Alcoholics Anonymous

gladlee · gladlee

"Remember that My followers are to be a peculiar people, separated from among others. Different ways, a different standard of living different customs, actuated by different motives. Pray for love. Pray for My spirit of love to be showered on all you meet. Deal with yourself severely. Le...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

To see how erratic emotions victimized us often took a long time. We could perceive them quickly in others, but only slowly in ourselves. First of all, we had to admit that we had many of these defects, even though such disclosures were painful and humiliating. Where other people were concerned, we ha...

bikerbill · bikerbill

.....just had a long chat with one of my civvy buddies. His wife died 4 years ago and he just found an old letter she wrote him several years ago and read a bit out to me. She said'.....and the worst place to live is on a pedestal.' Blew me away.

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

. . . where alcohol has been involved, we have been strangely insane. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 38 Alcoholism required me to drink, whether I wanted to or not. Insanity dominated my life and was the essence of my disease. It robbed me of the freedom of choice over drinking and, therefore, robbed me of al...

puzzled · puzzled

I drank again in February after 3 and-a-half years due to my panic attacks. I managed to get back to a few meetings but wasn't enjoying them, still I made myself show up. A Consultant psychiatrist put me on an anti-depressant meant to help with panic disorder, but initially - I've been on it 4 and-a-hal...

barisax · barisax

Over the years I've seen several people go through an accident, injury or surgery while sober, only to become addicted to pain pills in the process which led to a relapse on alcohol. So here I am getting older, generally in good health except for being diabetic, and I get hit with back to back things th...

turninggrey · turninggrey

http://www.theonion.com/articles/man-wakes-up-from-bender-with-financial-problems-s,19858/?utm_source=recentnews-- Edited by turninggrey on Wednesday 6th of April 2011 08:35:45 PM

TwelveSteps · TwelveSteps

Hi all, I just have to share my joy that I finally convinced my parents to go to their first AlAnon meeting last night! I'm an only child, which I think has impeded their ability to draw boundaries about my alcoholism, even though I'm 36 and live 400 miles away -- they try to make it THEIR problem, rather th...

leeu · leeu

Went to "Living Now" on St. Mark's Place (old stomping grounds-East Village). This meeting has been running continuously for 40-some odd years, I think. My sister presented me with my 28th medallion (they don't normally do chips, so the crowd enjoyed the surprize as much as I did)...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

. . . let us not suppose even for an instant that we are not under constraint. . . . Our former tyrant, King Alcohol, always stands ready again to clutch us to him. Therefore, freedom from alcohol is the great must that has to be achieved, else we go mad or die. As Bill Sees It, p. 134 When drinking, I lived in s...

Mad_Jasper · Mad_Jasper

After several visits, I have began attending the FreeLife meetings at church. They are very similar to AA, but with more emphasis on Christ and the overall groups meeting encompasses alcoholic, narcotics, divorce, etc. We break off an focus on our addiction/problem. I have what essentially is...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

The Story & Struggle of Me.. Ever since I was a little child I never knew who I was. I felt special, connected, different, lost. I have been & so often felt confused. I thought something brilliant might happen with me as I grew & mastered this world. As it happened, this didn't happen & i...

Jamie D · Jamie D

I've seen it shared before on this board in a post by another member that at about the five year point in a members sobriety things "can" get hellish and turbulent emotionally. I've also heard Bob Earl of whom I am a great fan, say once before in one of his recorded talks ( not the about you...

gladlee · gladlee

"Be calm, be true, be quiet. I watch over you. Rest in My love. Joy in the very beauty of holiness. You are Mine. Deliverance is here for you, but thankfulness and joy open the gates. Try in all things to be very glad, very happy, very thankful. It is not to quiet resignation I give My blessings,...

bikerbill · bikerbill

Got a call from my ex wife wanting to know who was in the car wiith me. I declined to answer beyond not your concern. Then she had a tirade of abuse about me seeing some other woman. I cut her off. Turned the phone off. Unplugged the landline. After a bit when I was on my own I turned the mobile back on and liste...

barisax · barisax

Most of us have heard this in AA meetings. I heard it fairly early on, and for some reason I got it. You hear the same idea expressed many different ways, i.e. "simple pleasures" and all that, but this particular wording sunk in to me. LinBaba mentions it in his post, i.e. happiness lies in...

