves, when we feel least able to accept life's demands. How alike we all are. The parado...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Admitting unmanageability "What do you mean, 'unmangeable'?" we ask when we first come into the program. (And we are surprised at the smiling faces and suppressed chuckles.) We have been living with our delusions for so long that we really believe everything is okay - or will be okay nex...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Grandmas Birth Control Pills********* The doctor that had been seeing an 80-year-old woman for most of her life finally retired. At her next checkup, the new doctor told her to bring a list of all the medicines that had been prescribed for her. As the young doctor was looking through these, his eyes g...

SoberSteve · SoberSteve

Its a miracle if we can even go a FULL 24 hours/day being clean and sober.... think about it, hence MIP...

Col · Col

Hey all:) I haven't really spoken to my Mother since being sober. This isn't a conscious choice, per se, more an outcome of my own wacky work schedule. Of course, there have been many opportunities to call, she has left me numerous messages.. I've left many in return. I'll call her when I'm at work, to en...

stayhumble · stayhumble

I heard something at a meeting this morning that I don't know that I've "heard" before. A guy mentioned that sometimes we hold issues/resentments/problems/inner struggles inside and don't share them soon enough. It also takes sharing something with another alcoholic for us to realiz...

desi2222 · desi2222

I filed for divorce today. I know no big decision in the first year of sobriety. However, I filed the first time a year ago, while I was sober, my husband is an in additive addiction. We were seperated but he begged that I stopped the divorce and to take him back and after 10 months of living apart, we gav...

justadrunk · justadrunk

Thanks everyone : ) It's the first birthday I can remember, that I wasn't truly and utterly disappointed and actually crying about it... you know... when they did not hire a circus, or send me into outer space, or have Elvis come back to life and sing love me tender to me, and only me. They didn't have a thr...

deb365 · deb365

"Rely on Me alone. Pay all out in the spirit of trust that more will come to meet your supply. Empty your vessel quickly to ensure a divine supply. So much retained by you, so much the less will be gained from Me. It is a law of divine supply. To hold back, to retain, implies a fear of the future, a want...

gonee · gonee

I never stay away from a meeting because I will shut myself out. I will have the key to enter, but I will not be able to open that door.

justadrunk · justadrunk

I've always thought I should line one of my dining room walls completely in Velcro - get my kids suits made entirely of velcro - and then just stick them to it. I've thought it would teach them to appreciate detaching in a fun way. Do you guys think they would learn anything? Sometimes it seems like they ar...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Letting go If addiction is about control, recovery is about letting go. If addiction is about denial, recovery is about accepting what is. As we spend time in the program, we learn something unexpected and amazing. Life is so full of twists and turns, it's easier to follow along than to try to straight...

Neophyte · Neophyte

Yesterday, I was sitting down to begin the resentments piece of my 4 step. I meditated for a little while before I sat down with it. And then I looked and thought... Resentments? I don't have any... Except myself. I'm honestly curious. Has your mind ever gone blank when filling out a section of a 4step...

