Alcoholics Anonymous

Blackie123 · Blackie123

Yesterday, at 30 days my son turned 3. Today went to my regular meeting house and got my chip. My new second home. After all these years of trying it on my own it took dying with a BAC of .54 to wake me up. Talk about a spiritual awakening. I know other have had the same, and I know others for whom death made no...

John · John

Hello folks, Someone has eluded to the idea that they thought their anonymity was automatically protected here, but this is a public message board. It can be crawled by google, yahoo, and another search bot that roams around the internet. If you are using your full name in your registration, inste...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

We are sure God wants us to be happy, joyous, and free. We cannot subscribe to the belief that this life is a vale of tears, though it once was just that for many of us. But it is clear that we made our own misery. God didnt do it. Avoid then, the deliberate manufacture of misery, but if trouble comes, cheerfu...

gladlee · gladlee

"Get a feeling of bounteous giving into your being. I give with a large hand and heart. Note the draught of fishes. The net broke; the boat began to sink with the lavishness of My gift. Lose sight of all limitations. Abundance is God's supply. Turn out all limited thoughts. Receive showers a...

gonee · gonee

What happened to contrition? Hardly ever heard in meetings nowadays. That was the hallmark of Dr Bob's recovery. My contrite heart refused self pity & resentment. That's what refused to divorce my wife when she got mad with me. That's what refused to leave my employer when he scolded me when I wa...

gladlee · gladlee

"There will be no limit to what you can accomplish. Realize that. Never relinquish any task or give up the thought of any task because it seems beyond your power, only if you see it is not My Will for you. This I command you. Think of the tiny snowdrop-shoot in the hard ground. No certainty even t...

Aquaman · Aquaman

Got nine months and then racked up 4 lapses. No "oh my god, where's Dad? It's been two days!" benders, but though a failure to maintain my spiritual; connection with my higher power I have allowed my character defects to get the better of me and old habits behaviors being what they are' I'm an...

gladlee · gladlee

"Your lack of control is due not to the big burdens, but to your permitting the little frets and cares and burdens to accumulate. If anything vexes you, deal with that and get that righted with Me before you allow yourself to speak to or meet anybody, or to undertake any new duty. Look upon yourself...

gladlee · gladlee

Win Me, Win All "You will conquer. The conquering spirit is never crushed. Keep a brave and trusting heart. Face all your difficulties in the spirit of conquest. Rise to greater heights than you have known before. Remember where I am is victory. Forces of evil, within and without you, flee...

bikerbill · bikerbill

it's something thqt of late I've realised I do afer the fact most times. Basically I lie to myself and dress my motives up in something more palatable to me. A couple of weeks ago I needed to go to two banks. I convinced myself to go to the ones across the mall from where my son works. I felt uneasy so talked to...

bikerbill · bikerbill

......this being one of those days that must happen. It's not a good day for me. I don't know what to do to change it, or more rather to change the way I'm looking at it. Gratitude List - well I'm still sober, still don't want to drink, got friends, people who care, I can show love, I can accept love, I can help...

leeu · leeu

...gratitude today. I was reading through recent posts and somewhere someone said something about making a gratitude list that had nothing to do with yourself. Well, I tried, but I could not. It did not take more than a few entries to realize that even if I was expressing and feeling genuine gratitude...

gonee · gonee

The longer I am sober the more crucial the meetings become. The relapse begins with complacency & self satifaction. One slip is all it needs for the entire structure to collapse. The speaker's story tonight spoke of just that. What's frightening is that the family are just as sick. They were will...

John · John

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Be A Sponsor*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ SELF-ACCEPTANCE We know that God lovingly watches over us. We know that when we turn to Him, all will be well with us, here and hereafter. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 105 I pray for the willingness to remember that I am a child of God, a div...

John · John

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Be A Sponsor*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ WHAT WE KNOW BEST "Shoemaker, stick to thy last!" . . . better do one thing supremely well than many badly. That is the central theme of this Tradition [Five]. Around it our Society gathers in unity. The very life of our Fellowship requires the pres...

Phil · Phil

A.A. Thought for the Day The A.A. way is the way of sobriety, and yet there are slips. Why do these slips occur? Why don't we all accept A.A. and stay sober from then on? There are many reasons, but it has been proved without exception that once we have become alcoholics we can never drink successfull...

