Alcoholics Anonymous

FlyingSquirrel · FlyingSquirrel

It was really hopping when I first came here 10 years ago. That was a good thing, I needed people to talk to. Anyway, Im still sober... dont expect anyone to remember me (or vice versa). Sorry to see things are no longer hopping here.

Wobbly McStumble · Wobbly McStumble

This place is dead.

mikef · mikef

Just stopped in to say high and wishing all working in the solution(application of STEPS in all areas of life)to all those who may still be caught in the grip and looking for a helping hand and those who have not made that 100% 1st STEP quite yet..We just dont use and WE dont get high.....be blessed ODAT.....

Givemestrength · Givemestrength

Thank God for AA. My last drink was nearly 9 months ago and it has been a rollercoaster for sure! I know I've done the right thing and things are changing for the better slowly, but I suffer with obsessive over thinking about problems - which magnify them in my mind to huge proportions and cause me great d...

Gms · Gms

My sponsor said it is being self centered to think about forgiving yourself. I agreed to disagree with her. Anyone want to comment on this?

Francisco · Francisco

Hi everyone, I'm not even sure if this is the proper forum for me but here I go. I am the very definition of a functioning alcoholic and for the last several months I've been wanted to stop drinking altogether. I purchased the AA The Big Book and Daily Reflections... I've been reading the book and...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

Since I have been in AA I have had my share of people who have been trying to work the 13th Step with me. When I started AA this last time, I was extremely insecure, self-conscious and as so many alcoholics are by the time they get into AA, beaten down. I felt like crap, looked like crap and kept my head down fo...

LoneStar · LoneStar

Today I went back out. Guess what? Didn't have that bad of a time. I will turn in my wet eight year sobriety chip in for a dry one. In all the years I've been sober, there have been NO MIRACLES or promises, just a miserable life without alcohol. I'm through with the 'don't quit 5 minutes before the miracle ha...

Percival · Percival

I guess every 5 years is signified as a jubilee year...this year will mark my 45th Anniversary.. My last drink Jan 12th 1974.. from my first meeting...No cake, no chip, no addaboys (LOL) no bells and whistles ONLY the realization that if I didn't get sober or remain as such there would not be 45 years of s...

mariea · mariea

Hi friends, I am staying at the Hyatt Ziva Rose Hall formerly the Ritz-Carlton Aug 23 -28, 2015. Are there any friends of Bill W. that are in the area/ another nearby resort to meet up? Thank you.

LoneStar · LoneStar

"We can't drink like NORMAL people" The above statement has been uttered at many a meeting. But are we alkies so abnormal ? Think about it for a sec. We're talking about a substance derived from rotted food, is used as a germicide, and, for the most part, flammable. Maybe our reaction to such a poisonou...

besos2311 · besos2311

So I have multiple years of sobriety. My fiancé and I met after I was almost a year sober and we are getting married in 95 days. Hes never seen me drink. We decided to write our own wedding vows and Im really struggling with mine. I have a daily reprieve from drinking dependent upon my spiritual conditio...

Nan · Nan

i am new here. I am 8 months and 9 days sober all for the grace of God. I look forward to making some friends and getting support. Heres my Question. I am suffering from nueropathy and we believe its from alcohol I have diabetes but just diagnosed and drs are pretty sure not from that since I have not had tha...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

I spent my singular years in wonder of the world, wondering what was going on, what did it all mean, knowing only what was going on around me, moving around, family disruption, different schools, new faces, not knowing who I was yet feeling incredibly loving and special though confused and innoce...

