Alcoholics Anonymous

vixen · vixen

So, I went to my first meeting this morning, as promised to myself. It was nice. The group was very small and, from what I understood from others, it was a very casual reflections meeting with lots of sharing. I took a number from the only other woman there and borrowed some literature to read. I can hit th...

gladlee · gladlee

What can I say to you? Your heart is torn. Then remember "He bindeth up the broken hearts." Just feel the tenderness of My hands as I bind up your wounds. Try to rest on these words, "Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.&...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

It is plain that a life which includes deep resentment leads only to futility and unhappiness. . . . But with the alcoholic, whose hope is the maintenance and growth of a spiritual experience, this business of resentment is infinitely grave. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.age 66 Know God; Know peace. No Go...

maire rua · maire rua

hi guys, have been feeling better later, doing a lot of work of getting rid of anxiety, am snowed under with work but getting to plenty of meetings, doing service and working the steps. Nearly finished six months of service and staying out of the politics which is a great feeling. I am looking for a new sp...

bikerbill · bikerbill

Wednesday night I dropped in on a sponsee who wanted to talk through an issue. After we'd gone through that issue, he asked how I was. I told him. Felt bereft. Felt lonely. Felt anxious, like a mouse was dancing on my heart. So he said that he felt like that a bit ago. Then a couple of years ago he got talking t...

gonee · gonee

The effect of alcoholism will be felt long after the alcoholic has passed on. It is one of those diseases that leaves emotional scars that continue to affect generation after generation if recovery is not sought and the disease arrested. Many of us cannot explain with reasonable sanity why our behav...

windowview · windowview

was listening to the lyrics of this song lately and thought of my beginning journey to stay sobre and my friends here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGJuMBdaqIw Do you ever feel like a plastic bag Drifting throught the wind Wanting to start again Do you ever feel, feel so paper thin Like a house of...

nancy45 · nancy45

A son and girlfriend want to move in, they say they are getting clean and sober. What expectations should I think about? Neither one works, they are trying to get back on their feet. Words of wisdom, experience would be appreciated. I do attend Alanon.

windowview · windowview

I'm going out for lunch with some family this afternoon, I always used to have some lager at these times. But now I've realised I'm an alcoholic don't want any more of that. I found myself googling how to have fun without alcohol. Just goes to show you how dependent I was becoming a! Anyway found this whi...

windowview · windowview

Just felt like sharing this, not sure if I'm looking for advice or just comments really. About 2 weeks ago on these boards after a hellish weekend of 3 days pretty much drunk which felt great at the time but horrible when I sobred up and realised how utterly stupid I'd been I realised I have a drink problem...

Bob K · Bob K

Do you like Lifesavers? He asked me. Thanks, but no thanks, was my reply. Floyd, (not his real name) was leaving the hospital where he had been my roommate for a few days and was going home. Trouble is that he was leaving with four big tumors in his liver, a failing immune system, and many more problems. Fl...

bikerbill · bikerbill

we will see how our experience can benefit others........ So I had a call from a buddy last night who has had to end a relationship he'd been in for two years......... Like me he was heartsore and in tears........ We shared the experience, we knew each other's hurt.... We were laughing with each other wi...

gladlee · gladlee

Never judge. The heart of man is so delicate, so complex, only its Maker can know it. Each heart is so different, actuated by different motives, controlled by different circumstances, influenced by different sufferings. How can one judge of another? Leave to Me the unraveling of the puzzles of l...

vixen · vixen

My name is vixen and I am an alcoholic. Today is my fourth day without drinking and my third day reading all I can from both these forums and The BB. I will be hitting some local meetings once I get over my cold. I am pretty much terrified and excited in equal amounts. I first attended an AA meeting 18 years ag...

gonee · gonee

I found myself backsliding spiritually recently. For me it is a lack of discipline in the basics of what the BB teaches. Some of my old defects came to visit me, restlessness; irritation & discontent. It came in small doses but enough to put me right back in to my program. God uses one of the best inst...

krisjun · krisjun

Hey everyoneIm trying to get some help from my fellow recovering friends. Im looking for people in recovery who own a dog to complete a brief survey on how their dogs have influenced their recoveries. It only takes a few minutes and would REALLY appreciate your help.Also if you know anyone in recovery...

bikerbill · bikerbill

so calm this morning. Realise that there may be stuff happening that I can do nothing about. It is what it is. Time I went back to work so will negotiate a phased return from 20th may.