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	AA Step Study for co-dependents / non-alcoholics? (Preview) Hi there, I have recently joined a CoDA (Co-Dependents Anonymous) group in my town, and am eager to work the steps. However, there are not many CoDA people out there, let alone actively working the steps. I'd like to go to step-study meetings in my town, but these don't seem to exist for Al-Anon / CoDA...	Twingo	4	781	Aug 17, 2012 by Mr_David
	Daily Reflections ~ A Clean Sweep & 24hrs a Day (Preview) . . . and third, having thus cleaned away the debris of the past, we consider how, with our newfound knowledge of ourselves, we may develop the best possible relations with every human being we know. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 77 As I faced the Eighth Step, everything that was required fo...	Sobrietyspell	1	499	Aug 17, 2012 by Mr_David
	Today's Gift (Preview) Stop expecting too much from yourself. --Anonymous When there is too wide a gap between standards we set for ourselves and our actual achievement, unhappiness follows. If we can't improve the performance, we should lower the demands. When we are true to ourselves, we come to expect only that which w...	Pythonpappy	1	524	Aug 17, 2012 by Mr_David
	Congrats on 90 days Col! (Preview) Awesome to be on this journey with you : ) I didn't realize that we are so close in age and sobriety until today! I feel honored to be walking this path with you my friend!	justadrunk	13	1011	Aug 17, 2012 by Mr_David
	Minus the intoxication (Preview) I took care of some things at college today. It was 8:45 by the time I got out (point is that it was dark out) and I was irritated/scared/anxious/resentful when I left. So I threw on my iPod to "chemicals between us" (I've had hallucinations while listening to this song... But it fit my mood) a...	Neophyte	14	779	Aug 17, 2012 by Mr_David
	It was a bargain! (Preview) There's an old Monty Python Sketch where Mrs. Non Concumer is talking to Mrs. Consumer about the Internal Combustion Engine that Mrs. Consumer has in her shopping trolley. A useless purchase for a woman in her late sixties. Can you eat it, How do you cook it, what do you do with it etc....well Mrs. NC say...	bikerbill	6	681	Aug 17, 2012 by Mr_David
	Starting a new thread. :) (Preview) Mich here... Just wanted to say thanks to all again for helping me thru that one. While I waited to check in again I managed to busy myself with cleaning the entire downstairs of my house. Keeping busy sure helped to clear my mind. Thanks Tanin, I am not sure if all that is good, but it made me lol. Ha. C...	mich	7	673	Aug 17, 2012 by Mr_David
	New to the forum (Preview) Hey all! Just introducing myself. New to the forum here, wanted to say hello. Was a frequent visitor to another recovery site, but AA talk seemed to be frowned upon by many of the members so am looking for something new. Glad to be here!	bbthumper	13	550	Aug 17, 2012 by Mr_David
	Places I used to go (Preview) Theres this bar I used to go to. Well, there's many bars I used to go to haha! Ive always had this ability to kinda fit in, or feel comfortable anywhere.. I could hang at the bars around Harvard University and chat with the professors and grad students, I could go to the bars the Irish immigrant laborers ca...	Col	6	511	Aug 17, 2012 by Mr_David
	Books That Shaped America (Preview) Books That Shaped America The Library of Congress, the worlds largest repository of knowledge and information, began a multiyear Celebration of the Book with an exhibition on Books That Shaped America. The initial books in the exhibition are displayed below.This list is a starting point, said L...	Tanin	4	518	Aug 17, 2012 by Mr_David
	Need Prayers today (Preview) I have a post construction meeting with a dubious Fire inspector, who is making up descrepencies about my completed construction project.	StPeteDean	17	693	Aug 17, 2012 by Mr_David
	Daily Reflections ~ "I Had Dropped Out" & 24hrs a Day (Preview) We might next ask ourselves what we mean when we say that we have "harmed" other people. What kinds of "harm" do people do one another, anyway? To define the word "harm" in a practical way, we might call it the result of instincts in collision, which cause physical, me...	Sobrietyspell	3	808	Aug 17, 2012 by Mr_David