Ted Bundo · Ted Bundo

Hey everyone. I'm new to alcoholics anonymous and am wondering where to find a good aa meeting in florida? I mean, I know they're all over the place down here, but I don't know the difference between open, closed, big book, step, etc. Thanks in advance! -- Edited by Ted Bundo on Wednesday 3rd of July 2019...

blueboy71 · blueboy71

So its here day one of community detox started my meds today. Feeling a bit detached and just trying to take it one day at a time. This is the second detox I have undertaken wish me luck. Looking forward to going in to aa next week back in to the rooms to get the support and start the 12 twelve step program

annt · annt

and there must be a reason. Anybody know? Thank you.

justadrunk · justadrunk

Does anyone know if groups are allowed to ask people to remove hats and wear dress clothes to a meeting? Suit and tie - and dresses for woman? If I decide I want to go to a meeting where this is taking place... can they kick me out if I show up in my usual bucket hat and regular casual clothes??? Just curiou...

blueboy71 · blueboy71

Hi all, It has taken me over two years to come back to this site I'm about to start my journey of recovery for the second time. Two years ago I abstained from alcohol for 7 months only to foolishly think I could manage myself on a very small amount be a social drinker. How wrong was I in these two years I got mar...

ndgeller · ndgeller

I am heading to Los Angeles this Friday Does anyone have any particular meetings to suggest? I know how to access the meeting schedule. I was just wondering if anyone has any "recommendations" Thanks!

Loo53 · Loo53

Hi date of sobriety May 4th 1997: I got sober in Metropolitan Crypt and various other places in Liverpool.

LoneStar · LoneStar

8 years sober as of 4-11-19

tlb5230 · tlb5230

I am a professional, a wife, a mother, and an extremely high functioning alcoholic. My story is probably no different than most others. My alcoholism is well hidden - to a certain extent. Most (not all) people have no idea and honestly, there is a part of me that gets a strange feeling of "accomplishmen...

xIceman · xIceman

I got a call from the veterans administration they suggested I get a service dog (for PTSD) but they don't have any funding right now so I bought a puppie and I'm going to train it myself but I seem to be getting a lot flack about bring him to meetings with me. I'm trying to better my life the dog has very well b...

Dreamnine · Dreamnine

Where I live, there seems to be a big division between those AAs who say they have recovered and those who say they are recovering. The 'recovered' ones insist that no time can be lost, to get a sponsor, take the steps and, above all, to find a higher power. Personally, I went through a 4th and 5th step befo...

Eds · Eds

Hi all. I'm a recovering double winner female, looking for a group to call home on my travels. I'm in an isolated little place where the bars are plenty and the meetings few; I won't be attending what passes for AA here. I can say I've reached a place of not wanting to drink, which for me is also needing to dr...

Tanin · Tanin

Welcome to the newly-registered forum members: Tim Nelson and ColoradoRyan Let us know if we can help...

dorothy2019 · dorothy2019

Faith led me out of the Forest of Fear

Still plugging · Still plugging

Iâve been sober for almost 2 months now. I very seldom have cravings anymore. Iâm going to 5 or 6 meetings per week. Well intentioned friends keep asking me everyday if Iâm still sober and itâs starting to really tick me off. Makes me think that they only see me as a âbroken drunkâ who needs looked after. I...

Percival · Percival

An anniversary is special...a Jubilee anniversary (every five years) is a little extra special: Like Bill Wilson I was a Wall Streeter in my first Career out of Graduate School....Yes I was acquainted with Bill Wilson in N.Y. but it was not an AA connection..in the late '60s At the end of my drinking I w...

Varnz706 · Varnz706

I am now 30 days sober. Tonight I asked someone that I have a gained a good relationship through the aa community to be my sponsor. I am now working on my first step with him and it has been a big eye opener to me. This past month has been a roller coaster of emotions and trying to find myself in sobriety. I have...

peecee · peecee

Well - I made it to a decade. WTF. LOL. Wanted to drop in and say hi! This was a huge part of my earlier recovery! Thanks all for being here for me.