zzworldontheweb · zzworldontheweb

I tried something new this evening. I tend to have problems with anxiety, envisioning the worst possible outcome for any situation, worrying about things to an unreasonable degree, etc. Well this evening I was really worried about an encounter at work today, where a manager expressed some disple...

bikerbill · bikerbill

My sister asked me on Friday night to be sure to pass on her thanks to all my buddies in the fellowship for being there for me in these tough times. She's grateful to you all for in her words, the support, fellowship and out and out unconditional love you have shown me. I am grateful too. Thanks.

windowview · windowview

hello everyone, I am new here, I am powerless over alcohol. I do not drink every day but when I do drink I binge drink and it completely changes me. This happens at least once a month. I become a nasty person, swearing and being very selfish. For the last 3 days I have been drunk every night and can't rememb...

bikerbill · bikerbill

the pain and the grief of the loss of what I once had and what I thought I needed is easing. The pain and the grief has been overwhelming. From the greatest pain comes the greatest lesson. NowI understand when people say they're happy that I'm in pain because they see the learning happen before their eyes...

gezepe · gezepe

In modern recovery, anonymity is viewed as harking to a time when alcoholism was seen as a disgrace.By DAVID COLMANPublished: May 6, 2011IM David Colman, and Im an alcoholic. In the 15 years since I quit drinking, Ive neither spoken nor written those words, and now, in doing so, I have more or les...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Until we had talked with complete candor of our conflicts, and had listened to someone else do the same thing, we still didnt belong. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 57 After four years in A.A. I was able to discover the freedom from the burden of buried emotions that had caused me so much pain. Wi...

gladlee · gladlee

Turn out all thoughts of doubt and of trouble. Never tolerate them for one second. Bar the windows and doors of your souls against them as you would bar your home against a thief who would steal in to take your treasures. What greater treasures can you have than peace and rest and joy? And these are all...

gladlee · gladlee

"All agitation is destructive of good. All calm is constructive of good, and at the same time destructive of evil. When man wants evil destroyed, so often he rushes to action. It is wrong. First be still and know that I am God. Then act only as I tell you. Never be afraid of any circumstances or...

gladlee · gladlee

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

Klaatu · Klaatu

A friend and co-worker is going through some really hard times right now and could really use your prayers. There's a nasty divorce in her future due to a husband that went back out a few months ago. She's probably going to loose everything and feels she has no where to turn. I've experienced what the...

alone72 · alone72

This is day 3 for me of being sober! Pretty proud, lol. I'm going to my first AA meeting today and I am a bundle of different emotions. I'm sure its going to be amazing, just reading all the posts about it gets me really excited. Then I worry, then I cry, and so on. I just want to get there even if I stand up in the...

dolly · dolly

Hi everyone; I have been lurking around this site probably 6 months before getting sober and have been sober for 4 months next week. It's had been going really well and I did everything that was suggested; did 90 meetings in 90 days, got a sponser, working the steps, etc. But I guess my pink cloud is diss...

gladlee · gladlee

"You must not expect to live in a world where all is harmony, where others are in unbroken accord with you. It is your task to maintain your own heart-peace in adverse circumstances. Doubt always your power or wisdom to put things right; ask Me to right all as you leave it to Me. Only My wisdom can...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

All of A.A.s Twelve Steps ask us to go contrary to our natural desires . . . they all deflate our egos. When it comes to ego deflation, few Steps are harder to take than Five. But scarcely any Step is more necessary to longtime sobriety and peace of mind than this one. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p....

puzzled · puzzled

I had 3 and a half years sobriety up until February; I have drunk alcohol 4 times since. My meetings did tail off a bit although I continued meeting with my sponsor and working the Steps, plus carried on with a duty at my home group. I've had a veritable slew of MH problems lately: Panic attacks, Depressio...

bikerbill · bikerbill

ll this stuff...........keep fucken crying. Feels like it'll never stop........people are so good to me, a smile, a word and bang I'm gone...........went round to see a guy yesterday, a guy I've allus been scared of in the fellowship.......a gentler man you'd never meet.......fishing, crying an...