	Mich here... ( 1 2 ) (Preview) I am scared... I cannot stop crying. I am an alcoholic. I was unable to say it before today. I keep saying it to myself. In my head and outloud. I am going to my first meeting in 2 hours and I am scared. I don't want to be an alcoholic but I am. I was on this board before and after a few days maybe a week I had...	mich	120	1838	Aug 16, 2012 by Frodo
	.... (Preview) -- Edited by Harobed 2 on Saturday 11th of August 2012 03:50:33 PM -- Edited by Harobed 2 on Saturday 11th of August 2012 04:16:06 PM	Harobed 2	28	1397	Aug 16, 2012 by SoberSteve
	Stand up & dust off (Preview) I drank on wednesday. But only 2 and a half beers. And the whole time I thought "I look ridiculous with a drink in my hand" and envisioned myself as that beer belly 40 year old woman at a bar with a smokers voice and a cigarette. Drinking is not attractive. Anyway, I drank 2 and ahalf, went to bed,...	Ruhig	22	769	Aug 15, 2012 by turninggrey
	Happiness (Preview) Happiness is NOT burying empties in the trash, double wrapped and bagged. Happiness is feeling refreshed in the morning, or tired, but not hungover. Happiness is telling your kids you're drinking tea, and it's really tea. Happiness is making plans with your family, and remembering them. Happine...	justadrunk	9	613	Aug 15, 2012 by justadrunk
	I'm a little boy (Preview) With a little boy haircut, a little boy attitude and a little boys sense of responsibility. I like getting into mischief and I'm always a great puppydog-eyes apologizer. People close to me love me but they never expect much from me and deep down that suits me just fine. For some reason they let me get awa...	TipsyMcstagger	15	839	Aug 15, 2012 by Jerry F
	Today's Gift (Preview) Saving the World Today may my prayers help me realize I cannot control everything. To put the world in order, We must first put the nation in order; To put the nation in order, We must first put the family in order; To put the family in order, We must first set our hearts right. -- ConfuciusYou are reading f...	Pythonpappy	2	418	Aug 15, 2012 by justadrunk
	Angry birds (Preview) My kids (and husband) love the game angry birds. Essentially, you just fling this bird at a big pile of stuff, and try to knock it over with different sorts of birds, that can do different things. The pile gets harder and harder to knock over. Somehow, I have been transformed into an angry bird this we...	justadrunk	13	595	Aug 15, 2012 by justadrunk
	i relapsed.. (Preview) Hard to admit, especially since I was doing so good and many members I was talking to in PM even said that I might due to my EARLY marriage...(was this a setup to faIl)? I dont know I just pray you all can forgive me and accept that I am coming back honest and open, after 8 months of sobriety I F'D up but I am bac...	SoberSteve	22	874	Aug 15, 2012 by Col
	Question Regarding Medical Marjiuana And Sponsorship. (Preview) Hello, my name is Dominique and I am an alcoholic addict. Before a recent relapse I was in the program for nine months; but during eight of those I was smoking marijuana to relieve the pain from my many stomach diseases, so I only received a one month chip. Now that I am back after my relapse though, I am fi...	DomOhNeek	24	694	Aug 14, 2012 by Tanin
	I've decided to take the suggestion of attempting some controlled drinking (Preview) I hope that this doesn't come across as disrespectful to any of you or to the program. I have nothing but love in my heart for both. I just find myself unconvinced that I belong. If I turn out to be wrong I hope that I'll be welcomed back. My reasoning is this, as I get older these downward spirals seem to be le...	TipsyMcstagger	47	1282	Aug 14, 2012 by Tanin
	Negativity (Preview) In my opinion the spirit of Alcoholics Anonymous is a spirit of love, compassion, tolerance, and understanding. Our first tradition states - Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon A.A. unity. I have read on our board posts that are contrary to the beliefs of AA. It b...	Dan B 76	14	957	Aug 14, 2012 by pinkchip
	The AA Big Book and 13th Steppers ? (Preview) Hi there. Some of you may remember me. "Doll". I couldn't remember my password and my email address has changed since then so I had to "re-register'. Anyway, it's good to be here again! On 9/22 I will celebrate 5 years! I can't believe how time flies........ Which brings me to my subje...	DollBaby	15	2264	Aug 13, 2012 by Sobrietyspell
	Today's Gift (Preview) Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him. --Step Three of Alcoholics Anonymous Let's cut right to the heart of the matter: We get in trouble if we try to run our own lives. Our ego starts to mess things up. We try to control things we can't control. We think we a...	Pythonpappy	3	405	Aug 13, 2012 by vixen