Visionz · Visionz

A reminder of how stigmatizing alcoholism is. I have an aunt who lost a son to this thing years ago. Cousin and I were close in our youth. To this day, aunt doesn't like or can't be around me because I completely turned my life around and am sober and (somewhat) normal again. She probably secretly has tha...

davep12and12 · davep12and12

Hi all, Well it's that time of year again and I'll be heading off on my annual trip to some new country. This time it's Ecuador. I'll be spending about three weeks traveling through the Andes mountains from Quito to Cuenca, via some small mountain towns and villages along the way. I have located an Engl...

mandm · mandm

Hello everyone. Just stopped by to say hello .. been sober forever now at least 4 years stopped counting a long time ago. For everyone new to this board just keep at it. With time it gets easier. I also found drastically changing my environment and associations was the key to my success . Now 4 years l...

Tanin · Tanin

The calendar today reminds me of an indisputable miracle: I was relieved of the compulsion to drink alcohol. This happened through the program of Alcoholics Anonymous and the help of all of the AA members I have met in person and online. Thanks to AA and all of you. I could never have done it without help...

JerryF · JerryF

and I continue to be blessed by it all. Aloha MIP AA Family recovery and thank you all who have participated in my 40 year journey. My home group just on the outskirts of Hilo is the AA at the Bay Saturday and Sunday versions. The groups was founded over 24 years ago by several double winners including...

cindy · cindy

i feel like im not coping at all well with the move, barely scraped through christmas and my dad whos been an addict for all my life and before i was born is dying. anyone who was raised in addict homes knows how difficult and complicated your relationships are with the "parents" lots of feelings about th...

Sober Shadow · Sober Shadow

New to the forum. Hello

Phoenixjen · Phoenixjen

I'm so afraid of failing yet again. It hurts my daughter that I've tried and failed. She takes it personally. I don't want to fail, I don't want to let anybody down. I want to stop feeling ashamed.

Visionz · Visionz

https://youtu.be/H6C1_pU5t9A

Tanin · Tanin

Kickoff is in an hour. I am sober today. I am grateful. A miracle. Super Bowl used to be a two-drunk day...

Tanin · Tanin

...some of us found that, in our initial nondrinking days, the suggestions and comradeship offered by an A.A. sponsor helped us greatly to stay sober. Others of us waited until we had visited many groups and met many A.A.'s before we finally called on a sponsor's help.Some of us found formal prayer a s...

flertch19 · flertch19

dOES ANYONE HAVE THIS AUDIO?

Tanin · Tanin

In Alcoholics Anonymous, we call Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years the Bermuda triangle of alcoholism.Thats because so many problem drinkers start off the holiday season with good intentions, but all too often drown in a sea of family and office parties.Somehow, alcoholics and non-proble...

Tanin · Tanin

This issue came up at a group conscience meeting recently. The question raised was whether there was any guidance from AA or AA experience about certain holiday season displays that might evoke religious concepts or sentiments in AA meetings where the AA group had total control of the meeting spac...

annt · annt

I cry everyday when I think of the horrible loss to our family. I have been divorced for years. I left my husband many years ago. I never knew until recently the exact reason I left him. He came home from a trip overseas with a bottle of wine for "us" to drink. It wasn't wine, but was liquor. I can't drink liqu...

Tanin · Tanin

https://fox17online.com/2019/01/03/more-than-15-million-americans-have-alcohol-use-disorder-study-says/