John · John

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Be A Sponsor*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ GLOBAL SHARING The only thing that matters is that he is an alcoholic who has found a key to sobriety. These legacies of suffering and of recovery are easily passed among alcoholics, one to the other. This is our gift from God, and its bes...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

My friend suggested what then seemed a novel idea . . . "Why don't you choose your own conception of God?" That statement hit me hard. It melted the icy intellectual mountain in whose shadow I had lived and shivered many years. I stood in the sunlight at last. It was only a matter of being willi...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

The more we become willing to depend upon a Higher Power, the more independent we actually are. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 36 I start with a little willingness to trust God and He causes that willingness to grow. The more willingness I have, the more trust I gain, and the more trust I gain, th...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Man is supposed to think, and act. He wasn't made to God's image to be an automation. As Bill Sees It, p. 55 Before I joined A.A., I often did not think, and reacted to people and situations. When not reacting I acted in a mechanical fashion. After joining A.A., I started seeking daily guidance from a Powe...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

I try hard to hold fast to the truth that a full and thankful heart cannot entertain certain conceits. When brimming with gratitude, one's heartbeat must surely result in outgoing love, the finest emotion that we can ever know. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 37 I believe that we in Alcoholics Anonymous are fortun...

allie · allie

I went to home group meeting last night. The topic was "a softer gentler way" It was said several times that if the AA program and maintaining sobriety is not easy then you are not working your program correctly. Some say this is a simple program but not an easy one. Also have heard it is a s...

gonee · gonee

In my worst days when I could not manage my life drunk or sober I held on to that filmsy reed. I know today it was definitely the hand of God. But I had to be still & know that it was God. What an ask from a restless, irritable alcoholic. Despite myself HE still got me well, if I was only willing to let HIM. --...

gonee · gonee

Why are we discouraged? None of us have been able to do these steps perfectly. We are striving for the ideal. That's all that is important. Setbacks are there to give us strength. The paradox: when I am weak, then I am strong. God is interested in weak people, so that He may help us with our infirmities. I f...

schooner · schooner

Hi Guys & Gals Been in the program for a couple of decades and I'm looking for a sponsor. My sponsor died a couple of months ago. Need your help in getting thru the middle of my 4th step. I'll be waiting for one of you ?

bikerbill · bikerbill

ok sentimental old fool that I am, having moved on from snatches of song lyrics to full blooded poems I find this from Burns who surely was one of us in training. But only one verse eh? Permit me. Once fondly lov'd and still remember'd dear, sweet early object of my youthful vows, accept this mark of frien...

Kate11 · Kate11

It's been nine days without running to the glass of wine to numb myself. I could use some encouragement please. I'm very happy I haven't drank, but I'm feeling a little depressed.

bikerbill · bikerbill

Thank you God for helping me stay sober today. For not giving me more than I can handle in a day. For putting the people in my life who can help. For carrying me thru the pains of the past month. For not letting me have enough money to afford a bottle when I got to the offy on Good Friday. God bless my posse, you k...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: When people don't forgive, they probably shorten their lives. --Doris Donnelly Sometimes forgiveness seems impossible and we feel stuck in the quicksand of our own resentment. When everything else fails, we can try the "First Five People Forgiveness Plan...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

One exercise that I practice is to try for a full inventory of my blessings. . . . AS BILL SEES IT, p. 37 What did I have to be grateful for? I shut myself up and started listing the blessings for which I was in no way responsible, beginning with having been born of sound mind and body. I went through seventy-f...

TipsyMcstagger · TipsyMcstagger

It seems that no matter what great situtaion I'm in I sabotage it and go to great lengths to harm myself and do damge to my life. Why do I do this? Please, somebody, give me an answer :(

Chad H · Chad H

I attended my first meeting last night and the stories told there were both sad and moving. One in particular stuck home with me was a lady there as she called herself a codependent with her husband in a rehab clinic for the first time and her struggles. This meant something to me about what Im doing to my w...

mikef · mikef

The triangle of Obsession, learning to shift from resentment ,anger and fear to acceptance ,love and faith! The Resentment kept me stuck in the past, the Acceptance helped me moved forward a day at a time. In the present the Anger blinded me, the Love helped me free myself. Without projection,becau...