LinBaba · LinBaba

One of my favorite all time books about a spiritual path is "A Path With Heart" by Jack Kornfield, he was a college student in the sixties who came from a "good family" his father was a biophysicist who developed artificial hearts and artificial lungs, worked on the space progra...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

We want to find exactly how, when, and where our natural desires have warped us. We wish to look squarely at the unhappiness this has caused others and ourselves. By discovering what our emotional deformities are, we can move toward their correction TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p.43 Today I a...

Just Toni · Just Toni

Hi, Someone just called me and said there was an editorial on AA, in this mornings paper, that AA has become the top organization as far as the people being the most intelligent, even used the words Brillant, and gifted, and creative people ever to gather in one organization. Also went on to say that...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

We were having trouble with personal relationships, we couldnt control our emotional natures, we were a prey to misery and depression, we couldnt make a living, we had a feeling of uselessness, we were full of fear, we were unhappy, we couldnt seem to be of real help to other people. . . . ALCOHOLICS ANO...

Klaatu · Klaatu

It dawned on me this evening at my HG meeting (sponsor pointed it out) that today, April 4, 2009 makes it 2 years of soberiety. I'm grateful to the fellowship and all the support I've recieved from friends (including you all here) to help me achieve it. Here's a bit of irony for you... I'm sitting here a...

Violet B · Violet B

jaunwaun · jaunwaun

10 years yesterday without drinking been sober about 7 of those,right now i`m not sober in the least,i`m not drinking but i`m as far from sober as a person can be without adding alcohol. i don`t feel the need for drink anymore...but i do need sobriety ,life sucks without sobriety what really sucks is...

Frodo · Frodo

On Friday I spoke to my wife face to face for the first time in several months. It was nice. Nothing earth shattering but just a nice pleasant conversation after months of anger and misunderstandings. On Tuesday I dropped off the kids and saw her again. This time we laughed and joked, we spoke for a long t...

Jerry F · Jerry F

Used a little bit of my left over sarcasm the other day when the definition of R.I.D. was asked for and said, for me, "Rice Is Done"...let's eat!! Actually it's not the rice that is done at the moment but me...I'm toast regarding patience, tolerance, not reacting, expectations (reasona...

gladlee · gladlee

"Rest in Me. Seek this evening time just to be with Me. Do not feel you have failed if sometmes I ask you only to rest together in My presence. I am with you... not only at these times, at all times. Feel conscious of My presence. Earth has no greater joy than that."

John · John

Hello Everyone, As the founder and webmaster of Miracles In Progress I want to extent a personal "Thank You" to each of you for valuing and utilizing the CoDA portion of our site. As we grow in our recoveries from alcoholism, addiction, or being a family member of a loved one who suffers from this di...

bikerbill · bikerbill

I'm really good at building up fantasy worlds im my head. Then I start to confuse the fantasies with reality until I convince myself that the fantasy is the reality. Then when I see the true reality I'm hurt that the reality doesn't match the fantasy. There won't be a happy ever after. All I have is what Go...

pinkchip · pinkchip

It is interesting what freedom and choices there are in life now that I am not a slave to alcohol. For about a year and a half I would say, I was building a foundation to just resist alcohol....I had major shifts in my thinking and a really painful period of growth. I stuck it out. Where does that leave me...

mikef · mikef

Morning and welcome to another blessed day of life! During my morning reflections,I remembered back to a really pertinent moment of humility and the lesson of remaining humble.I wanted to share this with you. I remember back to my first round of Steps 6&7 and how I was feeling and what was reveale...