SteveP · SteveP

...the other day from someone I'd never met before. He was saying how he had a said to this girlfriend that she hadn't been complimenting him for staying sober. She said to him "well, you haven't bashed your head into a brick wall recently either. You want a medal." rotfl...gave me one big, w...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Such parts of our story we tell to someone who will understand, yet be unaffected. The rule is we must be hard on our self, but always considerate of others. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 74 Respect for others is the lesson that I take out of this passage. I must go to any lengths to free myself if I wish to find t...

gladlee · gladlee

"I lead you. The way is clear. Go forward unafraid. I am beside you. Listen, listen, listen to My voice. My hand is controlling all. I can work through you better when you are at rest. Go very slowly, very quietly, from one duty to the next - taking time to rest and pray between. Do not be too bus...

gonee · gonee

"...could restore us..." Alcoholics Anonymous. We needed restoring and God has the capacity to do it but we must believe that He could. It's been a tremendous comfort to me, to know that God has the capacity, ultimately, and that no human being can mess that up.

alone72 · alone72

I'm new and didn't know where to go.. Today is day 2 of not drinking heavy on and off for about a year. I drank bottle after bottle of vodka, morning, noon, and night. Nobody knows... not my husband, my girls, my friends, nobody. I drank alone, i'm a stay at home mom, both girls in school all day, so I would...

jj · jj

for me, i don't want to forget where i came from and what alcohol had done to my life. i do not want to forget the misery, the sickness, the lies i told and believed.... BECAUSE, the comparison is a great way to see how far i have come and how blessed i am. plus, if i think about drinking the past is there...

msosnows · msosnows

Hey Guys, So I'm new to this board but I want to say thank you AA. I recently went through an extremely hard time in my life and hit rock bottom. I abused alcohol. I'm lucky to be alive right now after having attempted suicide while black out drunk. It was because of my fear of my life and a lot of things regard...

Just Toni · Just Toni

HI All, Coming here because I always believe we MUST tell on ourselves. I have for 7 weeks been a non-smoker, and recently just change that "I'm quitting" to a New I AM NOW A NON SMOKER. Well I ran into a drawer that had an old pack and when I went to throw it out, I heard something, looked and alas...

msosnows · msosnows

Check out my new video if you want! Subscribe if you want to. Keep active and follow your dreams! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaqYIoHeC7E A friend of mind sends me the AA thought of the day every day and there was a quote in it that says Don't Smother each other. You don't grow in the shade. That qu...

Update my profile 1st May 2011. · bikerbill

I was just going to leave this as a profile update, but feel the need to re post it here for feedback. Update 1st May 2011. Life is hard, very hard, but I'm still sober. It's been over 5 years since I left the family home and the relationship with my (soon to be) ex wife took an upturn, then gradually slid down...

gladlee · gladlee

"Delight in My love. Try to live in the rapture of the kingdom. Claim big things. Claim great things. Claim joy and peace and freedom from care. Joy in Me. I am your Lord, your Creator. Remember too that I am the same yesterday, today, and forever.... Joy in Me, trust in Me, share all life with M...

gonee · gonee

"....a Power greater than ourselves..." Alcoholics Anonymous. Such enormous POWER in the nature of our universe. We miss it because of the scales in our eyes not because God is not.

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

The real tests of the situation are your own willingness to confide and your full confidence in the one with whom you you share your first accurate self-survey. . . . Provided you hold back nothing, your sense of relief will mount from minute to minute. The dammed-up emotions of years break out of their...

barisax · barisax

Spinning off the "Conference Approved Literature" thread, I thought I'd start a new one. Re: the "Akron Pamphlet" - I've heard that before but never knew where it came from. Interesting. Today I fit that definition of an AA. But I did NOT fit that definition when I walked in th...

maire rua · maire rua

Hi all, going through a tough time at present, been getting plenty of meetings and doing service on sunday as secretary. I need to find a new sponsor. Will it count that I am up to step 5 or will I need to start again? I did not do the fourth step with my initial sponsor and am really glad I didn't. She has just b...

allie · allie

I admitted to my home group and my sponser I was drinking daily. I got my 24 hour coin. I have receieved a great deal of support and encouragement. It was a very difficult process to admit since I was also going to meetings everyday. My roommate is in my homegroup. She is now trying to decide if she wan...

gonee · gonee

"...came to believe..." Alcoholics Anonymous. The walk back to God, starting with belief. It's only a question of being willing. Nothing more is required to make a start. We serve a compassionate God. That's all He asks for in the beginning. -- Edited by gonee on Thursday 5th of May 2011 08...