	Today's thought (Preview) Heard at a meeting tonight: "Sometimes you can be too smart for this program, but you can never be too dumb." I think there is a hell of a lot of truth in that.	Frodo	6	463	Aug 13, 2012 by justadrunk
	Gratitude (Preview) Hey all:) today I just wanted to write about gratitude. I am profoundly grateful for sobriety. My life has changed tremendously since becoming sober. Im grateful for the fellowship of aa.. Never thought I'd say THOSE words lol. The fact that I have God in my life everyday, and that I welcome that relat...	Col	9	561	Aug 13, 2012 by StPeteDean
	God Calling - Rule The World (Preview) "What is wrong in your country? Think out quietly, and make these matters your prayer matters. You will see lives you never touch altered, laws made at your request, evils banished. You may never go beyond one room and yet you may become one of the most powerful forces for good in your country, i...	deb365	1	380	Aug 13, 2012 by Mr_David
	RIP My Best Friend Ever! (sobbing) (Preview) I'm crying like a freaking baby after me and my sister were crying together about our best friend ever dying... We had her for anout 12+ years and her name was Pumpkin, and she will never ever ever be forgotten... she will be in our hearts forever. Poem: rainbow Bridge: Author Unknown Just this side of...	TigressErica	9	839	Aug 13, 2012 by TipsyMcstagger
	Question regarding AA members sharing with Al-Anon (Preview) Question. My spouse is in Al-Anon and I'm in AA. My spouses's Al-Anon sponsor has a spouse who's an alcoholic attending the same AA meetings as I am. I love my group hall (location) and cannot afford to leave but, I wonder since the alcoholic spouse has been sober a lot longer than I, would said spous...	Tomato Chowder	12	697	Aug 13, 2012 by Pythonpappy
	Yay! (Preview) Yay! After much studying and anxiety, I passed the licensure test to become a Licensed Mental Health Counselor. I put that crap off for 15 years thinking there was no way to get to a license after dropping out of my Ph.D program in clinicial psychology. As it turned out, I had to take 3 grad school clas...	pinkchip	20	1009	Aug 12, 2012 by mich
	Backsliding solution (Preview) Sometimes, especially early in recovery, it feels like we are taking two steps forward and one step back. Go forward twelve steps and you'll never have to go back.	Angell	4	629	Aug 12, 2012 by Mr_David
	God Calling - Stray Sheep (Preview) "For straying there is no cure except to keep so close to Me that nothing can come between us. Sure of that, you can but stay at My side, knowing that, as I am the very Way itself, nothing can prevent your being in the Way, nothing can cause you to stray." 365 One-Minute Meditations from God Ca...	deb365	2	469	Aug 12, 2012 by Mr_David
	Happy Birthday Tasha (Preview) Congratulations on what? .. your 56th BD ??? (aka 29, ... yeah, right!)(Jack Benny never got over 39 either) __________________ -- Edited by Pythonpappy on Wednesday 8th of August 2012 12:28:11 PM	Pythonpappy	26	659	Aug 12, 2012 by Mr_David
	I've just read "5 people you meet in heaven" (Preview) I just read "5 people you meet in heaven"... And I got some pretty good "ohhh, ok now I get it" moments. But, lookin at my resentments, I'm still kinda like "WTF you do that for?" And then I realized, there was this event that divided my life... Similar to BC vs AD. and I re...	Neophyte	4	955	Aug 12, 2012 by Neophyte
	Global perspective (Preview) I'm genuinely asking. Why do NA and AA rival? Their sybling programs. I'm pretty sure that in the steps themselves, there is only one word change. Do AA and NA rival in your neck o the woods? And what state/providence do you live in? (that's obviously optional by the way) I live in pa and NA and AA are so &qu...	Neophyte	24	847	Aug 11, 2012 by Rob84
	The honesty part of the program (Preview) Recently, Frodo said, "...because how I'd need to break the law here to do it which would mess with the honesty part of the program..." I have heard something else a few weeks back about the law and the honesty part of the program that I dismissed but Frodo has me curious. Do you think that fol...	Angell	6	769	Aug 11, 2012 by nmike