gladlee · gladlee

"I am all powerful and all knowing, and I have all your affairs in My hands. Divine efficiency, as well as divine power is being brought to bear on them. The kingdom of heaven can only be preached by those who have learned to prize the authority of its kingdom. A many-sided training My apostles ne...

kld47 · kld47

Hi Have not been on much due to College Classes and Health Issues. Well the health has taken another turn--I am now doing physical therapy for water on my right knee, plus now have to use a Cane. I do not recall in any earlier post if I had said anything about being a Type 2 Diabetic since Feb 4 which was broug...

bikerbill · bikerbill

Although I'm booked at the stop smoking clinic tomorrow, as I ran out of tobacco at 0830 today, I'm going to stop smoking as of now. One day at a time, one hour at a time, one cigarette at a time. I've been a non smoker for exactly 60 minutes now. It's not for health reasons, it's not becuase my breath and clot...

mikef · mikef

Morning, just wanted to wish all newcomers welcome and say hey to all here. Been fast and furious in my part of the planet so havent been on much lately,but do hold all in prayer and support. STOP!!! be grateful for this day of life and remember not to forskae in the dark what your own concept of your Hi...

gladlee · gladlee

"I am here. Here as truly as I was with My disciples of old. Here to help and bless you. Here to company with you. Do you know, even yet, that this is the priceless blessing of your life? I forgive you, as you have prayed Me to, for all neglects of My commands, but start anew from today. Study My wor...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 42 Step Four is the vigorous and painstaking effort to discover what the liabilities in each of us have been, and are. I want to find exactly how, when, and where my natural desires have warped me....

bikerbill · bikerbill

It ain't rushing and pushing me and it ain't idling along and having me waste time. Life just seems to be going at the proper pace - erm, I think that means that maybe I'm fitting myself to today's circumstances? It's been a beautiful day even though i spent the bulk of it in the office and I'm still here. t...

gladlee · gladlee

"I judge not by outward appearances. I judge the heart, and I see in your heart one single desire: to do My will. The simplest offering by a child with the one desire to show you love, is it not more loved by you than the offerings of those who love you not? So, though you may feel that your work has be...

redtara · redtara

Hi Everyone. I called the cops on my son the other day as his boss told me he was worried about his life he looked so bad. He's had so many run ins with the police -2 probation breaches. They have him in jail - he doesn't know it was me who turned him in. He's 24. Court appearnace tommorow. I feel torn but...

bikerbill · bikerbill

I am prepared to walk away from this marriage with no equity if I have to. what I wasn't prepared for was that my ex has a legal right to combine her pension and mine so we have the same. we have assetts of around £250k in property, shares and savings. That'd be £125k each, but my pension pot is worth around £...

LinBaba · LinBaba

This is the pebble rattling around my tin can today,....success as defined by other people...and being shamed into having someone else's definition of success become our own There are studies that show if you put a person in a room with 9 other people and those 9 people all give a flagrantly wrong answ...

bikerbill · bikerbill

As my ex wife goes to alanon that's co located with one of my regular AA meetings and I'm not yet ready to see her across the car park, I'm staying away from that particular meeting and going to another. however, due to getting tied up in work I ended up setting off way too late to get to the meeting of choice....

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

We trust that we already know what our several freedoms truly are; that no future generation of AAs will ever feel compelled to limit them. Our AA freedoms create the soil in which genuine love can grow. . . . LANGUAGE OF THE HEART, p. 303 I craved freedom. First, freedom to drink; later, freedom from dri...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

. . . sometimes the good is the enemy of the best. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS COMES OF AGE, p. 101 I think these words apply to every area of A.A.s Three Legacies: Recovery, Unity and Service! I want them etched in my mind and life as I trudge the Road of Happy Destiny (Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 164). These words...

