Alcoholics Anonymous

justadrunk · justadrunk

Have you ever been to a meeting where someone came in sobbing - probably still sort of drunk and high - apologizing - flew off the handle at many people or threatened to leave - called people names and called them out on drinking - stuff like that - just basically alcoholism at it's worst - right in front of...

JoyOfLiving · JoyOfLiving

I've witnessed so many people stuck on Step Three, trying to "identify" their God/Higher Power as well as trying to figure out how to "turn over their will" that they never proceed to the rest of the Steps and then go out. I recall reading somewhere that we should not get hung up o...

Col · Col

My sponser tells me it's now my duty, or "job", to begin helping others in the program. She says that now that I've got 90 days, and a bit of experience with sobriety, I must begin sharing it with others. Seems simple enough, but I'm still so new myself. I cant imagine that anything I can say wou...

desi2222 · desi2222

Hi I am just coming back, 12 days sober. I have been coming in and out of the rooms of AA for nearly 25 years. I would consider myself the poster child for chronic relapsers. I am so gun ho in the beginning, I get on my knees in the morning, throughout the day, call on God to overcome obscessions, attend me...

Tracey C · Tracey C

In the book When Love Is Not Enough - The Lois Wilson Story, it's written that Lois loved what Bill used to share when he would close the meeting each year at the Stepping Stones picnic. He'ld say, "We AAs don't stay away from drinking, we grow away from drinking. And if our spouses don't grow alo...

justadrunk · justadrunk

I just returned home from our noon meeting. It's heavily populated by males, and today it was no different. A woman came in and let us know it was her first meeting at the club. I noticed after the meeting that the other two females had left without welcoming this woman, so I hurried over to do so. She c...

Tracey C · Tracey C

The last few days, I'd been feeling a bit out of wack. I tried to focus on helping others, to get out of my head. My cravings crept back in and of I was again eating like anything again. While doing my reading this morning, a sentence popped out at me. The more we try to fix our problems by ourselves, the wo...

Neophyte · Neophyte

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIr1fjjjFQQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Yoda

flipper · flipper

My last post was about how I couldn't grasp the whole HP idea, and there is some mental block I'm having about the whole idea but I think its all starting to make sense. The past three months have been great but boy there have been many hurdles and road blocks. I had to travel to FL, when I got there I was to ren...

justadrunk · justadrunk

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...

Col · Col

Hi:) I've noticed a more positive outlook on things over the course of the past week or so. Positive outlook on pretty much everything.. Don't get me wrong- I know I know nothing and I'm not dancing around on a pink cloud. It's a little more realistically positive. Basically, I'm starting to get my s**t...

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...

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	wild and crazy - alcoholism (Preview) Have you ever been to a meeting where someone came in sobbing - probably still sort of drunk and high - apologizing - flew off the handle at many people or threatened to leave - called people names and called them out on drinking - stuff like that - just basically alcoholism at it's worst - right in front of...	justadrunk	11	578	Aug 18, 2012 by Stepchild
	Where is this found? (Preview) I've witnessed so many people stuck on Step Three, trying to "identify" their God/Higher Power as well as trying to figure out how to "turn over their will" that they never proceed to the rest of the Steps and then go out. I recall reading somewhere that we should not get hung up o...	JoyOfLiving	18	602	Aug 18, 2012 by Stepchild
	Duty (Preview) My sponser tells me it's now my duty, or "job", to begin helping others in the program. She says that now that I've got 90 days, and a bit of experience with sobriety, I must begin sharing it with others. Seems simple enough, but I'm still so new myself. I cant imagine that anything I can say wou...	Col	21	617	Aug 18, 2012 by Rob84
	Need friends (Preview) Hi I am just coming back, 12 days sober. I have been coming in and out of the rooms of AA for nearly 25 years. I would consider myself the poster child for chronic relapsers. I am so gun ho in the beginning, I get on my knees in the morning, throughout the day, call on God to overcome obscessions, attend me...	desi2222	36	862	Aug 18, 2012 by sooze
	Lois's recollection (Preview) In the book When Love Is Not Enough - The Lois Wilson Story, it's written that Lois loved what Bill used to share when he would close the meeting each year at the Stepping Stones picnic. He'ld say, "We AAs don't stay away from drinking, we grow away from drinking. And if our spouses don't grow alo...	Tracey C	10	547	Aug 17, 2012 by Frodo
	How do you welcome newcomers at their very first ever meeting? (Preview) I just returned home from our noon meeting. It's heavily populated by males, and today it was no different. A woman came in and let us know it was her first meeting at the club. I noticed after the meeting that the other two females had left without welcoming this woman, so I hurried over to do so. She c...	justadrunk	10	742	Aug 17, 2012 by Mr_David
	Not Feeling To Good (Preview) The last few days, I'd been feeling a bit out of wack. I tried to focus on helping others, to get out of my head. My cravings crept back in and of I was again eating like anything again. While doing my reading this morning, a sentence popped out at me. The more we try to fix our problems by ourselves, the wo...	Tracey C	4	762	Aug 17, 2012 by Mr_David
	Yoda on 4th step (Preview) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIr1fjjjFQQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player Yoda	Neophyte	3	719	Aug 17, 2012 by Mr_David
	Im starting to get it......I think..... (Preview) My last post was about how I couldn't grasp the whole HP idea, and there is some mental block I'm having about the whole idea but I think its all starting to make sense. The past three months have been great but boy there have been many hurdles and road blocks. I had to travel to FL, when I got there I was to ren...	flipper	7	584	Aug 17, 2012 by Mr_David
	Ah - again just what I needed to hear : ) (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...	justadrunk	2	524	Aug 17, 2012 by Mr_David
	Putting one foot in front of the other (Preview) Hi:) I've noticed a more positive outlook on things over the course of the past week or so. Positive outlook on pretty much everything.. Don't get me wrong- I know I know nothing and I'm not dancing around on a pink cloud. It's a little more realistically positive. Basically, I'm starting to get my s**t...	Col	8	598	Aug 17, 2012 by Mr_David
	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	766	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	485	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	500	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	993	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	764	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	666	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	658	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	536	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	497	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	503	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	677	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	788	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	1814	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	1370	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	755	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	600	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	826	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	401	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	581	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	859	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	680	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	1269	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	942	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	2238	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	392	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	450	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	548	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	367	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	824	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	682	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	993	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	617	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	454	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	648	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	937	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	833	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	755	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	446	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	703	Aug 11, 2012 by justadrunk
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