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	~ Admitted to Being an Alcoholic...Twice! (Preview) So, I went to my first meeting this morning, as promised to myself. It was nice. The group was very small and, from what I understood from others, it was a very casual reflections meeting with lots of sharing. I took a number from the only other woman there and borrowed some literature to read. I can hit th...	vixen	9	627	May 16, 2011 by vixen
	God Calling ~ First the Spiritual (Preview) What can I say to you? Your heart is torn. Then remember "He bindeth up the broken hearts." Just feel the tenderness of My hands as I bind up your wounds. Try to rest on these words, "Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.&...	gladlee	1	416	May 16, 2011 by Mr_David
	Daily Reflections ~ Know God; Know Peace & 24hrs a Day (Preview) It is plain that a life which includes deep resentment leads only to futility and unhappiness. . . . But with the alcoholic, whose hope is the maintenance and growth of a spiritual experience, this business of resentment is infinitely grave. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.age 66 Know God; Know peace. No Go...	Sobrietyspell	1	486	May 16, 2011 by Mr_David
	update on progress (Preview) hi guys, have been feeling better later, doing a lot of work of getting rid of anxiety, am snowed under with work but getting to plenty of meetings, doing service and working the steps. Nearly finished six months of service and staying out of the politics which is a great feeling. I am looking for a new sp...	maire rua	6	502	May 15, 2011 by maire rua
	when the kitten catches the mouse (Preview) Wednesday night I dropped in on a sponsee who wanted to talk through an issue. After we'd gone through that issue, he asked how I was. I told him. Felt bereft. Felt lonely. Felt anxious, like a mouse was dancing on my heart. So he said that he felt like that a bit ago. Then a couple of years ago he got talking t...	bikerbill	5	747	May 15, 2011 by SteveP
	Alcoholism continued into the next generation. (Preview) The effect of alcoholism will be felt long after the alcoholic has passed on. It is one of those diseases that leaves emotional scars that continue to affect generation after generation if recovery is not sought and the disease arrested. Many of us cannot explain with reasonable sanity why our behav...	gonee	4	714	May 15, 2011 by jj
	A motivational song for a recovering alcoholic (Preview) was listening to the lyrics of this song lately and thought of my beginning journey to stay sobre and my friends here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGJuMBdaqIw Do you ever feel like a plastic bag Drifting throught the wind Wanting to start again Do you ever feel, feel so paper thin Like a house of...	windowview	4	5446	May 15, 2011 by billyjack
	Living arrangements (Preview) A son and girlfriend want to move in, they say they are getting clean and sober. What expectations should I think about? Neither one works, they are trying to get back on their feet. Words of wisdom, experience would be appreciated. I do attend Alanon.	nancy45	12	714	May 15, 2011 by StPeteDean
	how to have fun in a social situation without drink (Preview) I'm going out for lunch with some family this afternoon, I always used to have some lager at these times. But now I've realised I'm an alcoholic don't want any more of that. I found myself googling how to have fun without alcohol. Just goes to show you how dependent I was becoming a! Anyway found this whi...	windowview	5	1071	May 14, 2011 by Mr_David
	betwixt and between (Preview) Just felt like sharing this, not sure if I'm looking for advice or just comments really. About 2 weeks ago on these boards after a hellish weekend of 3 days pretty much drunk which felt great at the time but horrible when I sobred up and realised how utterly stupid I'd been I realised I have a drink problem...	windowview	10	568	May 14, 2011 by pinkchip
	Do you like lifesavers (Preview) Do you like Lifesavers? He asked me. Thanks, but no thanks, was my reply. Floyd, (not his real name) was leaving the hospital where he had been my roommate for a few days and was going home. Trouble is that he was leaving with four big tumors in his liver, a failing immune system, and many more problems. Fl...	Bob K	5	697	May 14, 2011 by leeu
	No matter how far down the scale we have gone (Preview) we will see how our experience can benefit others........ So I had a call from a buddy last night who has had to end a relationship he'd been in for two years......... Like me he was heartsore and in tears........ We shared the experience, we knew each other's hurt.... We were laughing with each other wi...	bikerbill	3	1423	May 13, 2011 by Mr_David