Mooncalf · Mooncalf

Hi all. Thank you again for your responses and I shall try to compose my self defences a little tighter from now on. I posted to my original thread last night about powerlessness and received a response. But I thought perhaps I should post it as a seperate thread so more of you would see it and add your pe...

zzworldontheweb · zzworldontheweb

Ive expressed here a couple of times that Im uncomfortable with the meeting after the meeting and many have encouraged me to get over that and participate. I guess I just need some practical advice on how. I do share in meetings and THINK I treat everyone cordially, smile at them, etc. When they ask m...

bikerbill · bikerbill

So I try to stop smoking - by lunchtime I'm shaking like a sh*tting dog - but I got some Nicotine Replacement therapy, which included a dummy cigarette with a capsule of nicotine in it. After sucking on it for 10 minutes until I had Keef Richards cheekbones, I figured this ain't working. I'll pass that to...

bikerbill · bikerbill

The only conventions I've been to have been either outdoor camping events, little local things, or one day conventions in hotels etc. so being at a loose end on saturday I went to the Northern National Convention in Blackpool. How many shares did I hear? 2. How many speaker events did I get to? 0. Why? w...

Michelle2 · Michelle2

I really need some kind of support to quit drinking, I've tried it on my own before and only lasted 3 weeks. My problem is that I'm agnostic and AA is very spiritually based. I feel like a hypocrite during the prayer at the end of the meeting.. I don't believe that "God" will help me quit drinkin...

Mad_Jasper · Mad_Jasper

Hey guys. Work schedule has been demanding for the last couple of weeks and will be through mid-april. I finally made a church-based recovery meeting last night, first meeting in a week. I doubt I will have a chance again til this weekend, but I plan to go to my normal group and finally get things goi...