Chad H · Chad H

I am new to this and a bit nerves. I would appreciate some ideas for dealing with cravings. I hope if I learn to deal with them I can beat this. I have recently started attending church and truly want to believe. I frequently read and read my first book on religion called The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel....

vixen · vixen

This nasty cold/infection is finally letting up and I am back to work today. I made it to the noon meeting yesterday and will hit the one today as well. It feels like a good place to be and I listened a lot yesterday as people talked about resentments and forgiveness. I have a long way to go on that front but a...

barisax · barisax

I related my experience with taking pain pills after my surgery a couple months ago, and my overly analytical brain is still processing the experience and trying to make some sense of it. The most important thing of course is that I stopped taking them when I no longer needed them, and I got rid of the lef...

slugcat · slugcat

A bit of a wreck at the moment. not drinking but very stressed out a decision ive put off and off and off getting to the point it is driving me INSANE do i or dont I......do this thing all the rights and wrongs and crazy in my head CRAZY making. when would be best to do it, can i handle this situation i will put my...

gonee · gonee

In the event of a fire, do not use the lift or the stairs. Why? said the newcomer. His sponsor replied: "Because you must put the fire out."

bikerbill · bikerbill

so why is the serenity prayer an I prayer?

Rainspa · Rainspa

Official statement from the New York GSO service material: "The term 'Conference-approved' describes written or audiovisual material approved by the Conference for publication by GSO. This process assures that everything in such literature is in accord with AA principles. Conference-...

mikef · mikef

There is no way that I get this twisted"I cannot drink and live" The obsession and compulsion has been arrested but I know that I will not refund my insanity as long as I understand I recovered from a seemingly hopeless state of body and mind, based on my "fit" spiritual conditio...

mikef · mikef

2 kids in their mothers womb,a brother and a sister.Sister says,don't you think there is something more than this darkness and all squished up feeling in here. Brother says,whats problem sis,,its warm,we got stuff to eat,what else could there possibly be?Sister says" didnt you ever feel tha...

bikerbill · bikerbill

So i started back at work at 10 this morning. Already teh return to work plan has gone out the window - can I just nip out to a site next Tuesday for a Pre Start meeting! well it's only a few miles from me, but the 10am start that day will have to be a 9 am start. The business hasn't fallen over with me not being ava...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Above all, take it one day at a time. AS BILL SEES IT, p.11 Why do I kid myself that I must stay away from a drink for only one day, when I know perfectly well I must never drink again as long as I live? I am not kidding myself because one day at a time is probably the only way I can reach the long-range objective of...

Kate11 · Kate11

Hi Everyone, I am hoping not to drink tonight...I have around three glasses of wine every night (sometimes more) and have done this for years. I want to quit. It's getting worse. I feel like I need more and more. I have no energy. I am depressed and have pulled away from people I love in order to drink. I wan...

bikerbill · bikerbill

So i've had my return to work meeting with my boss and have a phased return to work over 4 weeks with a defined workload. Back in the saddle on Friday at last and see how it goes. the Annual Performance review wasn't so good. Marked as Achieves standards. This after 3 quarterly reviews of consistently Ver...

gonee · gonee

AA saved my life & altered my perceptions. The remnant is scary. The first 100 people knew exactly what was wrong & thank God they recorded it in the AA book in 1935. But despite the science tabulated in easy style many are still dying not of ignorance anymore, but denial. The co dependents are s...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Under very trying conditions I have had, again and again, to forgive othersalso myself. AS BILL SEE IT p. 268 Forgiveness of self and forgiveness of others are just two currents in the same river, both hindered or shut off completely by the dam of resentment. Once that dam is lifted, both currents can f...

tendo · tendo

My girlfriend is an alcoholic and has been sober for a couple years now. I love her very, very much. Right now we're in a rocky place and she's going thru some stuff she won't even try explaining to me because it has to do with being an alcoholic. I don't know what's going on inside her head. Anyway, last nig...

gonee · gonee

Our meeting tonight started 25 mins late. Everyone just stood around & chirped away like nothing was wrong. I was called to chair & navigated it & finished 5min after ETA. Had good supper @ the thanksgiving & lotsa fellowship. This is AA.