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

December 31, 2018Quote of the Week"If I keep doing what I was doing, Ill keep getting what I was getting." I remember when I was new to recovery I was very willing to follow direction. I went to ninety meetings in ninety days, got a home group, got a minimum of four commitments at various meetings, got a...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Accepting Love Many of us have worked too hard to make relationships work; sometimes those relationships didn't have a chance because the other person was unavailable or refused to participate. To compensate for the other person's unavailability, we worked too hard. We may have done all or most of...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	What happened to this place? (Preview) It was really hopping when I first came here 10 years ago. That was a good thing, I needed people to talk to. Anyway, Im still sober... dont expect anyone to remember me (or vice versa). Sorry to see things are no longer hopping here.	FlyingSquirrel	3	1280	Dec 2, 2019 by mikef
	Goodnight Dead Forum (Preview) This place is dead.	Wobbly McStumble	1	982	Dec 2, 2019 by StPeteDean
	Hello and blessings of another day (Preview) Just stopped in to say high and wishing all working in the solution(application of STEPS in all areas of life)to all those who may still be caught in the grip and looking for a helping hand and those who have not made that 100% 1st STEP quite yet..We just dont use and WE dont get high.....be blessed ODAT.....	mikef	5	1282	Dec 2, 2019 by StPeteDean
	Obsessive Thinking (Preview) Thank God for AA. My last drink was nearly 9 months ago and it has been a rollercoaster for sure! I know I've done the right thing and things are changing for the better slowly, but I suffer with obsessive over thinking about problems - which magnify them in my mind to huge proportions and cause me great d...	Givemestrength	5	1380	Nov 13, 2019 by Stan
	Forgiveness (Preview) My sponsor said it is being self centered to think about forgiving yourself. I agreed to disagree with her. Anyone want to comment on this?	Gms	5	1389	Nov 9, 2019 by Stan
	Still Drinking Everyday (Preview) Hi everyone, I'm not even sure if this is the proper forum for me but here I go. I am the very definition of a functioning alcoholic and for the last several months I've been wanted to stop drinking altogether. I purchased the AA The Big Book and Daily Reflections... I've been reading the book and...	Francisco	21	2036	Oct 28, 2019 by Wobbly McStumble
	Message to Newcomers About the 13th Step (Preview) Since I have been in AA I have had my share of people who have been trying to work the 13th Step with me. When I started AA this last time, I was extremely insecure, self-conscious and as so many alcoholics are by the time they get into AA, beaten down. I felt like crap, looked like crap and kept my head down fo...	betterthanyesterday52	33	4932	Oct 27, 2019 by Wobbly McStumble
	This is the last time. (Preview) Today I went back out. Guess what? Didn't have that bad of a time. I will turn in my wet eight year sobriety chip in for a dry one. In all the years I've been sober, there have been NO MIRACLES or promises, just a miserable life without alcohol. I'm through with the 'don't quit 5 minutes before the miracle ha...	LoneStar	5	1579	Oct 27, 2019 by Wobbly McStumble
	Coming up on 45 years...Excited this year. HAPPY NEW YEAR (Preview) I guess every 5 years is signified as a jubilee year...this year will mark my 45th Anniversary.. My last drink Jan 12th 1974.. from my first meeting...No cake, no chip, no addaboys (LOL) no bells and whistles ONLY the realization that if I didn't get sober or remain as such there would not be 45 years of s...	Percival	6	1471	Oct 19, 2019 by Thelma
	Montego Bay, Jamaica Aug 23 - 28, 2015 all inclusive Jamaica Montego Bay vacation (Preview) Hi friends, I am staying at the Hyatt Ziva Rose Hall formerly the Ritz-Carlton Aug 23 -28, 2015. Are there any friends of Bill W. that are in the area/ another nearby resort to meet up? Thank you.	mariea	8	2220	Aug 30, 2019 by Tanin