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	God Calling - April 11 (Preview) "Remember that My followers are to be a peculiar people, separated from among others. Different ways, a different standard of living different customs, actuated by different motives. Pray for love. Pray for My spirit of love to be showered on all you meet. Deal with yourself severely. Le...	gladlee	2	705	Apr 13, 2011 by Mr_David
	Daily Reflections ~ A Word to Drop: "Blame" & 24hrs a Day (Preview) To see how erratic emotions victimized us often took a long time. We could perceive them quickly in others, but only slowly in ourselves. First of all, we had to admit that we had many of these defects, even though such disclosures were painful and humiliating. Where other people were concerned, we ha...	Sobrietyspell	1	714	Apr 13, 2011 by Mr_David
	The worst place to live..... (Preview) .....just had a long chat with one of my civvy buddies. His wife died 4 years ago and he just found an old letter she wrote him several years ago and read a bit out to me. She said'.....and the worst place to live is on a pedestal.' Blew me away.	bikerbill	6	666	Apr 13, 2011 by Mr_David
	Daily Reflections ~ Giving Up Insanity & 24hrs a day (Preview) . . . where alcohol has been involved, we have been strangely insane. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 38 Alcoholism required me to drink, whether I wanted to or not. Insanity dominated my life and was the essence of my disease. It robbed me of the freedom of choice over drinking and, therefore, robbed me of al...	Sobrietyspell	1	716	Apr 13, 2011 by Mr_David
	I just can't stay at meetings - valium doesn't help. (Preview) I drank again in February after 3 and-a-half years due to my panic attacks. I managed to get back to a few meetings but wasn't enjoying them, still I made myself show up. A Consultant psychiatrist put me on an anti-depressant meant to help with panic disorder, but initially - I've been on it 4 and-a-hal...	puzzled	19	6199	Apr 12, 2011 by redtara
	Pain Pills and Sobriety (Preview) Over the years I've seen several people go through an accident, injury or surgery while sober, only to become addicted to pain pills in the process which led to a relapse on alcohol. So here I am getting older, generally in good health except for being diabetic, and I get hit with back to back things th...	barisax	11	2084	Apr 11, 2011 by Oblong
	Did anyone ever have a bender like this one? (Preview) http://www.theonion.com/articles/man-wakes-up-from-bender-with-financial-problems-s,19858/?utm_source=recentnews-- Edited by turninggrey on Wednesday 6th of April 2011 08:35:45 PM	turninggrey	14	1123	Apr 11, 2011 by Oblong
	Parents went to first Alanon meeting last night! (Preview) Hi all, I just have to share my joy that I finally convinced my parents to go to their first AlAnon meeting last night! I'm an only child, which I think has impeded their ability to draw boundaries about my alcoholism, even though I'm 36 and live 400 miles away -- they try to make it THEIR problem, rather th...	TwelveSteps	2	763	Apr 10, 2011 by happycamper
	NYC-28 years and four days (Preview) Went to "Living Now" on St. Mark's Place (old stomping grounds-East Village). This meeting has been running continuously for 40-some odd years, I think. My sister presented me with my 28th medallion (they don't normally do chips, so the crowd enjoyed the surprize as much as I did)...	leeu	5	515	Apr 10, 2011 by billyjack
	Daily Reflections ~ Freedom From King Alcohol & 24hrs a Day (Preview) . . . let us not suppose even for an instant that we are not under constraint. . . . Our former tyrant, King Alcohol, always stands ready again to clutch us to him. Therefore, freedom from alcohol is the great must that has to be achieved, else we go mad or die. As Bill Sees It, p. 134 When drinking, I lived in s...	Sobrietyspell	1	749	Apr 9, 2011 by Mr_David
	AA / FreeLife Church Group (Preview) After several visits, I have began attending the FreeLife meetings at church. They are very similar to AA, but with more emphasis on Christ and the overall groups meeting encompasses alcoholic, narcotics, divorce, etc. We break off an focus on our addiction/problem. I have what essentially is...	Mad_Jasper	7	703	Apr 9, 2011 by pinkchip
	The Crux of My Alcoholism (Preview) The Story & Struggle of Me.. Ever since I was a little child I never knew who I was. I felt special, connected, different, lost. I have been & so often felt confused. I thought something brilliant might happen with me as I grew & mastered this world. As it happened, this didn't happen & i...	Sobrietyspell	9	883	Apr 9, 2011 by Sobrietyspell