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	32 days ago I died in the ambulance... (Preview) Yesterday, at 30 days my son turned 3. Today went to my regular meeting house and got my chip. My new second home. After all these years of trying it on my own it took dying with a BAC of .54 to wake me up. Talk about a spiritual awakening. I know other have had the same, and I know others for whom death made no...	Blackie123	5	1195	May 25, 2011 by BRITTM7
	Your anonymity is not automatically protected here. (From John) (Preview) Hello folks, Someone has eluded to the idea that they thought their anonymity was automatically protected here, but this is a public message board. It can be crawled by google, yahoo, and another search bot that roams around the internet. If you are using your full name in your registration, inste...	John	3	611	May 25, 2011 by Mr_David
	Daily Reflections ~ Happy, Joyous and Free & 24hrs a day (Preview) We are sure God wants us to be happy, joyous, and free. We cannot subscribe to the belief that this life is a vale of tears, though it once was just that for many of us. But it is clear that we made our own misery. God didnt do it. Avoid then, the deliberate manufacture of misery, but if trouble comes, cheerfu...	Sobrietyspell	1	3191	May 25, 2011 by Mr_David
	God Calling ~ Abundance (Preview) "Get a feeling of bounteous giving into your being. I give with a large hand and heart. Note the draught of fishes. The net broke; the boat began to sink with the lavishness of My gift. Lose sight of all limitations. Abundance is God's supply. Turn out all limited thoughts. Receive showers a...	gladlee	1	638	May 25, 2011 by Mr_David
	What happened to contrition? (Preview) What happened to contrition? Hardly ever heard in meetings nowadays. That was the hallmark of Dr Bob's recovery. My contrite heart refused self pity & resentment. That's what refused to divorce my wife when she got mad with me. That's what refused to leave my employer when he scolded me when I wa...	gonee	2	381	May 25, 2011 by Mr_David
	God Calling ~ Accomplish Anything (Preview) "There will be no limit to what you can accomplish. Realize that. Never relinquish any task or give up the thought of any task because it seems beyond your power, only if you see it is not My Will for you. This I command you. Think of the tiny snowdrop-shoot in the hard ground. No certainty even t...	gladlee	1	278	May 25, 2011 by Mr_David
	I've been f**king up (Preview) Got nine months and then racked up 4 lapses. No "oh my god, where's Dad? It's been two days!" benders, but though a failure to maintain my spiritual; connection with my higher power I have allowed my character defects to get the better of me and old habits behaviors being what they are' I'm an...	Aquaman	26	1639	May 25, 2011 by TwelveSteps
	God Calling ~ Little Frets (Preview) "Your lack of control is due not to the big burdens, but to your permitting the little frets and cares and burdens to accumulate. If anything vexes you, deal with that and get that righted with Me before you allow yourself to speak to or meet anybody, or to undertake any new duty. Look upon yourself...	gladlee	4	925	May 25, 2011 by Kate11
	God Calling ~ (Preview) Win Me, Win All "You will conquer. The conquering spirit is never crushed. Keep a brave and trusting heart. Face all your difficulties in the spirit of conquest. Rise to greater heights than you have known before. Remember where I am is victory. Forces of evil, within and without you, flee...	gladlee	2	931	May 25, 2011 by Kate11
	examining one's motives. (Preview) it's something thqt of late I've realised I do afer the fact most times. Basically I lie to myself and dress my motives up in something more palatable to me. A couple of weeks ago I needed to go to two banks. I convinced myself to go to the ones across the mall from where my son works. I felt uneasy so talked to...	bikerbill	3	2083	May 24, 2011 by Pablomoses
	One day at a time........ (Preview) ......this being one of those days that must happen. It's not a good day for me. I don't know what to do to change it, or more rather to change the way I'm looking at it. Gratitude List - well I'm still sober, still don't want to drink, got friends, people who care, I can show love, I can accept love, I can help...	bikerbill	9	1496	May 24, 2011 by SteveP
	Nothing but... (Preview) ...gratitude today. I was reading through recent posts and somewhere someone said something about making a gratitude list that had nothing to do with yourself. Well, I tried, but I could not. It did not take more than a few entries to realize that even if I was expressing and feeling genuine gratitude...	leeu	7	1180	May 24, 2011 by SteveP