	God Calling ~ Never Judge (Preview) Never judge. The heart of man is so delicate, so complex, only its Maker can know it. Each heart is so different, actuated by different motives, controlled by different circumstances, influenced by different sufferings. How can one judge of another? Leave to Me the unraveling of the puzzles of l...	gladlee	2	526	May 13, 2011 by Mr_David
	~ Greetings (Preview) My name is vixen and I am an alcoholic. Today is my fourth day without drinking and my third day reading all I can from both these forums and The BB. I will be hitting some local meetings once I get over my cold. I am pretty much terrified and excited in equal amounts. I first attended an AA meeting 18 years ag...	vixen	10	3173	May 13, 2011 by vixen
	Backsliding. (Preview) I found myself backsliding spiritually recently. For me it is a lack of discipline in the basics of what the BB teaches. Some of my old defects came to visit me, restlessness; irritation & discontent. It came in small doses but enough to put me right back in to my program. God uses one of the best inst...	gonee	9	1075	May 13, 2011 by windowview
	Your Dog and Your Recovery (Preview) Hey everyoneIm trying to get some help from my fellow recovering friends. Im looking for people in recovery who own a dog to complete a brief survey on how their dogs have influenced their recoveries. It only takes a few minutes and would REALLY appreciate your help.Also if you know anyone in recovery...	krisjun	2	785	May 13, 2011 by windowview
	back to work (Preview) so calm this morning. Realise that there may be stuff happening that I can do nothing about. It is what it is. Time I went back to work so will negotiate a phased return from 20th may.	bikerbill	5	594	May 13, 2011 by bikerbill
	Interesting little technique for anxiety. (Preview) I tried something new this evening. I tend to have problems with anxiety, envisioning the worst possible outcome for any situation, worrying about things to an unreasonable degree, etc. Well this evening I was really worried about an encounter at work today, where a manager expressed some disple...	zzworldontheweb	4	507	May 12, 2011 by leeu
	My Sister's Thanks. (Preview) My sister asked me on Friday night to be sure to pass on her thanks to all my buddies in the fellowship for being there for me in these tough times. She's grateful to you all for in her words, the support, fellowship and out and out unconditional love you have shown me. I am grateful too. Thanks.	bikerbill	4	954	May 12, 2011 by leeu
	new here (Preview) hello everyone, I am new here, I am powerless over alcohol. I do not drink every day but when I do drink I binge drink and it completely changes me. This happens at least once a month. I become a nasty person, swearing and being very selfish. For the last 3 days I have been drunk every night and can't rememb...	windowview	17	1952	May 12, 2011 by Klaatu
	the pain is easing (Preview) the pain and the grief of the loss of what I once had and what I thought I needed is easing. The pain and the grief has been overwhelming. From the greatest pain comes the greatest lesson. NowI understand when people say they're happy that I'm in pain because they see the learning happen before their eyes...	bikerbill	14	682	May 12, 2011 by nezyb
	Anonymity is spiritual humility in action. Humility vanity A No Name Game grandiosity (Preview) In modern recovery, anonymity is viewed as harking to a time when alcoholism was seen as a disgrace.By DAVID COLMANPublished: May 6, 2011IM David Colman, and Im an alcoholic. In the 15 years since I quit drinking, Ive neither spoken nor written those words, and now, in doing so, I have more or les...	gezepe	0	6857	May 12, 2011 by gezepe
	Daily Reflections ~ A New Sense of Belonging & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Until we had talked with complete candor of our conflicts, and had listened to someone else do the same thing, we still didnt belong. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 57 After four years in A.A. I was able to discover the freedom from the burden of buried emotions that had caused me so much pain. Wi...	Sobrietyspell	1	470	May 11, 2011 by Mr_David
	God Calling ~ Thrill of Protection (Preview) Turn out all thoughts of doubt and of trouble. Never tolerate them for one second. Bar the windows and doors of your souls against them as you would bar your home against a thief who would steal in to take your treasures. What greater treasures can you have than peace and rest and joy? And these are all...	gladlee	1	386	May 11, 2011 by Mr_David
	God Calling - Calm, not Speed (Preview) "All agitation is destructive of good. All calm is constructive of good, and at the same time destructive of evil. When man wants evil destroyed, so often he rushes to action. It is wrong. First be still and know that I am God. Then act only as I tell you. Never be afraid of any circumstances or...	gladlee	1	480	May 10, 2011 by Mr_David