	Today's Gift (Preview) If you would be loved, love and be lovable. --Benjamin Franklin We all desire to be loved. Our common human characteristic is our need to count in someone else's life. At least one other person needs us, we tell ourselves, when we feel least able to accept life's demands. How alike we all are. The parado...	Pythonpappy	4	461	Aug 11, 2012 by SoberSteve
	Manageability??? (Preview) Admitting unmanageability "What do you mean, 'unmangeable'?" we ask when we first come into the program. (And we are surprised at the smiling faces and suppressed chuckles.) We have been living with our delusions for so long that we really believe everything is okay - or will be okay nex...	Pythonpappy	5	717	Aug 11, 2012 by justadrunk
	Grandma's Are Smarter Than Teenagers (Preview) Grandmas Birth Control Pills********* The doctor that had been seeing an 80-year-old woman for most of her life finally retired. At her next checkup, the new doctor told her to bring a list of all the medicines that had been prescribed for her. As the young doctor was looking through these, his eyes g...	Pythonpappy	4	580	Aug 10, 2012 by DomOhNeek
	WE ALL CLAP FOR TODAY.. (Preview) Its a miracle if we can even go a FULL 24 hours/day being clean and sober.... think about it, hence MIP...	SoberSteve	2	462	Aug 10, 2012 by Mr_David
	"legitimate resentments" (Preview) Hey all:) I haven't really spoken to my Mother since being sober. This isn't a conscious choice, per se, more an outcome of my own wacky work schedule. Of course, there have been many opportunities to call, she has left me numerous messages.. I've left many in return. I'll call her when I'm at work, to en...	Col	13	1206	Aug 10, 2012 by Mr_David
	Selfishness.... Really? (Preview) I heard something at a meeting this morning that I don't know that I've "heard" before. A guy mentioned that sometimes we hold issues/resentments/problems/inner struggles inside and don't share them soon enough. It also takes sharing something with another alcoholic for us to realiz...	stayhumble	6	631	Aug 10, 2012 by Mr_David
	My heart is heavy laden (Preview) I filed for divorce today. I know no big decision in the first year of sobriety. However, I filed the first time a year ago, while I was sober, my husband is an in additive addiction. We were seperated but he begged that I stopped the divorce and to take him back and after 10 months of living apart, we gav...	desi2222	6	645	Aug 10, 2012 by Mr_David
	Thanks for the the birthday wishes : ) (Preview) Thanks everyone : ) It's the first birthday I can remember, that I wasn't truly and utterly disappointed and actually crying about it... you know... when they did not hire a circus, or send me into outer space, or have Elvis come back to life and sing love me tender to me, and only me. They didn't have a thr...	justadrunk	7	681	Aug 10, 2012 by Mr_David
	God Calling - Empty Yourself (Preview) "Rely on Me alone. Pay all out in the spirit of trust that more will come to meet your supply. Empty your vessel quickly to ensure a divine supply. So much retained by you, so much the less will be gained from Me. It is a law of divine supply. To hold back, to retain, implies a fear of the future, a want...	deb365	3	469	Aug 10, 2012 by Mr_David
	Meetings!! (Preview) I never stay away from a meeting because I will shut myself out. I will have the key to enter, but I will not be able to open that door.	gonee	3	497	Aug 10, 2012 by Mr_David
	velcro wall (Preview) I've always thought I should line one of my dining room walls completely in Velcro - get my kids suits made entirely of velcro - and then just stick them to it. I've thought it would teach them to appreciate detaching in a fun way. Do you guys think they would learn anything? Sometimes it seems like they ar...	justadrunk	7	3561	Aug 10, 2012 by Mr_David
	Today's Gift (Preview) Letting go If addiction is about control, recovery is about letting go. If addiction is about denial, recovery is about accepting what is. As we spend time in the program, we learn something unexpected and amazing. Life is so full of twists and turns, it's easier to follow along than to try to straight...	Pythonpappy	1	462	Aug 10, 2012 by Mr_David
	Hahaha I'm crazy (Preview) Yesterday, I was sitting down to begin the resentments piece of my 4 step. I meditated for a little while before I sat down with it. And then I looked and thought... Resentments? I don't have any... Except myself. I'm honestly curious. Has your mind ever gone blank when filling out a section of a 4step...	Neophyte	12	602	Aug 10, 2012 by Mr_David
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