	Meetings are crucial and I don't ask why. (Preview) The longer I am sober the more crucial the meetings become. The relapse begins with complacency & self satifaction. One slip is all it needs for the entire structure to collapse. The speaker's story tonight spoke of just that. What's frightening is that the family are just as sick. They were will...	gonee	2	924	May 24, 2011 by SteveP
	Thought/Meditation of the Day (Preview) ~~~~~~~~~Be A Sponsor~~~~~~~~~ SELF-ACCEPTANCE We know that God lovingly watches over us. We know that when we turn to Him, all will be well with us, here and hereafter. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 105 I pray for the willingness to remember that I am a child of God, a div...	John	2	1239	May 24, 2011 by Mr_David
	Todays Meditation (Preview) ~~~~~~~~~Be A Sponsor~~~~~~~~~ WHAT WE KNOW BEST "Shoemaker, stick to thy last!" . . . better do one thing supremely well than many badly. That is the central theme of this Tradition [Five]. Around it our Society gathers in unity. The very life of our Fellowship requires the pres...	John	1	1184	May 24, 2011 by Mr_David
	AA Thought For The Day (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day The A.A. way is the way of sobriety, and yet there are slips. Why do these slips occur? Why don't we all accept A.A. and stay sober from then on? There are many reasons, but it has been proved without exception that once we have become alcoholics we can never drink successfull...	Phil	2	12565	May 24, 2011 by Mr_David
	Thought/Meditation of the Day (Preview) ~~~~~~~~~Be A Sponsor~~~~~~~~~ GLOBAL SHARING The only thing that matters is that he is an alcoholic who has found a key to sobriety. These legacies of suffering and of recovery are easily passed among alcoholics, one to the other. This is our gift from God, and its bes...	John	1	1622	May 24, 2011 by Mr_David
	Daily Reflections ~ As We Understand Him & 24hrs a Day (Preview) My friend suggested what then seemed a novel idea . . . "Why don't you choose your own conception of God?" That statement hit me hard. It melted the icy intellectual mountain in whose shadow I had lived and shivered many years. I stood in the sunlight at last. It was only a matter of being willi...	Sobrietyspell	2	494	May 24, 2011 by Mr_David
	Daily Reflections ~ Real Independence & 24hrs a Day (Preview) The more we become willing to depend upon a Higher Power, the more independent we actually are. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 36 I start with a little willingness to trust God and He causes that willingness to grow. The more willingness I have, the more trust I gain, and the more trust I gain, th...	Sobrietyspell	2	745	May 24, 2011 by Mr_David
	Daily Reflections ~ Active, Not Passive & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Man is supposed to think, and act. He wasn't made to God's image to be an automation. As Bill Sees It, p. 55 Before I joined A.A., I often did not think, and reacted to people and situations. When not reacting I acted in a mechanical fashion. After joining A.A., I started seeking daily guidance from a Powe...	Sobrietyspell	1	607	May 24, 2011 by Mr_David
	Daily Reflections ~ A Full & Thankful Heart + 24hrs a Day (Preview) I try hard to hold fast to the truth that a full and thankful heart cannot entertain certain conceits. When brimming with gratitude, one's heartbeat must surely result in outgoing love, the finest emotion that we can ever know. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 37 I believe that we in Alcoholics Anonymous are fortun...	Sobrietyspell	4	962	May 24, 2011 by Mr_David
	If program not easy you are not doing it right. True or False (Preview) I went to home group meeting last night. The topic was "a softer gentler way" It was said several times that if the AA program and maintaining sobriety is not easy then you are not working your program correctly. Some say this is a simple program but not an easy one. Also have heard it is a s...	allie	8	1076	May 24, 2011 by Mr_David
	that filmsy reed... (Preview) In my worst days when I could not manage my life drunk or sober I held on to that filmsy reed. I know today it was definitely the hand of God. But I had to be still & know that it was God. What an ask from a restless, irritable alcoholic. Despite myself HE still got me well, if I was only willing to let HIM. --...	gonee	2	975	May 23, 2011 by Mr_David
	"Do not be discouraged" BB. (Preview) Why are we discouraged? None of us have been able to do these steps perfectly. We are striving for the ideal. That's all that is important. Setbacks are there to give us strength. The paradox: when I am weak, then I am strong. God is interested in weak people, so that He may help us with our infirmities. I f...	gonee	1	880	May 23, 2011 by Mr_David