	WE are the abnormal ones?! (Preview) "We can't drink like NORMAL people" The above statement has been uttered at many a meeting. But are we alkies so abnormal ? Think about it for a sec. We're talking about a substance derived from rotted food, is used as a germicide, and, for the most part, flammable. Maybe our reaction to such a poisonou...	LoneStar	9	1957	Aug 26, 2019 by LoneStar
	Wedding vows (Preview) So I have multiple years of sobriety. My fiancé and I met after I was almost a year sober and we are getting married in 95 days. Hes never seen me drink. We decided to write our own wedding vows and Im really struggling with mine. I have a daily reprieve from drinking dependent upon my spiritual conditio...	besos2311	2	1521	Aug 23, 2019 by Tanin
	Alcohol neuropathy. Anyone suffering? (Preview) i am new here. I am 8 months and 9 days sober all for the grace of God. I look forward to making some friends and getting support. Heres my Question. I am suffering from nueropathy and we believe its from alcohol I have diabetes but just diagnosed and drs are pretty sure not from that since I have not had tha...	Nan	2	1179	Aug 12, 2019 by Visionz
	My Early Recovery (DoS 01.10.2006) (Preview) I spent my singular years in wonder of the world, wondering what was going on, what did it all mean, knowing only what was going on around me, moving around, family disruption, different schools, new faces, not knowing who I was yet feeling incredibly loving and special though confused and innoce...	Sobrietyspell	1	1374	Jul 18, 2019 by Tanin
	What type of meeting should I go to for my first one? (Preview) Hey everyone. I'm new to alcoholics anonymous and am wondering where to find a good aa meeting in florida? I mean, I know they're all over the place down here, but I don't know the difference between open, closed, big book, step, etc. Thanks in advance! -- Edited by Ted Bundo on Wednesday 3rd of July 2019...	Ted Bundo	2	1523	Jul 6, 2019 by Tanin
	DAY ONE COMMUNITY DETOX (Preview) So its here day one of community detox started my meds today. Feeling a bit detached and just trying to take it one day at a time. This is the second detox I have undertaken wish me luck. Looking forward to going in to aa next week back in to the rooms to get the support and start the 12 twelve step program	blueboy71	2	1173	Jun 28, 2019 by Tanin
	Could someone PLEASE tell me the reason why I was made to drink whiskey at the age of 14? It is most perplexing to me (Preview) and there must be a reason. Anybody know? Thank you.	annt	3	1620	Jun 14, 2019 by Tanin
	Does anyone know? (Preview) Does anyone know if groups are allowed to ask people to remove hats and wear dress clothes to a meeting? Suit and tie - and dresses for woman? If I decide I want to go to a meeting where this is taking place... can they kick me out if I show up in my usual bucket hat and regular casual clothes??? Just curiou...	justadrunk	50	5778	May 19, 2019 by SoberPGmember
	Second Attempt (Preview) Hi all, It has taken me over two years to come back to this site I'm about to start my journey of recovery for the second time. Two years ago I abstained from alcohol for 7 months only to foolishly think I could manage myself on a very small amount be a social drinker. How wrong was I in these two years I got mar...	blueboy71	4	1361	May 5, 2019 by Visionz
	Suggest a meeting in Los Angeles on a Friday night (Preview) I am heading to Los Angeles this Friday Does anyone have any particular meetings to suggest? I know how to access the meeting schedule. I was just wondering if anyone has any "recommendations" Thanks!	ndgeller	1	1450	Apr 26, 2019 by Tanin
	DOS. (Preview) Hi date of sobriety May 4th 1997: I got sober in Metropolitan Crypt and various other places in Liverpool.	Loo53	2	1029	Apr 23, 2019 by Pythonpappy
	4-11-19 (Preview) 8 years sober as of 4-11-19	LoneStar	2	1289	Apr 16, 2019 by Pythonpappy
	Where do I start (Preview) I am a professional, a wife, a mother, and an extremely high functioning alcoholic. My story is probably no different than most others. My alcoholism is well hidden - to a certain extent. Most (not all) people have no idea and honestly, there is a part of me that gets a strange feeling of "accomplishmen...	tlb5230	8	1915	Apr 16, 2019 by Pythonpappy