	The Dreaded ((((((((((( 5 year mark )))))))))))) (Preview) I've seen it shared before on this board in a post by another member that at about the five year point in a members sobriety things "can" get hellish and turbulent emotionally. I've also heard Bob Earl of whom I am a great fan, say once before in one of his recorded talks ( not the about you...	Jamie D	11	3906	Apr 9, 2011 by redtara
	God Calling - Deliverance (Preview) "Be calm, be true, be quiet. I watch over you. Rest in My love. Joy in the very beauty of holiness. You are Mine. Deliverance is here for you, but thankfulness and joy open the gates. Try in all things to be very glad, very happy, very thankful. It is not to quiet resignation I give My blessings,...	gladlee	8	928	Apr 8, 2011 by LinBaba
	So far So Good (Preview) Got a call from my ex wife wanting to know who was in the car wiith me. I declined to answer beyond not your concern. Then she had a tirade of abuse about me seeing some other woman. I cut her off. Turned the phone off. Unplugged the landline. After a bit when I was on my own I turned the mobile back on and liste...	bikerbill	25	1145	Apr 8, 2011 by Just Toni
	It's a Process Not An Event (Preview) Most of us have heard this in AA meetings. I heard it fairly early on, and for some reason I got it. You hear the same idea expressed many different ways, i.e. "simple pleasures" and all that, but this particular wording sunk in to me. LinBaba mentions it in his post, i.e. happiness lies in...	barisax	2	869	Apr 8, 2011 by barisax
	Spiritual Maturity (Preview) One of my favorite all time books about a spiritual path is "A Path With Heart" by Jack Kornfield, he was a college student in the sixties who came from a "good family" his father was a biophysicist who developed artificial hearts and artificial lungs, worked on the space progra...	LinBaba	5	840	Apr 8, 2011 by cindy
	Daily Reflections ~ An Inside Look & 24hrs a Day (Preview) We want to find exactly how, when, and where our natural desires have warped us. We wish to look squarely at the unhappiness this has caused others and ourselves. By discovering what our emotional deformities are, we can move toward their correction TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p.43 Today I a...	Sobrietyspell	1	657	Apr 8, 2011 by Mr_David
	Article in New York Times this morning (Preview) Hi, Someone just called me and said there was an editorial on AA, in this mornings paper, that AA has become the top organization as far as the people being the most intelligent, even used the words Brillant, and gifted, and creative people ever to gather in one organization. Also went on to say that...	Just Toni	9	1131	Apr 7, 2011 by Just Toni
	Daily Reflections ~ A Lifetime Process & 24hrs a Day (Preview) We were having trouble with personal relationships, we couldnt control our emotional natures, we were a prey to misery and depression, we couldnt make a living, we had a feeling of uselessness, we were full of fear, we were unhappy, we couldnt seem to be of real help to other people. . . . ALCOHOLICS ANO...	Sobrietyspell	2	634	Apr 6, 2011 by Mr_David
	I forgot that today is 2 years for me! (Preview) It dawned on me this evening at my HG meeting (sponsor pointed it out) that today, April 4, 2009 makes it 2 years of soberiety. I'm grateful to the fellowship and all the support I've recieved from friends (including you all here) to help me achieve it. Here's a bit of irony for you... I'm sitting here a...	Klaatu	12	751	Apr 6, 2011 by jaunwaun
	Craig Ferguson - Sober Comedian (Preview)	Violet B	12	6658	Apr 6, 2011 by barisax
	10 years (Preview) 10 years yesterday without drinking been sober about 7 of those,right now i`m not sober in the least,i`m not drinking but i`m as far from sober as a person can be without adding alcohol. i don`t feel the need for drink anymore...but i do need sobriety ,life sucks without sobriety what really sucks is...	jaunwaun	9	755	Apr 6, 2011 by jaunwaun
	Gratitude (Preview) On Friday I spoke to my wife face to face for the first time in several months. It was nice. Nothing earth shattering but just a nice pleasant conversation after months of anger and misunderstandings. On Tuesday I dropped off the kids and saw her again. This time we laughed and joked, we spoke for a long t...	Frodo	9	1161	Apr 6, 2011 by Frodo
	R.I.D. (Preview) Used a little bit of my left over sarcasm the other day when the definition of R.I.D. was asked for and said, for me, "Rice Is Done"...let's eat!! Actually it's not the rice that is done at the moment but me...I'm toast regarding patience, tolerance, not reacting, expectations (reasona...	Jerry F	5	849	Apr 6, 2011 by Jerry F
	God Calling - April 5 (Preview) "Rest in Me. Seek this evening time just to be with Me. Do not feel you have failed if sometmes I ask you only to rest together in My presence. I am with you... not only at these times, at all times. Feel conscious of My presence. Earth has no greater joy than that."	gladlee	2	670	Apr 5, 2011 by Mr_David