	I'm Looking 4 A SPONSOR (Preview) *Hi Guys & Gals* *Been in the program for a couple of decades and I'm looking for a sponsor. My sponsor died a couple of months ago.* *Need your help in getting thru the middle of my 4th step.* *I'll be waiting for one of you ?*	schooner	3	1089	May 22, 2011 by Rob84
	to an old sweetheart (Preview) ok sentimental old fool that I am, having moved on from snatches of song lyrics to full blooded poems I find this from Burns who surely was one of us in training. But only one verse eh? Permit me. Once fondly lov'd and still remember'd dear, sweet early object of my youthful vows, accept this mark of frien...	bikerbill	3	1034	May 22, 2011 by Mr_David
	Can you all remind me why I can't have a glass of wine? (Preview) It's been nine days without running to the glass of wine to numb myself. I could use some encouragement please. I'm very happy I haven't drank, but I'm feeling a little depressed.	Kate11	17	1378	May 22, 2011 by SteveP
	Thank you God (Preview) Thank you God for helping me stay sober today. For not giving me more than I can handle in a day. For putting the people in my life who can help. For carrying me thru the pains of the past month. For not letting me have enough money to afford a bottle when I got to the offy on Good Friday. God bless my posse, you k...	bikerbill	5	1216	May 22, 2011 by SteveP
	Sometimes forgiveness seems impossible (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: When people don't forgive, they probably shorten their lives. --Doris Donnelly Sometimes forgiveness seems impossible and we feel stuck in the quicksand of our own resentment. When everything else fails, we can try the "First Five People Forgiveness Plan...	Larry_H	1	991	May 22, 2011 by Mr_David
	Daily Reflections ~ A List of Blessings & 24hrs a Day (Preview) One exercise that I practice is to try for a full inventory of my blessings. . . . AS BILL SEES IT, p. 37 What did I have to be grateful for? I shut myself up and started listing the blessings for which I was in no way responsible, beginning with having been born of sound mind and body. I went through seventy-f...	Sobrietyspell	1	1184	May 21, 2011 by Mr_David
	Please help...I don't know what's wrong with me.... (Preview) It seems that no matter what great situtaion I'm in I sabotage it and go to great lengths to harm myself and do damge to my life. Why do I do this? Please, somebody, give me an answer :(	TipsyMcstagger	22	1364	May 21, 2011 by cooncatbob
	First AA meeting (Preview) I attended my first meeting last night and the stories told there were both sad and moving. One in particular stuck home with me was a lady there as she called herself a codependent with her husband in a rehab clinic for the first time and her struggles. This meant something to me about what Im doing to my w...	Chad H	10	1965	May 21, 2011 by SteveP
	Growth from RAF to ALF (Preview) The triangle of Obsession, learning to shift from resentment ,anger and fear to acceptance ,love and faith! The Resentment kept me stuck in the past, the Acceptance helped me moved forward a day at a time. In the present the Anger blinded me, the Love helped me free myself. Without projection,becau...	mikef	2	1027	May 21, 2011 by gonee
	Help on cravings and finding faith (Preview) I am new to this and a bit nerves. I would appreciate some ideas for dealing with cravings. I hope if I learn to deal with them I can beat this. I have recently started attending church and truly want to believe. I frequently read and read my first book on religion called The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel....	Chad H	10	1139	May 20, 2011 by Klaatu
	~ Three Meetings...Ten Days (Preview) This nasty cold/infection is finally letting up and I am back to work today. I made it to the noon meeting yesterday and will hit the one today as well. It feels like a good place to be and I listened a lot yesterday as people talked about resentments and forgiveness. I have a long way to go on that front but a...	vixen	6	1049	May 20, 2011 by Mr_David
	What Does Alcohol Do For Me? (Preview) I related my experience with taking pain pills after my surgery a couple months ago, and my overly analytical brain is still processing the experience and trying to make some sense of it. The most important thing of course is that I stopped taking them when I no longer needed them, and I got rid of the lef...	barisax	5	1360	May 20, 2011 by Mr_David
	crazy today (Preview) A bit of a wreck at the moment. not drinking but very stressed out a decision ive put off and off and off getting to the point it is driving me INSANE do i or dont I......do this thing all the rights and wrongs and crazy in my head CRAZY making. when would be best to do it, can i handle this situation i will put my...	slugcat	9	1113	May 20, 2011 by Mr_David