	God Calling - Kill Self Now (Preview) "Self dethroned - that is the lesson, but in its place put love for Me, knowledge of Me. Cease trying to forgive those who fretted or wronged you. It is a mistake to think about it. Aim at killing the self now, in your daily life, and then you will find there is nothing that even remembers injury, be...	gladlee	4	1711	May 10, 2011 by Just Toni
	Need prayer for a friend (Preview) A friend and co-worker is going through some really hard times right now and could really use your prayers. There's a nasty divorce in her future due to a husband that went back out a few months ago. She's probably going to loose everything and feels she has no where to turn. I've experienced what the...	Klaatu	7	1822	May 10, 2011 by Klaatu
	Smell of alcohol... (Preview) This is day 3 for me of being sober! Pretty proud, lol. I'm going to my first AA meeting today and I am a bundle of different emotions. I'm sure its going to be amazing, just reading all the posts about it gets me really excited. Then I worry, then I cry, and so on. I just want to get there even if I stand up in the...	alone72	8	4675	May 10, 2011 by jj
	Wallowing in self pity... (Preview) Hi everyone; I have been lurking around this site probably 6 months before getting sober and have been sober for 4 months next week. It's had been going really well and I did everything that was suggested; did 90 meetings in 90 days, got a sponser, working the steps, etc. But I guess my pink cloud is diss...	dolly	8	4563	May 9, 2011 by dolly
	God Calling - Harmony Within (Preview) "You must not expect to live in a world where all is harmony, where others are in unbroken accord with you. It is your task to maintain your own heart-peace in adverse circumstances. Doubt always your power or wisdom to put things right; ask Me to right all as you leave it to Me. Only My wisdom can...	gladlee	1	735	May 8, 2011 by Mr_David
	Daily Reflections ~ A Resting Place & 24hrs a Day (Preview) All of A.A.s Twelve Steps ask us to go contrary to our natural desires . . . they all deflate our egos. When it comes to ego deflation, few Steps are harder to take than Five. But scarcely any Step is more necessary to longtime sobriety and peace of mind than this one. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p....	Sobrietyspell	1	650	May 8, 2011 by Mr_David
	I became so hostile to AA - I drank again (Preview) I had 3 and a half years sobriety up until February; I have drunk alcohol 4 times since. My meetings did tail off a bit although I continued meeting with my sponsor and working the Steps, plus carried on with a duty at my home group. I've had a veritable slew of MH problems lately: Panic attacks, Depressio...	puzzled	9	1973	May 8, 2011 by SteveP
	Feels like I'm in an emotional meltdown. (Preview) ll this stuff...........keep fucken crying. Feels like it'll never stop........people are so good to me, a smile, a word and bang I'm gone...........went round to see a guy yesterday, a guy I've allus been scared of in the fellowship.......a gentler man you'd never meet.......fishing, crying an...	bikerbill	12	1421	May 8, 2011 by SteveP
	Heard a great one... (Preview) ...the other day from someone I'd never met before. He was saying how he had a said to this girlfriend that she hadn't been complimenting him for staying sober. She said to him "well, you haven't bashed your head into a brick wall recently either. You want a medal." rotfl...gave me one big, w...	SteveP	5	1177	May 8, 2011 by SteveP
	Daily Reflections ~ Respect for Others & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Such parts of our story we tell to someone who will understand, yet be unaffected. The rule is we must be hard on our self, but always considerate of others. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 74 Respect for others is the lesson that I take out of this passage. I must go to any lengths to free myself if I wish to find t...	Sobrietyspell	1	2304	May 7, 2011 by Mr_David
	God Calling - The Rest of God (Preview) "I lead you. The way is clear. Go forward unafraid. I am beside you. Listen, listen, listen to My voice. My hand is controlling all. I can work through you better when you are at rest. Go very slowly, very quietly, from one duty to the next - taking time to rest and pray between. Do not be too bus...	gladlee	2	1187	May 7, 2011 by Mr_David
	Step2 (Preview) "...could restore us..." Alcoholics Anonymous. We needed restoring and God has the capacity to do it but we must believe that He could. It's been a tremendous comfort to me, to know that God has the capacity, ultimately, and that no human being can mess that up.	gonee	1	1276	May 7, 2011 by Mr_David