	A simple "CoDA" Thank you (Preview) Hello Everyone, As the founder and webmaster of Miracles In Progress I want to extent a personal "Thank You" to each of you for valuing and utilizing the CoDA portion of our site. As we grow in our recoveries from alcoholism, addiction, or being a family member of a loved one who suffers from this di...	John	1	762	Apr 5, 2011 by Mr_David
	my head tells me lies. (Preview) I'm really good at building up fantasy worlds im my head. Then I start to confuse the fantasies with reality until I convince myself that the fantasy is the reality. Then when I see the true reality I'm hurt that the reality doesn't match the fantasy. There won't be a happy ever after. All I have is what Go...	bikerbill	6	1108	Apr 5, 2011 by LinBaba
	post-newcomer sobriety... (Preview) It is interesting what freedom and choices there are in life now that I am not a slave to alcohol. For about a year and a half I would say, I was building a foundation to just resist alcohol....I had major shifts in my thinking and a really painful period of growth. I stuck it out. Where does that leave me...	pinkchip	6	1051	Apr 4, 2011 by leeu
	Remaining Humble.especially when you think you got it!!! (Preview) Morning and welcome to another blessed day of life! During my morning reflections,I remembered back to a really pertinent moment of humility and the lesson of remaining humble.I wanted to share this with you. I remember back to my first round of Steps 6&7 and how I was feeling and what was reveale...	mikef	5	1407	Apr 4, 2011 by recovered55
	God Calling - Divine Efficiency (Preview) "I am all powerful and all knowing, and I have all your affairs in My hands. Divine efficiency, as well as divine power is being brought to bear on them. The kingdom of heaven can only be preached by those who have learned to prize the authority of its kingdom. A many-sided training My apostles ne...	gladlee	1	629	Apr 4, 2011 by Mr_David
	Been To The Doctor Again (Preview) Hi Have not been on much due to College Classes and Health Issues. Well the health has taken another turn--I am now doing physical therapy for water on my right knee, plus now have to use a Cane. I do not recall in any earlier post if I had said anything about being a Type 2 Diabetic since Feb 4 which was broug...	kld47	4	769	Apr 4, 2011 by Mike B.
	While I'm at it I thought I might as well stop smoking (Preview) Although I'm booked at the stop smoking clinic tomorrow, as I ran out of tobacco at 0830 today, I'm going to stop smoking as of now. One day at a time, one hour at a time, one cigarette at a time. I've been a non smoker for exactly 60 minutes now. It's not for health reasons, it's not becuase my breath and clot...	bikerbill	10	1080	Apr 4, 2011 by bikerbill
	Blessings of another day of "LIFE" (Preview) Morning, just wanted to wish all newcomers welcome and say hey to all here. Been fast and furious in my part of the planet so havent been on much lately,but do hold all in prayer and support. STOP!!! be grateful for this day of life and remember not to forskae in the dark what your own concept of your Hi...	mikef	2	675	Apr 2, 2011 by SoberSteve
	God Calling - The Priceless Blessing (Preview) "I am here. Here as truly as I was with My disciples of old. Here to help and bless you. Here to company with you. Do you know, even yet, that this is the priceless blessing of your life? I forgive you, as you have prayed Me to, for all neglects of My commands, but start anew from today. Study My wor...	gladlee	1	550	Apr 2, 2011 by Mr_David
	Daily Reflections ~ Looking Within & 24hrs a Day (Preview) A.A. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 42 Step Four is the vigorous and painstaking effort to discover what the liabilities in each of us have been, and are. I want to find exactly how, when, and where my natural desires have warped me....	Sobrietyspell	1	449	Apr 1, 2011 by Mr_David
	Life's going at life's proper pace today. (Preview) It ain't rushing and pushing me and it ain't idling along and having me waste time. Life just seems to be going at the proper pace - erm, I think that means that maybe I'm fitting myself to today's circumstances? It's been a beautiful day even though i spent the bulk of it in the office and I'm still here. t...	bikerbill	3	677	Apr 1, 2011 by Mike B.
	God Calling - Love's Offering (Preview) "I judge not by outward appearances. I judge the heart, and I see in your heart one single desire: to do My will. The simplest offering by a child with the one desire to show you love, is it not more loved by you than the offerings of those who love you not? So, though you may feel that your work has be...	gladlee	1	1020	Apr 1, 2011 by Mr_David