	Service Dog in training (Preview) I got a call from the veterans administration they suggested I get a service dog (for PTSD) but they don't have any funding right now so I bought a puppie and I'm going to train it myself but I seem to be getting a lot flack about bring him to meetings with me. I'm trying to better my life the dog has very well b...	xIceman	16	3520	Apr 8, 2019 by Visionz
	Am I recovered or recovering? (Preview) Where I live, there seems to be a big division between those AAs who say they have recovered and those who say they are recovering. The 'recovered' ones insist that no time can be lost, to get a sponsor, take the steps and, above all, to find a higher power. Personally, I went through a 4th and 5th step befo...	Dreamnine	59	11685	Mar 26, 2019 by DDay93
	Touching base (Preview) Hi all. I'm a recovering double winner female, looking for a group to call home on my travels. I'm in an isolated little place where the bars are plenty and the meetings few; I won't be attending what passes for AA here. I can say I've reached a place of not wanting to drink, which for me is also needing to dr...	Eds	3	1153	Mar 26, 2019 by ThereIsOne
	Welcome To The Forum! Newcomers (Preview) Welcome to the newly-registered forum members: Tim Nelson and ColoradoRyan Let us know if we can help...	Tanin	21	1462	Mar 24, 2019 by Eds
	RE: Daily Reflections / As Bill Sees It (Preview) Faith led me out of the Forest of Fear	dorothy2019	0	1673	Mar 24, 2019 by dorothy2019
	Irritating friends who mean well (Preview) Iâve been sober for almost 2 months now. I very seldom have cravings anymore. Iâm going to 5 or 6 meetings per week. Well intentioned friends keep asking me everyday if Iâm still sober and itâs starting to really tick me off. Makes me think that they only see me as a âbroken drunkâ who needs looked after. I...	Still plugging	11	1327	Mar 19, 2019 by ThereIsOne
	Jubilee Anniversary TODAY 45 Years (Preview) An anniversary is special...a Jubilee anniversary (every five years) is a little extra special: Like Bill Wilson I was a Wall Streeter in my first Career out of Graduate School....Yes I was acquainted with Bill Wilson in N.Y. but it was not an AA connection..in the late '60s At the end of my drinking I w...	Percival	4	1134	Mar 19, 2019 by ThereIsOne
	Finding myself in sobriety (Preview) I am now 30 days sober. Tonight I asked someone that I have a gained a good relationship through the aa community to be my sponsor. I am now working on my first step with him and it has been a big eye opener to me. This past month has been a roller coaster of emotions and trying to find myself in sobriety. I have...	Varnz706	4	1147	Mar 18, 2019 by Visionz
	10 years! (Preview) Well - I made it to a decade. WTF. LOL. Wanted to drop in and say hi! This was a huge part of my earlier recovery! Thanks all for being here for me.	peecee	5	1121	Mar 18, 2019 by StPeteDean
	Unseen effects (Preview) A reminder of how stigmatizing alcoholism is. I have an aunt who lost a son to this thing years ago. Cousin and I were close in our youth. To this day, aunt doesn't like or can't be around me because I completely turned my life around and am sober and (somewhat) normal again. She probably secretly has tha...	Visionz	3	1344	Mar 14, 2019 by JeremyB
	AA meetings in Ecuador (Preview) Hi all, Well it's that time of year again and I'll be heading off on my annual trip to some new country. This time it's Ecuador. I'll be spending about three weeks traveling through the Andes mountains from Quito to Cuenca, via some small mountain towns and villages along the way. I have located an Engl...	davep12and12	5	2559	Mar 11, 2019 by Rayo
	Sober forever now (Preview) Hello everyone. Just stopped by to say hello .. been sober forever now at least 4 years stopped counting a long time ago. For everyone new to this board just keep at it. With time it gets easier. I also found drastically changing my environment and associations was the key to my success . Now 4 years l...	mandm	4	1263	Mar 8, 2019 by mikef
	Soberversary (Preview) The calendar today reminds me of an indisputable miracle: I was relieved of the compulsion to drink alcohol. This happened through the program of Alcoholics Anonymous and the help of all of the AA members I have met in person and online. Thanks to AA and all of you. I could never have done it without help...	Tanin	4	980	Mar 8, 2019 by mikef