	on a lighter note.. (Preview) In the event of a fire, do not use the lift or the stairs. Why? said the newcomer. His sponsor replied: "Because you must put the fire out."	gonee	1	1406	May 20, 2011 by Mr_David
	it's a we programme (Preview) so why is the serenity prayer an I prayer?	bikerbill	3	1324	May 20, 2011 by Mr_David
	Liturature - It's OK. Really. (Preview) Official statement from the New York GSO service material: "The term 'Conference-approved' describes written or audiovisual material approved by the Conference for publication by GSO. This process assures that everything in such literature is in accord with AA principles. Conference-...	Rainspa	1	1056	May 20, 2011 by Mr_David
	No doubt in my military mind!!!! (Preview) There is no way that I get this twisted"I cannot drink and live" The obsession and compulsion has been arrested but I know that I will not refund my insanity as long as I understand I recovered from a seemingly hopeless state of body and mind, based on my "fit" spiritual conditio...	mikef	2	1282	May 20, 2011 by Mr_David
	Something more than this! (Preview) 2 kids in their mothers womb,a brother and a sister.Sister says,don't you think there is something more than this darkness and all squished up feeling in here. Brother says,whats problem sis,,its warm,we got stuff to eat,what else could there possibly be?Sister says" didnt you ever feel tha...	mikef	4	1052	May 20, 2011 by Mr_David
	back at work (Preview) So i started back at work at 10 this morning. Already teh return to work plan has gone out the window - can I just nip out to a site next Tuesday for a Pre Start meeting! well it's only a few miles from me, but the 10am start that day will have to be a 9 am start. The business hasn't fallen over with me not being ava...	bikerbill	1	1057	May 20, 2011 by Mr_David
	Daily Reflections ~ One Day at a Time & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Above all, take it one day at a time. AS BILL SEES IT, p.11 Why do I kid myself that I must stay away from a drink for only one day, when I know perfectly well I must never drink again as long as I live? I am not kidding myself because one day at a time is probably the only way I can reach the long-range objective of...	Sobrietyspell	1	2767	May 20, 2011 by Mr_David
	I'm new here... (Preview) Hi Everyone, I am hoping not to drink tonight...I have around three glasses of wine every night (sometimes more) and have done this for years. I want to quit. It's getting worse. I feel like I need more and more. I have no energy. I am depressed and have pulled away from people I love in order to drink. I wan...	Kate11	13	1041	May 20, 2011 by Mike B.
	Today is just fine so far. (Preview) So i've had my return to work meeting with my boss and have a phased return to work over 4 weeks with a defined workload. Back in the saddle on Friday at last and see how it goes. the Annual Performance review wasn't so good. Marked as Achieves standards. This after 3 quarterly reviews of consistently Ver...	bikerbill	4	1198	May 20, 2011 by Mr_David
	BB in time. (Preview) AA saved my life & altered my perceptions. The remnant is scary. The first 100 people knew exactly what was wrong & thank God they recorded it in the AA book in 1935. But despite the science tabulated in easy style many are still dying not of ignorance anymore, but denial. The co dependents are s...	gonee	2	1041	May 20, 2011 by Mr_David
	Daily Reflections ~ ... and Forgive & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Under very trying conditions I have had, again and again, to forgive othersalso myself. AS BILL SEE IT p. 268 Forgiveness of self and forgiveness of others are just two currents in the same river, both hindered or shut off completely by the dam of resentment. Once that dam is lifted, both currents can f...	Sobrietyspell	1	889	May 20, 2011 by Mr_David
	I need help please let me know what I should do? alcoholic girlfriend drink drugs drinks knife recovery problem help (Preview) My girlfriend is an alcoholic and has been sober for a couple years now. I love her very, very much. Right now we're in a rocky place and she's going thru some stuff she won't even try explaining to me because it has to do with being an alcoholic. I don't know what's going on inside her head. Anyway, last nig...	tendo	3	9977	May 20, 2011 by Mr_David
	AA fellowship nice. (Preview) Our meeting tonight started 25 mins late. Everyone just stood around & chirped away like nothing was wrong. I was called to chair & navigated it & finished 5min after ETA. Had good supper @ the thanksgiving & lotsa fellowship. This is AA.	gonee	2	1012	May 20, 2011 by Mr_David
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