	So emotional (Preview) I'm new and didn't know where to go.. Today is day 2 of not drinking heavy on and off for about a year. I drank bottle after bottle of vodka, morning, noon, and night. Nobody knows... not my husband, my girls, my friends, nobody. I drank alone, i'm a stay at home mom, both girls in school all day, so I would...	alone72	13	1811	May 7, 2011 by allie
	Just wanting to hear from you all, why should't we close the door on our past? (Preview) for me, i don't want to forget where i came from and what alcohol had done to my life. i do not want to forget the misery, the sickness, the lies i told and believed.... BECAUSE, the comparison is a great way to see how far i have come and how blessed i am. plus, if i think about drinking the past is there...	jj	10	1650	May 7, 2011 by leeu
	Coming Back From Rock Bottom and Following my Dreams (Preview) Hey Guys, So I'm new to this board but I want to say thank you AA. I recently went through an extremely hard time in my life and hit rock bottom. I abused alcohol. I'm lucky to be alive right now after having attempted suicide while black out drunk. It was because of my fear of my life and a lot of things regard...	msosnows	9	1909	May 7, 2011 by leeu
	Relapse, with cigs. (Preview) HI All, Coming here because I always believe we MUST tell on ourselves. I have for 7 weeks been a non-smoker, and recently just change that "I'm quitting" to a New I AM NOW A NON SMOKER. Well I ran into a drawer that had an old pack and when I went to throw it out, I heard something, looked and alas...	Just Toni	10	1614	May 7, 2011 by leeu
	KEeping Active Check out the new video (Preview) Check out my new video if you want! Subscribe if you want to. Keep active and follow your dreams! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaqYIoHeC7E A friend of mind sends me the AA thought of the day every day and there was a quote in it that says Don't Smother each other. You don't grow in the shade. That qu...	msosnows	6	1484	May 7, 2011 by maire rua
	Update my profile 1st May 2011. (Preview) I was just going to leave this as a profile update, but feel the need to re post it here for feedback. Update 1st May 2011. Life is hard, very hard, but I'm still sober. It's been over 5 years since I left the family home and the relationship with my (soon to be) ex wife took an upturn, then gradually slid down...	bikerbill	13	2155	May 7, 2011 by bikerbill
	God Calling - Share with Me (Preview) "Delight in My love. Try to live in the rapture of the kingdom. Claim big things. Claim great things. Claim joy and peace and freedom from care. Joy in Me. I am your Lord, your Creator. Remember too that I am the same yesterday, today, and forever.... Joy in Me, trust in Me, share all life with M...	gladlee	3	1619	May 6, 2011 by ChicagoSteve
	Step2 (Preview) "....a Power greater than ourselves..." Alcoholics Anonymous. Such enormous POWER in the nature of our universe. We miss it because of the scales in our eyes not because God is not.	gonee	1	1355	May 6, 2011 by Mr_David
	Daily Reflections ~ Hold Back Nothing & 24hrs a Day (Preview) The real tests of the situation are your own willingness to confide and your full confidence in the one with whom you you share your first accurate self-survey. . . . Provided you hold back nothing, your sense of relief will mount from minute to minute. The dammed-up emotions of years break out of their...	Sobrietyspell	1	1306	May 6, 2011 by Mr_David
	Rules and Authority (Preview) Spinning off the "Conference Approved Literature" thread, I thought I'd start a new one. Re: the "Akron Pamphlet" - I've heard that before but never knew where it came from. Interesting. Today I fit that definition of an AA. But I did NOT fit that definition when I walked in th...	barisax	9	1692	May 6, 2011 by StPeteDean
	Going through a tough time at present (Preview) Hi all, going through a tough time at present, been getting plenty of meetings and doing service on sunday as secretary. I need to find a new sponsor. Will it count that I am up to step 5 or will I need to start again? I did not do the fourth step with my initial sponsor and am really glad I didn't. She has just b...	maire rua	12	1158	May 6, 2011 by alone72
	Got honest (Preview) I admitted to my home group and my sponser I was drinking daily. I got my 24 hour coin. I have receieved a great deal of support and encouragement. It was a very difficult process to admit since I was also going to meetings everyday. My roommate is in my homegroup. She is now trying to decide if she wan...	allie	6	1598	May 6, 2011 by pinkchip
	Step2 (Preview) "...came to believe..." Alcoholics Anonymous. The walk back to God, starting with belief. It's only a question of being willing. Nothing more is required to make a start. We serve a compassionate God. That's all He asks for in the beginning. -- Edited by gonee on Thursday 5th of May 2011 08...	gonee	3	984	May 6, 2011 by Mr_David
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