	called the cops (Preview) Hi Everyone. I called the cops on my son the other day as his boss told me he was worried about his life he looked so bad. He's had so many run ins with the police -2 probation breaches. They have him in jail - he doesn't know it was me who turned him in. He's 24. Court appearnace tommorow. I feel torn but...	redtara	9	1132	Mar 31, 2011 by redtara
	Bloody British divorce Laws! (Preview) I am prepared to walk away from this marriage with no equity if I have to. what I wasn't prepared for was that my ex has a legal right to combine her pension and mine so we have the same. we have assetts of around £250k in property, shares and savings. That'd be £125k each, but my pension pot is worth around £...	bikerbill	7	1125	Mar 31, 2011 by bikerbill
	Conformity (Preview) This is the pebble rattling around my tin can today,....success as defined by other people...and being shamed into having someone else's definition of success become our own There are studies that show if you put a person in a room with 9 other people and those 9 people all give a flagrantly wrong answ...	LinBaba	13	1451	Mar 31, 2011 by Jamie D
	Ah no meeting tonight so made amends instead (Preview) As my ex wife goes to alanon that's co located with one of my regular AA meetings and I'm not yet ready to see her across the car park, I'm staying away from that particular meeting and going to another. however, due to getting tied up in work I ended up setting off way too late to get to the meeting of choice....	bikerbill	2	958	Mar 31, 2011 by Jerry F
	Daily Reflections ~ A.A.'s Freedoms & 24hrs a Day (Preview) We trust that we already know what our several freedoms truly are; that no future generation of AAs will ever feel compelled to limit them. Our AA freedoms create the soil in which genuine love can grow. . . . LANGUAGE OF THE HEART, p. 303 I craved freedom. First, freedom to drink; later, freedom from dri...	Sobrietyspell	1	984	Mar 31, 2011 by Mr_David
	Daily Reflections ~ Our Group Conscience & 24hrs a Day (Preview) . . . sometimes the good is the enemy of the best. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS COMES OF AGE, p. 101 I think these words apply to every area of A.A.s Three Legacies: Recovery, Unity and Service! I want them etched in my mind and life as I trudge the Road of Happy Destiny (Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 164). These words...	Sobrietyspell	1	776	Mar 31, 2011 by Mr_David
	Powerlessness (Preview) Hi all. Thank you again for your responses and I shall try to compose my self defences a little tighter from now on. I posted to my original thread last night about powerlessness and received a response. But I thought perhaps I should post it as a seperate thread so more of you would see it and add your pe...	Mooncalf	11	1659	Mar 30, 2011 by bikerbill
	Practical advice for a shy person (Preview) Ive expressed here a couple of times that Im uncomfortable with the meeting after the meeting and many have encouraged me to get over that and participate. I guess I just need some practical advice on how. I do share in meetings and THINK I treat everyone cordially, smile at them, etc. When they ask m...	zzworldontheweb	8	5447	Mar 30, 2011 by HeatherK
	Oh I think I might have bitten off a bit too much (Preview) So I try to stop smoking - by lunchtime I'm shaking like a sh*tting dog - but I got some Nicotine Replacement therapy, which included a dummy cigarette with a capsule of nicotine in it. After sucking on it for 10 minutes until I had Keef Richards cheekbones, I figured this ain't working. I'll pass that to...	bikerbill	13	1208	Mar 30, 2011 by bikerbill
	So what's the deal with conventions? (Preview) The only conventions I've been to have been either outdoor camping events, little local things, or one day conventions in hotels etc. so being at a loose end on saturday I went to the Northern National Convention in Blackpool. How many shares did I hear? 2. How many speaker events did I get to? 0. Why? w...	bikerbill	12	1314	Mar 30, 2011 by bikerbill
	First meeting tonight and feeling a bit out of place (Preview) I really need some kind of support to quit drinking, I've tried it on my own before and only lasted 3 weeks. My problem is that I'm agnostic and AA is very spiritually based. I feel like a hypocrite during the prayer at the end of the meeting.. I don't believe that "God" will help me quit drinkin...	Michelle2	14	1178	Mar 30, 2011 by LinBaba
	Checking in.... (Preview) Hey guys. Work schedule has been demanding for the last couple of weeks and will be through mid-april. I finally made a church-based recovery meeting last night, first meeting in a week. I doubt I will have a chance again til this weekend, but I plan to go to my normal group and finally get things goi...	Mad_Jasper	5	982	Mar 30, 2011 by happycamper
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