	It continues... (Preview) and I continue to be blessed by it all. Aloha MIP AA Family recovery and thank you all who have participated in my 40 year journey. My home group just on the outskirts of Hilo is the AA at the Bay Saturday and Sunday versions. The groups was founded over 24 years ago by several double winners including...	JerryF	1	1007	Mar 8, 2019 by mikef
	too much! (Preview) i feel like im not coping at all well with the move, barely scraped through christmas and my dad whos been an addict for all my life and before i was born is dying. anyone who was raised in addict homes knows how difficult and complicated your relationships are with the "parents" lots of feelings about th...	cindy	8	919	Feb 28, 2019 by CraigAH
	Hello (Preview) New to the forum. Hello	Sober Shadow	2	1125	Feb 12, 2019 by Sober Shadow
	Afraid (Preview) I'm so afraid of failing yet again. It hurts my daughter that I've tried and failed. She takes it personally. I don't want to fail, I don't want to let anybody down. I want to stop feeling ashamed.	Phoenixjen	8	1210	Feb 9, 2019 by Tanin
	An hour of Bob D (Preview) https://youtu.be/H6C1_pU5t9A	Visionz	1	1213	Feb 3, 2019 by Tanin
	Super Bowl Miracle (Preview) Kickoff is in an hour. I am sober today. I am grateful. A miracle. Super Bowl used to be a two-drunk day...	Tanin	0	1127	Feb 3, 2019 by Tanin
	Keep An Open Mind About AA (Preview) ...some of us found that, in our initial nondrinking days, the suggestions and comradeship offered by an A.A. sponsor helped us greatly to stay sober. Others of us waited until we had visited many groups and met many A.A.'s before we finally called on a sponsor's help.Some of us found formal prayer a s...	Tanin	4	1260	Jan 28, 2019 by JerryF
	Bob Earl audio subject "SHOWING UP" HEARD 20 25 YEARS AGO (Preview) dOES ANYONE HAVE THIS AUDIO?	flertch19	1	1701	Jan 24, 2019 by Tanin
	How to navigate the 'Bermuda Triangle' of holiday drinking (Preview) In Alcoholics Anonymous, we call Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years the Bermuda triangle of alcoholism.Thats because so many problem drinkers start off the holiday season with good intentions, but all too often drown in a sea of family and office parties.Somehow, alcoholics and non-proble...	Tanin	11	1260	Jan 18, 2019 by LoneStar
	Any Problem With Holiday Religious Displays In AA Meeting Places? (Preview) This issue came up at a group conscience meeting recently. The question raised was whether there was any guidance from AA or AA experience about certain holiday season displays that might evoke religious concepts or sentiments in AA meetings where the AA group had total control of the meeting spac...	Tanin	2	763	Jan 18, 2019 by LoneStar
	Took me years of recovery to uncover what was done to me (Preview) I cry everyday when I think of the horrible loss to our family. I have been divorced for years. I left my husband many years ago. I never knew until recently the exact reason I left him. He came home from a trip overseas with a bottle of wine for "us" to drink. It wasn't wine, but was liquor. I can't drink liqu...	annt	10	1129	Jan 18, 2019 by LoneStar
	Alcohol Use Disorder On Rise In U.S. (Preview) https://fox17online.com/2019/01/03/more-than-15-million-americans-have-alcohol-use-disorder-study-says/	Tanin	4	556	Jan 16, 2019 by Pythonpappy
	Wisdom of the Rooms 12-31 (Preview) December 31, 2018Quote of the Week"If I keep doing what I was doing, Ill keep getting what I was getting." I remember when I was new to recovery I was very willing to follow direction. I went to ninety meetings in ninety days, got a home group, got a minimum of four commitments at various meetings, got a...	Pythonpappy	0	891	Dec 31, 2018 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift - Dec (Preview) Accepting Love Many of us have worked too hard to make relationships work; sometimes those relationships didn't have a chance because the other person was unavailable or refused to participate. To compensate for the other person's unavailability, we worked too hard. We may have done all or most of...	Pythonpappy	30	1326	Dec 31, 2018 by Pythonpappy
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